Less Bright Students Deserve Chance In College
An editorial from the Southern Regional Education Board argues colleges should not only admit top students. It urges consideration of weaker high school backgrounds and promotes junior colleges as stepping stones, stressing the value of teaching the less bright students effectively.
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Southern Regional Education Board
Jekyll Island
John W. Gustad
New College
Sarasota
Fla
Nevitt Sandard
Standard University
California
Gastard
Sansford
Atlanta
Constitution
Johnson opens pre election tour amid protests in Ohio Michigan
President Johnson launches an 18 speed Midwest tour drawing large crowds and mixed reactions over Vietnam policy. A Dayton rally was briefly interrupted by clashes with antiwar demonstrators while Johnson praised dissenting freedoms. He tours Detroit Battle Creek Dayton and Lancaster before a crowd of an estimated 250000. He defends not cutting European forces and weighs de Gaulle’s peace talks timetable remark.
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Washington
Johnson
Michigan
Ohio
Dayton
Democratic Party
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Battle Creek
Mich
Lancaster
Lanccaster
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Viet Nam
South
White House
Arkansan Named Second Vice President at Grotto Meet
James Newman of the Bendemer Grotto in Little Rock was named second vice president at the 32nd Southwest States Grotto Association convention. The three day conference in Shreveport, La drew more than 500 delegates from Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
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James Newman
Bendemer Grotto
Little Rock
Southwest States Grotto Association
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Brooks Collins Enters Hempstead Sheriff Race as Independent
The Star announces Brooks Collins as an Independent candidate for Sheriff and Collector of Hempstead County. He states he is 36, lifelong resident with a veteran and taxpayer background, wife Marion Taylor, two children, and active church involvement. He pledges to serve with dignity and respect if elected on November 8.
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Brooks Collins
Hempstead
Collins
Hempstead County
Marion Taylor
Rocky Mound
Roy Norman
Mary Louise
Spring Hill
Springhill Methodist Church
Stes
Labor Day Death Toll Above Six Hundred Record Toll
Traffic deaths during the 78 hour Labor Day weekend rose to 624, shattering prior records for a summer holiday period. The figure exceeds last year’s 563 and the 576 deaths recorded during Independence Day observances.
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Associated Press
Showers Forecast Across Arkansas Through Wednesday
Forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and a 4 chance of widely scattered showers across Arkansas through Wednesday. Monday was warm and sunny with no rainfall. Tonight's low around 60 degrees with highs Wednesday between 80 and 88. Overnight lows Monday ranged from 55 in Fayetteville to 67 in Little Rock.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Fayetteville
Little Rock
Strapped End to Arkansas Prison Strike
Tear gas and gunfire ended a three day sit down strike at Cummins Prison Farm Arkansas. Ten convicts were whipped with a leather strap and another punished with the strap bread and water isolation. Governor Faubus aide said calm returned and most strikers returned to work.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Clarence Thornbrough
Thornbrough
Faubus
C. E. Bishop
Bishop
Tucker
Malvern Youth Dies in Accidental Shooting
Clarence Reedy, 16, of Malvern was fatally shot when a gun misfired while James Sherman, 17, was demonstrating it. Deputies said the weapon belonged to a relative of Sherman and fired if the barrel was wiggled.
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Malvern, Ark
Clarence Reedy
Malvern
Sheriff's Deputies
James Sherman
Reedy
Sherman
Filibuster Expected on Rights Bill
Senate debate on the House passed civil rights bill looms with mixed views on fate. Some expect passage with housing open provision, others foresee a yearlong delay or removal of housing to enable a Senate House conference. Length of talk could determine mid October adjournment.
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Senate House
Congress
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Mansfield
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Den.c
Dixie Senators
House
Judiciary Committee
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D.miss
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Washington
Planes Rain Bombs on Red Positions in Vietnam War
AP dispatch from Saigon reports B52 bombers raining bombs on Commitat positions in the demilitarized zone. U S air offensive reaches near record 152 attack missions against the North. Marines say 26 Communist soldiers killed in a Da Nang area fight. B52s hit two targets in the buffer zone as South Vietnam seeks IC C access to verify armed elements and antiaircraft positions.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Commitat
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
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da Nang
Guam
Viet Nam
International Control Comes
Tran van Do
Commission
Indochina
Jailbreak attempt nets three Jonesboro men charged
In Jonesboro Arkansas three inmates Lawrence Chester Jimmy Hoy and Jame Greathouse were charged after a jailbreak attempt at Craighead County jail They used hack saw blades to remove a light fixture creating a 12 by 18 inch hole on the second floor jailers inside and outside confronted the men who surrendered Chester 24 Hoy 23 and Greathouse 23 faced charges of forgery burglary and grand larceny respectively.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Craighead County
Lonnie Cooper
Charlie Stroud
Cooper
Stroud
Lawrence Chester
Jimmy Hoy
Jame Greathouse
Chester
Hoy
Greathouse
Primary elections shape tense Democratic, GOP battlegrounds
AP News Digest notes 36 of 48 first term House Democrats in peril in districts once Republican as Johnson barnstorms the Midwest with 18 speeches on Vietnam. Nevada Iowa and North Dakota hold gubernatorial primaries while the Senate debates civil rights and faces a possible filibuster before the November elections.
Rockefeller on TV Tonight in Five States
Republican gubernatorial candidate Winthrop Rockefeller will deliver his first statewide campaign telecast. The 15 minute address airs at 10 15 p m on WREC TV in Memphis and at 10 30 p m on stations in Little Rock Jonesboro Fort Smith El Dorado Shreveport La Springfield Mo and Tulsa Okla via nine stations across five states.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Wrec-Tv
Memphis
Lille Rock
Jonesboro
Fort Smith
el Dorado
Shreveport
Springfield
Tulsa
Okla
Greta Fails to Show Much Fight in Storm Seed Try
Tropical storm Greta failed to mount a strong defense as U.S. scientists at Project Stormfury scrapped plans for a seeding attempt. Peak winds reached only about 40 mph in squalls, leading officials to deem the experiment impractical.
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Miams Fla
Greta
U.S
Great
Stormtury
Brooks Collins Seeks Hempstead Sheriff Seat
All Around Town reports Brooks Collins announcing his candidacy for Hempstead County Sheriff on the independent ticket. He will face incumbent Democrat Jimmie Griffin seeking a fifth term as interest grows with a strong Republican slate in the state. A separate note confirms JTF.2 exercise in the region from Sept. 7 to 16 with no sonic booms.
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Brooks Collins
Hempstead County
Jimmie Griffin
South African Prime Minister Verwoerd Assassinated in Parliament
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was stabbed to death in Parliament by a white assassin wearing a parliamentary messenger’s uniform. The 64 year old leader died at a hospital as acting premier Theophilus Donges announced the tragedy to lawmakers.
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Robert N. Lindsay
Cape Town
South Africa
Hendrik F. Verwoerd
Verwoerd
Theophilus Donges
South African Press Association
Donges
John F. Kennedy
Democrats Fear Freshmen May Get Beat
Democratic strategists warn more than 36 of the 48 first term House Democrats from previously Republican districts face danger as elections loom. Though most may cling to a House majority of 294 to 139 with two vacancies, many freshmen sit in marginal districts won with under 55 percent. Notable cases include Rep Weston E Vivian in Michigan and Iowa’s party shift with five of six new Democrats under 44 percent.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Johnson
House
Weston E. Vivian
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Iowa
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