Correction to Festival Listings and Millwood Development
A correction notes that Senator Fulbright was not the first elected in 1942 but 1944, while Senator McClellan began in 1942. The piece outlines Arkansas festival planning, the 1970 Millwood Reservoir development, and a $75,000 appropriation request to improve ramps and add a marina on the lake’s east side, with details from Vincent W. Foster and group discussions in Millwood. It cites visitor figures and the need for harbor facilities to boost tourism impacts on Hope and Nashville.
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Seventy French Boys Buried by Avalanche
In Lallanches France an avalanche struck a tuberculosis sanatorium killing or trapping seventy people most under fifteen. Rescue crews found nine bodies after eleven hours as a 60 by 600 foot wall buried two dormitories and a nurses’ residence. Fourteen children and three adults in a damaged wing were saved. A second large snow mass threatened the nearby mountainside.
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The U S Dilemma in Cambodia and U S Policy
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan argues the United States is damned whether it acts or refrains in Cambodia. Arms to the coup regime risks widening Southeast Asian war. withholding arms could force rivals toward peace with communists. Nixon faces an escalating Indochina crisis with South Vietnam at risk.
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Everyone Has Trouble With Telephones But Nothing Like This
Ray Koln recalls a flood of mysterious calls after a broken line left his New York apartment isolated by a cascade of computer era misdialing. The piece blends humor with tech grind, noting how a faulty cable sparked endless automated and human contacts and ends with a tease to read more on page three.
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Cockrill Joins Republicans in Arkansas Race Play
State Rep. Sterling R. Cockrill Jr, Democratic majority leader, announces he will run for lieutenant governor or governor as a Republican unless incumbents seek re election. He met Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller and Lt. Gov. Maurice Britt amid questions on term bids as showers and mild temperatures forecast across Arkansas.
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One Dead in P E School Shootout at Coleman High
Pine Bluff Arkansas AP Police Chief L E Reed says charges likely today after a noon shootout at Coleman High School left one dead and five wounded. Six armed youths invaded the cafeteria chasing a student who escaped, wounding four others and a female student with a broken arm. A sawed off shotgun and a pistol were seized. motives and identities of several suspects remain unclear.
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Folk Festival at Mountain View Opens April 16
The Arkansas Folk Festival at Mountain View begins Thursday April 16 and runs through Sunday April 19. The State Parks Recreation and Travel Commission notes spontaneous hill folk performances and a rich Ozark Foothills crafts display will draw visitors throughout the event.
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Arsenal Head Reassigned
Pine Bluff Arkansas Clyde L Friar commander of Pine Bluff Arsenal is reassigned as Chief of the Troop Program Branch at Fort Shafter in Honolulu Hawaii.
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Clyde L. Friar
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Fort Shafter
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Hawaii
Temperatures Near Freezing In Disabled Apollo 13
Apollo 13 crew faces near freezing temperatures as Odyssey chills to conserve power after emergency Monday night. Commander Lovell awoke shivering, insulation kept life support warm for a day, but space cold began to creep in as the ship drifted in shadow.
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Storm Helens dissolving threat to Apollo 13 return plan
A tropical storm Helen in the South Pacific dissipated, easing fears for the Apollo 13 crew. Space officials in Houston and observers said it broke up, with earlier forecasts suggesting possible hurricane strength. Recovery exercises under rough conditions tested readiness for the astronauts’ splashdown.
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Apollo 13 astronauts brace for reentry amid crisis
AP reports as Apollo 13 prepares for Friday’s return to Earth after an oxygen tank rupture crippled the command ship. Lovell Haise and Swigert recharge batteries, re-route power from the lunar module, and plan a risky reentry and splashdown in the Pacific near 12 53 p m EST.
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Appointment for Arkansan Rev. West named to SBA Advisory Council
LITTLE ROCK AP The Rev. G Edward West of Fort Smith a member of the governors Council on Human Relations has been appointed to the Small Business Administration Advisory Council.
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