Nixon years mark shift in wartime role and diplomacy
The Nixon presidency shifts toward winding down Vietnam while pursuing talks with China and the Soviet Union. It highlights troop withdrawals, Nixon Kissinger diplomacy, and a mixed economic record with wage price controls and modest growth. Domestic cabinet changes and Agnew’s role frame a turbulent era.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Peking
Moscow
George S. McGovern
U.S
McGovern
Thailand
7Th Fleet
Apollo set for final lunar landing at Taurus Littrow site
NASA announced that Apollo 17 would land on December 11 marking the sixth moon visit and longest stay on the surface for American astronauts. Mission commander Eugene Cernan, lunar module pilot Harrison Schmitt, and command module pilot Ronald Evans will conduct the first night launch of a manned spacecraft, targeting Taurus Littrow.
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Washington
Space Agency
Rman
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Taurus Mountains
Littrow
Taurus-Littrow
NASA
Alfred M. Worden
Navy
Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H
Jack) Schmitt
Ronald E. Evans
Smith takes part time teaching post at OBU
George S. Smith Hope Star managing editor will teach journalism part time at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia. He will cover reporting and feature writing during the fall semester while William D. Downs Jr. is on a year long leave to complete a Ph.D. at Missouri. Smith, a Hope native, will commute from Hope twice weekly and holds a 1968 BS in English and journalism from East Texas State University. He previously worked at Commerce Journal and The Baxter Bulletin.
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Arkadelphia
George S. Smith
The
Hope Star
Ouachita Baptist University
Smith
William D. Downs Jr
OBU
University of Missouri
Hope
East Texas State University
the Star
Commerce Journal
Commerce
Texas
Baxter Bulletin
Mountain Home
Remembering the past and its lingering joys
A nostalgic reflection on memories that endure beyond money. The piece recalls Milton Berle on TV, camping adventures, aging fathers, circus sights, pets in bed, measles waves, runaway fantasies, death talk, 1920s haircuts, and era snapshots of work life and journalists.
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Milton Berle
Probate Notice in Kinard Estate Arkansas
In Hempstead County Arkansas probate court the estate of William Lloyd Kinard deceased case number 2520. The 1950 will was admitted to probate on August 11 1972 with Etta Gordon Kinard named executrix. Creditors must file verified claims within six months from first publication August 15 1972 or be barred. First published August 15 1972. Executrix Etta Gordon Kinard Hope Arkansas 71801.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Earl
Hempstead County
Arkansas
William Lloyd Kinard
East 14Th Street
Hope
Etta Gordon Kinard
East 14Th
Hope, Ark
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Aleksei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Andrei A. Gromyko
Brezhnev
Podgorny
Kosygin
United States
John B. Connally
Hunter
R ‘A
Hervey ST
Remington
Bargain Buy
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Remington “Speedmaster
Springfield
Marlin
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Federal Field
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New York
Walter Winchell
Westbrook Pegler
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