St Louis decline noted in 1970 census
Brooks Shults of Fulton recuperates in Norfolk after operations in Texarkana while Mrs. James Flippin and daughter Nancy stay with him. The 1970 census shows St Louis peaking in 1950 at 856,796 then falling to 608,078 in 1970. Suburbanization and tax turnbacks threaten major cities, while smaller towns like Hope, Nashville and Prescott held steady or rose.
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Brooks Shults
Fulton
Wadley Memorial Hospital
Texarkana
Norfolk
James Flippin
Nancy
Texarkana Hospital
Brooks
Hope
U.S
St. Louis
Missouri
Nashville
Prescott
Plea for Welfare Reform Plan Gains Senate Attention
Washington AP Labor Secretary Hodgson urged the Senate Finance Committee to back President Nixon s Family Assistance Plan to motivate work. He framed it as a work incentive program with training child care and limited income support, not a guaranteed income. He cited changes to boost acceptance and noted millions would need job training or face benefit cuts, with many already employed.
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Washington
Nixon
James D. Hodgson
Senate Finance Committee
House
White House
GOP
Hodgson
Arab-Israeli peace talks begin in New York
U N envoy Gunnar V Jarring opened talks with Arab and Israeli representatives in New York on the U S peace plan for the Middle East. Kadafi efforts in Baghdad sought to smooth rifts between Egypt and Iraq as Gahal quit the Israeli coalition, while U Thant and Rogers called the meetings useful as Jarring planned ceasefire talks and a path to a permanent settlement.
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Associated Press
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
New York
U.S
Middle East
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Baghdad
Egypt
Iraq
Kadafi
Tel Aviv
Gahal Party
Golda Meir
Israel
Jarring
Abdullah El-Erian
Muhammad El-Farra
Jordan
Yosef Tekoah
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
U Thant
William P. Rogers
Thant
Rogers
Security Council
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo
al Ahram
Ahmed Hassan el Bakr
Old Man Huckabee Missing at Battlefield Near Hope
Hempstead County search teams and volunteers looked Monday night for an elderly man named Huckabee reported missing in the Battlefield area southwest of Hope and Spring Hill. He had been staying with relatives and wandered into the river bottoms, authorities said.
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Nempstead
Manson Cites Nixon Remark for Mistrial
Defense lawyers in Sharon Tate murder case plan to seek a mistrial after President Nixon said Manson is guilty of eight murders. Floyd Fitzgerald called Nixon’s comments unprecedented and potentially prejudicial. Nixon later stated he did not intend to speculate on guilt and that defendants are presumed innocent at this stage.
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Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Sharon Tate
Nixon
Charles M. Manson
Paul Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
United States
Washington
Manson
Denver
Nixon softens on Manson verdict remark in CA
President Nixon disavowed an offhand claim that Charles Manson was guilty of eight murders. He drafted a statement stressing he would not prejudice legal rights. Manson defense teams sought a mistrial in Los Angeles, arguing prejudicial publicity. The court denied the motion without prejudice, allowing renewal.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Charles Manson
California
Air Force One
Washington
Denver
Manson
Los
P B Bank Robber Sought
Authorities continued to search for a lone gunman who robbed the Jefferson Square branch of the National Bank of Commerce in Pine Bluff Arkansas of 7621 dollars. Bank employees described the suspect as a about 30 year old white man in green work clothes. He entered, pointed a gun, demanded money, and fled on foot into a wooded area behind the bank. Police found no clue after a search of the area. The bank president noted the robber took mostly smaller bills leaving an uneven total.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
National Bank of Commerce
Jefferson Square
Bill Kennedy
Four States Vote as Michigans Romney Opposes Huber
Michigan voters pick candidates for the November general election with Mrs George Romney facing state Senator Robert Huber in the GOP Senate race. The Dems run a four person gubernatorial primary. The winner meets Senator Hart in November. Other states Missouri Kansas Idaho also vote.
