Not Necessarily Out Fulbright On Probation
The April 15 editorial on President Nixon and the Supreme Court vacancy drew mixed letters. Readers recount past support for McClellan and Fulbright, praising press independence while criticizing Fulbright for dissent over Carswell and his impact on Nixon’s court nomination strategy.
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Our
Alex. H. Washburn
Fulbright
Nixon
United States Supreme Court
Arkansas Gazette
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Bill
Malpractice suit filed at Stuttgart
A Conway couple filed a $160000 malpractice lawsuit in Arkansas County Circuit Court against the Stuttgart law firm Macom and Moorehead. Jeffery H. Deane and his wife claim an employee of the firm gave false information about applying the statute of limitations in a damage suit.
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Stuttgart, Ark
Arkansas County Circuit
Stuttgart
Jeffery H. Deane
Macom and Moorehead
Deane
Man Charged in Fatal Shooting at Little Rock Cafe
John E Ferguson, 39, of Little Rock is charged with murder in the Saturday night shooting death of 65 year old Robert Collins Jr at a cafe in Little Rock. The case outlines Ferguson facing murder charges as authorities investigate the incident.
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Little Brock
John £. Ferguson
Little Rock
Robert Collins Jr
Collins
Bombs erupt in Seattle Central Area no deaths reported
Five bombs exploded within nine minutes in Seattle's Central Area including the home of State Rep. David Sprague. No injuries were reported. One blast caused damage to Temple de Hirsch synagogue and another to a real estate office and a drive in restaurant. Police called the spree crazy and noted patterns suggesting more than a lone actor.
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Seattle
David Sprague
Temple de Hirsch
Agst
Gene Corr
Sprague
Corr
Fred Dore
Dore
Man Shot Here at Negro Spot on North Hazel Street
Friday night at a North Hazel Street venue Mose McCain, 41, was shot six times. He lies in critical condition at a Little Rock hospital. Bobby J. Palmer, 26, of Hope, was charged with the shooting and is held on open charge pending the victim’s condition. Investigation by Assistant Chief James Rowe and Officers Atterbury and McCully.
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North Hazel Street
Mose McCain
Little Rock
Bobby J. Palmer
Negro of Hope
Sheriffs Department
James Rowe
Atterbury and
McCulley
Two Fatalities Reported On Arkansas Highways
The Associated Press reports two people died on Arkansas highways this weekend. Wanda Howard, 41, of Hensley in Pulaski County, died Sunday in a two car crash on Arkansas 367 south of Little Rock. Elbert Jones, 43, of near Camden, was killed Saturday when struck by a car on the old Smackover Highway near Camden. The AP weekend death count ran from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday.
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Arkansas
Wanda Howard
Hensley
Pulaski County
Little Rock
Elbert Jones
Camdon
Jones
Smackover
Camden
Associated Press
NASA astronauts begin briefing specialists on Apollo 13
Apollo 13 crew members Lovell Halse Swigert plan to report to Space Center officials and the Apollo 13 review board about the near disaster. Experts are examining radio data and photos to determine the oxygen tank rupture cause while Cortright leads the new NASA review board.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
James A. Lovell Jr
Fred W. Halse Jr
John L. Swigert Jr
Space Center
Lovell
Hafse
Swigert
The
Honolulu
Ellington Air Force Base
Jack
Fred
Texas
Mission Control Center
Thomas K. Mattingly
Walcomes
Halse
Mattingly
Earth
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Samoa
Nixon
Lovell and Halse
Edgar Cortright
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Langley Research Center
Hampton
Cortright
Washington
NASA
Thomas O. Paine
George Low
Prosecution Bargain Rejected by Arkansas Supreme Court
Arkansas Supreme Court ruled a defendant may withdraw a guilty plea if not advised the court is not bound by prosecutorial leniency. The decision reversed Joseph Crosss conviction for three degree rape, sending the case back to Miller County Circuit Court. Cross had pleaded guilty to a lesser charge with a promise of leniency.
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Bill Simmons
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
High Court
Joseph Cross
Miller County
Miler Court
Cross
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
W. H. Arnold
Arnold
Castro Claims U S Invaders Landed in Cuba Fight Kills Six
Fidel Castro asserts a U S force landed on Cuba’s east coast near Baracoa with six reported killed. He says rebels captured two mercenaries and seized rifles and ammo in the April 17 dawn raid, while Alpha 66 members in Miami reacted cautiously awaiting confirmation.
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Miami
Alpha 66E
Andre Nazario Sar- Beth
Alpha
Vicente Mendez
Dulce Mirla
Alpha 66
Cybg
Sutton Asks Re election as Assessor
Carter Sutton today announced his candidacy for reelection as Tax Assessor of Hempstead County. He said he served with efficiency and courtesy and sought fair taxes, asking citizens for their vote and support.
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Carter Sutton
Hope Star
Hempstead County
Hamstead County
Tas
Pine Bluff Man Shot to Death
Pine Bluff Ark AP Bobby Ray Garner 27 of Pine Bluff was shot to death Saturday at 9 trailer park on US 5 north of here. Garner an auto mechanic was shot in the chest with a caliber pistol. Police said no charge has been filed in connection with the shooting.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Bobby Ray Garner
Phne Bluff
Trailer Park
U.S.5
Here
Garner
Escalation in Laos Reported by Senate Testimony
Washington reports Nixon administration escalated covert Laos operations while seeking Viet Nam deescalation. Senate testimony cites about 200 Americans killed in Laos from 1962 to 1969 and roughly 200 more listed as missing or prisoners, contrasting White House figures of lower ground combat and air losses.
