Obituaries and Courtroom Conflict Highlight Newark News
Obituaries note Myrtle A Downs of Hempstead aged 82 died Wednesday in a hospital. Survived by two sons Allen and W A Downs and two daughters Marjorie Downs and Mrs Forney Holt. services at 2 p.m. at Herndon Chapel with burial in Columbus Cemetery. Also, funeral services for John A Schenck held in Pittsboro Indiana. survivors include wife and two sons Black and Charles. In Newark, Addonizio fights to refuse questions before Judge Shaw as grand jury probes municipal corruption tied to 1967 riot aftermath. judge hints at forced disclosure while mayor’s lawyer vows compliance if needed to avoid contempt.
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Pital
Hempstead
Columbus Baptist Church
Allen
W.A. Downs
Columbus
Marjorie ‘Downs
San Antonio
Texas
Forney Holt
Hope
Mae Cannon
Mc‘Nab
Herndon Chapel
Gerald Trussell
Columbus Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home
John A. ‘Schenck
Pittsboro
Ind
Pitts‘boro
Gregory Funeral Home
Black of Hope
Charles
New Jersey
Ment Bankers Association
Rainsh
Florida
Addonizio
Robert Shaw
U.S. District Court
Addoni 2Io
Anthony
Tony Boy
Boiardo
Cosa Nostra
Shaw
Essex County Grand Jury
Newark
Dominick Spina
Weather Experiment Station Report and Local Visit
Weather data covers 24 hours to 7 am Thursday with high 51 and low 34. Arkansas remains clear and cold tonight with Friday mostly sunny and cool. temperatures dip to the low 20s and low 30s. J L Walters, diesel mechanics instructor at Red River Vocational Technical School, presented practical info on engines to fifth grade students at Beryl Henry School in a science class taught to students of Jim Knighton and Mrs Rosie Davis.
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Experiment Station
Arkansas
J.L. Walters
Red River Vocational Technical School
Beryl Henry School
Jim Knighton
Rosie Davis
Board names trio to realign West Memphis wards
Circuit Court Judge John S. Mosby appointed a three member commission to redraw West Memphis voting wards to equalize population. The panel includes G. W. McAuley A. V. Spear and B. J. Yarbrough. Appointments follow a petition by 152 voters, mostly from the 4th Ward.
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West Memphis
Ark
John S. Mosby
Mosby
Lepanto
G. W. McAuley
A. V. Spear
Money Boost to Curb Narcotics Flow at the Border
The House Appropriations Committee voted to add 9.35 million to the Treasury Department’s budget to curb illegal narcotics smuggling at the border. The plan adds 915 agents by January and supports intensified enforcement along the Mexican border, with further funds for immigration enforcement and disaster loans.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury Department
United States
Treasury
Congress
Small Business Administration
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Cool Fair Weather Dominates Arkansas Through Saturday
The Associated Press reports generally fair and cool weather across Arkansas with no rain in the forecast as a low pressure area shifts northward. Rainfall of .24 inches at Fayetteville and .16 at Harrison are noted, with traces in Blytheville Texarkana and Fort Smith. Overnight lows range from 33 in Fayetteville to 44 in Memphis.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Fayetteville
Harrison
Fort Smith
Blytheville
Texarkana
American helicopter crewmen freed after five weeks in captivity
Battle casualties across South Vietnam rose sharply last week with 43 percent more U.S. combat deaths than the prior week, but American wounded fell to the lowest in seven weeks. Two U.S. helicopter crewmen, Michael T. Peterson and Vernon C. Shepard, were released in generally good condition after five weeks as prisoners.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietsham
U.S. Command
U.S
Michael T. Peterson
Redmond
Wash
Vernon C. Shepard
Akron
Ohio
Vietnam
Peterson
Shepard
Peeterson
14 Could Be Involved in Tate Slaying
Authorities weigh whether 14 people may have died at the hands of a hippie cult linked to the Tate murders. Manson, 35, faces arraignment as deputies search a Chatsworth movie ranch for missing Donald O’Shea. Prosectors seek a single trial for Manson and five defendants in the Tate case, with potential separate trials for August slayings.
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Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Sharon Tate
Tate
Charles M. Manson
God
Satan
Sheriff's
Chatsworth
Donald O'Shea
Beer Hall
Manson
Los Angeles Times Today
Bishop
Calif
Venice
George C. Spahn
O’shea
O'Shea
Spahn
Miss Tate
Susan Atkins
Gary Hin
Malbu
Lena LaBianca
Arkadelphia Considers Policy Amid Negro Student Boycott
Arkadelphia Ark policy on absences will treat the two week Negro student boycott as unexcused. The board chairs the plan after 17 grievances alleging discrimination. A social relations committee and a Negro representative on the board were discussed. Supt. Stephens cited teacher poll results showing 32 percent disagreement with the grievances. The piece links to broader civil rights tensions and school representation debates.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Arkadelphia School Board
Joe Clark
Robert Stephens
Wilson outlines narcotics crackdown and strike forces
In a briefing on federal crime control, Wilson details major steps to curb drug trafficking, including border interceptions with Mexico and new international cooperation with France and Turkey. He notes the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs leads enforcement, cites 306 organized crime indictments involving 695 people in 1969, and explains planned expansion of strike forces to 20 teams, with more west of the Mississippi, to target racketeering and Mafia figures.
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