Meeting of Conservation Districts Set Tuesday
The annual Southwest Area Soil Conservation Districts meeting is Tuesday at Perry's Truck Stop on US 67 East. Registration starts 9 a.m. with a 10 a.m. opening. Andrew Whisenhunt presides, Roy Nipper offers the invocation, and Dr. Sam Strong delivers the welcome followed by a full morning program on district and state activities, soil service updates, parks plans, and a noon lunch.
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Southwest Area Soil Conservation Districts
Perry
U. S. Highway 67 East
Andrew Whisenhunt
Roy Nipper
Sam Strong
Hope
John P. Saxton
Soil and Water Resources
Soil Conservation Service
Sinar Roget
Harold Jones
Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts
Bob Moody
Department of Parks and Tourism
Ray Thornton
Billy Bland
Cooperator
Lafayette County Conservation District
Heavy fighting near Da Nang as North Vietnamese push
South Vietnamese troops launched a drive from Que Son Valley to block a North Vietnamese division from moving toward Da Nang. U S Air Force reported 130 mm guns and tanks in the area and claimed three guns and two tanks were knocked out by F4 Phantoms. Heavy bombing continued over the valley as refugees fled to the coast, and Saigon reported civilian casualties from a mine strike and a helicopter crash mix up.
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Saigon
Que Son
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
Quang Tri
Baldy
Ross
South China Sea
Hiep Duc
Pleiku
Kontum
Supreme Court Petitions for Rehearing Filed in Multiple Cases
The Arkansas Supreme Court has petitions for rehearing in numerous cases including Edward L. Glover v IH Walter from Jefferson County and Little Rock Urban Renewal Agency v E E Van Bibber from Pulaski. Also listed are Lindy Gramling v Henry Baltz from Greene, Dermott Special School District v Max Brown from Chicot, Swafford Ice Cream Co v Sealtest Foods from Pulaski, and others from Pulaski, Union, Jefferson, Jackson, and more. Several criminal and civil matters involve Joseph Donaghey Foundation, Missouri Pacific Railroad, and the Travelers Insurance cases, with motions to dismiss appeals and amicus curiae briefs noted. The term includes cases from circuits and probate divisions, with multiple parties seeking rehearing before the state supreme court.
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State Supreme Court
Edward L. Glover
IH. Walter
Jefferson Chy
N. Little Rock
Max Brown
Chicot County
Chicot City
Charles H. Swafford
Swafford Ice Cream Co
Sealtest Foods
National Dairy Products Corp
Pulaski
A.B. Hervey Jr
International Paper Co
Pulaski Chy
Bettye Walker Ya
William Taliaferro
Continental Insurance Com
Travelers Insurance Co
George McCluskey
Opal Faye Burt
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co
Jackson
Steel Erectors, Inc
Buell Ray Lee
Logan
Mary E. Turner
W.E
Jimmy Watson
Washington Circuit
Ottis Watson
The
C. First Company
Washington
Marie Altman
Guardian
Louie A. Loetscher
Faulkner
Arkansas Sheriffs Association
Dermott Special School District
Chicot Chy
Bloodmobile to Visit Hope August 28 29
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Hope on Monday and Tuesday August 28 29 with headquarters at First Presbyterian Church entry from Walnut Street and rear parking. County chairman Haskell Jones raises the annual quota to 750 pints with three visits this year and asks Junior Auxiliary B PW Club Farm Bureau Kiwanis Lions Optimist and Rotary to help secure donations from workers. To reach 125 pints daily the full six hours must run. those giving before 3 30 p.m. should come 12 noon to 3 p.m. to allow processing after 3 30 p.m.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Hope
Haskell Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Walnut St
Jones
B & PW Club
Farm Bureau
Kiwanis, Lions, Optimist
Rotary
Hijacking Suspected in Arrest in Des Moines
Two Minneapolis men were arrested in Des Moines after one told an Ozark Airlines stewardess that they wanted 100000 dollars and two parachutes. No charges were filed due to the man’s condition, lack of interference with the flight, and inability to carry out the threat. The men, James Summer and Roy Schenck, were veterans traveling to a St Louis meeting. Summer is a Viet Nam veteran, paralyzed on one side and an epileptic. he appeared intoxicated.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minneapolis
Ozark Airlines
FBI
U.S
Fletcher D. Thompson
Omaha
St. Louis
James William Summer
Roy George Schenck
Thompson
Summer
Vietnam
Protests clash at Miami conventions with rare violence
Demonstrators forced back from Convention Hall grounds as police held lines. No arrests or injuries reported. eggs splashed jackets and gowns. Peaceful Miami Gay Activist Alliance members led a candle walk, while the Honor America parade drew light turnout. Yippie linked Dishonor Amerika rally ended with 400 marching. Vietnam Veterans against the War staged a last patrol, breaking toy M16s.
