Paperback Crusade Sparks Reading Revival in Michigan
Educators worry about electronic media hurting reading but Dr. Daniel N Fader tested a paperback approach. He distributed inexpensive thrillers and popular topics to Michigan colleges uncovering a surge in reading of hard cover texts as students pursued more books. The project partnered with Ivan Ludington Sr to supply thousands of unsold paperbacks turning reluctant readers toward sustained study.
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State of Michigan
Daniel N. Fader
Friends
Cheverolet
Fader
Michigan
Ivan Ludington, Sr
Ludington
Friends of Education
Arkansas Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentence for Walker
The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed a life sentence for James Dean Walker in the 1963 fatal shooting of North Little Rock officer Vaughn. The court rejected 12 points in his appeal after earlier upholding a death sentence before it was commuted. Vaughn stopped a car carrying Walker and Freeman Jumpe when the shooting occurred.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
James Dean Walker
Northvite Rock
Fven Walker
Errell Vaughn
Pulaski
Pulai
Vaughn
Walker
Freeman Jumpe
Americans claim daring Brazil jail escape linked to diamond
Texas pilot Joseph A. Truhill and two companions say they were framed by Gen. Rio Grandino Kruel over a missing 400 carat diamond worth about 2 million. They escaped from Brasilia prison after being granted a visit and flew 40 hours to safety with a Texas businessman piloting the return plane.
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Jack Donovan Richardson
Tex
Texas
Joseph A. Truhill
Dallas
Richardson
Joseph Mel Cutcheon
Sam. Sextone
Fort Smith
Ark
Rio Grandino Kruel
Brazil
Federal Security Police
Kruel
Truhill
U.S
Brownsville
Brasilia
Sexton
Air Services, the
Hippocrates Basiles Takapoulos
Trubill
Paulo Leite
Merschant
Takopoulos
Juan Barbosa Sobrinho
Dellegado Assuncuo
S. Luis Bronzeado
Chamber of Deputies
Java Landslide Kills 31 Persons
In west Java a landslide triggered by a week of heavy rains killed 31 people, the Social Affairs Department reported. The disaster occurred last week as floods and monsoon weather affected the region. Jacksonville political clashes dominated another AP dispatch from Arkansas, with Winthrop Rockefeller accusing Jim Johnson of courting the machine and Johnson rebutting charges about his impact on state industry and local contractors.
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Jakarta
West Java
Social Affairs Department
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Jim Johnson
Rockefeller
Jacksonville
Johnson
Virginia
Rockeffeller
McCrory
Music Is Rotary Meet Subject
Richard Keyton, Hope High School musical director, urged a musical education as a sound education for children at the Hope Rotary Club program. He cited successful local musicians trained in Hope and demonstrated marching maneuvers with Linda Sue Parsons Ruth Ann Wylie and John King in uniform under Harold Eakley.
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Richard Keyton
Hope High School
Hope Rotary Club
Hope
Linda Sue Parsons
Ruth Ann Wylie
John King
Harold Eakley
Keyton
Paw Klipsch
John Hawkins
Texarkana
Sim Manus
Little Rock
E.l.arches, Jr
Shrevesport
Dean Black
Desertions rise as Viet Cong defectors surge in October
Vietnamese officials report 2062 Viet Cong defections in October the third highest monthly total this year on eve of National Day parade featuring 500 former Viet Cong. Despite lull battles, U S air raids resumed with B52 strikes near Kontum and Quang Ngai as Viet Cong attacked U S 4th Infantry Division positions.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Air Force
Guam
South
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Kontum City
Quang Ngai City
Awaul
Henry Minh
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Guinea Holds U.S. Envoy Under Arrest
In a clash over regional detentions, Guinea kept newly arrived U.S. Ambassador Robinson Mellvaine under house arrest amid U S protests. Ghana had previously detained a 19 member Guinea delegation including its foreign minister, prompting diplomatic tension between the two nations.
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Pan American Airways
Accra
Melbvaine
Foreign Service
Guinea
Sekou Toure
State Department
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Toure
Nkrumah
Japan launches Mu rocket toward first satellite by 1968
UCHINOURA Japan AP officials from Tokyo University space research team declared the launch a success. The 700 foot Mu rocket was fired from Uchinoura into the Pacific Ocean and flew for three minutes 20 seconds before splashdown.