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Nixon
Laos
Vietnam
Senate
White House
U.S
Court ruling blocks California welfare cut to children
The Supreme Court, by 6 to 2, ruled California cannot reduce welfare payments for dependent children based on a presumed contribution from men in the home. Justice Douglas wrote for the majority, reversing a San Francisco panel but sending the case back to California to align with federal rules. Chief Justice Burger and Justice Black dissented.
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Barry Schwhid
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Supreme Court
California
William Q. Douglas
San Francisco
Warren E. Burger
Hugo L. Black
Black
Burger
Junior Bull Riding Event April 23 Here
The Hope chapter of the Future Farmers of America sponsors an elimination round in the coliseum on Thursday night April 23 with 50 cent admission. Top 32 riders move to Friday and Saturday to decide the winner as part of the Hth Annual rodeo. Three merchants will pay the $300 calf rental charge.
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Hope
Future Farmers of America
Southern Mills
John Graves
al Graves
Southern Grain and Elevator
Monty Monts
Irving Townesend
Hope Livestock Comemission Board
Lamay Williams
Troy Buck
FFA
Three Held on Narcotics Charge in Stone County Jail
MOUNTAIN VIEW Ark AP three persons are being held in the Stone County jail on narcotics possession charges after arrest Saturday. Herman L Spice 17 Memphis charged with possession of narcotics resisting arrest and assaulting an officer. Also charged Amanda Gray 18 Little Rock and Richard E Colnyton 17 Memphis.
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Mountain View
Ark
Stone County
Pelice
Herman L. Spice
Memphis
Ag Ofcer
Amanda Gray
Little Rock
Richard E. Colnyton
Nixon to Outline Vietnam Strategy in TV Address
President Nixon will speak at 9 p.m. outlining further U.S. troop withdrawals from South Vietnam and may reveal a surprise on peace talks. Officials cautioned against predicting a successor to Lodge, while signaling a broader discussion of Indochina issues and Cambodia’s evolving conflict.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
Vison
White House
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paris
Ronald N. Ziegler
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Ziegler
United States
State Department
Jacob A. Malik
United Nations
Geneva
Indochina
Malik
Abc-Tv News
Lee Nixon
Lake Chicot
Washington
Natonal
Barber Wins New Orleans Golf Playoff
Barber Miller Barber, formerly of Texarkana, won the $125,000 New Orleans open by beating left handed Bob Charles and veteran Howie Johnson in a sudden death playoff. Barber sank a 212 foot putt on the second hole as Charles and Johnson parred. The playoff, postponed Sunday for darkness, earned Barber $25,000 first prize while Charles and Johnson shared $11,500 each.
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Little Rock
Miller Barber
Texarkana
Bob Charles
Howie Johnson
Barber
Charles
Johnson
Cambodians Move Toward Suong to Dislodge Viet Cong
Four Cambodian battalion units moved toward the riverside town of Suang, eighteen miles southeast of Phnom Penh, to attack a Viet Cong force that occupied the town since Sunday, the closest VC move toward the capital to date.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Suang
John Vinocur
Associated Press
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
All Around Town Highlights from Hope Area
William Coffee son of Clyde Coffee of 1511 Pecan St Hope has been placed on the Dean's list at Southern College of Optometry in Memphis and will receive his D D Degree in June 1972. Harley Sisson is recuperating from surgery at St Michael's Hospital in Texarkana. Awards Banquet at Southern State College named Fan Pere due of Camden and Martha Tolett of Nashville as Mr and Miss Executive 1970 with Mike Turner of Hope winning the Wall Street Journal Award in Business. Noted awards for Greg Martin of Hope in management and more. Leslie Huddleston Post 12 American Legion will meet April 21 at 7 30 p m in the Hempstead County Courthouse little courtroom. Whitfeld Masonic Lodge No 239 meets April 3 at 7 30 p m. City Police log notes four traffic violations and four arrests last weekend, including drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Municipal court announcement: court will be held at 6 a m on Tuesday April 41 instead of 9 a m.
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the Star
John L. McClellan
Senate
Bill Fulbright
McClellan
Fulbright
Hope Citizen
Arkansas Gazette
Bill
the Gazette
Arkansas
Carswell
Supreme Court
Lberal
High Court
Nixon
William Coffee
Clyde Coffee
Pecan St
Hope
Southern College of Optometry
Memphis
Hhe
Hope High School
Ouachita Baptist University
Phi Theta Upsilon National Fraternity
Arkansas Club
Southern State Colege
Fan Pere Due
Camden
Martha Tolett
Nashville
Tri
Delta Kappa Gamma
Wall Street Journal
Division of Business and Commerce
Mike Turner
Greg Martin
Claud H. Byrd
Leslie Huddleston
The
American Legion
Hempstead County
Troop levels in Vietnam fall to three-year low
In Saigon, U S soldiers in Vietnam stood at 425000 last week, the lowest since early 1960s, timed just before President Nixon’s planned withdrawal speech. The April 15 round had reduced the ceiling to 434000, with actual strength below reported as 2 percent under. Frontline actions saw five American helicopters shot down, four killed and six wounded, as clashes remained light with 13 civilians killed in crowded attacks and Cambodian wounded treated as humanitarian aid.
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George Esper
Associated Crass
Saigon
Vietnam
U.S. Cotimaindans
Nixn
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Mekong
Delta
Judgment reverses highway land damage award in Arkansas
The Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a 22,000 jury award over 49 acres taken for Interstate 40 in Johnson County. The court ruled the circuit judge erred in striking half the damages testimony, finding the witness’s dairy-use valuation improper for fair market value.
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TLE Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Johnson County
Hansel Highfill
State Highway Commission
Carleton Hareris
Circuit Court
Ji Russell C. Roberts
Highfill
Besause
Roberts
WSS
Bush
John A. Fogleman
EP Tad Pras
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