Wildlife survival and government trust debated by Texas editor
In a column from Austin, Texas, the editor compares human and animal survival, arguing government aid is helpful but not guaranteed. He recalls quail, ducks, and a turtle in a back forty setting, noting animals’ independence despite care. The piece ends with UT Regents approving a Lyndon B. Johnson Institute building on the Johnson Library site.
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Animal Kingdom
Austin, Tex
Regents of
The
University of Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson Institute of Public Service
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rhode Island Philharmonic Posts First Profit in Years
Providence AP reports Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra shows a net gain of 5440 dollars for last season, marking the first profit in the orchestra's history. The figure signals improved finances for the organization amid ongoing fundraising and audience support.
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Providence, R.I
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
Surveyor on Way to Soft Moon Landing Mission
AP reports a spidery Surveyor spacecraft aims for a soft lunar landing in a dry cratered plain. The craft travels 231,483 miles in 63 hours aboard an Atlas-Centaur rocket with launch windows 10:40 to 11:27 a.m. EDT. Meanwhile Gemini teammates Stafford and Cernan prepare a Wednesday rendezvous and spacewalk mission.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Flight Control Center
America
U.S
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Surveyor
Promeme
Gemini
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Honor Roll Listed At Hope Junior High School
Hope Junior High announces honor roll for grade seven and grade eight with 4th nine weeks and 2nd semester lists. Students named include Julie Barber Bill Cox Joe Fouse Barbara Fuller Scott Gunter Pat Harris Jane Harrison Tommy Holt Delia Jordan Tommy Lavender Melissa Mahon Becky McClendon Jennifer Rhodes Susan Stevens Randy Wright Don Williams Eddie White Jimmy Alfred Judy Bright Jo Ann Burke Kayth Dexter Bruce Garrett Ronnie Gobson Mark Gunter Mary Ella Impson Ralph Routon John Spraggins Dan Stuart Kathy Dexter Ralph Kouton Tawart
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Aetna
Hope Junior High School
Julie Barber
Bill Cox
Joe Fouse
Barbara Fuller
Scott Gunter
Pat Harris
Jane Harrison
Tommy Holt
Stan James
Delig Jordan
Tommy Lavendar
Melissa Mahon
Becky McClendon
Jennifer Rhodes
Susan Stevens
Scott God
Randy Wright
Don Williams
Eddie White
Delia Jordan
Tommy Lavender
Jimmy Pruden
Susanna Don Williams
Eddie
Jimmy Alford
Judy Bright
Jo Ann Burke
Kayth Dexter
Bruce Garrett
Ronnie Gobson
Mark Gunter
Mary Ella Impson
Ralph Routon
John Spraggins
Dan Stuart
Jimmy Algard
Kathy Dexter
Ronnie Gibson
Mary Elly Impson
Ralph Kouton
Twa Bart
Death Toll Mounts Hour Upon Hour
United States highway and waterway crashes surge during a 78 hour period. The National Safety Council revised its toll upward, predicting at least 540 highway deaths as thousands travel home. By early morning over 370 lives lost in crashes, with 24 boating deaths and 61 drownings. In Somerset Kentucky five killed in a three car crash and two soldiers died in New Mexico motorcycle collision.
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Associated Press
National Saffer Council
Council
Somerset
Ohio
Tennessee
New Mexico
Black man struck. second man charged in public safety incident
Police report a Saturday night assault on East Shover Street left Thomas Cook in critical condition after surgery. John Henry Robinson was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and assault with a serious public safety risk.
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John Henry Robinson
Thomas Cook
East Shover Street
Cook
Robinson
Assalt
Launch From U S Sunk In Cuban Clash
A U S launch landed two infiltrators west of Havana on Sunday night and was sunk after Cuban soldiers fired. Two men aboard were wounded and captured, while two others were believed drowned, according to a communique from the Cuban revolutionary army general staff.
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Morris W. Rosenber
Havana
United States
General Staff
Revolutionary Army
Nation Pays Tribute to Its War Dead Memorial Day observances across the country
President Johnson places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and addresses Arlington National Cemetery as the nation marks Memorial Day. He urges prayer for peace while reaffirming resolve to continue the fight in Vietnam. Valley Forge dedicates 52 acres as a Medal of Honor grove marking recipients.
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Associated Press
Johnson
Arlington National Cemetery
Viet Nam
Valley Forge
The
Freedoms Foundation
United States
National Saat Council
Surveyor
California
Edmund G. Brown
Alabama
Washington
Blue Ribbon Commission
U.S
China
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
International
Britain
Wyszynski
Gdansk
Arkansas grants aid to nearly all impoverished families
Dr. William Crook told Ouachita Baptist University graduates that Arkansas will extend economic opportunity to 216000 impoverished families. He cited 97 percent of poverty households benefiting from the community action umbrella and noted many Arkansas families earn under 3000 dollars yearly while about 35 percent of residents over 25 lack a high school education.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Arkansas
William Crook
Ouachita Baptist University
Crook
Southwest
U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity
First Space Man to Get Medal for Distinguished Service
Alan B. Shepard Jr. of Derry New Hampshire will receive a medal at the University of New Hampshire commencement on June 2 for distinguished service in space exploration. Shepard, famed for his 1981 suborbital flight, now helps develop space flight crew training programs.
