Geese nest in Back 40 hatch four goslings this spring
The author notes seven eggs on a Back 40 nest, then discovers four new goslings with the adult pair. The goslings are unafraid, the hen defends them, and the writer considers photo plans. A prior gosling hatched in 1969 and a 1970 hatch produced a single gosling that died. The Back 40 hosts five new youngsters and plans to band them and prepare for migration north next spring.
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Junior
Gosling Gander
Canada
Billy J. Walton
Walton
Hempstead Hunting Club
Grassy Lake
Three Fined in News Case Fort Smith youths fined for unpermitted sale
In Fort Smith Arkansas three youths were fined 27 dollars each in municipal court for soliciting without a permit tied to the sale of an underground newspaper named the Ozark Mountain Times. Defendants were David G. Weese 17 Burrell W. Stephens 18 both of Fort Smith and Kathryn Inez Brandrum 19 of Van Buren. All pleaded guilty and none were University of Arkansas Fayetteville students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith, Ark
David G. Weese
Burrell W. Stephens
Fort Smith
Kathryn Inez Brandrum
van Buren
Grant to Arkansas arts council funds classroom artists
The U.S. Office of Education approved a $10,000 grant to the Arkansas Arts and Humanities Council. The funds will support a program placing professional visual artists writers filmmakers and performing artists in elementary and secondary school classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Office of Education
Arkansas Arts and Humanities Council
Assessor Opposes Hempstead County Reassessment Plan
Tax Assessor Carter Sutton opposes a full reappraisal citing 18 percent of value taxed and 1969 17,472,205 versus 1970 18,945,529 in assessments. He notes timber and rural acreage raises, estimates $85,000 for an outside appraiser, and calls it an unnecessary taxpayer burden amid rising assessments. April 12, 1971. Also: Bank Robbery in Brooklyn and hostage incident on Staten Island ends with no injuries. $250,000 stolen from Ft Hamilton area vault after manager forced to open safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Sutton
Hempstead
City Army Base Bank
New York
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Charles A. di Sogra
di Sogra
Ft. Hamilton
Community National Bank and Trust Company
Inflation Alert Sees Steel Wages Hit Employment
The White House issued an inflation alert saying a large future wage increase in steel could sharply cut employment as international competition tightens. It cites can industry settlements at about 9 percent annually, noting these raises influence broader wage negotiations and price pressures across steel using industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
White House
Nixon
United Steel Workers Union
Can
Federal funds favor white colleges in the South study finds
An Associated Press survey shows federal land grant money heavily favors white colleges in Alabama Louisiana Florida and Tennessee as black public colleges face growth barriers despite a 1960 court order. In four states roughly 71.8 million of 72.3 million went to white schools while black institutions received 497 985. The white schools enroll about six times more students. Nixon officials say steps are being taken to address the dual system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Waugh
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Associated Press
Nashville
Montgomery
Huntsville
Ala
Alabama
Louisiana
Florida
Tennessee
Checking on Whether You Are Victim or Victor in Rat Race
Hal Boyle notes the perennially shifting pecking order in modern American life. The piece lists cues that mark status, from yacht travel needs to private checkings accounts to social signals, such as a dormitory fundraising offer and library lending policies, illustrating how one’s standing can swing between victor and victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
America
Julie Andrews
Joe Frazier
President Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
Norman Vincent Peale
Ina
Nickle and Dime Store
Red Cross
Public Library
Odom Quartet to Sing in Shreveport Friday
Wages section notes Odom Quartet from Hope and Hempstead area to perform with gospel group in Shreveport Louisiana on Friday April 16. Members Pat Bates Rovel Bright Finis Odom Tom White Jack May Dewight Odom. Finis Odom Hempstead County Judge. Bright at Colier Fucn Appliance. White with Ford Motor Co Gordon. Dewight Oden and Jack May self employed carpenters. Bates Conservatory of Music owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Campbell
Shreveport
Odom
Pat Bates
Rovel Bright
Judge Finis Odom
Tom White
Jack May
Dewight Odom
Hope and Hempstead
White
Sudan's Numairi warns of new Arab Israeli war
President Jaafar el Numairi of Sudan told Cairo’s Al Akhbar that another war is undoubtedly coming between Arab states and Israel. He said the United States is taking an active part in the conflict and urged pressure for Israel to withdraw from occupied Arab territories. In Amman, floodwaters halted a Palestine guerrilla search as residents evacuated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jaafar el Numairi
Sudan
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
Numairi
Cairo
al Akhbar
United States
America
U.S
Moshe Dayan
Suez Canal
Syria
Libya
Jordan
Hussein
Amman
Man Shot in Prescott Prompts Charged Action
Prescott police expect charges today against a 54 year old man in the fatal shooting of Buck Shaw 50 at a Prescott residence Monday night. Shaw was shot with a shotgun during an argument, according to Police Chief William Stovall.
