Mayay Festival in Fair Park draws families for charity day
Hope High School Student Council hosts the all day May Day Family Fun Festival at Hope Fair Park to raise funds for the Hempstead County Drug Education Program. Live country and rock music perform 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. with acts from Wakefield and beyond. Admission 1.50 for adults, 1.00 for students. proceeds fund drug education. A 7:30 p.m. Forum on Drug Abuse features Terry Bradshaw, Bob Hayes, and other officials, with advance tickets 1.00 adults, 0.50 students. door prices 1.50 and 0.75.
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Hope
Hope High School
Hempstead
Hope Fair Park
Legion Field
Wakefield
Texas
Little Rock
Murfreesboro
Texarkana
Arkadelphia
Hempstead County
Freddy and
Kate
The
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Country Edition
Edna and the Misfits
Hank and
the Stump Jumpers
Kenny Wayne
the Ramotions
Freedom Creed
Dead On Arrival
Wolf River Watershed
Teddy Bee and
the Stingers
Terry Bradshaw
Pittsburgh Steelers
Bob Hayes
Cornell Green
Dallas Cowboys
Bob Riley
Anderson-Frazier Insurance Agency
Citizen’s National Bank
First National Bank
Hope Auto Company
Davis Wins Seat After Rivers Death in SC District
Mendel Davis, 28, wins a special election in South Carolina 1st District to fill the vacancy caused by the death of L Mendel Rivers. He emphasized listening to voters as Rivers did for three decades, meeting people face to face across rural areas. Weather segment notes a station report with 24 hour data ending Wednesday morning, and a brief forecast for Arkansas.
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Davis
M. Rivers
Rob Wood
Associated Press
Charleston, S.C
Mendel Davis
South Carolina
L. Mendel Rivers
Rivers
Congress
Arkansas
Davis Wins Clear Victory in Rivers District Primary
Davis, a Rivers staffer and ABCs of politics learner, defeated three rivals on Tuesday. Unofficial totals show Davis 38012, Edwards 32227, Mrs DeLee 7965, Mrs Carroll 74 with 72278 of 162000 voters voting across 221 precincts on a cool day.
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Davis
Rivers
James Edwards
Mount Pleasant
Victoria DeLee
Dorchester County
Elsie Carroll
Berkeley County
Edwards
DeLee
Carroll
Ask Bids on 13 Road Projects
Arkansas Highway Commission opened bids on 13 road projects totaling 4.39 million dollars. Low bids include Surfacing of Arkansas 7 Fountain Lake to Hollis by Mid-State Construction for 307,942 and Jet Asphalt & Rock Co. bids on Arkansas 19 Waldo to Wald County line for 114,684. Other firms and project details listed by county and road.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Poinsett
St. Francis River
Marked Tree
Folk Construction Co., Inc
Memphis
Poplar Bluff
Garland and Perry
Arkansas
Fountain Lake
Hollis
Mid-State Construction Co
Malvern
Phillips
Desha
Bituminous, Inc
Pine Bluff
ST. Francis
Forrest City
Ben M. Hogan Co., Inc
Jefferson and Lincoln
Ohio Street
Grady
McGeorge Contracting Co., Inc
Nevada County
Jet Asphalt & Rock Co
el Dorado
U.S
McNeil
Quachita
Ouachita
Columbia
Union County
Washington
Fayetteville
Goshen
McClinton Bros. Co
Sonora
Madison County
Bancamerica Branch Bombed in Oakland Kaiser Center
An explosion at the Bank of America branch in the Kaiser Center area of Oakland CA caused substantial damage. Police said it appeared to be a bomb and described the blast as damaging, with investigators assessing injuries and motives.
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Oakland
Calif
Bank of America
Kaiser Center
The Tale of Peg-Legged Duck Lost and Found
In South Egremont Massachusetts AP report a peg legged merganser duck named Peg-Leg survived frostbitten feet and later died after being struck by a tow dig plow. The story recalls her mischievous antics and the barnyard void her loss leaves for local children and animals.
