Commencement talks urge total dedication and leadership
Review of a dozen talks by distinguished figures stresses giving full effort in work and play. Emphasizes dependability, loyalty, and dedication alongside ability, and notes vast global opportunity for leadership despite world problems. Also hints at political tension over Taft Hartley Act and celebrates Lanier High School’s math champions in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calle
Birmingham
Lanier Senior High School
Macon
Atlanta
Heavy Damage in Accidents Early Today
State Policeman Guy Downing investigated two accidents this morning. At 6:25 a.m. on Highway 355 and 67 in Fulton Danny Joe Roberts of Mesquite Texas tried to pass in a no passing zone and hit Bruce Kennedy’s gravel truck driven by James Leo Batec lift of Texarkana, smashing a barrel of oil and leaving the Roberts car a total loss. Roberts was charged with improper passing. Nobody was injured. At 8:10 a.m. near Oaks Cafe on Highway 67 Slemans J Oliver of Austin stopped behind a school bus, then Vess Embree of Beaver Dam Kentucky rear-ended Oliver’s vehicle, causing light damage and a slight facial cut to Blanche Floyce, a passenger in the Kentucky car.
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Guy Downing
Highway 355
Highway 67
Fulton
Danny Joe Roberts
Mesquite
Texas
Bruce Kennedy
James Leo Bateclift
Texarkana
Logan
Roberts
Near Oaks
Slemans J. Oliver
Austin
Vess Embree
Beaver Dam
Oliver
Blanche Floyce
Kentucky
Four Suspected Encephalitis Cases Reported in Arkansas
The Arkansas Health Department reported four new suspected encephalitis cases Tuesday, raising total suspected cases to 18. The new cases involve Stream Springs, Blytheville, North Little Rock, and White County, with other counties Ashley Ouachita Pulaski and Union also reporting suspected cases. None has been confirmed as encephalitis.
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UTTLE
Gemini 11 sets new high and speed in space flight
Cape Kennedy AP report details Gemini 11 mission driven by Agena rocket reaching above 850 miles, with Charles Conrad Jr. and Richard Gordon Jr. on a record orbit. Gordon stood in the open hatch to photograph stars for 2 hours 20 minutes while Conrad marveled at a world circling horizon. The craft peaked at 17 884 mph, faster than any previous manned vehicle, as readings monitored radiation and early space-walk fatigue.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Australia
Gordon
Indian Ocean
Conrad
Agena
Gemini
van Allen Belt
Caonrad
District Told No Annexation
In Little Rock Arkansas the attorney general says annexation by a school district from another requires approvals from both districts boards or patrons. Benton District cannot annex 160 acres from Bryant District even with local favor. Perrin notes students must travel six miles to Bryant while Benton has a nearby elementary.
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Little Rock
Attorney General
Jance Hanshaw
Benton
Howard Perrin
Bryant
Perrin
Youth Killed at Texarkana in Car Collision
Raymond McCrory, 5, son of Jimmy McCrory of Shreveport Louisiana, was killed when his father's car collided head on with another on U S 67 about 12 miles north of Texarkana Arkansas. His father, 23, and the other driver Charles Cohn, 51, of Corinth Mississippi, were injured.
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Texarkana, Ark
Raymond McCrory
Jimmy McCrory
Shreveport
U.S. 67
Here
McCrory
Charles Cohn
Corinth
Miss
Pentagon Admits Millions Stolen in Viet Nam Supplies
Pentagon officials estimate that millions of dollars worth of building materials sent to Viet Nam were stolen damaged or ruined due to hasty unloading and lack of storage. An officer linked with RMK-BRJ said the loss could total under 10 million with more detail expected in November after inventories in three major depots and 13 warehouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
U.S
Rmk-Brj
South Viet Nam
Raymond International
New York
Morris Knudsen
Boise
Idaho
Brown & Root
Houseton
Tex
JA. Jones Construction Co
Charlotte
N.C
Housing Short Course offered in Hope by Extension Service
The Agricultural Extension Service invites residents to enroll in a Housing Short Course in Hope. Ten September October meetings feature State Specialists with updated housing advice on plans, financing, kitchens, materials, utilities, and furnishings. Free attendance runs 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with no tests and room for questions. Call Prospect 7-5771 before September 19 for details and enrollment.
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Agricultural Extension Service
Calvin Caldwell
Dolores McBride
Prospect
Housing Planning Service
Revolutionary Tactics Cited by Arkansas Official
Col. Carl Miller of the Arkansas State Police said Atlanta race riots show national leaders must act to curb revolutionary tactics of professional provocateurs. He told Arkansas police chiefs at a workshop that community security is in grave jeopardy and riots must be quelled and rioters must accept law and order.
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Little Rock
Carl Miller
Arkansas State Police
Atlanta
Miller
Arkansas
Arkansas Municipal Vague
Atu Wuredy
Trimble appoints Lem Bryan to lead Arkansas campaign
Rep. James Trimble D Arkansas named Lem Bryan an attorney from Fort Smith to run his campaign against Republican John Paul Hammerschmidt. Trimble said this bid will differ from past committee systems used in prior campaigns.
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Associated Press
Washington
James Trimble
D-Ark
Lem Bryan
Fort Smith
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Trimble
Bryan
Russia admits holding Peace Corps worker Dawson
Moscow confirms American Peace Corps volunteer Thomas R. Dawson 24 of Annapolis was detained near Astara on the Caspian Sea border with Iran for alleged border violations. A U.S. embassy spokesman said Dawson was “in innocence” headed toward the border and that the embassy will seek his release. The Foreign Ministry expelled a U.S. diplomat, Donald R. Lesh, in retaliation for Washington’s expulsion of Valentin A. Revin.
