End the War Amendment Faces Likely Defeat in Senate
Legislation to pull all U.S. troops out of Vietnam by 1972 appears doomed in a Senate vote. Supporters say the measure would reflect national divisions and force a fuller congressional role, while opponents warn it would disrupt Vietnamization and prolong the conflict. The plan would cut U.S. troop strength to 780,000 by late next April and bar funds after that for anything but winding down combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Senate
Nixon
Congress
House
George McGovern
D-S.d
Robert P. Griffin
Griffin
McGovern
White House
South Vietnam
Escapee Is Re captured in 2 Hours at Cummins Prison Farm
Charles L. Ellis, 25, Irving, Texas, serving a life term for first degree murder in Saline County, escaped Cummins Prison Farm Sunday by taking a visitor's clothes and car. He was recaptured about two hours later near Monticello. the visitor was not identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Charles L. Ellis
Irving
Tex
Ellis
Saline County
Monticello
Young Democrats Endorse Bumpers for Governor Nomination
The Arkansas state Young Democrats Executive Committee endorsed Dale Bumpers of Charleston for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. The group resumes active combat to thwart a clear and present danger to U S troops. Other extensions could be granted after first obtaining congressional approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Young Democrats
Dale Bumpers
Charleston
U.S
Funeral rites for Latham and Bean held in Texas
Funeral services for Carl D. Latham 46 of Hope were set for 3 p.m. Monday at Oakcrest Chapel with burial at Bluff Springs Cemetery. Oscar Bean 62 of Texarkana dies Monday. services Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Herndon Chapel, with burial at Memory Gardens. Surviving family includes Ruby Bean and two sons, plus relatives in DeQueen. Also reported: Byers Burlingame 70 former Studebaker president dies of heart attack while vacationing in Ontario. Mary Clare 78 British actress dies. Maj. Gen. Alfred G. Tuckerman 68 former commander of New York 77th Infantry Division dies. founder of U.S. equestrian team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl D. Latham
Hope
Oakcrest Chapel
B. W. Lane
Bluff Springs
Oakcrest
Oscar Bean
Texarkana
Herndon Chapel
Memory Gardens
Herndon Funeral Home
Ruby
von Bean
Americus
Georgia
Dean Bean
Tulsa
Okla
Ida Broach
DeQueen
Austin Bean
Associated Press
Rondeau Park
Ontario
Byers Burlingame
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corp
Burlingame
Studebaker
New York
Alfred G. Tuckerman
Tuckerman
Army Reserve
U.S
Agnew Stature High as Foreign Spokesman
Vice President Spiro Agnew’s Asian tour strengthens his image as a foreign policy spokesman on the eve of the congressional campaign. He signaled the Nixon Doctrine aims while noting U.S. commitments in Southeast Asia and easing tensions in Korea and Formosa. He voiced optimism on Cambodia and Vietnam, stressing troop withdrawal plans and potential limits on Communist expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl P. Leubsdorf
Associated Press
Honolulu
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Korea
Formosa
Senate
U.S
Vietnam
Cambodia
Guam
Hawaii
United States
Nixon
Congress
Southeast Asia
Welfare Talk At Hope Rotary Meeting By State Welfare Chief Len Blaylock
State Welfare Commissioner Len Blaylock spoke at the Hope Rotary Club luncheon at Town and Country last Friday outlining Welfare Department services and rising recipient demands. He noted AFDC, Nursing Homes and Food Stamps as key programs while warning some requests stem from organized trouble makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len Blaylock
Hope Rotary Club
AFDC
Benny Coleman
Haskell Jones
State Welfare Board
James Voss
J.C. Luck
County Welfare Board
Alma Drew
C.R. “Dick'’ Moore
Nashville
Tom Callan
Deward Sharp
Mrs
Bob Webb
Narcotic Raids at Jonesboro Bring Arrests
In Jonesboro Arkansas two Craighead County men were arrested in separate narcotics raids. Ronnie L. Grissom 21 and Elmer H. Bradley 22 both of near Jonesboro faced marijuana charges. Officers seized marijuana and marijuana seeds at Grissom's home while Bradley was found with marijuana on a street. Deputy Prosecutor Olan Parker Jr. said charges would be filed. Bradley recently returned from Vietnam duty with the U S Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro, Ark