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Hope (Ark
Pierce Lehmbeck
Egremont
Mass
Pegleg
Peg Leg
Peg-leg
Arrests at Selective Service HQ After Protest
About 200 antiwar activists were arrested outside the Selective Service System headquarters as they blocked the main entrance for a second day. Demonstrators laid down to symbolize war casualties, while workers entered by walking over them. Police issued warnings before arrests began. other protesters leafleted at the IRS nearby. The action was led by the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice in a campaign urging Nixon to end the Vietnam War.
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Washington
Selective Service System
Internal Revenue Service
Jerry V. Wilson
District of Columbia Police Department
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
Congress
Nixon
Curtis W. Tarr
Selective Service
Tarr
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Two Senators Seek Halt to Rail Start
Senate leaders Sen. Mike Mansfield of Montana and Senate Commerce Committee chair Warren Magnuson of Washington urged introducing legislation to suspend the National Rail Passenger System’s start on May 1 for six months. Mansfield, the majority leader, said the bill would receive immediate consideration if introduced. Magnuson voiced agreement to study the plan amid objections to the launch.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate Comerce Committee
Amtrak
Senate
Mansfield
Commerce Committee
Sec
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Bobwhite quail boost through food plots and cover
May time amid Arkansas quail decline prompts George F. Brown to urge farmers to create food plots near good cover. Best foods include bicolor lespedeza, annual lespedeza, browntop millet, soybeans, cowpeas, and ticketover. Patches should be about a quarter acre, mixed, and spaced one per 20 acres. contact Brown at Room 212 Federal Building or call 777-5561.
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George F. Brown
Arkansas
Brown
Federal Building
Murder Charged in Ft. Smith Case
Earl Johnson Jr. of Fort Smith was charged with first degree murder while attempting rape in the shooting death of Linda Long Aldridge 19. Her body was found Sunday in her family’s apartment after a disturbance woke her mother and sister.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Earl Johnson Jr
Fort Smith
Linda Long Aldridge
Bill Thompson
SEATO endorses Vietnam peace push at parley
SEATO allies including the United States Britain Australia New Zealand the Philippines and Thailand endorsed U S efforts to negotiate a Vietnam peace and accused North Vietnam of demanding capitulation The communique noted improving military trends in Indochina and that the Republic of Vietnam had strengthened its defense enabling troop withdrawals Pakistan and France stayed away or dissociated from the conference The ministers cited Khmer Cambodian resolve to resist aggression and reviewed briefings from U S Secretary of State Rogers and South Vietnam’s Tran Van Lam observing Vietnamization progress and Saigon military self sufficiency efforts
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Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
London
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
U.S
Vietnam
North Vietnam
SEATO
Indochina
Republic of Vietnam
Pakistan
France
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Ceylon
William P. Rogers
Tran van Lam
South Vietnam
Rogers
Nixon
Lam
Saigon
Bruce reports deadlocked Paris peace talks stall progress
David K. E. Bruce, the chief U.S. negotiator at the Paris peace talks, provides an up-to-date report on the stalled negotiations. U.S. officials say no new American peace initiative is in the works. Rogers travels to Ankara, then plans a week-long tour of four Arab countries and Israel starting Thursday.
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David K. E. Bruce
U.S
Paris
Rogers
Ankara
Turkey
Israel
Big Aircraft Carrier Is Canceled By Pentagon
Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard said the Pentagon would postpone construction of a new nuclear powered aircraft carrier to keep the budget in check. Senators opposed backdoor financing and rejected reprogramming, with costs estimated at 640 million to over 1.8 billion including planes and escort vessels.
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Fred 8. Hoffman
Washington
Pentagon
David Packard
Congress
Navy
Senate
Packard
Defense Department
Navy Gets First Black Admiral
Navy officials confirm Capt. Samuel L Gravely Jr 48 of Richmond Va will be nominated for rear admiral by President Nixon Senate confirmation required Gravely the first Negro to command a U S warship is stationed off Vietnam in route to San Diego where his ship Jo uett will dock Gravely and family reflect on decades of service and progress toward integration in the Navy
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Chula Vista
Calif
Samuel L. Gravely Jr
Navy
U.S. Navy
Pentagon
Gravely
Richmond
Nixon
Senate
U.S
mid-Pacific
Jouett
San Diego
Vietnam
Alma
Robert
David
Tracey
Mrs. Gravely
Virginia Union University
Columbia University
Naval Academy
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