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Uchinoura
Japan
Tokyo University Space Research
Pacific Ocean
A Halloween tale unfolds in Key West mystery
In Key West, Elena Hoyos died of tuberculosis at 22, and her body became the center of a macabre saga. Von Cosel, a Marine Hospital technician, kept the body for years, dressing it as a bride and claiming to guard her in a shack until his death in 1983. The tale blends rumor, ghosts of a past crime, and a town’s eerie legend.
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Ay Anne Smith
Miami Herald
Key West
Fla
United States
Elena Hoyos
Elena
Bienvenido Perez
Peres
von Cosel
Perez
Florinda Lachina Medina
Lachina Medina
17Th
Flager Ave
Ben Lopez
Enrique Estiginaldo Jr
von Casel
Esquinaldo
Zephyr Hills
Postmaster Vacancy at Saratoga Arkansas
Postmaster examination announced for Saratoga Arkansas with a $5697 yearly salary. Applicants need at least one year of experience in record keeping or postal procedures. education above high school can substitute six months. Obtain requirements at the local post office. apply to the U S Civil Service Commission by the closing date.
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Saratoga
Arkansas
Knen
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington, D.C
Transplant of Liver Fatal in Teen at Metropolitan Hospital
A 14 year old boy died two days after a rare liver transplant at Metropolitan Hospital. The boy had been in critical condition after the six hour operation to stem an acute case of hepatitis.
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New York
Metropolitan Hospital
Johnson Asia trip nears end as Johnson lands in Korea
AP News Digest covers President Johnson arriving in South Korea to conclude Asia tour amid regional tensions after China’s atomic test. India urged to back a treaty to curb nuclear spread while Vietnam encounters renewed combat as 4th Division suffers casualties.
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Johnson-Asia
Johnson
South Korea
Hope B and P W Women Attend Camden Conference
Hope Business and Professional Women joined a four district meet in Camden last weekend with members Vee lora Bright Norma Jean Delaney Opal Hervery Opal Daniels Martha Stephenson and LeVeta Mouser. Theme Plan for Progress High is the Limit. District clubs shared ideas and local members attended a banquet at Hotel Camden Friday night. Delaney chaired the Sunday breakfast, Mouser spoke devotion, Bright gave the president's report and Daniels was elected alternate to the State Nominating Committee.
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Hope Business
Camden
Veelora Bright
Norma Jean Delaney
Opal Hervery
Opal Daniels
Martha Stephenson
LeVeta Mouser
B&pw
Hotel Camden
Mouser
Hope Club
Miss Bright
Hope Group
Local notices and events prompt schedule changes
All About Town reports Junior High football on Tuesday November 1 cancels the Music Parents Association meeting. Overseas mail deadlines are November 10 for surface shipping and December 10 for air. Boy Scout Troop 91 skips Monday meeting per Scoutmaster Olen Overturf. Rev S Joseph Gene notes flood lights stolen from Southside Assembly Church lawn. Whitfield Massie Lodge 239 meets 7 30 PM Tuesday November 1. Caravan of Stars at Southern State College November 2 with Gary Lewis and others. tickets 2 50 in advance, 3 50 at door. Paul Guerin of Hope, Hendrix College sophomore, joins Hendrix H Club. Rockefeller campaign fundraisers named in Miller and Hempstead Counties. Basil Head to head Rockefellers in Miller County. Clyde House to raise funds in Hempstead County.
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Miller
Hempstead Counties
Basil Head
Texarkana, Ark
Miller County
Rockefeller
Clyde House of Hope
Hempstead County
Koreans Hail Johnson in Giant Seoul Welcome
President Johnson drew an estimated two million Koreans in Seoul as he toured the city on his seven nation tour. Police reported 350000 in City Hall Square as Johnson urged courtesy amid crowd surges and expressed gratitude for aid to Viet Nam, while warning China against nuclear development.
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Frank Cormier
Seoul
South Korea
Johnson
Texas
Pee Seoul
City Hall Square
Wate
Viet Nam
Chung Hee Park
China
Washington
Anchorage
Alaska
Korea
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
United States
Forestry Day at Experiment Station Nov 4
The Southwest Branch Station of the University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station will hold a Forestry Management Study Day on Friday November 4 starting at 10:00 a.m. Timbers owners will hear talks from forest and timber industry speakers on pulpwood plywood and sawlog demands. Attendees may join a Dutch treat lunch an equipment display and a forestry research tour ending about 3:00 p.m.
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Southwest Branch
University of Arkansas
Agricultural Experiment Station
Cecil M. Bittle
Hope
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