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Larry Kurtz
Detroit
Michigan
Nixon
Senate
George Romney
U.S
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Robert Huber
Troy
Tolber Corp
Hope
Polly Tolleson
Phillip A. Hart
Missouri
Kansas
Idaho
Stuart Symington
John C. Danforth
Doris Bass
St. Louis Board of Aldermen
Kent Fizzell
Robert Docking
Don W. Samuelson
Dick Smith
Sander Levin
Zolton Ferrency
Woman at State Hospital Found Dead
Mrs. Elsie McKinney, 48, of Little Rock, a patient at the State Hospital, was found dead in her room Monday. Police say she apparently hanged herself with a cord and a cloth belt.
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Little Rock
Elsie McKinney
State Hospital
Two Small Fires Reported Here in Hope
The Hope fire department reported two small fires on Monday. A car fire occurred near Highway 67 east at unknown morning time and a grass fire at 1103 S Elm at 11 30 p.m. Firefighters responded to both incidents.
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Hope Fire Department
Highway 67
S. Elm
Reform Bill Passes Senate to Reshape U.S. Mail
The Senate approved a bill to create an independent postal service run by an 11 member board, end most congressional control over the mails, and raise mail carriers pay 4 percent. Rates would be set by a five member independent rates commission, with final House action anticipated.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Board of Governors
Drug Overdose Kills Actress Inger Stevens
Los Angeles AP reports actress Inger Stevens died from a barbiturate overdose. The Los Angeles County coroner ruled the death an overdose and could not determine if accidental or intentional through a psychological autopsy based on medical history and habits.
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Los Angeles
Inger Stevens
Hollywood
Los Angeles County
Faubus Attacks Rockefeller Over Commission Move
Former Arkansas governor Orval Faubus accused Gov Winthrop Rockefeller of using his Arkansas Industrial Development Commission post to build power for a bid to become governor. Faubus, seeking the Democratic nomination, said appointing Rockefeller was his biggest mistake after addressing about 150 people in Monticello.
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Monticello
Ark
Orval Faubus
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Bhe
Faubus
Rockefeller
All Around Town highlights and awards around Hope Arkansas
Major Franklin N Horton receives the Viet Nam Staff Service Medal First Class near Xuan Loc Vietnam on July 14 for distinguished staff work. He is an assistant operations and plans officer with Advisory Team 95. He and his wife Joan live in Columbus Georgia. Five Hope students will be in Henderson State College summer commencement on August 7 with degrees in education and science. Scout Troop 92 seeks funds and gear for a member’s trip to the 1971 World Scout Jamboree in Japan and lists contact numbers. Hempstead County Rescue Unit meets August 4 at 7 30 p m at the W O W Hall.
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Franklin N. Horton
Frank Horton
Hope
Xuan Loc
Vietnam
Horton
Joan
Califon
Columbus
Ouachita College
Henderson State College
Vickie Beth Ballard
Ronald Jimmy Ingram
Donna R. Smith
Charles Conrad Browning
Bobbie Rea Brown
Arkansas Hall
David Pryor
Celia leaves Corpus Christi area in dire ruin and deaths
Hurricane Celia battered Corpus Christi and adjacent towns with 69 mph winds, killing four locally and leaving one missing. Cuba and Florida also reported fatalities. Rescue teams and National Guardsmen moved in as blackout and extensive property damage spread across the region.
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Celia
Jim Barlow
Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Tex
Mexico
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Cuba
Florida
Aransas Pass
Jack Blackmon
Bay
Gay Walker
Ingleside
Troy Kizer
Lightning Kills 10 Fliers in Desert Crash
Ten Navy airmen die when a lightning strike hits an antisubmarine patrol plane during a training flight near Searchlight Nevada. The Barbers Point Hawaii crew of three officers and seven enlisted men were en route from Nellis AFB to North Island NAS San Diego, about 50 miles south of Las Vegas, amid thunderstorm activity.
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Pab
Barber's Point
Hawaii
Las Vegas
Nellis Air Force Base
North Island Naval Air Station
San Diego
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