Copy readers shape a paper as headlines falter
The piece underlines the copy reader's stake in quality journalism, citing a Shreveport Times error where misidentified subjects altered a police story. It also notes publishers visiting the Slac offset press and Mayor Lindsay planning a City Hall helicopter link to speed commuting in New York.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
New York City
City Hall
Gracie Mansion
East River
Lindsay
Wall Street
Finns plan protest during Rusk visit in Helsinki
A Finnish protest group named the Committee of the Friends of Viet Nam plans a street rally and hunger strike next week to protest the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk in Helsinki.
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Helsinki
Finland
Senators Back Reducing NATO Troop Ties in Europe
An Associated Press survey shows 44 senators favor eventual withdrawal of a substantial portion of the six U S divisions in Europe. Fifteen would cut to a token one division now. 16 oppose public withdrawal. 25 not reached. McNamara warns against abandoning obligations. Names include Clark Ellender Gruening Hartke McIntyre Morse Proxmire Ribicoff Smathers Sparkman Me Poung and Mansfield. Aiken Dominick Fong among Republicans.
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Jack Bell Washington
Senate
U.S
Associated Press
Iron Curtain
Mike Mansfield
Western Europe
Mansfield
United States
West
NATO
France
Pentagon
U. S
Europe
Robert S. McNamara
Joseph S$. Clark
Pennsylvania
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Thomas J. McIntyre
New Hampshire
Wayne Morse
Oregon
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
George A. Smathers
Florida
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Stephen Me Poung
Ohio
Manfield
George
Fatally Crushed in Elevator in Fordyce Ark
Fordyce Arkansas Thomas E Kilgore Jr four year old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas E Kilgore of Fordyce was fatally crushed in an elevator shaft Tuesday authorities said An employee of Kilgore Nursing Home saw the boy playing in the elevator according to Roy Moseley assistant fire chief The employee called the fire department when the boy was discovered missing with suspicion he had fallen into the shaft The body was found at the bottom of the shaft.
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Fordyce, Ark
Thomas E. Kilgore Jr
Thomas E Kilgore
Fordyce
Kilgore
Roy Moseley
Fire Department
Flying Course for Adults Offered Here
A series of adult classes on flying will be held in the Agriculture Building at Hope High School this summer. Organized by the Hope Flying Club and Buck, the class meets Mondays at 7:30 pm with no fees. It suits those pursuing a private pilot license as the study aligns with the private pilot written exam.
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Hope High School
Agri Department
Hope
Buck
Hope Flying Club
Missionaries to Speak Here at First Assembly of God
Reverend John Verbarendse, an Assemblies of God missionary to Surinam for three years, will be the guest speaker Sunday May 29 at 11 00 a m. at the First Assembly of God church 322 North Main Street. The pastor Rev B J Wilhite extends the public invitation.
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John Verbarendse
Assemblies of God
Surinam
Assembly of God
North Main Street
B. J. Wilthite
Turncoat Adams Returns From Communist China
Clarence Adams, a Korean War turncoat from Memphis, crosses the Lowu border into Hong Kong with his Chinese wife and two children. U S consulate officials meet them and escort to a hotel as the last of 21 ex-prisoners of war remaining in Communist China.
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Forrest Edwards
Hong Kong
Clarence Adams
China
Adams
Memphis
Tenn
Lowu
Louis
Della
Nicholas Platt
U.S
Hong Kong Red Cross
Deny Motion in Insurance Trust Case
Clint Jones denied a motion for a voting trust agreement by American Foundation Life Insurance. He had issued and later suspended a certificate for the agreement amid stockholder objections, citing lack of statutory authorization. Frank Whitbeck said the ruling would be appealed, asserting stockholders’ right to a voting trust.
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Little Rock
Clint Jones
American Foundation Life Insurance
Jones
American Foundation
Frank Whitbeck
Whitbeck
Arkansas ruling limits primary voting to one party
LITTLE ROCK TAP AI says an Arkansan may vote in only one primary. The attorney general ruled Tuesday that voting in both parties in primaries is a felony with fines of up to 9 000 and imprisonment from one to five years, at the request of Vernon Bernard St. Francis County Clerk.
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Little Rock
Union Won't Accept Scale at Red River Vocational School
Local 788 based in Camden pickets John son Construction Co for not using union labor on the Red River Vocational Training School project south on Highway 29. Johnson says job was bid and approved at $2.10 per hour, below the $2.95 scale his union demanded, and local members refuse to work at the lower rate while available locals are employed.