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John Wyland
Moscow
Forselen
Thomas R. Dawson
Peace Corps
Iran
Dawson
U.S
Annapolis
Astara
Caspian Sea
Foreign Ministry
Donald R. Lesh
Valentin A. Revin
Washington
Revin
Harold M. Koch
Chicago
Soviet Union
Koch
Viet Nam
City Board OKs traffic safety call near Hope High
The City Board passed three ordinances including a rezoning in Haynes addition and a building code update while a petition by E P Young Jr and Floyd Crank to close 17 Street was sent to the planning commission. Bob Moers urged action on dangerous school traffic at Hope High to slow speeds and protect youths and property.
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Haynes
E. P. Young Jr
Floyd Crank
Main
Elm
Planeing Commission For
Bob Moers
Hope High
Change Would Be Only in Machines Says Rockefeller Critique
Mrs. Jim Johnson, wife of governor candidate Jim Johnson, warns at a Little Rock meeting that electing Winthrop Rockefeller would merely swap political machines for a new power structure based in New York. She calls for a return to Christian principles as about 100 women attend.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Jim Johnson
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Rockefeller
New York
Husbad
Violence Tests Grenada Court Order in Desegregation Crisis
In Grenada Mississippi a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order to protect Negro schoolchildren as white protests flared in the town square. Troopers and game wardens dispersed a jeering crowd while a hearing was set for a more lasting order.
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Associated Press
Grenada
Mass
U.S. Dist
Claude Chiyhton
Justice Department
Clayton
Chalmette
Lit
Hocksters
Taunters
St. Bernard High School
Chalmette High
St. Bernard High
Bogalusa
Jesse Cutter
Linccoln Lynch
Congress of Racial Equality
Bogalusa Junior High
Momlay
Atlanta
William Haygood James
James
Fulton County Grand Jury
Stokely Carmichael
Militant
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Carmichael
NAACP leaders seek federal probe of Pulaski EOA
Little Rock NAACP leaders Dr. Jerry D. Jewell and L. C. Bates petitioned Sargent Shriver to order an investigation of the Pulaski County Economic Opportunity Agency, including a books audit since its incorporation. Victor Ray, EOA director, welcomed an audit and asked for specifics.
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Little Rock
Cerail
National War On Poverty
Pulaski County
Shriver
Victor Ray
EOA
All Around Town Highlights and Corrections
Southern State sophomores Dick Willis Vince Massanelli and Harry Ray McMahon split time between Magnolia and football practice. Errors corrected include listing Murfreesboro assistant coach as John Ross Allen instead of John Allen Ross. F C Crow named to National Scout Council for the second year. Pau rkins District 4 Tree Farm meeting September 22 at Johns in Nashville. Louisiana State Fair at Shreveport opens soon with Freedi’s Angus Farm among first entrants. Technical Sergeant Samuel D Arrington, son of H S Arrington Prescott, awarded U S Air Force Commendation Medal at Phan Rang Viet Nam for meritorious service as air police supervisor at Barksdale. He is a Prescott High graduate. his wife is daughter of John Ladatto of Rost er City Lat.
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Dick Willis
Vince Massanelli
Harry Ray McMahon
Southern State
Vince
Magnolia
Harry Ray
Samuel D. Arrington
H. S. Arrington
4Th
Prescott
U. S. Air Force
Phan Rang AB
Viet Nam
Barksdale Apb
Prescott High
John Ladatto
Rosester City
Lat
Cong Strikes Near Saigon. GI Captured in Raid
AP dispatch describes a pre dawn Viet Cong assault near Saigon capturing an American serviceman and killing four Vietnamese militiamen while blowing up 52 trucks. U S bombers attack a North Vietnamese missile complex for the seventh day as allied forces press a major helicopter offensive in central Viet Nam.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Dong Hoi
North
GOPs Plot a 4.7 Billion Budget Cut Plan
Washington Republicans unveil a budget aiming to show President Johnson can trim federal spending by 4.7 billion, above his 3 billion target. Dirksen signals a detailed GOP plan at an October 3 meeting as inflation concerns rise with wholesale prices up 0.4 percent in August and a 1.3 percent jump in wholesale food prices.
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Gemini
Viet Nam
Saigon
Dieter Dengler
Federal
Juge
Grenada
Miss
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Washington
Johnson
Minnesota
Karl Kolvaag
Edward J. McCormack
Massachusetts
Republican Policy Coordinating Committee
Labor Department
House
Ways and Means Committee
Business and Trade Associations
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National Cotton Council
Florida
Nevada
Arizona
Orlando
Sentinel
Pete Conrad
Front
Dick Gordon
Trimble Names
Pine Bluie
Ark
Vine Bluff
Austin Franks
Watson Chapel
Javinius
Russia
Judge Orders
AP News Digest
Investigation of
Pulaski Eoa Agency
The
Star
Murfreesboro
Lsted
John Ross Allen
John Allen Ross
F.C. Crow
Boy Scout Movement
Scout
Rkinsss
Tree Farm Couuities
Jodn's
Nashville
Stanley J. Tureski
International Paper Co
Camden
Shreveeport
Arrive Ing
Freedi
Angus Farm of
Cong
Gops
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