Miss KWKH Contest August 15 at Captain Shreve Hotel
KWKH Shreveport announces its Miss KWKH contest for Saturday August 15 at the Captain Shreve hotel. The winner goes to the Miss Astro final with wardrobe and paid trip to the Astrodome. contestants will spend the day in Shreveport in swimsuit and party dress. Talent is not required. entry blanks and rules are available from KWKH Box 1130 Shreveport 71102.
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KWKH
Shreveport
Captain Shreve
Astrodome
Sherveport
McClendon Tops Aetna Arkansas and Missouri Sales
McClendon led all Aetna Life representatives in Arkansas and Southeast Missouri in July sales of health insurance. Listed by E A Ostedgaard as a top national general agent, he is with E A Ostedgaard & Associates in Lewisville and competes with over fifty company reps statewide. He belongs to Magnolia Life Underwriters Association and other organizations.
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Bill McClendon
Aetna Life & Casualty
Lewisville
Aetna Life
Arkansas
Missouri
E. A. Ostedgaard
McClendon
Magnolia Life Underwriters Association
Methodist Church
Arkansas Officials Association
Southwest Football Association
FDA finds many mouthwashes offer lip service
The Food and Drug Administration announced that eight mouthwashes provide little real benefit and ordered manufacturers to cease claims of killing bad breath curing sore throat or curing colds.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Three Accidents Reported in Hope Weekend
City police logged four weekend traffic incidents in Hope. Friday at 4 p.m. Charles Lathop and Norvis West collided at Westard and South Pine. Mattie Dizadare hospitalized. West charged with failure to yield. Later, a Jim Witherspoon vehicle was backed into by a pulpwood truck. Scott charged with no license and leaving the scene. Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Roland McWilliams’s car was hit by William Dixon. Dixon charged with DWI. A motorcycle collision on N Elm and Ave C left no charges. Weekend totals include 3 traffic violations and multiple other offenses.
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Westard
South Pine
Charles Lathop
Heber Springs
Norvis West
Lewisville
Mattie Dizadare
West
Jim Witherspoon
Hope
N. Hazel
Travis England
Charlie Allen Scott
Scott
S. Pine
Roland McWilliams
William Charles Dixon
Forford
Calif
Dixon
Herbert S. Cox
Alice F. Chance
N. Elm
Ave. C
Forecast Is Mostly Hot and Humid Across Arkansas
The Associated Press reports Arkansas will see hot and humid conditions with a chance of isolated thundershowers as a high pressure system dominates. Temperatures near 100 degrees are expected early in the week, with high readings from 95 to 102 Fahrenheit in cities such as Fort Smith Memphis and Fayetteville and overnight lows from 71 to 79. Rainfall in the past 24 hours totaled .56 inches in Jonesboro.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Memphis
Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Dorado
Little Rock
Castro Meets Hijack Pilot on First Look at 747
In San Juan Fidel Castro examined a Boeing 747 after a hijack from New York to San Juan with 360 passengers and 19 crew aboard. The hijacker, a bearded young man resembling Che Guevara, briefly allowed Castro to tour the jet as it refueled in Miami. The plane then resumed to Puerto Rico with all aboard.
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San Juan
P.R
Fidel Castro
Havana
Miami
Puerto Rico
Che Guevara
Pan American
New York
Augustus Watkins
Cuba
Castro
Jose Marti
Watkins
FBI
Iraq Pressed to Back Nasser Peace Efforts
Libyan leader Kadafi met Cairo’s Nasser ahead of Baghdad talks as Egypt Jordan and Sudan show support while Iraq and Algeria boycott the Tripoli Arab ministers meeting. The Soviet union issued an urgent invitation for Iraq to Moscow amid pressure over the U S cease fire proposal and potential aid cuts. Syria was expected to join the boycott.
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FRESS
Libya
Soviet Union
Iraq
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
U.S
Muammar Kadafi
Cairo
Baghdad
Moscow
Algeria
Tripoli
Syria
Egypt
Jordan
Sudan
Uruguay May Free Political Prisoners in Kidnaping Wake
The Uruguayan government faced a hostage crisis as Tupamaro rebels demanded the release of 100 to 150 political prisoners to meet a ransom for Dan Mitrione and Aloysio Gomide. Talks hint at possible amnesty while Mitrione and Gomide remain held with no deadline set.
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Uruguay
Anibal Arguello
Associated Press
Montevideo
Iap
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Pacheco Areco
Alberto Abdala
Latin America
Dan A. Mitrione
Richmond
Ind
Aloysio Mares Diaz Gomide
Mitrione
Charles W. Adair Jr
Diaz Gomide
Jail View of Manson Case Figures
In Los Angeles three long haired defendants sit in jail uniforms as Sharon Tate murder trial proceeds. Charles Manson and his followers, Susan Atkins Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel, display calm or playful comportamiento while Linda Kasabian testifies of group sex and murders. Courtroom crowd watches as cross examination continues.
