Final respects paid to murdered family in Ohio
More than 700 attended the funeral for Leonard Ruppert and his family killed at a Fairfield gathering. The service at Sacred Heart Church reflected three generations of connection, with Boy Scout and school groups paying final respects as authorities planned burial and a grand jury reveal.
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Fairfield
Ohio
Leonard Ruppert
Sacred Heart Church
Ruppert
Charity
Alma
Leonard
John Ruppert
Michael
Mary Jo Lamb
Ruppert House
Reminder of Downtown Parking Rules and New Traffic Signal
Police Chief Harvey Fullerton urged motorists to observe the two hour downtown parking limit where no meters exist and warned of citations for violators. He also announced a traffic light will be installed at Sixth and Main due to a high rate of accidents at that intersection.
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Harvey Fullerton
Nuisance bids test a spade slam in world bridge play
In the World championship qualifying rounds North-South reached a spade slam after nuisance bids from East and West. West opened his partner’s heart suit and South discarded by leading diamonds. West ruffed, then South ruffed a club to drop West’s king of spades, improving the declarer’s position. A later hand saw North reach six diamonds, with East opening hearts and West facing trouble. The quirk: if West had opened his own heart or East his own club, different evens would have prevented certain losses. Moral: don’t lead your partner’s suit.
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North
South
East
West
Diamonds
Declarer
Arson trial date set for Weems and Owen in Arkansas County
A tentative trial date of June 16 was set in Beebe for former prosecutor Sam A. Weems of Stuttgart and Doyle Owen of Carlisle on arson and conspiracy charges. The case, assigned to Circuit Court Judge Andrew Ponder, will be heard in Arkansas County Circuit Court at DeWitt with a July 28 alternate date if June 16 conflicts with Special Prosecutor William F. Sherman’s military training schedule. The defendants allegedly conspired to burn Owen’s insured Des Arc house on August 20, 1973.
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Beebe
Ark
Sam A. Weems
Stuttgart
Doyle Owen
Carlisle
Arkansas County
DeWitt
Andrew Ponder
Newport
Ponder
State Supreme Court
William F. Sherman
Little Rock
Sherman
Weems
Owen
Des Arc
Steer Prices Jump in Late March Market Rally
Washington AP The Agriculture Department notes a sharp week long gain in slaughter steer and heifer prices due to bad weather delaying deliveries. For the week ended March 29 choice steers at seven major markets averaged 37.63 per hundred pounds, up from 34.47. Last year the price was 49.75. Federally inspected plant slaughter totaled 612000 head versus 661000 the prior week and 604000 a year earlier.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Agricultural Marketing Service
Midwest
Inmate Johnson Missing From Benton Work-Release Unit
John Dwayne Johnson, 16, an inmate at the state Correction Department work-release unit in Benton, failed to return by 7 30 p m after leaving work earlier in the day. He is serving five years for burglary and grand larceny from Prairie County. Authorities conducted checks with his employer to locate him.
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Benton, Ark
John Dwayne Johnson
State Correction Department
Benton
Correction Department
Tim Baltz
Johnson
Prairie County
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East Aga
Oswald
James Jacoby
Teast
Taur
Seno
New York
Bae LV
LEER
ISE
VSS
KXAE
KXAR
Aue
Carl Sandburg
Lincoln
NBC
David Wolper
America
BA First National Bank
Rial
John Deere
Southwest Arkansas Equipment
Hope, Arkansas
Jockey Chip Hot Springs
Arkansas
Mr. Pod Rogers
Hope Star Hope, Arkansas
Mr. Rogers
Hope Centennial
Michael B. Miller
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