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Prescott
Prescott, Ark
Buck Shaw
William Stovall
Shaw
Cold Front to Lower Arkansas Temperatures Significantly
A cold front will pass through Arkansas tonight causing maximum temperatures to fall by 15 to 20 degrees. Monday highs reached the 80s statewide, with today’s forecast in the low 70s to low 80s. By Wednesday, highs are expected in the high 50s in the northwest to about 70 in the southern regions.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Collision at Blind Crossing Reported near Railway Crossing
At about 6 30 p m Monday two cars driven by Johnie Lynne Dorfman of Hope and Paul Hollingsworth of Mena collided at the Washington Street and Avenue A railway crossing. Minor damage occurred and no charges filed as officers Purtle and Slovan investigated the blind crossing condition on the Missouri Pacific tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnie Lynne Dorfman
Hope
Paul Hollingsworth
Mena
Washington St
Avenue A
Missouri Pacific
Purtle and
Slovan
U S reassessing the Vietnamization plan after Laos failure
U S officials reassess Vietnamization due to weak South Vietnamese performance in the Laos invasion and a North Vietnamese offensive in the central highlands. The 7th Air Force plans a full reorganization and squadron consolidation to improve air cover for withdrawals as 100,000 more troops are cut between May and December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
Crackdown on Double Parked Trucks in Hope Downtown
Police report rising complaints about delivery trucks double parking while delivering goods in Hope City's downtown. Violations block intersections and traffic lights, creating hazards. Tickets will be issued immediately. cooperation from merchants is urged to ease loading zone abuses.
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Hope City
Hope
UA Student Is Stabbed to Death near campus
Pauline F. Storment, 27, a University of Arkansas student and sophomore from Ozark, was stabbed about seven times and died at a Fayetteville hospital within two hours. A 17-year-old male was arrested in connection with the crime, which occurred near Storment's apartment as she walked from the university library around 9:45 p.m. Several witnesses reported seeing a person following her.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Pauline F. Storment
University of Arkansas
Hollis Spencer
Miss Storment
Ozark
Fayetteville
Spencer
University Library
All Around Town Highlights From Hope and Little Rock
Mrs. Roger Nunn formerly Rachel Batson completes her student teaching at Joe T. Robinson High School and expects her BSE in May. Marine Staff Sergeant Allen Baker, husband of Joyce Howard, serves in Okinawa with MOBS Six. Hope Lions Club map and brYont sale set for Monday April 19 at Perry’s Restaurant and Motel Perrytown earns a travel guide listing after inspection by impartial editors. A Drug Education program led by Sgt. Ray Davis of the Arkansas State Police is set for Unity Baptist Church Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. The film Pit of Usspaur will be shown by Mr. Davis.
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Roger Nunn
Rachel Andress Batson
Charles F. Batson
Hope
Henderson State College
Joe T. Robinson High School
Little Rock
Nunn
Allen Baker
Joyce A. Howard
Rt. 1
Rosston, Ark
Marine Observation Squadron Six
Marine Air Group 36
Marine Corps Air Station, Futema
Okinawa
Hope Lions Club
Unity Baptist Church
Ray Davis
Arkansas State Police
Pit
Usspaur
Davis
2000 Troops Move to Lift Fire Base 6 Siege
South Vietnamese troops launch a drive to break the two week siege of Fire Base 6 in the central highlands with 22nd Infantry Division battalions advancing. U.S. B52 bombers and C130s hammer enemy positions near the base as Laos and Cambodia borders are probed. The operation comes as Vietnamization plans face setbacks and U.S. personnel reductions are debated.
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Saigon
Highlands
Central Highlands
South Vietnam
22Nd
Quang Tri
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
County Still Big Killer on Highways
The Arkansas State Police report 37 traffic deaths in March, bringing the year to 123. Hope district recorded eight deaths with Hempstead Clark Miller and Little River each reporting, while Howard Pike Sevier Nevada and Lafayette had none. Troopers logged 89 accidents in the nine county area and 934 statewide in March. Major causes include failure to yield, excessive speed and improper passing. Vacation travel demands extra caution on highways.
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Arkansas State Police
Milton Mosier
Hope District
Arkansas
Hope
Hempstead
Clark
Miller
Little River
Howard
Pike
Sevier
Nevada
Lafayette
Mosier
Miller County
Muster
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University of Arkansas At Fayetteville
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Maine
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Edmund Muskie
Muskie
AP News Digest
Peking
China
Chou En-lai
Dacca
East Pakistan
Allen J. Ellender
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Star
Perry’s
Perrytown
Mobil
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