Nixon backs direct election reform for Electoral College
President Nixon urged congressional reform to abolish the Electoral College and elect the president by the largest popular vote. He favored a 40 percent margin for victory and a runoff if no candidate reached that threshold, with states ratifying any amendment. He said the House has supported direct election and warned against losing reform momentum this year.
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Brest
Nixon
Idres
Congtess
Ronald L. Ziegler
House
Senate
Rent ‘Colle
Ex-School Supt Named to County Board
Leroy Gattin, former Pulaski County School superintendent, was named Monday night to the county School Board to fill the unexpired term of John Ulmer who resigned for health reasons. With five of seven members present the nomination drew two votes, one abstention and one vote for Lester Hosto amid objections from Dr ale Cowling who called the move improper and unethical.
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Little
Ruck
Leroy Gattin
Pulaski County
Gattin
John Ulmer
Senate Ethics Probe Targets Bribery in Private Relief Bills
The Senate Ethics Committee investigates bribery claims tied to private relief bills allowing Oriental aliens to stay during pending measures. Chairman John Stennis says some bills were filed by staff or introduced by messengers with the sponsor’s name, and signatures and personal presence are required. Lions receive awards for committee sponsorship of new members.
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Stennis
Community Calendar and Obituary News Briefs
Calendar items include Bethel A M E Church planning for Women’s Day on October 12 at 3 p.m. and Mt Vernon Baptist Choir accompanying Mahalia Jackson in Kansas City on October 5 at 3 p.m. Obituary notes the funeral for Bam mer Walker at Mt Hebron Baptist Church October 2 at 1 a.m. Burial at St Peter Cemetery. Christian Benevolent Society meets September 20 with discussion on a Nation Worships God and dues paid.
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Bethel A.M. E
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Kansas City
Missouri
Mahalia Jackson
Municipal Auditorium
Mt. Vernon
Emanuel Johnson
Hope
Rising Star Baptist Church
Dorothy Witherspoon Murry
Jessie
Alice Witherspoon
Bammer Walker
Mt. Hebron Baptist Church
St. Peter Cemetery
Hicks Funeral Home, Inc
Christian Benevolent Society
C. G. Carmichael
Ail
J. C. Williams
Oakland
California
Bernice Humbert
West German mark hits record in currency market surge
The West German mark rose to a record 26 cents in Frankfurt as trading reopened after a halt amid election speculation. Official value had been 25 cents per dollar. Frankfurt opened at 3.8850 marks per dollar and moved to 3.4 as dealers in London widened rates. In other notes, Lions Club reports include Goodyear manager Jim Crippen, Gov. R H Shaddock of Camden, and the Center for the Blind project. a mention explains the House mace as a symbol of authority in the House of Representatives.
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London
Frankfurt
West Germany
House
House of Representatives
Senate
Television Logs and Daily Schedule Highlights
TV listings from a regional newspaper show a dense schedule with many programs across mornings, afternoons, and evenings. Notable items include news, weather, sports, movies like Botany Bay and The Shakiest Gun in the West, game shows such as Jeopardy and The Newlywed Game, soap operas like Days of Our Lives and Guiding Light, and kids’ shows Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room. The guide also features late night talk with Joey Bishop and Johnny Carson, plus various public affairs segments and religious programming.
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Debbie Reynolds
Botany Bay
Governor Ande
Festiva Marcus Wetby
M. D
Joey Bishop
Johnny Carson
Heidi
Merv Griffin
Little Rock
Arkansas Ney
Paul Harvey
General Hospital
Mike Douglas
Lauzhein
Big Valley U
Big Top UC
McHale’s Navy
Gilligan’s Island
Hazel
Rawhide
Perry Mason
Discovery
Marshall Dillon
Nighttime TV Schedule Fragments and Debris
A fragmented TV guide listing reads like a late season schedule with movie titles such as Halfway Back From Hell and The Unguarded Moment, news blocks, weather, and show times scattered. It includes references to Glen Campbell, Hawaii Five Oh, and The Beverly Hillbillies among scattered programs.
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Glen Campbell
Eddie
Music Hall
Medical Center
Bronson
Hawaii Five-O
Johnny Carson
Merv Griffin
Joey Bishop
Family in Springdale dies from toxic food poisoning
An inquest ruled that Myrtle Mae Parker and two of her grandchildren died from toxic food poisoning after their bodies were found in a car near Tucumcari New Mexico. Glen Parker, 32, and two other children were hospitalized with poisoning symptoms. Witnesses said the car stopped beside the roadway at dawn Sunday.
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N.M
Springdale
Ark
Myrtle Mae Parker
Bobby Joe Parker
Jackie Lee Parker
Glen Parker
Parker
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Town & Country District
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Bob) Shaddock
Camden
James Morrow
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Camden Fairview
Japan
Center For the Blind
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Bob Buice
Arkansas A.M. Ll
Lucille Ball
Debbie Drake
Beverly Hillbillies
Andy Griffith
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Rexall
Super Anapac
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Rexall Pharmacy
Emmet, Ark
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