Record Cold and Floods Raze Mississippi Crops
Fruit crops suffered most from spring cold and heavy rain with extensive floods in Mississippi. State extension says every acre is too wet to plant, nearly half a million acres underwater, and up to one million acres at one point. Unharvested soybeans and cotton valued at 6 to 8 million dollars may be lost.
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Cooperative Extension Service
Mississippi State University
Ray Converse
State Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Converse
State University Extension Service
Chilton County
Ala
John Sparkman
Earl Butz
Supreme Court Rejects Three Appeals in Criminal Cases
The Supreme Court in 6-3 decisions rejected appeals by black convicts from Tennessee and Mississippi challenging grand jury racial makeup and police search and seizure. The Henderson case held a guilty plea forecloses later claims of pre plea constitutional defects. Justice Rehnquist stated a voluntary intelligent plea may not be vacated for any unadvised constitutional issue.
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Supreme Court
Tennessee
Mississippi
Willie Lee Henders
Nashville
Henderson
William H. Rehnquist
Obituaries for Langston Broening and Sanders in Hope area
Mrs Bertie G Langston 82 lifelong Nevada Hempstead County resident dies in local hospital April 17. Survived by 1 daughter 4 sons 1 sister 12 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren. Funeral at Harmony Methodist Church near Sutton with burial at Harmony Cemetery. Mrs Sallie Murphy Broening 80 former Hope resident dies in Albuquerque. Survived by daughter Julia Hinzman two grandsons two great granddaughters. Funeral Saturday 10:30 a.m. at Herndon Funeral Home Chapel. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs Lenora Nelson Sanders Hempstead County native dies in Los Angeles April 17. Survived by two daughters two brothers three sisters and one grandson. Services Thursday April 19 at Phillips Temple C ME Church in Los Angeles.
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Sutton
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Sallie Murphy Broening
Hope
Albuquerque
N.M
Julia Hinzman
Herndon Funeral Home
Norris Steele
Rose Hill Cemetery
Lenora Sanders
Lenora Nelson Sanders
Los Angeles
Queen Esther Smith
Minnie Pearl Miller
C.V. Nelson
Phoenix
Floyd Nelson
Chicago
Sue Symal Purcell
Emma Finn
Fulton
Mattie Sanders
Phillips
C.M.E
E. 98Th St
Calif
Hope High bake sale helps fund spring prom event
Hope High junior class to sponsor a bake sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in front of Sears and other outlets to raise money for the May 11 spring prom. The event is part of a broader town activity list in the area.
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Sears
Anderson- Frazier Insurance
T.g.&y
Trace of Weather Elsewhere B Missing
A terse weather brief notes traces of conditions elsewhere with sparse data. No clear location or time is given and the report yields limited specifics beyond generic weather mention.
Nixon Ends Oil Import Limits In Broad Energy Plan
President Nixon outlined a wide energy program to end fuel shortages by removing oil import limits and deregulating new natural gas prices. He proposed phasing out tariff-free imports over seven years, regulating existing gas prices, and allowing price ceilings if needed to protect consumers. The plan warns energy demand could outpace supply if unaddressed.
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Nixon
Congress
U.S
Federal Power Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Arkansas Weather Summary Brief Counts 24 Hours
Experiment station reports 24 hours ending 7 am Wednesday with high 67 and low 57 inches rainfall 0.58. Forecast calls partly cloudy tonight with a chance of showers west portion and showers with thunderstorms mainly west on Thursday. Temperatures will stay mild tonight and Thursday with lows in the 50s and Thursday highs mostly in the 70s.
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Arkansas
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