Newsroom necklaced: reporters asked to wear IDs
A collage of clippings notes criticism of Johnson era press policy requiring identification necklaces for reporters at official events. Carried with comments from Dallas Morning News and Huntsville Times editors on press freedom and lip service to transparency. It also mentions Jesse Unruh’s weight loss and comments on Vice President Humphrey. The pieces reflect attitudes toward media access and public image in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kite House
Capitol Press Corps
Johnson
Wall Street Journal
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Dallas
Tex
Morning News
Tobacco Tax Proposals Endorsed in Special Session
LITTLE ROCK AP Two of three tobacco tax proposals from Gov Rockefeller gained committee endorsements in the House Revenue and Taxation Committee on Thursday in amended form. The panel called for separate votes on the bill and amendments with 15 percent excise taxes on wholesale prices. Amendments split revenues between prisons and general funds, with cigarette tax revenues for public schools and higher education, while the retile bill allocated zero for education and kept rest for general revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Guv
Winthrop ‘Rockefeller
House Revenue and ‘Taxation Committee
Ray Smith
Hot Springs
Rockefeller
Or Education
General Revenes
McKee Placed on Leave Indefinitely
Major Kenneth McKee, former commander of the Highway Patrol, is placed on indefinite leave by the State Police Commission upon the director's recommendation. Capt Bill Walker promoted to major and placed in command. McKee had been on sick leave after a Missouri arrest for driving while intoxicated and later admitted careless driving. The commission said he is no longer on payroll and has returned state police property. reinstate ment would require director and commission concurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Kenneth McKee
Highway Patrol
Ralph D. Scott
State Police Commission
McKee
Bill Walker
Newport
Scott
Missouri
Winthrop Rockefeller
New York
Shanson
PSC Approves APGL Transmission Line Plan
Arkansas Power & Light Co. wins PSC approval to spend 690000 dollars on a 12.2 mile 161000 volt transmission line connecting AP&L’s proposed London nuclear plant to a nearby Russellville substation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas Power & Light Co
State Public Service Commission
Ap&l
London
Russellville
Early trial sought in Arkansas asphalt price case
Kenneth Coffelt a Little Rock lawyer urged the Arkansas Supreme Court to grant an early trial of a 3 million dollar taxpayer suit charging five oil companies with price fixing in asphalt sales to the Highway Commission. Coffelt said the state and Atty. Gen. Joe Purcell were delaying his client G D Nelson’s day in court. The state aims to block state court trial until the Sherman Antitrust Act issues are resolved in U S District Court, while Purcell and the commission argue state trial could jeopardize the federal case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Kenneth Coffelt
Arkansas Supreme Court
State Highway Commission
Coffelt
Commission
Atty
Joe Purcell
G. D. Nelson
U.S. District Court
Purcell
The
Man Held in Connection With Slaying
PARAGOULD Ark AP George Shelton 59 of near Light Greene County was held in county jail today in connection with the slaying of his son in law Zeb Price 37 a Mountain View native Price was shot and killed Thursday night at Sheltons home Coroner Jack Tyler has called an inquest this afternoon into the death
Nairobi Supermarket Shows Global Variety and Low Prices
A Nairobi supermarket displays wide imported foods from over two dozen countries. Shoppers mingle with expatriates and local workers as the East African shilling buys about 14 U.S. cents, making meat fruit and vegetables cheaper locally yet keeping the total food bill similar to the United States due to family diet choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C
Milton
Kenya
Montrose
Scotland
White Plains
N.Y
Cheshire
Cincinnati
Ohio
Elephant Soap Factory Ltd
Nairobi
U.S. Peace Corps
China
Italy
U.S
New Push by Enemy on Saigon
Fighting renewed on Saigon outskirts as South Vietnamese marines and U S helicopter gunships clash with Viet Cong forces near the Binh Loi bridge. Vietnamese tanks block a key Saigon road junction as U S warplanes and helicopters suffer aircraft losses. Civilians flee northeast of Saigon while authorities impose a 24 hour curfew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
George Esper
Associated Press
U.S. Eticopter
Binh Loi
U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Y Bridge
Test on Spending Cut Near First Test on Spending Cut Near