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Durham
N.H
America
Alan B. Shepard,Jr
Derry
University of New Hampshire
Shepard
Two Burglaries Reported Here In City Saturday
Two burglaries were reported by City Police early Saturday. A Wrecking Co office was entered and a cold drink machine robbed. At Leo Hartsfield's garage the cigarette machine was robbed. A 15 year old Negro juvenile was charged with both burglaries and turned over to juvenile authorities. State Police assisted the investigation.
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Wrecking Co
Leo Hartsfield
The
Star
Travis Ward
Arkansas Supreme Court Reverses Dierks Forest Assessment
The Arkansas Supreme Court overturned Saline County’s assessment of 62,692 acres owned by Dierks Forest Inc. The court sent the case back to Saline Chancery Court, citing that Dierks should have received written notice of the increase and that the assessment process did not meet deadlines or allow proper appeals, due to county delays.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Saline County
Dierks Forest Inc
Saline Chancery Court
Dierks
Supreme Court
County Equalization Board
Equalization Board
Time Short for Action on Money Bill
Washington AP Time is running out for Congress to act on the annual money bills for fiscal 1987 set to begin July 1. Only five of 12 or more appropriations have cleared the House, two have passed the Senate, and one awaits the President's signature. The Interior Department is the only major appropriation cleared. Senate debates loom over a truth in packaging bill and CIA oversight panel expansion.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Congressional
House
Senate
Johnson
Interior Department
Congress
Treasury Post Office
Senate House
Capitol Hill
Senate Commerce Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Commerce Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Richard B. Russell
Bga
Buddhist Monks Die in Protest Versus Ky Regime
In Saigon three Buddhists reportedly killed themselves in protests against the Ky regime. A 17 year old monk burned himself at the Buddhist Institute while another died at Da Lat. A Buddhist girl reportedly cut her wrists. later reports said she survived. U S infantry fought near the Cambodian border, facing North Vietnamese forces.
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Edwing White
Buddhist Institute
Thich
Tam Chau
U.S
LBJ Deplores Buddhist Crisis Reports in Vietnam
President Johnson condemned Buddhist self immolation reports in South Vietnam and urged internal restraint to allow representative government there. He spoke at Arlington praising Viet Nam progress toward a government reflecting the people, but lamented desperate acts amid turmoil.
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Washington
Johnson
South Vietnm
Saigon
Arlington National Cemetery
Vietnam
Memorial Day notes and Viet Nam items in AP digest
AP News Digest covers memorial services for a gravesite Arty sergeant in Arlington, suspicions about Viet Nam and Buddhist suicides, and broader items including LSD ban in California, polls in Alabama, U S- China ties inquiry, NATO funding, and a Cotton Belt derailment near Clarendon Arkansas with no injuries.
Notable Arkansans Visit in Hope and Local Notes
Mrs. Tom Helmore of New York visits her father Ed McCorkle in Hope, with references to her husband actor Tom Helmore and daughter Kit. Other items cover fishing licenses, Lake Greeson permits, Am 51 voter rules, Memorial Day reminders, and a piano recital by Mrs. Jack Brown's pupils at Unity Baptist Church.
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Tom Helmore
New York City
Ed McCorkle
McCorkle
West Avenue
Helmore
Kit Helmore
Random House
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Mar Hortense McCorkle
Helmores
Nassau
Bahamas
Philip McCorkle Sr
the Siftings Heald
Arkadelphia
Philip McCorkle Jr
Hempstead Memorial Hospital
Jack Brown
Unity Baptist Church
Yanks Stalking 1000 Cong Jungle Troops
In Pleiku area of South Viet Nam a U S brigade stalked a regiment of about 1006 North Vietnamese forces. The two sides fought in jungle and mountain terrain near landing zones west of Pleiku with several firefights since Saturday. Casualties on both sides were reported and the enemy unit was tentatively identified from prisoners.
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George McArthur
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Pleiku
U.S
Fourteen die in Arkansas over Memorial Day weekend
The Associated Press reports fourteen people died in Arkansas during the first two days of the Memorial Day weekend. Eight highway deaths, three boating fatalities with two drowning, and three more accidents include a fatal head on collision near Clarendon. Names cover Memphis and Little Rock residents among others, with police and coroners detailing individual deaths.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Headon
Clarendon
Frank Woods
Nelson Woods
Joyce Alberta Spencer
Debra Ann Spencer
Memphis
Joyd
A. Clark
Moro
Hazen England
Pine Bluff
Sammie McSpadden
Hazen
Ruellen Speck
U.S
Billy Frank Denison
Little Rock
England
Robert Herzher
Jesse Herzher
Wichita Kan
Lake Beaverfork
Peter McCoy
el Dorado
Ouachita River
Pulaski County
Boeing Space Division to study lunar orbiter modifications
The Boeing Space Division has an 89 000 contract from NASA to study modifying the Lunar Orbiter craft for experiments to determine the bearing strength of the moon's surface. The first of five Boeing Lunar Orbiters is scheduled for launch from Cape Kennedy in mid July.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Boeing Co. Space Division
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Cap Kennedy
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