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Department of Labor
Washington, D.C
Johnson
Fired Worker Defended by Faubus Men
Y W Whelchel, a fired state Highway Department employee, was defended by two key Faubus administration figures. Highway Commission Chairman Wayne Hampton named Mack Sturgis and Julian C Hogan as supporters amid an investigation into the 2.1 million pay raises. The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee will probe the raises starting Friday after Sturgis declined to testify. In parallel, Brig Gen Gerald W Johnson will assume command at Little Hook AFB July 1, with Brig Gen Murry A Bywater moving to head of staff of the Second Air Force. A separate Arkansas incident reports Joe Dale Lindsey killed when his car left Arkansas 161 and struck a utility pole northeast of North Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Y. W. Whelchel
State Highway Department
Orval Faubus
Highway Commission
Wayne Hampton
Whelchel
Highway Department
Hampton
Mack Sturgis
Julian C. Hogan
Ofice
Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
Sterling Cockrill Jr
Sturgis
Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Gerald W. Johnson
Bunker Hill Air Force Base
Indiana
825Th
Strategic Aerospace Division
Little Hook Afb
Strategic Air Command
Murry A. Bywater
Second Air Force
Barksdale Afb
Bunker Hill
Laafb
North Little Rock
Joe Dale Lindsey
Arkansas 161
Here
Farm Workers Added to the Wage Measure
Sponsors of minimum wage legislation seek a roll call to reverse a vote excluding 1.6 million small firm workers from coverage. The bill would raise the wage from 1.25 to 1.40 next February and to 1.60 in 1968, with farm workers starting at 1.00 next February and rising to 1.60 by 1971. A separate report notes Havana says night cane harvests rely on extensive lighting as workers are recruited.
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John Beckler
Washington
House
Mengre
John H. Dent
D-Pa
Dent
John B. Anderson
R-Il
Andersom
David T. Martin
R-Neb
Miami
Fla
Havana
Senate debates troop pullback and war costs hit Johnson polls
AP News Digest notes Senate sentiment favors reducing U.S. troop commitments in Europe with 44 senators backing withdrawal of 225,000 soldiers. Johnson faces low popularity amid high living costs and war issues as minimum wage reform stalls in House. In Vietnam Buddhists protest Hue against support for Ky, Saigon police disperse crowds. International reports include Korea turncoat Adams arriving in Hong Kong, and defense orders for uniforms.
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Senate
U.S
Europe
Agriculture Department
Johnson
House
Vietnam
Hue
Saigon
Defense Department
Clarence Adams
Hong Kong
Red China
Burned car found in Clark County tied to murder case
Sheriff R W Stevenson said a burned automobile owned by Glenn Stewart was found near a logging road about 20 miles southeast of Arkadelphia. Stewart is charged with first degree murder in the dismemberment slaying of Larry Schmidt of Maton Indiana. Schmidt's widow Edith Schmidt is also charged with murder. she initially claimed her husband was killed and she and Stewart kidnapped her children but later said they had planned the crime.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
R. W. Stevenson
Clark County
Glenn Stewart
Here
Stewart
Larry Schmidt
Maton
Ind
Schmidt
Edith Schmidt
Upward Bound project at Southern State College
All Around Town reports the Upward Bound program at Southern State College running June 13 to August 6 with a $79,746 federal grant. The venture will host 72 high school students for six weeks on campus to enrich backgrounds and motivate college attendance. Applications from multiple counties are due by May 27. Other items note graduates and local bids, plus military awards and local events.
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Southern State College
Clark
Calhoun
Columbis
Dallas
Howard
Lafayette
Little River Miller
Montagmery
Nevada
Ouachita Pike
Poke Sevier
Union
Students Fire U S Building in Viet Nam Hue
In Hue, a mob of about 200 students attacked and burned the U S Information Service building after a protest funeral march against U S support for the Ky regime. The U S consulate and three other American buildings in the city were guarded by South Vietnamese troops. no Americans were injured.
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Hue
Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Information Service
Toda
United States
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S.L
Ia Drang Valley
Johnson Polls Show Declining Popularity Amid Costs and War
Washington AP Lyndon B Johnson faces shrinking approval as high living costs and the Vietnam War erode support. Louis Harris reports 55 percent rate him excellent or good, down from two months prior, with Nixon closing the gap in a Gallup test. A separate poll asks if US troops should withdraw if South Vietnamese fight among themselves, with 54 percent favoring withdrawal.
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Johnson
South Viet Nam
Louis Harris
White House
Harris
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Gallup
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
United States
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