New Hearing Ordered in Death Case
The Arkansas Supreme Court ordered another hearing for death row inmate Lonnie B. Mitchell to reexamine his voluntary rape confession. The ruling, written by Justice Fred Jones, cited Mitchells testimony and questions over rights advisement. The decision also touched on unrelated cases including a ruling about a doctors license suspension for misreading ads and an affirmation of the Tri-County Watershed District formation.
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Union County
Harry Crumpler
Magnolia
U.S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
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State Supreme Court
Fred Jones
High Court
Platute
Charéther
Cunningham
Walnut ‘Ridge
Tri-County
William J. Kirby
Orman
Arnold
Sewell Is Speaker at Rotary Meet
Rev Jim Sewell spoke at the Hope Rotary Club Christmas program in Town and Country Friday explaining the Peanuts comic strip characters Charlie Brown Linus Lucy and Snoopy. Bill Tolleson introduced him as president Harold Bakley presided and welcomed visiting Rosarians George Sharp Nash ville Bill Putman Glasgow Tex George Kumpe North Little Rock Sydney McMath Boston and Richard Keyton Orange Tex.
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Hope Rotary Club
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Jim Sewell
Charles Schulz
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Lucifer
Snoopy
Bill Tolleson
Harold. Bakley
George Sharp
Nashville
Bill Putman
Glasgow
Tex
George Kumpe
North Litter Rock
Sydney McMath
Boston
Richard Keyton
Orange
Obituary: Mrs. Caddo Bowden Laseter 94
Mrs Caddo Bowden Laseter 94 died in Houston on Thursday December 19. A Hempstead County native she lived in Houston many years and resided in a Houston nursing home. Survivors are three sons Willard Tom and George and two daughters Miss Jane Laseter and Mrs John Bugg all of Houston. Burial was in Houston.
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Caddo Bowden Laseter
Houston
Hempstead County
Willard
Tom
George
Jane Laseter
John Bugg
Former House Member Dies at Age 82
Claude Lee Coffelt, 62, of Bentonville, a former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, died in a Jacksonville hospital a day after suffering a heart attack. The report notes no secondary cooling concerns and cites Lunney remarks on Apollo 8 mission status and astronaut morale.
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Claude Lee Coffelt
Bentonville
Arkansas House of Representative
Lunney
Borman
Michael Collins
Mission Control Center
Collins
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Weather Station Report Summary for Arkansas Louisiana
Weather data for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Monday shows high 49 and low 23. Forecasts call for Arkansas clearing and colder tonight then Tuesday fair and not so cold with low 10 to 20 and high in the 30s to lower 40s. Louisiana expected fair and cold through Tuesday with tonight’s lows 30 to 36 in the extreme southeast and 22 to 30 elsewhere. Tuesday highs 48 to 54.
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16 Persons Killed on State Roads
The Arkansas death toll on highways rose to at least 16 over the week ending Sunday. The AP count covers six fatalities on Sunday, including Linnie Ragland, 50, of Hope, when his van overturned on Arkansas 29. Also killed were Clarice Miller, 18, and Lauretta Miller, 20, of Neelyville, in a two car crash on U S 67 south of Corning, and Larry Matthews, 19, of Cleveland, Ohio, who died later. Harold Day, 32, of Pine Bluff, and his 13-year-old daughter Dania died in a two car collision on U S 65 north of White Hall. Four Day family members and the Hart couple were hospitalized.
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Associated Press
Linnie Ragland
Hope
U.S
Corning
Clarice Miller
Lauretta Miller
Neelyville
Larry Matthews
Cleveland
Ohio
Poplar Bluff
Harold Day
Pine Bluff
Dania
White Hall
U.S. 65
Day
Wiliam Hart
Attle Rock
Barbara Mackle Kidnapping Ends as Suspect Captured
Barbara Jane Mackle survived an 80 hour live burial after a half million dollar ransom was paid. Gary Steven Krist, 23, was jailed in Dade County on a kidnapping charge following capture on Hog Island. FBI searches continued for Ruth Eisemann-Schier as investigations widen.
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ARK
Miss Mackle
John van Gieson
Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Barbara Jane Mackle
Desmands
Robert Mackle
Daugher
Newsmen
Miami Heart Institute
Mackie
Barbara
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Atlanta
North Georgia
Gary Steven Krist
Dade County
Miami
Krist
Florida
Gulf Coast
FBI
Fort
University of Miami Institute of Marine Science
Miami Springs
George Deacon
West Palm Beach
Hope Plane for Saigon Loses Engine
Bob Hope's plane lost an engine on the way to Saigon as he toured U.S. troops in Vietnam. The 66 year old comic joked about the incident after landing safely, then performed a 90 minute show at Long Binh base before 30,000 service members and dignitaries including Ambassador Bunker and General Abrams.
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Terence S. Cooke
U.S
Vietnam
Hope
Rosie
Roosevelt Grier
Long Binh
Elsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Paris
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