Congrats to Martinez on goldfish swallowing feat
The piece notes Roger Martinez a 19 year old engineering student at St Marys University San Antonio Texas as world record holder after swallowing 225 goldfish in 42 minutes. It mentions a chuckle at campus quirks and references Stephen Young of Ohio promoting a diet of chewing ice for weight loss.
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Roger Martinez
St. Mary’s University
San Antonio
Tex
Stephen Young
Ohio
U. S. Senate
Sen. Young
Georgia
Atlanta
Beasley Seeks Garland County Recount After Narrow Loss
Rep. Hugh Beasley of Hot Springs asked the Garland County Democratic Committee for a recount of votes cast in Garland County after losing to state Sen. Q Byrum Hurst by 18 votes overall and 6 votes in the county. Beasley noted no improper acts by officials or Hurst, citing confusion from ward redistricting and polling place relocations.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Hugh Beasley
Byrum Hurst
Garland County
Democratic Committee
Hurst
Beasley
Tom
Little Rock
Dan T. Sprick
Fred Stafford
Marked Tree
Olen Hendrix
Prescott
Virgil Fletcher
Benton
Robert Harvey
Swifton
Stafford
Hendrix
Dean Murphy
Hope
Senate
Morris Henry
Fayetteville
David Burleston
John Smith
Robert Masters
Springdale
John Sugg
G. W. Freeman
Ozark
Darrell Johnson
van Buren
W. E. Denniston
E. K. Ragge
Jim Vardaman
Bob Douglas
Texarkana
Nick Patton
Bill Walmsley
Bates
Fair Skies Forecast With Weekend Thunder Showers
The U S Weather Bureau expects fair skies to persist through Friday then a new front will bring showers and thundershowers this weekend. A weakening high pressure system moves out as a Canadian frontal system approaches Missouri and Arkansas, with temperatures steady in the 80s to 90s and lows in the 60s.
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Associated Press
U.S. Weather Bureau
Canada
Missouri - Arkansas
Sheets to Oppose Kelly Bryant
Former state Rep. Jim Sheets of Siloam Springs won the Republican nomination for secretary of state and will oppose incumbent Kelly Bryant in the general election. With 527 of 378 precincts reporting, Sheets led Thompson 31,293 to 18,830.
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Little Rock
Jim Sheets
Siloam
Springs
Kelly Bryant
Sheets
John F. Thompson
Morrilton
32 Americans Feared Dead in Copter Crash
Saigon AP dispatch reports 32 Americans feared dead in a helicopter crash during the Vietnam war. The same bulletin notes U.S. battlefield casualties for last week fell to their lowest level in 414 years, with 52 killed in action and 354 wounded. Vice President Agnew, on a Asia tour, reiterated plans to withdraw U.S. forces to about 284,000 by next April amid criticism from Fulbright and other opponents.
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Saigon
Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
U.S
Agnew
South China Sea
Formosa
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Cambodia
South Korea
China
Thailand
Phnom Penh
Bangkok
Sen. J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hanoi
Senate
Southeast Asia
Sen. Fulbright
George Esper
Associated Press
U.S. Command
U S and Soviet Peace Force Discussed for Middle East
High administration officials say the United States would seriously consider a peacekeeping force with Soviet units in the Middle East perhaps as an observer force under a UN umbrella. Israel seeks on the ground security assurances while U.N. involvement would not shift to the Security Council.
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Associated Press
San Clemente
Calif
United States
U.S
Middle East
United Nations
Israel
U.N
Security Council
Soviet Union
Laird cites Soviet multiple warhead test on SS11 ICBM
Secretary Laird says Soviet testing of multiple warheads on the SS11 ICBM marks a new capability. A Pentagon scientist warns the pace could outrun the United States in strategic and tactical weapons and in secret tech by 1976. An American destroyer sighted three objects near Midway from an SS11 last Friday, origin uncertain.