Craighead County
Jonesboro
Ronnie L. Grissom
Elmer H. Bradley
Grissom
Bradley
Olan Parker Jr
Vietnam
U.S. Army
Hope Star 1929 Broiler Meeting Report and Taft Taft Note
Hope Star covers a 1969 area Broiler Grower Service meeting in Hope with Hempstead County participants and speakers Troy Barton and Embry Raley outlining improved contracts and protections. The piece closes by noting Chief Justice Howard Taft in 1925 administered the presidential oath to Calvin Coolidge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broiler
South Arkansas
Broilers Grower Service
Hope
Hempstead
Ralph Montgomery
Warren Plyler
Lester Kent
Hubert Shirley
Vivian Alford
H. Bristow
Standing
Lynn Montgomery
Arvil Artigo
Wayne Attebury
Troy Burson
David Cummings
Ronnie Burson
Johnnie Kramer
Archie Smith
Brooks Collins
Bill Sanders
Richard Rosenbaum
Mary Spates
Charles Key Jr
Eugene Gulliams
Troy Barton
American Agricultural Marketing Association
AAMA
American Farm Bureau Federation
Barton
Broiler Growers
Farm Bureau
Embry Raley
Arkansas Broiler Grower Service
Arkansas Farm Bureau
Raley
Packers and Stockyards Administration
Farm Bureau District Field Service
H. T. Baker
State
Broile
William Howard Taft
Calvin Coolidge
Court Agrees to Rule on Busing
The Supreme Court agreed to hear six school desegregation cases on October 12 from Charlotte Mecklenburg County North Carolina Mobile Alabama and Clarke County Georgia. The court will also review a North Carolina law banning involuntary busing. The cases cover neighborhood school concept racial balance busing and use of state funds for transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
South
Charlotte- Mecklenburg County
N.C
Mobile
Ala
Clarke County
North Carolina
Black Panther Convicted in Murder Case
NEW HAVEN Conn AP A Superior Court jury convicted Black Panther Lonnie McLucas of conspiracy to murder in the May 1969 slaying of fellow Panther Alex Rackley after more than 35 hours of deliberation. He was acquitted on the charges of kidnapping resulting in death conspiracy to kidnap and binding with criminal intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
Lonnie McLucas
Alex Rackley
McLucas
Man Sought in Stabbing Death of 17 Year Old
Police sought a suspect in the fatal stabbing of Henry McCollough 17 of North Little Rock. McCollough and another man argued at a North Little Rock residence early Saturday over loud music before the stabbing occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NORTH
Ten Officers Shot in Philadelphia Unrest
Police say ten patrolmen were shot in the area over the weekend and one remains in critical condition. Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo links the incidents to a band of organized revolutionaries while arresting two suspects and seeking four more. In Riverside California, four officers were wounded during a search for suspects, none seriously. A 500-strong crowd in Los Angeles’ Wilmington area caused fires and vandalism after a parade, with Ruben Salazar killed by a tear gas projectile. Henry Ay was nicknamed The Mill-boy of the Slashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rizzo
Rizzo
Thomas J. Gibbons
Frank Nolan
Gibbons
Nolan
Riverside
Calif
Los Angeles
Wilmington
Ruben Salazar
Los Angeles Times
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Young Democrats For
London
Mary Clare
Sue Perkins
E. C. Porter
C. V. Nunn
Parts Department
Alvin Huckabee
Service Department
Frank Walters
Joe Bailey
Carl Thornton
Jessie Bostic
Tate Motor Co
Bob Morton Motors
Hope, Ark
Rotary Meet
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hope (Ark
Hope Star Star of Hope
Consolidated
Star Building
Walnut St
P.O
Area
By Star Publishing CO
Alex. H. Washburn
Donal Parker
Paul H. Jones
C.M
Pod) Rogers
Billy Dan Jones
Lope
Audit Bureau of Circulations
AP News
Southern Newspaper Publishers
Ass'n
Arkansas Press Ass’n
Arkansas Dailies, Inc
Poplar
Memphis
Tenn
Hartford
Dallas
Texas
Michigan Ave
Chicago
E. 42Nd St
Penobscot
Detroit
Mich
Skirvin Tower
Alahoma City
Nevada
Lafayette
Howard, Pike, and
Clark Counties
Arkansas
Black Panther
Henry Ay
Mernt
Arkatsani
Blue Chuo
Blue Shield
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Inc
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