Star Office to Close Noon This Saturday
The Star prints will close at 12 noon this Saturday December 6 to allow staff to watch the Arkansas Razorbacks versus Texas Longhorns game in Fayetteville. Carriers are told to collect Friday evening and Saturday morning and not disturb households during the game. The editor explains past trials of Saturday editions and notes the newsroom will operate with a streamlined schedule to honor the telecast.
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Arkansas Razorbacks
Texas Longhorns
Fayetteville
Mars
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Roy Eugene Smith
Lewisville
Main Street
Highway 29
Earl R. Benton
Benton
Ark
Hope Community Tv, Inc
Hot Springs
Hope
Kenneth Poindexter
Rain Forecast for Arkansas Texas Arkansas Game
The Associated Press reports cloudy conditions for Saturdays football showdown at Fayetteville between Texas and Arkansas with gametime temperatures in the mid to upper fifties and a 90 percent chance of rain during the game. Rain is also expected elsewhere in the state.
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Fayetteville
Texas
Arkansas
Judsonia Man Dies in Wreck
A state report states Howard Dreanen, 50, of Judsonia was killed early today in a single vehicle crash two miles north of Judsonia Arkansas. Trooper Houston Talley said Drennen lost control of his pickup on a curve and the vehicle overturned.
Nixon proposes resuming U S China talks after lapse
The Nixon administration reportedly proposes resuming U S red Chinese diplomatic talks after 22 months. Stoessel met briefly with a Chinese diplomat in Warsaw after attending a Yugoslav fashion show. State Department said they spoke but did not disclose topics.
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Nixon
Walter J. Stoessel
Warsaw
Poland
Palace of Culture
State Department
Jonn King
Stoessel
United States
Peking
Geneva
Young Woman Promises to Tell Who Killed Actress Six Others
A 21 year old Denise Atkins testifies before a grand jury in Los Angeles, pledging to reveal who killed Sharon Tate and six others. Prosecutors plan to indict Charles Manson as leader of a clan in a murder conspiracy case. Atkins waives self incrimination rights seeking immunity to possibly avoid the gas chamber.
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Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Sharon Tate
Richard Caballero
Luscar
Denise Atkins
Grand Jury
Miss Atkins
Miss Tuite
Actross
Rumor Pokinski
Caballero
Melcher
Charles M. Manson
God
Satan
Manson
Sniper Kills One Wounds Another in Pittsburgh Standoff
Police say a third floor sniper in Hill District fired on pedestrians killing a man named Nathaniel Brown and wounding another before a nearly three hour gun battle. Dersarkissian, age 46, was charged with murder and assault.
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AL Edmonds
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Hill
Channel 1
Dersarkissian
Nathaniel Brown
Dersurkissian
Woman found fatally harmed in car in Mountain Home
Authorities report Mrs Obie Ash 32 of Cotter was found dead inside a car in Mountain Home near a fur nitory store. The victim had multiple stab wounds and signs of sexual assault noted in initial police briefing. Detectives continue to investigate motive and suspect details.
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Mountain Home
Ark
Obie Ash
Cotter
Furnitory
Massacre Charge Heard As Army Panel Probes 1968 Incident
AP dispatch from Washington says 1st Lt. William L. Calley Jr. faces premeditated murder charges for the March 1968 killings of Vietnamese civilians. Capt. Ernest Medina Testified that he did not order a massacre and denied directing Calley, as testimony begins before a special Army board.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Army
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
Ernest Medina
Bet Bee
Special Army
Medina
Associated Press
My Lai
Unemployment Falls Sharply in November
The nation’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.4 percent, the steepest monthly fall in a decade, driven largely by workers leaving the labor force. Employed Americans rose slightly to 78.7 million as teens women and young workers exited the labor pool, offsetting a September rise and signaling no real turnaround in slow job growth.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Labor Department
Howard Stambler
Division of Employment Analysis
Stumbler
Guernsey School Petitions Circulating
Petitions circulate to reestablish the old Guernsey School District, taking it from Hope District 1A. Supt. James H. Jones says Hope maintains six grades at Guernsey and plans to continue. He notes the Guernsey lA Board may be unaware of the petitions and board meeting mentions are scarce. He warns voters to learn motives before signing. petitions must pass in both districts.
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Hope
James H. Jones
Jones
Star
Hope High School
Accident Kills Californian in Arkansas crash
Gerald J. Cale, 46, of San Jose, California, was killed when the tractor-trailer he rode in struck a clunker-trailer about seven miles north of White Hall on U.S. 65. The Wilco police described the wreck as a fatal traffic collision with no further details released.
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Gerald J. Cale
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U.S. 65
Nixon Warns Congress to Decide on Money Bills Before Christmas
President Nixon pressed Congress to act on all appropriations bills by Christmas, warning he could call a Dec 26 special session. House and Senate appropriations chairmen pledged to finish five of 13 money bills this year, focusing on the defense funding bill and the Labor Health and Welfare package. Senate leaders cautioned it would be tight, with key stages pending next week.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House
Senate
Congress
Nixon
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Committee
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Senate Committee
Mike Mansfield
Departments of Labor
Health, Education and Welfare
Washington
Lions Auction May Reach 3700 For Christmas Baskets
The Hope Lions Club concluded three nights of fun at its 20th annual Christmas auction held in The First National Bank of Hope lobby. Final figures may bring the grand total to about 3700, funding bulging baskets of food for 150 families this Christmas. Send letters to president Paul McClellan or Haskell Jones by December 15 with names, ages, and location details of deserving families.
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Hope Lions Club
First National Bank of Hope
Paul McClellan
South Elm
Haskell Jones
KXAR
Train Hits Truck at Pine Street Crossing Here
At 5 30 p m Thursday a truck driven by Sidney Flenory of Hope was hit by a Missouri Pacific train at the Pine Street crossing. Flenory was not believed seriously injured according to investigating Officer Neal and Ward of the city force.
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Sidney Flenory
Hope
Missouri Pacific
Pine Street
Flenory
Neal and Ward
City Force
Army Commendation Medal for SFC Robert Horne in Vietnam
Sergeant First Class Robert D. Horne received the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious achievements in 1969 while serving with the National Police Field Force in Phuoc Dinh Province, Vietnam. He previously earned the Cross of Gallantry in Bae Lien Province and helped launch a training school for the field force. He is the son of Mrs. Thelma Horne of Hope.
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Secretary of Army
Robert D. Horne
Phong Dinh Province
Vietnam
Bae Lien
Thelma Horne
Greening, Hope
Truce Declared by Viet Cong for Christmas and New Year
Viet Cong announced a three day Christmas truce from December 24 1 a m to December 27 1 a m and a New Year truce from December 30 1 a m to January 2 1 a m. The U S Command said American forces would join Thieu in the cease fires and reported deser tion attempts within South Vietnamese units.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Writar Saigon
Viet Cong
Saigon
Jidon Dee
Dee
Neuyen van Thien
U.S
Thieu
Ha Tay
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
South
Hue
Syrians Free Two Israeli Passengers After Hijack Release
In Athens the Syrians freed two Israeli passengers from a Trans World Airlines jet seized by Arab hijackers last August. Dr. Shromo Samueloff and Salah Muallem were among 113 aboard the Rome to Athens flight when the plane was hijacked to Damascus.
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Damascus
TWA
Shromo Samueloff
Salah Muallem
Rome
Tel Aviv
Dean Carter
Syria
United States
Air Line Pilots Association
The
Red Cross
International Civil Aviation Organization
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