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Laird
Jim Adams
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
United States
Pacific
Midway Island
Washington
U.S
Pine Bluff Teen Dies After Accidental Gunshot Wound
Russell Moon aged 18 of Pine Bluff died after an accidental self inflicted gunshot while handling a .22 revolver. He collapsed after the discharge and was pronounced dead at University of Arkansas Medical Center Little Rock. Police continue the investigation.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Russell Moon
Moon
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Little Rock
Consumer Suits Bill Under Senate and Judiciary Review
Washington AP The bill allowing consumers to join in suits against deceptive selling practices is being re examined by the Judiciary Committee after earlier Senate committee approval. Hearings begin with witness Richard McLaren of the antitrust unit and consumer advocate Ralph Nader.
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John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Panel
Asst. Atty
Richard McLaren
Justice Department
Antitrust Unit
Ralph Nader
Kennedy proposes national health insurance plan in Senate
Senator Edward M Kennedy introduced a comprehensive national health insurance plan aimed at covering all citizens with benefits starting mid 1973. The proposal would pay about 70 percent of health expenditures through a trust fund funded by general revenues, employer payroll taxes, and individual income taxes, while keeping private providers and insurers, with four service exceptions and no deductibles or waiting periods.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
John Sherman Cooper
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
Senate
Says Girls Should Wear Crewcuts So We Could Tell Them From Boys
HAL BOYLE offers a satirical look at a future world where women are liberated yet risky ideas persist. He envisions humorous shifts like women picking up lunch checks, cheaper hospital stays with better service, nap rooms at offices, and other comic prophecies ranging from fashion to technology, all framed as playful speculation.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Audio Visual Course Opens at Henderson Extension
The Extension Department of Henderson State College will offer an Audio Visual Methods course starting Tuesday night September 1 at 6 30 at Red River Vocational School. Prof Ward Ankrum of the Audio Visual Department will conduct the course. After the organizational meeting the class will begin sessions Monday September 7 at 6 30 p.m. at the local Tech School.
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Henderson State College
Red River Vocational School
de. Ward Ankrum
Tech. Schou
Rape suspect arrested after Arkadelphia river assault
Bruce Allen Blamer of Columbus Ohio, 18, was arrested Wednesday on first degree rape and grand larceny charges for attacking an elderly Arkadelphia woman near the Caddo River north of Arkadelphia. He stole a pickup, later abandoned near the Gum Springs overpass. State police and sheriff's deputies pursued leads and arrested him near Hope. He will be arraigned in Clark County Circuit Court later this week.
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Bruce Allen Blamer
Columbus
Ohio
Clark County
W.H. “Dub” Arnold
Caddo River
Arkadelphia
Gum Springs
Arkadelphia City
Arkansas State Police
Wallace Martin
Blamer
Hope
Capitan Milton Mosier
Jack Usery
Glen Owens
W.A
Red” Wingfield
Jerry Howard
Larry Gleghorn
Bumpers Clings to Slim Lead in Arkansas Governor Race
In Arkansas Democratic primary Dale Bumpers holds a slender edge over Joe Purcell as returns come in. With five precincts left unreported, Bumpers leads Purcell by about 2,000 votes, while Faubus dominates the runoff picture. Separate races show veteran senators defeated or re-elected in close contests across the state.
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Purcell
Robert Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Joe Purcell
Orval E. Faubus
Bumpers
Fulton
Pike
Stone
Demi Faubus
McClerkin
Weiss
Compton
Malone
Check
Gov. Riley
Harrell
Coffelt
Nelson
Wilson
Mach
Ceme
Thornton
Griffin
Faubus
Winthrop Rockefeller
Walter Carruth
Lexa
American Party
Charleston
Jerry Pinson
Allence
Bob Troutt
Hayes McClerkin
Arkansas House
Bill Wells
Compton Dorado
James M. Malone
Lanoke
Cheek
Oreetaller
Wes
Fried chicken supper aids Hope church scholarship fund
The First United Methodist Church of Hope hosts a fried chicken supper with sides on Friday August 28 at 5 30 p m in the Men's Century Bible Classroom. Adults 1 25, children 12 and under 75 cents. Takeout boxes available. Proceeds fund the class annual scholarship for first year college students.
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First United Methodist Church of Hope
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