Lockheed Loan Approved by Senate 49 to 48
The Senate narrowly approved a 20 million dollar federal loan to Lockheed Aircraft Corp to avert bankruptcy amid delays in the 1 101 TriStar airbus. Rolls Royce engine supply issues and British pressure loomed as risks. Arkansas senators McClellan and Fulbright voted no. The writer questions government aid and suggests a broader defense production debate.
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United States Senate
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
Airbus
Rolls-Royce
England
U.S
Arkansas
McClellan
Fulbright
Heavy Rains Flood Central Arkansas Areas
Heavy rains in central Arkansas caused flooding in Little Rock and North Little Rock. Firemen evacuated residents from Silver City Courts by boat as water entered homes. Dozens of intersections flooded. no injuries or major damage reported. Rainfall widespread with 1.60 inches in an hour and 3.07 inches since midnight. alerts issued for Rock and Fourche creeks. higher ground advised.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
North Little Rock
Silver City
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Rock
Rock and Fourche
Youths Enter Plea of Guilty in Watermelon Patch Vandalism
Three youths charged with malicious mischief over a July 21 vandalism at the Lester Kent farm near Patmos pleaded guilty. Judge John Wilson postponed sentencing to August 10. Defendants Charles Philip Butler, Terry Don Nicholas, and Tony Ken Gibson face fines up to 200 dollars and possible jail time up to one year.
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Lester Kent
Patmos
John Wilson
Charles Philip Butler
Terry Don Nicholas
Tony Ken Gibson
Senate votes 250 million loan aid to Lockheed
In a tight 48 48 Senate deadlock Marlow W Cook R Ky broke the tie with an aye halting a 48 48 stalemate on a 250 million loan guarantee for Lockheed Corp A Montana Democrat who shifted late also helped push the measure through The Associated Press report notes the tense chamber and White House efforts to secure the vote.
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James R. Polk
Associated Press
Washington
White House
Montana
Cook
Tech School Graduation Friday at Red River Vocational
Dr Dolph Camp will be principal speaker at the fifth graduation exercises for Red River Vocational Technical School in Hope. 140 candidates for proficiency will hear him at 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 6, 1971 in the Commons Room. Diplomas will be awarded to Hempstead County students in Nursing, Business, Welding, Basic Heavy Equipment, Diesel & Heavy Truck, Forestry. The 1970 71 enrollment was at an all time high with applications for 1971 72 higher. public invited to attend and tour facilities after graduation.
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Dolph Camp
Southern State College
Magnolia
U.S. Office of Education
Washington, D.c
Red River Vocational Technical School
Hope
Camp
Hempstead County
Bertha Lee Carrigan
Frances Lorene Hamilton
Carlie Mae Jones
Georgia Pauline Harris King
Shirley Ann Scott
Jean Minor Williams
Carna Cato
Ruthie Coopwood
Susan Harmon Gaither
Brenda Brisco McKinney
Joyce Smith
Betty Stuart
Earl Cox
Glynn Ellis
Howard Wesley
Wayne Woods
Osie Wyatt
Holton
James Morrison
Wendell Cox
Edward H. Byers Jr
Terry Beard
Larry L. Cook
William Troy Morse
U.S. Support for Red China Worsens UN Complications
At United Nations in New York AP report notes U S backing for Red China’s UN seat may win votes but creates new hurdles. Diplomats say the two Chinas solution is impractical due to Beijing opposition and Nationalist refusal could derail or delay seating. US aims to block expulsion while US backed Albanian resolution faces pullback risks.
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Max Harrelson
Associated Press
United Nations
N.Y
U.S
Red China
Peking
World Organization
U.N
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General Assembly
Japan
Washington
Nixon
China
United Nations, N
Officials Act to Get Trains Rolling Again
Rail officials moved swiftly to restart trains after a strike against 10 railroads, prioritizing perishables and loading refrigerator cars. The United Transportation Union accepted a 42 month contract with 1.50 hourly raises for 190,000 workers, while rule changes aim to offset costs. Disputes will be reviewed by a three member board.
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Sam Dobbins
Associated Press
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
West
Northwest
California
Oregon
United Grain Growers
United Transportation Union
J.D. Hodgson
Two Childhoods Reflections In A Pithy Essay By Mame Dye
New York AP writer Mame Dye muses on aging and memory. The piece contrasts the first childhood with a second hoped-for later one, jokes about superstition and media, and lightly critiques modern journalism and professional life.
