Congress Faces Clash Over Cambodia Policy In Senate and House
Senate appropriations panel bars ground troops for Cambodia adding to Laos and Thailand aid restrictions while the House Foreign Affairs Committee advances a 550 million foreign aid bill with 155 million for Cambodia, setting up a likely clash next week in hearings led by Secretary Rogers. Two auto accidents reported in Hope City with minor damage. no charges except one yield-right-of-way violation.
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Associated Press
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Allen Ellender
Dla
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Hope City
Highway
Billy Joe Chism
Randall R. Smith
Shirley
Walnut
J.E
McWilliams
Jerry Don Martin
Neal
Indochina
Defector Issue Irks Congressman
Rep Wayne L Hays chairing a House subcommittee investigation into the Lithuanian defector incident faced a vacant witness chair as Deputy Undersecretary William J Macomber Jr did not appear for a hearing. Hays warned of subpoenas if necessary citing State Department delays.
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Associated Press
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House
State Department
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Nixon
William J. Macomber Jr
Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
Hays
White House
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British envoy Cross freed after 60 days in Quebec
Montreal AP report says British diplomat James Richard Cross was released by Canadian kidnapers after 60 days in a windowless room guarded by Quebec separatists. Cuban intermediaries repatriated him to Cuba for asylum, with a hospital checkup and a telegenic interview noting his recovery despite a 22 pound weight loss. Cross recalled a hellish experience and described sunless days since the Oct 5 abduction.
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James Richard Cross
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Cross
Cuba
Jewish General Hospital
Robert Bourassa
Europe
Bern
Switzerland
London
Associated Press Montreal
Havana
James Cross
Nine Students Pass LPN Examinations at Red River School
Red River Vocational Technical School announces that seven Hempstead Memorial Hospital and two Branch General Hospital Practical Nurse students passed the National Examination for Licensed Practical Nursing. The graduates include Pat Pennington Virginia Curley Carolyn Chamberlain Mary Purtle Jacqueline Marsh Iris Corley Hazle Jordan Estelle Stelter Sara Jones. Hazel Underwood R.N. instructed the program with four months classroom study and eight months hospital training. The nine graduates are designated Licensed Practical Nurses per J. W. Rowe, school director.
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Estelle Stelter
Nashville
Sara Jones
Whelen Springs
J.W. Rowe
Discrimination Suits Filed in Arkansas by Justice Dept
The Nixon administration moved Thursday to protect civil rights in four Deep South states. The Justice Department sued a Rex Motel Restaurant operator Roy B. Lambert in West Helena, the Career Academy of Georgia, an Atlanta apartment complex, and several Arkansas Mississippi establishments and a Texas tavern for alleged Fair Housing Act and civil rights violations. The department seeks court orders to ban further discrimination.
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Nixon
Justice Department
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Texas
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Senate kills SST subsidy, dealing blow to project
AP dispatch reports the Senate voted 52 41 to block 290 million in federal SST subsidies, signaling a potentially fatal setback for the supersonic transport program sought by President Nixon. Proxmire gloats over the win while critics call the plan environmental folly, with House passage uncertain.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Skyscraper Fire Kills 4 in New York
A four alarm blaze trapped hundreds in a 51 story New York skyscraper on Third Avenue. Three people died and 14 were injured including five police officers and three firefighters. Firemen evacuated occupants as smoke filled upper and lower floors. Fire officials traced the fire to fifth floor carpet offices. The dead appeared to be building service workers who had gone to fight the blaze.
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Third Avenue
Robert C. Lowery
Michael J. Maye
Uniformed Firefighters Association
Wreck Claims 2nd Victim
In Little Rock two deaths are linked to a Conway car wreck. Sue Mathis 18 of Conway died in a Little Rock hospital Thursday from injuries suffered in the November 25 single car crash near Conway. Mary Jo Kimbrell 19 of Mayflower died earlier from injuries in the same accident.
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Caroline Sue Mathis
Conway
Mary Jo Kimbrell
Mayflower
Faulkner County
Lions Club Auction Raises Funds For Families In Need
Lions Club auction at KXAR draws crowds over two nights with totals of 873.72 and 974.50, aiming to top 1,200 to reach a 3,000 goal. Proceeds fund baskets for about 150 families and aid nursing home patients. Lions President Austin Hutson urges community bidders and listeners.
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Citizens Bank
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Austin Hutson
Jobless Rate Highest in Seven Years
Washington AP reports unemployment rose to 6.8 percent the highest in seven years as average weekly earnings fell 66 cents to 121.07 dollars due to shorter hours. Total employment dropped 165,000 to 78.7 million, with 4.6 million jobless. Teenagers, men, and women saw rate increases amid inflation.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
General Motors
Bureau
Gift Wrapping Course At Tech School
The Red River Vocational Technical School announced a gift wrapping course to be held in the Commons Room next week. Sessions for students run 4 to 6 p.m. and for adults 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays with instructor Mrs Justine Hamm. Materials are provided by Shaseen Ribbon Co and Louisiana Paper Co. There is no charge for the course per Royce Pendergrass director of extension.
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Red River
Whoops That Went to the Wrong Place
In Little Rock a state Claims Commission award of 75.50 was given to Guy Vaughn of Searcy after a vaccine mix up. He sought compensation against the Livestock and Poultry Commission for medical fees from the incident where a calf kicked him and caused the needle mishap.
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Little Rock
State Claims Commission
Guy Vaughn
Searcy
Livestock and Poultry Commission
I. Waugh
Dry Weekend Weather Forecast From National Service
The National Weather Service predicts dry weather and fair skies across the region this weekend. A cold front will reach into Wisconsin Saturday and then into Northwest Arkansas with no precipitation expected. Thursday will see record high temperatures before cooling slightly over the weekend.
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