Prospects Dim for Weather Record U.S. Harvest
AP dispatch notes acre age cutbacks dry weather and tighter government controls lowering crop prospects. Overall output remains near 1969 records but declines noted in food grains fruit vegetables and some meats. Corn wheat and soybean figures are provided with regional weather and forecasts included.
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Don Kendal
AP Fann
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Crop Reporting Board
USDA
Private academies raise discrimination concerns nationwide
Educators and civil rights officials complain that private schools are expanding without federal monitoring to prevent discrimination. Thrower notes the IRS does not probe private academy motives or tax exempt status for the 17,000 schools, though admission and recruitment policies are being questioned.
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Thrower
IRS
Democratic gubernatorial candidates rally in Paragould Arkansas
Eight Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls addressed a rally at a Paragould drive in theatre criticizing Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller and former Gov. Orval Faubus. Speakers pledged support for the party nominee, promised road and license plate slogans, and tied public works to regional gains. The event began before 7 p.m. and continued past midnight with additional county and district candidates speaking.
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Faubus
Bumpers
Bill Wells
Purcell
Paragould
Cheek
Rockefeller
Hayes McClerkin
James Malone Jr
Arkansas
McClerkin
Bircher Quits Forrest City School Board
Forrest City Arkansas AP reports Dr Norman Saliba a local surgeon and head of the John Birch Society resigned from the Forrest City School Board and said he would move to Osceola later this month.
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Forrest City
Ark
Norman Saliba
The
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Osceola
Hurricane Center warns coastal growth risks disaster
National Hurricane Center chief Dr. Robert H. Simpson warned at a disaster conference that expanding populations along Atlantic and Gulf coasts could become sitting ducks for disaster without escape routes. He cited Miami-Dade as a prime example and noted Hurricane Celia showed gusts may exceed sustained wind estimates, calling for new meteorology and building design thinking.
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Hy Ben Fun
Associated Press
Miami
Atlantic
Gulf States
National Hurricane Center
Robert H. Simpson
Nixon
Simpson
Dade County
U.S
Biscayne Bay
Corpus Christi
Tex
Weather Bureau
Freedom of Choice Plan Ruled Out in Arkansas
U S District Judge Oren Harris ruled that Watson Chapel School District cannot use a freedom of choice desegregation plan and gave until Aug 26 to submit an acceptable alternative as fall term prepares to start. The ruling followed testimony from 24 witnesses and motions by district attorney John Norman Warnock, including a bid to disqualify Harris. In a separate matter, Harris approved the Helena-West Helena desegregation plan.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
U.S
Oren Harris
Watson Chapel
Harris
John Norman Warnock
Camden
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Arkansas
Warnock
J. Smith Henley
Helena- West Helena
Homeowners Insurance Hike Denied
Arkansas Acting Insurance Commissioner Ernest J. W. Fennell denied a request by the Multi-Line Insurance Rating Bureau for a rate increase on homeowners policies. The bureau sought a $500 deductible and a 2.03 percent statewide rise, but Fennell noted varying impacts and questioned the inflation guard endorsement's effect on premiums.
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Little Rock
Ernest J. W. Fennell
Fennell
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Farm Subsidy Ceiling Cuts Tiny Share of Bill
AP by Don Kendall reports the House's $55,000 per crop subsidy ceiling on cotton, feed grains, and wheat cuts only about $58 million from a $3.5 billion program. Dole calls it a milestone step, while others warn higher food prices and farm losses. The bill heads to the Senate with Nixon expected to resist lowering the limit.
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Washington
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Robert Dole
R-Kan
Senate
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Agriculture Committee
Conference Committee
J.G. Boswell Co
Corcoran
Calif
Dole
Clifford M. Hardin
White House
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Bomb Threat Forces Western Air to Pay $25,000
Western Airlines paid $25,000 in cash after receiving a telephone bomb threat to Flight 722 from Anchorage to Seattle. The Boeing 720 landed safely at Seattle-Tacoma with 118 passengers and seven crew. no bomb was found. FBI investigating the incident.
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Western Airlines
Seattle-Tacoma —_ International Airport
Howard Clifford
Western
Anchorage
Alaska
Federal Aviation Administration
FBI
Police Chief Praised As Friend And Protector Of All
A police chief described as a friend and protector of his fellow men, a promoter of humanitarian ideals, and a defender of fair play exemplified leadership and community service in the official tribute.
Friday’s cheerful list of little joys and goals
A page 1 fragment blends small, personal moments from spring, including juicy tomatoes in season, dental reassurance, a child's wonder at newborn kittens, resolving old feuds, helping birds, honoring Gen Omar Bradley at 77, finding wildflowers, a deserved merit raise, a late return home, a worthwhile TV program, a smooth flight, and ending a game as a winner with shared loot.
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Omar Nelson Bradley
Cooler Temperatures Expected Through Thursday in Arkansas
Northerly winds keep temperatures cooler and rainfall minimal through Thursday as a Great Lakes high pressure system sits over the region. The system shifts out by weekend, bringing warmer weather and a chance of rain with highs from Fort Smith to Pine Bluff and varied overnight lows across cities.
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Great Lakes
Fort Smith
Pine Bluff
Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonesboro
Texarkana
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Obituaries for Paul M. Keith Panui and Harold Fairchild
Paul M Keith Panui 80 died Tuesday in a Little Rock hospital funeral services by Griffin Leggett Funeral Home of Little Rock He formerly lived here He is survived by his wife Dorothy two uncles and several cousins Harold Fairchild 58 of Rosston died Tuesday in a Prescott hospital native of Rosston Baptist Church member Services were 2 30 p m Wednesday at Rosston Baptist Church burial in Rosston Cemetery Surviving are his wife Vera a son Bill Fairchild of Dallas a daughter Mrs Charles Nelmyer of Prescott his father R R Fairchild of Rosston and a sister Mrs Stella Owens of Dallas
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M. Keith
Little Rock
Griffin-Leggett Funeral Homme
Lite Rock
Dorothy
Harold Fairchild
Rosston
Prescott
Baptist Church
Rosston Baptist Church
Aris Downs
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Bill Fairchild
Dallas
Charles Nelmyer
R.R. Fairchild
Stella Owens
Meet the Candidate night at Hempstead Farm Bureau
Hempstead County Farm Bureau plans a Meet the Candidate session Friday night August 14 at 7 30 in the Farm Bureau Conference Room. Autrey Wilson says the event invites both men and women to participate and become politically active through the bureau.
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Hempstead County
Farm Bureau
Autrey Wilson
Troy Burson
U. S. News
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