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The Ledger and Times, March 8, 1968 Murray State's Digital Commons The Ledger & Times Newspapers 3-8-1968 The Ledger and Times, March 8, 1968 The Ledger and Times Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/tlt Recommended Citation The Ledger and Times, "The Ledger and Times, March 8, 1968" (1968). The Ledger & Times. 5914. https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/tlt/5914 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Murray State's Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Ledger & Times by an authorized administrator of Murray State's Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ••• 4. - • c - neireasiceoseaserrikaritheassoweeth., 1 4 'I. Selected As A Best All Round Kentucky Community Newspaper Hargrove tei Parrlah, The Primary tvie Pierce. Largest Paid s. Charlene Source of News .r1 Box 63. Circulation 1, 229 pout: In Murray and aul Ganglia Both In City boy aGore. Calloway County L,A rid In County 1777cf-Preas- International In Our 55th Tear Murray, Ky., Friday Afternoon, March 8, 1968 10* Per Copy -LXXXIX No. 58 id Six Calloway High Calloway County [Seen & Heard Weeks Honor Roll Is Speech Students In Vision Most High Superlatives Released For Murray High Meet On Thursday Important In 20 Persons Die • •;•Arounch:. Ten Calloway High speech en- trante under the direction Cl Mks D • • The borer roil for the fourth tle 30. Mark Blankenship 2.80, Sumo Jeffrey, !speech teacher, riving I MURRAY 'Vol weeks' period at Murray High Kathy Crider 3.0, Leslie Purger- cornsieted m the National Parana School hoe been released by Prin- s:en 280. Nhaila Shelton 280 Beth Lasso. meet held at Grove - Mb As Bus Struck cipal Eli Alexander These stu- Turk 2.60, Dkk West 30. School. Pars. Tenn., on 'Thundev Soesesewe tkarlids Dr Shelton Owens, Optometrist US the folkeiving dents achieved the 250 to 3 00 aeternaon after school was Fredremen• Ann Barth. 30 Cl Fulton. Kentucky, ass th. "How Can It Be?" schdlastic average IlerfeSarV to re- Mike missed , Floyd 30 Richs-d HV1 2 84. Nancy speaker yeaterday at the Murray Nave this scholastic honor. Ratings from the groups peal- Seniors' Dot Hart 30 Ted Howard 250. Ftlety Rotary Club. Dr James Byrn, "My Hum 2.75, Jan cipstion resulted in 19 superiors. 'Suicide' God. By Car tiny can k he? Jones, 30 Susanne lions 275 Gail Murray OptarnetriLet arid Rotor Cooper 275, Uncle Darnel, 2,75, .17 ex/velem s and three goods. - That one boy Res rotting Oxen Lyons 260. VT:ilam am was in Mame, Cl Mary Honer 2.50. Ache Sue Pinkrion 3.0, Jane Shoemaker the prrigrana • malnutrition and torture rated four sUP. in ot arm 2.75 Steve Keel-- 641161; Pal Ryan 764 Mot Thifey 2.58, and intronmed the speaker. te ---JURY niers In dramatic interpretadep By MTEAM BORDERS driven by Michael Barry. an un- prison aim, in North Vlet- Ruth Trteesorth .290, Johnny W11 Dr. Otiremis used "Visien" O'Neal 280. Beverly Pasehell 1.10. - (metro from play). as his BAKER, Calif. 171` - Twenty employed cook, was travekng a- then: and another boy epees and Varna 216 tont since this week A ud MS' Richertnion 1.76. nn Rating three temperas's is national persons were burned to death bout 70 miles an hour on the ithimples on the Sag of each were thee coun- Smith 2.80, Wait 1011111teager "Save Your Vition Week". try on eth fiesedei PM Arlene Aileen Pahner in aoesch analysis, Thursday when a Las Vegas bound I wrong side of Interstate 15, a dee steps Cl a university Cl 2.75. 2.80, The speaker used sides in his AllaTerge Votes- Wafer!- Ilk Ivrea- iemine and Gary Adams in chusiellic in- Greyhound bus was struck headon main artery linking Los Angelo Junkee: Johnnie Barite DO, IITuairated talk to petit up the by what may have been a and Les Vegas, when it crashed 3 Inann Preen 30. Jeasoe Brink teroretation (oolong from alle•Y) suicide Dead thallatharn 2.80, &eve great importance of good vision Into the bus three miles ea-st 30, Cf'fflord Bonireht, 2410 Patti Students retina two superiors car Twelve persons survived. Caggillan 20, Ronnie Cloode 2.63. In reducing automobile accidents. "The driver missed several smal- here on a stretch called the Baker "Thai the ley Zee sightless in a fli-r 2.56 Monty Caehery 30. Jan each were Celia Taylor. dnansille Ws Henry leo. Leslie Humph- Most of the information the ler vehicles before it struck the Grade. UM. lesiva Ilizigthal from Coin- Clerk 36. Nees ("ark 3.0. Ann blielliniletion (humorous). HAW munke rey 2.80, D,ebble Jones 21:3, Donna driver receives to handle his oar Rater Jaseuh bus, It may have been a suicide." It was the worst of many bloody inflected ikbe veounds. and 2 47. Sarah Cooper 3.0, Ftgev, storytentrur and Ftoger Jo- It. Jones-2 60, Debbie Mabry 2 60, B'll correctly comes from what he said Lt. Jim Perkins of the Cali- accidents an the 18-mile climb another boy nem a Communist r--,nrhota-h 3.0, Ronnie Dunn seoh. origlind oratory. .. Moat Dignified Petro 30, Jr.11111Y Q rtriaral wee, Dr. Owens said. He does fornia highway patrol. , _ from Baker at 900 feet to 4,000 foot Hag to drape Wm. In disnance '73. Pottle Fine 278. Leah Fill- Participsnle -satiny one super- 280, Embed, Ray 280 J711 Rea- receive some information thetiugh The car, believed to bow been Halloran Sununit. Cl the bras of term country, - trn 3.0. nide Hook 2.56. David each were Iraithy Stubbietteld. itrto 250. Kathy Rowlett 30 Ed- the "feel" of the steering wheel. Driver Tens Story Prates 2.64, JOhn David Johnson trained anutory. Susette Johnean. win Schmidt 280, Itoeemary f3.7ott what he hears, etc but moody he Kenneth L. Burkhardt, driver of 50 Vicki° Loeser 2 78. Dan fil- onetoricssi dertiamartion, and 040 "That sae man of medicine be- 250. Don Sheiton 260 Del* ▪ decent* on vision to drive In the Several Are Fined the bus, suffered a broken leg thy- 30. Allen Merest 3.0. Wanda Smith. extemporaneoue speaking. rms his thirteenth straight hour Steele 260 Dartene Stuart 2.60, carrot manner and avoid accid- He told ('IIP officers he had pulled g-Nabb 2(14. Bruce Miller 10. Danny Larob received two as- In City Police !tardily over an apemen, table Ernie Warman's 3_0 ents Into the left lane to pass a car Tierra Morris 30 Cindy Parker In anginal bratOry teen- in pursuit of de for own serving Sophomores Marin A_nderwin Pactore involved with the &iv- Court On Tuesday when suddenly he saw another car 2.0 David Parker 30 Paula Parker b'Ined with other exoelehal, renngs this country: and another man 2410. Peiery Barnett 30, Kern Bat- er are how well he sees, how good heading directly toward ham. He 2.78 Gag Rinsed 3.0. 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