United Fund drive urged in Hempstead County
The editor urges public support for the 1968 Hempstead County United Fund. The plan consolidates multiple campaigns into one driven appeal with a budget around 23 825 dollars allocated across health education and social services. The piece notes past objections and emphasizes unified giving and centralized campaign leadership.
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United Fund
Star
United Fun
Personilly
Ari Watt
Cattedt Biel
Etwalien Agany
Museukir
Grossett School Contract Details Confusing Bid Note
A muddled OCR fragment outlines a contract for Grossett School, mentioning a bid, a four rueth unit, duck care, and Tyese day futeuetion with conditioned elements tied to study. Names, places, and clear figures are unavailable in the readable text.
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Cpeork
Chasnelt
Approval Sought for Stock Deal by Parent Company
The article describes requests to approve a stock transaction intended to repay an advance from the parent company and to fund other improvements. It notes the deal would involve LPT Bear Gaby-Phe Wallet Pedephone and Cureilss slow Puestliy, with the aim of financing various needs and supporting the parent company Waited bOlites.
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LPT
Puestliy
Vie Cod Puay
Vey
Nuordiedst
Avraibi
Ite
bOlites
Plitio
Violence in Antidraft Picketing at Oakland Center
In Oakland California antiwar demonstrators faced a violent 24 hour period before choosing peaceful picketing at the induction center. Police dispersed a massive blockade injuring over 20 people as nearly 140 were arrested over two days of protests. Judge Delmar Brobst sentenced Joan Baez and 102 others among 123 arrests from Monday’s demonstrations, with some defendants pleading no contest and others offered five weeks of service instead of jail.
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Oakland
Calif
Delmar Brobst
Joan Baez
Democrats Move to Drop Johnson in 1968 War Policy
AP report on groups of Democrats opposing President Johnson over Vietnam seeking to nominate a war ender, with Sen. Robert F. Kennedy as a potential candidate. Kennedy disavows these efforts though organizers cite war as the central issue affecting domestic programs. Dr. Martin Shepard notes Kennedy supporters reach thousands across chapters.
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Belman Morin
NEW York
Johnson
Vietnam
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Martin Shepard
Citizens For Kennedy
Stop Dabasea Democrats Dn
Plane search shifts as CAP moves HQ to Malvern
In Malvern Arkansas the Civil Air Patrol moved its headquarters from Hope as the search for a single engine plane missing since Friday continues with Marvin Melton of Jonesboro aboard. Pilots have flown over most of Hope area with limited effort in the Malvern region. Melton’s wife Loree and his brother Oscar express dwindling hope yet thank Arkansans for aid. CAP reports 16 aircraft active and two National Guard helicopters plus more requests for pilots. A boy’s sighting of a plane spinning near Hope was discounted after investigation.
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Malvern
Ark
Civil Air Patrol
Hope
Marvin Melton
Jonesboro
May
Joel Wall
Hot Springs
Melton
Loree
Oscar
California
Arkansas
Dallas
Tex
Wall
Arkansas National Guard
A& Lee
Dpen
Bistarek
Hot Spring County
Wali
State Pee Mev
Recreation Loan
Man's Fears Shape Social Status in Modern Phobias
New York AP report explores how social rank hinges on fears people keep, coining terms for phobias like estetophobes and misanthrophobes. It describes common anxieties from fear of failure to fear of sleep, and notes many individuals live under such paralyzing worries.
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Wal Tay le
NEW York
Russia Makes Soft Landing on Venus
The Soviet Venus 4 spacecraft reportedly made a soft landing on Venus and sent data showing temperatures from 104 to 465 degrees Fahrenheit and atmospheric pressure from Earth-like to 15 times Earth. The atmosphere appeared mainly carbon dioxide with hydrogen and vapors around 14 percent and no noticeable nitrogen. Signals monitored at Jodrell Bank in Britain for over an hour and a half, with Lovell calling the surface signals tremendous and amazing.