Washington AP reports most of President Johnson's top economic advisers favor spending cuts of six billion dollars as the price for higher taxes. Only Budget Bureau Director Charles S. Zwick remains firm for four billion. House negotiators plan a first test vote next week on the compromise package. James A. Burke seeks a resolution to restart talks and push for four billion in cuts. Mills expects House passage of the package with taxes and surcharges. Fowler endorses the compromise, while Duesenberry says six billion cuts are too much but the package aids the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Budget Bureau
Charles S. Zwick
Senate House
James A. Burke
Dmass
House
Senate
Johns Son
Wilbur D. Mills
Clark
Ways and Means
Burke
Mills
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
James S. Duesenbarry
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Eons Ago Fire Discovery Spurs Shriner Burns Initiative
Mary Anita Laseter reviews how fire burns threaten children, the rise of Shriner Hospitals for Burned and Crippled Children, and the Burns Institutes funded to save lives, fund research, and train staff. The article notes locations in Galveston Cincinnati and Boston, admission rules for under 15 with financial need, and hospital funding from Shriner and non Shriner sources totaling over 113 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anita Laseter
Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Shriner Hospital
Continental
United States
Canada
Hawaii
Mexico
Shreveport
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Shriners Burns Institutes
Shriners
Burns
Shriners Hospitals
Burns Institute
Galveston
Cincinnati
Boston
Hony
Aiki Dagges
Rain Turns Poor March Into Mud
Washington AP Rain drenches Resurrection City turning the camp into four to five inch mud. About 2,000 of 2,400 residents may be moved to churches as floods and rain disrupt the Poor People’s Campaign. Authorities warn of a flu risk and plan outside accommodations while protesting continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Resurrection City
U.S.A
Jesse Jackson
Washington
Capitol Hill
Orville L. Freeman
Haison
Congress
Cam Jackson
Lincoln Memorial
Jackson
Department of Agriculture
Volunteers Seek Body in River at Marked Tree
In Marked Tree Arkansas volunteers searched the St Francis River for the body of 17 year old Larry Bratton a Delta Vocational Technical School student who drowned while swimming with two companions Thursday afternoon Bratton reportedly swam about halfway across the river then turned back cried for help and disappeared authorities said the teen was the son of Mr and Mrs Clay C Bratton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marked Tree
Ark
St. Francis River
Larry Bratton
Bratton
Delta Vocational += Technical School
Clay C. Bratton
Tests Slimmed to Aid Negroes and Other Groups
NORTH LITTLE ROCK AP Personnel Director Marvin Garrett said the city will shorten police and fire department tests from 200 to 100 questions and simplify sentences to improve pass rates for Negroes and other groups. He cited replacing difficult terms with simpler words and vocabulary. Tracking Ship Released RIO DE JANEIRO RP The Soviet satellite track ship Regestroy was released by the Brazilian navy after 18 days in Santos port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Little Rock
Marvin Garrett
Fire Departments
Guett
Rio DE Janeiro
Santas
U S Pressures in Paris Talks on Hanoi Troop Issue
In Paris, U S officials press Hanoi to admit North Vietnamese troops fighting in South Vietnam as talks enter a third week. Harriman and Thuy head toward a potential showdown while both sides warn of intensified fighting and insist on firm terms for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uchn
Na Tower
Paris
United States
Hanoi
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
South
Pham ‘van Dong
Hahoi
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
United “States
Harriman
Johnson
Washington
Wil;iam J. Jorden
Jorden
Pham van Dong
Nguyen Thanh le
Calvary Baptist Church School Announces Friday Event
Calvary Baptist Church School announces an upcoming Friday event at its building. Details are limited in the fragment but confirm the school and church partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Church School
Calvary Ist Church
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Alex H. W
Humphrey
Hubert
White House News Photographers Association
California
Jesse Unruh
Big Daddy
Montgomery
Ala
Randy Dieter
New Harmony
Ind
Defense Department
Army
Overtis Hinton Jr
Overtis Hinton Sr
Wynne
Vietnam
PSC
APGL
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