Bean and Dyas accused in Curtis Zachry murder case
Ashdown Ark. Charles Watson Bean 64 of Texarkana testified that he and Jimmy Lee Dyas planned and carried out the Jan 8 killing of Curtis Eugene Zachry a prominent Ashdown realtor. Bean described a prearranged ambush near Ashdown after meeting with Zachry and Mrs Zachry who allegedly offered $5 000 for the murder. The trial resumed with heightened security as Bean testified he fired the shots during a struggle.
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Bean
Court
Jimmy Dyas
Curtis Zachry
Ashdown, Ark
Charles Watson Bean
Texarkana
Ark
Jimmy Lee Dyas
Curtis Eugene Zachry
Ashdown
Dyas
LitNe River County
Texarkana, Ark
Cution
Zachry
Carolyn Dianne Zachry
Mrs. Zachry
Hope Beta Club Litter Drive Delayed By Weather
The Hope High School Beta Club held its annual litter pickup on Saturday to raise money for Operation Goodwill a Christmas project aiding underprivileged children. Bad weather delayed the event and local merchants contributed 116 dollars sponsoring the effort with litter pickups promised in Hope.
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Hope High School
Hope
Spraggins Wins Fulbright Study Grant to Germany
John Spraggins of Hope a senior political science major at Ouachita Baptist University has been awarded a Fulbright Hayes Scholarship for 1975 76 to study at a German university. The full grant covers all expenses including airfare health and accident insurance and a Goethe Institute language course from August 4 until early September. He will study international politics focusing on the European economic community and awaits assignment to a school. Spraggins is the son of Mr and Mrs John Spraggins Rt 2 Hope.
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John Spraggins
Hope
Ouachita Baptist University
Spraggins
Germany
Goethe Institute
J. William Fulbright
Dem
Arko
United States
Rt 2
Willock trial may end today in Arkansas
The capital felony murder trial of Essie Mae Willock, 20, of Louisville, Kentucky, is expected to conclude today. She is charged as an accessory in the April 29, 1974 shooting death of Hazen Patrolman Morris Greenwalt. The state seeks a death sentence or life imprisonment. Two other women from Kentucky who escaped prison and were convicted of shooting Greenwalt received life terms. Witnesses described the confrontation and a later firearms trace test, with questions about whether Willock could have fired the weapons. The trial features testimonies from Miss Smith and Miss Spencer and other state witnesses, and the defense had sought to limit certain testimony.
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Louisville
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Morris Greenwalt
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Greenwalt
Brenda Kay Spencer
Lucille Smith
Berwin Monroe
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Monroe
Miss Willocks
William Lee
Clarendon
Miss Smith
Cummins
Curne Thins
Srinkles Grow
GreenWall
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