Our Daily Bread Sliced Thin and Star’s Picture Page History
A fragmentary reminiscence by Alex H. Washburn traces The Star newspaper’s evolution from stock photo engravings mailed to engraving houses to in house darkroom and electronic engraving. It recalls Foley Pottery photo layouts from the 1930s, a pre offset era, and the shift to faster, higher detail imaging with Polaroid and Fairchild equipment, and the move to an offset plant.
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Alex H. Washburn
Associated Press
Foley
Spring Hill Pottery
The
Star
Ald
Arkansas
Shipley Stuie
Foley Pottery
Harper Standard Engraving Co
Ballas
Peerless Engraving Co
Little Rock
Ami
Fairchild
Polaroid
Rogers, Jr
McCaskill
Po Abl
Pal
Canle
Dee
Dty
Billy Dan Hotes
Tsaturday
Polo
Enor
Vibeli
Pbeeetes
Ata Neo 2 Prensthal
Hope Hotels
Teat Ga
Cme
bSineh
Tideptidy
Bolieie
Poulet
the Het
Stall
Sindh
Lightning Strikes Multiple Churches In Valley Area
A storm caused lightning to strike several churches Sunday, starting with Katia Catholic Church and later hitting Plow Valley Baptist Church. Firefighters battled blazes as transformers sparked and power lines burned, injuring no one reported on arrival. The incident disrupted services and caused minor structural damage to the fuse boxes and surrounding grounds.
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Totti
Katia Catholic Church
Plow Valley Baptist Church
Israel Couldn't Rely on Help in Six Day War
Foreign Minister Abba Eban says Israel could not count on outside aid during the June six day war and that Arab states are learning that no other powers will help them escape the trouble they caused. The remark underscores Israel's isolation as it faced regional conflict and strategic peril.
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Abba Eban
Middle East
Risaithon
Israel
Court Refuses Probe of Stock Market
Washington AP Chief Justice Warren protests as the Supreme Court refuses to examine NYSE practices. He argues a review could test investor protection rules though the court dismisses the antitrust suit by a 7 1 majority. Warren cautions he expresses no final view on merits.
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Washington
Earl Warren
Supreme Coin
New York Stock Exchange
Lo High Court
Warren
Exchdige
Court Rules Dance Studio Liable in Suit
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that Arte Murray was liable in a lawsuit filed by a woman seeking reimbursement for dancing lessons she says she never received. The decision affirms a Second Division Court ruling.
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Brock
Arkuins Supeme
Arte Murray
Btc
Center Hill GI Killed in Vietnam Loss
Paragould Arkansas AP reports Ronald Prince son of Mrs Tomly Fringe Center Hill Greene County was killed in action on November 8 in South Vietnam. Defense Department confirmed the death on Saturday.
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Paragould
Ark
Ronald Prince
Tomly
Center Hill
Greene County
da Mang
South Vietnam
Defense Department
Texarkana Drive-In Killings Leave Two Dead
A Texarkana drive-in shooting left two dead and a third seriously wounded. Samuel Richard Surber, 38, shot his wife and another man’s wife then killed himself. A 14 year old daughter and a 6 year old boy witnessed the attack, with Mrs Surber and Mrs Louis McClure among those shot. The wounded woman underwent surgery and was listed in serious condition.
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Texarkana, Ark
Texarkana Drive-In
Samuel Richard Lurber
Texarkana
Surber
Miller County
Leste Greer
Hha
Louis McClure
Aus. McClure
Miched
Lurber
Vesarkana
Woman Shot by Husband in Hope. 54 Dead
Mrs Lamour McElroy 54 of Hope was shot about 10 45 Saturday night by her estranged husband Fred McElroy 68 in a back room at 320 East Liu Street. He surrendered to Officer Ward and is jailed on pending charges. Funeral plans set for Tuesday in Houston with memorials to the Girl Scout Building Fund.
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Lamour McElroy
Hope
Fred McElroy
East Liu Street
Carl Ward
Leon Neal
Marie Hendrix
Ward
McElroy
Hempstead
Neal
Rose Marie
Joe Rooker
Mindy McElroy
Loleta Dattner
Texas
E. C. Croning
Houston
Sage Road
George H. Lewis
Neu of Mowers
Girl Scout Building Fund
U S sergeants freed in Viet Nam pass through Rome to U S
Three U S Army sergeants released from communist captivity in Viet Nam traveled via Rome on a Pan American jet for passage to Washington. Names James L. Jackson Daniel Lee Pitzer and Edward M Johnson. They spent the night in Beirut after remarks about war prompted by Hanoi.
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Gerald Miller
Associated Press
ROME
Vietnam
Roma
United States
Beirut
Hanoi
James £. Jackson
Talcott
W.va
Daniel Lee Pitzer
Spring Lake
N.C
Edward &. Johnson
Seaside
Calif
Washington
Paris
New York
Phnom Penh
Thomas Hayden
American Peace Committee
Hayden
Pan American Said
Weak Cold Front Hits Arkansas Keeps State Mild
A very weak cold front chilled Northwest Arkansas this morning while the rest of the state stayed well above freezing. Overnight lows ranged from 29 at Gilbert to 49 at Texarkana as a low pressure center moved toward Arkansas from Kansas. The U S Weather Bureau said cooler, cloudy and dry conditions would continue for a day or two with no more than a 10 percent chance of light showers. Highs Sunday reached 80 at Fort Smith, but most areas stayed in the 10s and no rainfall was recorded in the 24 hours ending 7 a.m. today.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Gilbert
Searcy County
Texarkana
U. S
Fort Smith
Notable 1967 Conifer Girl Scout Luncheon honors Fra zier
Last Thursday in Texarkana at the Conifer Girl Scout Council Award Luncheon retiring board member George Fra zier received a special plaque. Also reported: a deer killed near Shover Springs, Ed Allen's Store set as a deer checking point, Private Jo Ann Bruce promoted to Private First Class at Fort Meade Maryland, and a Cleveland Ohio seminar by Sherwine Williams Co featuring David Pat Simmons.
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Texarkana
Conifer
George Frazier
Horace Williams
The
Star
Shover Springs
Ed Allen
Jo Ann Bruce
Joe T. Bruce
Fort Meade, Maryland
Sherwine Williams Co
Cleveland
Qtibo
David Pat Simmons
North
California
My. Simons
South Elm Street
Hope
Guns Hold Off Charging Cong Troops Near Dak To
AP dispatch from Saigon reports North Vietnamese regulars pressing U S defense lines near Dak To in the central highlands. U S artillery and helicopter assaults persist after nightfall as U S and allied forces fend off a potentially significant action. Casualties run high on both sides with 92 Americans killed and 500 wounded, and 600 plus North Vietnamese killed in recent days. A U S recon squad killed two enemy in a nearby engagement as the Dak To base camp remains highly active.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Dak
Central Highlands
78Rd Airborne Brigade
John Lengel
Highlands
Bardier
Lengel
Airborne
South Vietnam
Laos
Baru. S
William B. Rosson
2Nd Corps
Man Held in Woman's Abduction in Texarkana
Johnny Porter, about 26, of Texarkana, was held for questioning in the abduction of a Texarkana woman and the wounding of her 10 year old son. The incident occurred when a man forced entry, abducted the woman at gunpoint, and shot the boy before fleeing. a car stop near Prescott led to the mother’s safe return.
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Texarkana
Ark
Johnny Porter
Miller County
Wagner
U.S
Hospital Hare
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