On again bombing saga stretches back eight years
The Monday resumption of U S bombing over North Vietnam marks another phase in an on again off again policy since the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964. Initial raids targeted coastal bases and oil facilities, with sustained campaigns beginning February 7, 1965, until a halt ordered by President Lyndon B Johnson on May 13, 1965 amid hopes of de escalation.
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Man shoots sky marshal and customs officer at Kennedy Airport
A man identified as Robert J. Dobbelaer, 22, was stopped after an X ray showed a questionable object in his briefcase. He grabbed a gun and shot sky marshal Anthony Petrucci Jr., 34, of Bloomfield, N.J., and customs officer Gerald T. McCarthy, 41, of Commack, N.Y., before fleeing onto the rain soaked tarmac. both victims were listed in satisfactory condition at Peninsula General Hospital.
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Obituary notices for Dorothea Leiper and Leona Jackson
Dorothea M Leiper 66 of Hope died in a local hospital. Graveside service Thursday 11 a.m. Shadowlawn Cemetery Malvern Rev Charlie Mashburn officiating. Atkerson Funeral Home in charge. Leona Allen Jackson 82 died at home Dec 16. Member Unity Baptist Church. Survived by husband B W Jackson two daughters and three sons, brother, sister, seven grandchildren ten great grandchildren. Funeral Monday Bodcaw No 1 Baptist Church Rev Gordon Renshaw officiating. Burial Bodcaw Cemetery Smith Funeral Home Stamps.
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Carlton Roberts
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Bail Oid by court in Arkansas death penalty case
LITTLE ROCK AP The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled bail must be set for former capital offenses after the U S Supreme Court struck down the death penalty as administered Jerry W Baumgardner charged with first degree rape in Woodruff County held in Cross County Jail The court said a life imprisonment charge is bondable and sent the case back to Circuit Court Judge Elmo Taylor with orders to fix bail.
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Arkansas Weather Summary 24 Hours to Wednesday Morning
Experiment station report notes high 65 and low 3 percent for the period ending 7 am Wednesday. Forecasts call for cloudy and warmer conditions tonight with scattered showers, more numerous in the east and south. Overcast skies ease Thursday with mild temperatures and showers ending. Lows tonight range from the mid 30s in the northwest to the low 50s in the southeast. Highs Thursday span from the 50s in the north to the 60s in the south.
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Goldberg Opposes New National Court of Appeals
Former Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg says he opposes a proposed new National Court of Appeals and questions its constitutionality. He argues the Constitution contemplates a single Supreme Court and that existing law can filter frivolous petitions without creating a second high court.
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Capitol Grounds Faces $1.9 Million Construction Plan
Secretary of State Kelly Bryant outlined a two year Capitol project slate totaling 1.9 million with a 460 570 parking deck for 140 to 150 cars facing pushback from Governor Dale Bumpers who favors linking parking needs to a proposed new state office building. The package includes 235 000 for land and road work west of the Capitol 550 000 for underground electrical work 196 000 to remodel the Court chamber and 490 000 to repair stone in the Capitol.
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Perryville lawmaker to apologize to women with ERA support
State Rep elect Paul Van Dalsem plans a legislative resolution next month to apologize to women for a 1963 remark about female lobbyists. The remark contrasted Perry County women with university women from Pulaski County and drew heavy criticism, aiding his 1969 defeat to Herbert C. Rule III. He now seeks to back an Equal Rights Amendment ratification in the U S Constitution.
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Prison hearings continue in Cummins abuse case
Testimony resumed in U S District Court in Little Rock on conditions in the state prison system at Cummins Prison Farm. Inmates complain of verbal physical and mental abuse. Witnesses include Clark Hathcoat and Jesse Terry detailing beatings and inadequate medical care while serving sentences for burglary and grand larceny.
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Opie L. Huie
All Around Town and Mootry Family Military News
The S T Boyd Consistory No 201 meets December 21 at 7 30 p m in the Washington Masonic Hall with all members urged to attend. Veterans of World War I gather December 23 at 1 p m. Mrs Mootry formerly Dorothy Robertson, a Hope native, is the mother of three sons serving in the U S armed services. William A Mootry with the Marines has been promoted to lance corporal. OS2 Jon Wayne Jeanes serves in the Navy aboard the USS Welch on his third Vietnam tour after restructuring for six more years. Sgt Henry Louis Jeanes has spent 20 months in Germany and now serves with the National Guard in Klamath Falls.
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Merrill, Ore
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Germany
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Klamath Falls
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