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Flamingo Park
Rocky Pomerance
Band Parents Meeting and Kindergarten Opening
A band parents meeting is scheduled for Tuesday August 22 at 8 00 p m in the Band building all senior high band parents are urged to attend The First Baptist Kindergarten opens September 5 at 8 30 a m Parents may stay with children during the first 40 minute session
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First Baptist
Destruction as Quang Tri Berskirs War’s Grim Tide
In Quang Tri Vietnam the city’s riverside streets and historic sites vanish under relentless shelling as South Vietnamese Marines and North Vietnamese forces slug through a battlefield described as an unprecedented orgy of destruction. Casualties mount with daily shelling and air strikes, while a grim stalemate persists with Marines, paratroopers, and North Vietnamese fighters occupying fortified positions amid ruins.
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Quang Tri
Vietnam
Quang Tri City
Seoul
Cassino
Europe
West Virginia Minnesota seek disaster relief after floods
West Virginia officials asked President Nixon to declare four counties disaster areas after weekend flash floods caused about 6.9 million dollars in damage including 1.9 million to property. Duluth and southern St. Louis County sought disaster designation for federal aid after a violent storm dumped 2.9 inches of rain. No injuries were reported. A NASA Copernicus satellite launched to study stars and deep-space X-rays.
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West Virginia
Minnesota
Arch A. Moore Jr
Nixon
Mingo
Logan
McDowell
Wyoming
Gilbert
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Mingo County
Ben Boo
Duluth
Minn
St. Louis County
Civil Defense
Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Arkansas Weather Summary for Twenty Fourth Hour
In Arkansas the 24 hour period ending 7 a.m. Monday saw a high of 97 and a low of 70. A few afternoon thundershowers were noted in the southern half today with continued partly cloudy hazy and hot daytime conditions and fair warm nights. Today and Tuesday will see highs in the 90s.
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Arkansas
Convention Realignments Shape Nixon Bid Prelude
The convention contemplates a 1976 bid for Agnew with delegate plans favoring states likely to back him. Social events accompany the gala with Mrs. Nixon and the President’s daughters aboard. Credentials challenges fail as McCloskey and others seek seating for anti-Nixon voices. Tonight features three keynote speakers Brooke Armstrong Lugar.
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National Committee
Agnew
Nixon
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Virginia
Paul N. McCloskey
California
Washington, D.C
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Senate
Anne Armstrong
Texas
Cochairman
Richard Lugar
Indianapolis
Indiana
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Joe Martin
SDS
Miami
Miami Gay Activist Alliance
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Associated Press
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Boise
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Otland Ore
Land Me
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Richmond
Hanoi
Thu Duc
Mea
Allan Wright
McKinleyville
Callf
Hempstead
County Farmers Association
Horseshoe Club
Horseshoe Bend Estates
Horseshoe Bend, , Ark
Strawberry Iver
Ove
Beng
Arkansas Ozarks
Horseshoes Bond Estates
Horseshoe Bend
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