Night of bombs and gunfire across Northern Ireland
Eight bomb blasts and several shootings jolted Londonderry Armagh and Belfast during the night with no reported casualties. British troops faced snipers and rioters at dawn while city workers returned to Londonderry after a strike against internment without trial.
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Colin Rkost
Associated Press
Belfast
Northern Ireland
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Armagh
Irish Republican Army
Roy Bradford
London
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
AMEN Cashier Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Richard S. Anderson, former head cashier at Arkansas AM&N College, pled guilty to embezzlement and forgery in Jefferson County Circuit Court. He received three-year sentences on each count, suspended for surgery, with embezzlement delayed to Oct 1. The charges relate to $2,000.49 diverted from college funds on July 2, 1969, and a $77.50 forged endorsement. Anderson was among six indicted in a grand jury probe of financial irregularities at the historically black institution.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Arkansas Am&n College
Jefferson County
Richard S. Anderson
Agdinst
Randall L. Williams
Anderson
C. Wiliams Anderson
Hope Native Serves With 917th MAGp At Barksdale AFB
Ann Jimmy W. McAdams of Hope Arkansas joins reservists for two week annual summer active duty with the 917th Military Airlift Group at Barksdale AFB Louisiana. McAdams, assigned to Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance, is shown performing maintenance on an Air Force vehicle and works as a millwright at the Ordinance Plant in Texarkana Arkansas.
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917Th Military Airlift Group
Magp
Barksdale Afb
McAdams
917Th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance
Air Force
Ordinance Plant
Texarkana
Ark
Arkansas Weather Forecast Report Highlights Cool Surface Air
Weather Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Tuesday with a high of 86 and a low of 66. Arkansas forecast calls for mostly fair conditions with little temperature change through Wednesday, with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s.
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Arkansas
Typhoon Rose Ravaged Hong Kong Killing Over Ninety
AP dispatch from Hong Kong reports Typhoon Rose striking the British colony with 130 mph winds and heavy rain. It capsized vessels, sank boats, damaged ships, caused floods and landslides, and left more than 200 injured and 2,500 homeless. The Fatshan ferry and the Regulus navy ship were among vessels affected. fatalities exceed 90 with many crew missing or injured.
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Forrest C. Edwards
Associated Press
Hong Kong
Wanda
Macao
Lantao Island
Kaui Chai
Conviction of Rape Is Set Aside in Arkansas
Circuit Court Judge Richard B. Adkisson set aside the 1991 rape conviction of Earl Thomas Eddings after new testimony from three cab drivers suggested the victim made advances to other drivers. The judge ordered a new trial, noting the testimony could have impacted the verdict though the jury previously determined the outcome. Eddings, 24, of North Little Rock, had been convicted of first degree rape of a 17 year old mentally retarded girl and sentenced to 30 years.
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Little Rock
Richard B. Adkisson
Earl Thomas Eddings
North Little Rock
Adkisson
Eddings
Ellsberg Pleads Not Guilty in Pentagon Papers Case
Daniel Ellsberg pleaded not guilty to charges of unauthorized possession of secret documents tied to the Pentagon papers. A former Rand colleague, Anthony Russo, remains jailed for contempt after refusing to testify. Ellsberg, free on bail, said the trial would be informative to the country and plans to return to Boston for a hearing set in January.
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Los Angeles
Daniel Fillsberg
Pentagon
Elisberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Rand Corp
Santa Monica
Russo
U.S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Elllsberg
Vietnam
Elsberg
Daniel Ellsberg
Arkansas Weather Sees Warm, Partly Cloudy Skies Ahead
The Associated Press reports clear to partly cloudy conditions and warm temperatures dominate Arkansas for the next two days under a high pressure ridge. Expect 80s highs, 60s to 70s nights, with a slight chance of showers in eastern Arkansas by Wednesday as moisture from a tropical low nears. Some scattered Tuesday showers occurred in the north, with mountain burg recording .82 inch. Low overnight readings ranged from 64 to 71 across several cities.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Atlantic States
Mountainburg
Harrison
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
Fayetteville
Jonesboro
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Notable Hollywood Mogul Spyros Skouras Dies at 78
Spyros P. Skouras, longtime president of 20th Century Fox from 1942 to 1982 and a remnant of Hollywood’s old guard, died at his Rye, New York home Monday night from an apparent heart attack. Also reported death notices for actor Paul Lukas in Tangier, Adrian Herbert in Cape Town, and Rev. Patrick F. ONeill in Culmian Alabama, each detailing brief biographical notes and notable achievements.
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Spyros P. Skouras Rye
N.Y
Spyros P. Skouras
20Th Century-Fox
Hollywood
Paul Lukas
Tangier
Morocco
Adrian Herbert
Cape Town
South Africa
Christiaan Barnard
Herbert
Patrick F. Oneill Culiman
Ala
Patrick Frederick O’neill
Canon City
Colo
Father O'Neill
Opening of School Gets Nearer
Next week is devoted to preparation for the formal opening of the Hope School system. Student registration schedules are outlined for grades and dates, half days run Aug 30 to Sept 3, with full days starting Sept 7. Faculty meetings and assignments are scheduled Aug 23 to Aug 25. A Britannica note mentions Adolf Hitler’s surname origin as Schicklgruber.
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Hope
Hope High
Beryl Henry
Schicklgruber
Adolf Hitler
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Tiny Tim Helps Baltimore Beautification Drive
In Baltimore Tiny Tim joined acting Mayor William Donald Schaefer for a tree planting ceremony amid rush hour. The singer planted three myrtle trees as dignitaries pledged to adopt the tradition, and the event ended with three rear-end collisions as cars passed the scene and Playboy bunnies witnessed.
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Baltimore, Md
Tiny Tim
Baltimore
William Donald Schaefer
Schaefer
Tiny Tin
Endeavour Capsule Returns From Moon Mission to U S
The Endeavour spacecraft, Apollo 15 capsule, is brought to San Diego by USS Okinawa. Astronauts David R. Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden rode to the moon and back. The capsule arrives and will be reactivated at North Island NAS and moved to Downey for assembly.
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San Diego
Calif
Okinawa
Endeavour
United States
David R. Scott
James 8. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
North Island Naval Air Station
North American Rockwell
Downey
Wallace to Open Closed Shop in Hobson City Plan
Gov. George C. Wallace will travel to Hobson City and Oxford to sign an executive order aimed at blocking federal court intervention in the two towns' school programs. The order seeks to direct school boards to maintain current school configurations despite a recent court order transferring students.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Hobson City
Alabama
Oxford
Calhoun County
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