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Los Angeles
Charles M. Manson
Sharon Tate
Linda Kasabian
Kasabian
Miss Tate
Susan Atkins
Leslie van Housten
Patricia Krenwinkel
Mrs. In
Manson
Broilers Association Meet Tuesday in Hempstead
The Hempstead County Broiler Growers Association will hold a meeting Tuesday night August 4 at 7 20 p m in the Farm Bureau Office Building Embry Raley director of broiler growers service from Little Rock will be the guest All members are urged to be present.
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Hempstead County Broiler Growers Association
Farm Bureau
Embry Raley
Broiler Growers Service
Little Rock
Undersea Poseidon Test Set Beside Cape Kennedy Launch
The nuclear submarine James Madison will launch the Navy’s new Poseidon MIRV from beneath the Atlantic 30 miles east of Cape Kennedy. A Soviet spy ship has shadowed launches, with a destroyer nearby to deter close approaches. This marks a continuation of Poseidon tests after a July 24 incident and prior 20 tests from land and ship platforms.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy, Fla
James Madison
Navy
Madison
Atlantic
Cape Kennedy
U.S
Defense Department
Defense
Five die in Arkansas weekend traffic crashes
Five people perished in Arkansas highway crashes over the weekend. Rosalynd A Porter four of College Station was struck and killed near Little Rock by Herman H Williams 32 of College Station. Charles Foster 29 of Alma died when his pickup crashed on U S 64 near Van Buren after reportedly falling asleep at the wheel. Cecil Rickett 61 of Traskwood died from injuries after an Arkansas 51 crash south of Gordon. Jessie Jeffus Jr 27 of Traskwood swerved to avoid a vehicle in the wrong lane and lost control. Jeffus and Mike Merritt 27 of Traskwood were hospitalized. William B Ross 18 of Little Rock died when he lost control on a county road north of Hector. Ernest Carr 51 of Philadelphia was killed in a crash on Arkansas 51 east of Arkadelphia.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Rosalynd A. Porter
Austin Porter Sr
College Sataion
College Station
Little Rock
Herman H. Williams
College Sation
Charles Foster
Alma
U.S
van Buren
Foster
Cecil Rickett
Traskwood
Benton Hospital
Arkansas 51
Gordon
Rickett
Jessie Jeffus Jr
Jeffus
Mike Merritt
William 8. Ross
Hector
Ernest Carr
Arkadelphia
Urban Renewal Meet Set In Hope Central Area
The project area committee of the Hope Central Urban Renewal Project R-100 will meet in the Douglas Building at 3 p.m. on Wednesday Aug 5. Mike Kelly executive director convenes about 40 property owners and tenants to discuss the PAC purpose and organization. The public session targets residents with property in the 77 acre area. about 40 responses have been received. The meeting will last around one hour.
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Hope Central Urban Renewal
Douglas Building
Mike Kelly
PAC
Nixon Reform Welfare Bill Faces Senate Hurdles
In Washington the Nixon welfare reform plan runs into a Senate Finance Committee fight. Senator Williams signals a chance for a Senate vote, but warns a majority may demand changes before reporting it. Admins expect enough floor votes to defeat amendments. Timing worries linger about passing before the November elections.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Senate
John J. Williams
Williams
Senate House
Congress
Arkansas Democratic plan aims for presidential primary
A Democratic special committee in Arkansas approved in principle proposals to create a presidential preferential primary and elect delegates to the Democratic national convention. The plan would have 80 percent of delegates elected by districts and 20 percent chosen by the State Committee, with delegates bound to district or statewide preferences through the first ballot.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Democratic State Committee
Demcratic State Committee
State Committee
Awards banquet honors Hempstead County women at Southern State College
Five Hempstead County women were among student leaders honored at Southern State College for the end of the 1970 spring semester. Attended by President and Mrs. Imon Bruce, the event recognized leadership and scholastic excellence with honors for Hope students Susan Cobb Cynthia Trout Susan Rogers Kay Coleman and Linda Kay Reece.
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Hempstead County
Southern State College
Imon Bruce
Hope
Susan Cobb
S. Fulton
Cynthia A. Trout
Peach
Susan D. Rogers
Kay Coleman
Rt. 1
Linda Kay Reece
Rt. 2
Celia Threatens Texas Coast Evacuations Under Hurricane Warnings
Celia, a 90 mph hurricane, aimed at the Texas coast prompting mass evacuations of about 3,000 from Port Aransas and North Corpus Christi Beach. Forecasters warned of up to eight inches of rain and tides five to seven feet above normal as crews braced coastal towns and shelters prepared for as many as 175,000 refugees.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Celia
Texas
Port Aransas
Mustang Island
Corpus Christi Beach
C. C. Hagan
Galveston
Houston
Oklahoma
Ellington Air Force Base
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Ohio
Baytown
Texas City
Gulf Coast
Red Cross
Kansas
Ilinois
Texas Department of Public Safety
Coast Guard
Rogers, Ark
Fort Smith
Beaver Lake
Charles Stanreae Hay
Rocky
Benton County
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Broilers Ass
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Valene Maxwell
Steve A. Carter
Southern State
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239
William J. Clark
Bonner Street
Syear
Otto B. Potter
Tye
Heart Rehabilitation Center
Otto
Walter G. Potter
Ozan
Hope High School
University of Arkansas
Carter Russell
Russell's Smoke House
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