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Mame Dye
New York
Pre Registration for BikeAThon at Fair Park
Pre registration for the BikeAThon event at Fair Park is set for Wednesday August 4 with the race held the following Tuesday August 10. Certificates of participation and trophies will be awarded. a separate smaller course will be marked for younger competitors and a two cent entry fee is charged to cover expenses. Contact the Youth Center by Wednesday to register.
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Fair Park
Bombers Wipe Out Enemy Held Villages in Cambodia
South Vietnamese fighter-bombers and U S helicopters nearly erased two enemy held villages in eastern Cambodia in a day long battle. Rangers faced rocket and small arms fire, suffering two killed and eight wounded before air strikes and gun ships set the villages ablaze. By dusk one village was seized as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters fled under heavy bombing in the Parrot's Beak area south of Highway 1. A 3 500 man task force is sweeping to destroy staging areas and curb infil tration. The United States also expanded aerial reconnaissance and air censor activity along a 230 mile stretch of the Cambodian border ahead of national elections.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
Huyen Cong Ut
Parrot's Beak
Phnom Penh
Lebanon Plane Forced to Land in Damascus by Syrians
Syrian air controllers halted a Lebanese Airliner with 105 aboard in Damascus today then released it minutes later. The plane resumed to Amman and returned to Beirut. 95 passengers were not detained. The incident follows regional tensions after Jordan’s crackdown on Palestinian guerrillas and Syria's border closure with Jordan.
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Damascus
Syria
Amman
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Hussein
Benghhazi
Sudan
Cherokee Residents Fight Cooper Gift to Village
Residents of Cherokee Village in Sharp County filed suit in Little Rock asking a federal court to stop the Cherokee Village Suburban Improvement District from accepting about 7 million dollars in recreational facilities as gifts from John A Cooper Co. The suit says the so called gift is a ploy to dodge upkeep expenses on the facilities and was filed Monday.
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Cherokee Village
Sharp County
U.S
John A. Cooper Co
Cooper
Cooper Company
Inflation Lingers After Steel Strike Ends The Nation
AP News Digest surveys lingering inflation risk after a last minute wage agreement averting a steel strike. Higher steel prices likely cascade to manufactured goods as producers set prices. The piece notes wage gains common across industries and the difficulty of boosting productivity.
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Nation
AP News Digest
John Cunnife
New York
Steel Price Hikes Lead to Broad Increases Across Industry
U S Steel set an 8 percent rise across most raw steel products with other makers expected to follow. The White House questioned the long term benefit but did not order a rollback. The U S Steel announcement followed a 30 percent wage deal with the AFL CIO United Steelworkers.
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M. W. Minardin Jr
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel
White House
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers of America
Smackover Youth Killed in Truck Crash North of El Dorado
Smackover resident Billy Jack Hyatt, 21, died Monday night in a collision between his car and a tractor-trailer on Arkansas 7, nine miles north of El Dorado. The crash occurred in the Smackover area as police investigated the fatal accident.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Billy Jack Hyatt
Smackver
el Dorado
Arkansas 7
Jury Picked in Murder Case in Arkansas Trial
A jury of two women and 10 men was selected to hear the first degree murder trial of Andrew Carey 28 of North Little Rock for the shooting death of Eugene Preston 18 of Leighton Alabama whose body was found Sept 18 1969 near Little Rock Carey previously faced trial last April but a mistrial was avoided by ruling on jailer testimony Attorneys for both sides prepared to make opening statements.
Miss Arkansas Donna Connelly heads USO tour to Vietnam
Donna Connelly 20 of Hope leaves San Francisco on her August 9 birthday for a 22 day USO tour of Vietnam. She rehearses in Atlantic City and plans New York City stops before a September 3 return. The group spends three days in Honolulu prior to returning to the mainland.
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Donna Connelly
Hope
United States
San Francisco
Vietnam
Atlantic City
N.J
New York City
U.S
Honolulu
Apollo 13 Crew Snoozes After Brief Scare Mission
Apollo 13 astronauts slept six hours past their 5 16 a m wake time after a scare over a suspected pressure leak. David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden relaxed in the night lab while Mission Control monitored a leak risk and then jettisoned the lunar module Falcon at 9 05 p m.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Apollo 13
Ying Physics Laboratory
Mission Control Center
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
David K. Slayton
Scott and
Irwin
Worden
Endeavour
Scott
Mission Control
Falcon
Look Through Our Window On The World Hope Star News Quiz
The Hope Star presents a World Window quiz page four featuring late breaking events with answers on page three. It is part of the Living Textbook Program sponsored by Anderson-Fragier Insurance Agency and Hope Star for area schools.
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Anderson-Fragier Insurance Agency
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