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Henry 8
Bradsher
Associated Press
Moscow
Soviet Union
Venus
Britain
Venus 4
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Sir Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Lovell
Russia
Hackler bans equipment use by probers
In Little Rock the state Game and Fish Commission director Hugh Hackler said attorneys Frank Watson and Bill Carter must bring their own photostatic equipment and staff to continue their records review. They had been using the commission’s copier and personnel, tied to Gov. Rockefeller appointee H. W. McMillan in the ouster hearing.
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Little Rock
Frank Watson
Bill Carter
Gane and Fish Commission
Commission
Hugh Hackler
Watson
Carter
H. W. McMillan
Arkadelphia
Winthrop Rockefeller
Ins
Hackler
George Catlin Paintings on Display Here
George Catlin paintings are shown on the Hope High School campus on Wednesday and Thursday from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. The 18 works are on loan from the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC and valued at $54,000.
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George Catlin
Hope High School
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
Georgy Catin
Chea
Kbs
Ladiga
Johnson's Budget to Go Under the Knife in the House Today
Johnson's budget faces sharp cuts in the House with the Appropriations Committee proposing a $2.85 billion package focused on payroll and research reductions. Some Democrats back a $5 billion total reduction, while others seek to protect Treasury, Justice, and FBI payrolls. The political fight includes amendments targeting specific programs like a $162 million supersonic transport project, amid concerns over mail delivery and departmental efficiency.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Johnson
House
Appropriations
Treasury
Justice Department
FBI
Post Office
Appropriations Committee
Internal Revenue
Senate Committee
House Democratic
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Ways and Means
Administration
Congress
Senate
American Wins Nobel Prize for Eye Vision Discoveries
The 1967 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to Ragnar Granit of Sweden Haldan Keffer Hartline of Boston Massachusetts and George Wald of Harvard University for discoveries on the eye's chemical and physiological visual processes. The $62,000 prize will be shared equally among the three laureates.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ragnar Granit
Haldan Keffer Hart~ Line
Boston
Mass
George Wald
Harvard University
Royal Carol Ine Institute Medical
Family gram letter from carrier air wing aboard Cartier Sea
Delbert Johnson, an administration man in the Navy, mailed the Family gram from Blevins to share life aboard the U S Cartier with his family. His wife Sonja, his parents, and relatives in Blevins and Hope are mentioned, along with surrounding community notes and local events.
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Blevins
Fighter Squadron 15
Carrier Air Wing 15
Carel
U.S. Cartier
Delbert Johnson
Navy
Sonja
Walter Johnson
Red Ambush Kills 58 Americans in Saigon Area
In a fierce clash 58 U.S. service members were killed and 61 wounded as a Communist regiment attacked two U.S. infantry companies 41 miles north of Saigon. The engagement also left multiple enemy casualties and disrupted U.S. command structure as Maj. Don W. Holleder and Lt. Col. Terry Allen Jr. were noted among the officers killed. Concurrent air and ground actions included Lang Son and Lang Giai area strikes, losses of four American planes, and reports of Vietnamese operations elsewhere.
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Robert Tuckman
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Don W. Holleder
Army
Terry Allen Jr
Starene
Sicily
Hanoi
Perth
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Batangan
Chu Lai
U.S. 9Th Division
Four Negro brothers given 40 year sentences in rape case
An all male jury including one Negro recommended 40 year terms for Eddie Manning 17 H L Manning 24 and Arthur Lee Manning 22 after convicting them of raping a 14 year old white woman on a Pulaski County road near Soll. Jessie Jones 22 was dismissed for insufficient evidence with assault charges pursued and potential bond set. The state sought the death penalty for all four defendants.
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Little Rock
Pulaski
Soll
Eddie Manning
H. L. Manning
Alzheimer
Arthur Lee Manning
Scott
Jessie Jones
William Kirby
Jones
James i. Howard
Howard
Atty
James H. Largison
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Clevelant County Recereation Association, Inc
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Ann Sutton
Chill and
Sutton
War Merorjd
Alan Berry
Truta Cuttee
E. W. Graham
Southwest
Extension Homemakers Council
Civil Defease and
Extension Homemakers Groups
Hempstead
Phi Sigma
Association For Childhood Education
Southern State College
Gwendolyn McJunkins
James McJunkins Jr
Saratuga
Saratuga High School
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