Soviet Jews parade as appeals start in Moscow
About a dozen Jews stood in the snow outside the Russian Federation Supreme Court as a closed hearing began on appeals by nine Jews and two Gentiles convicted of plotting to hijack a Soviet airliner to escape. One woman was dragged away after protesting outside. The defendants were sentenced to death or labor camps after a Leningrad trial claiming treason. Western appeals and dissidents urged clemency.
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James R. Peipert
Associated Press
Moscow
FAPL
Russian Federation
Leningrad
Israel
Supreme Court
Esfir Mostkova
Novosibirsk
Mark Dymshus
Edward ®Vanetsov
Communist Partic
Soviet Union
Andrei D. Sakharov
Angela Davis
California
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Nixon
Sakharov
Russia
Death notices linger in Hempstead and surrounding towns
Mrs. Vera Hudson 7 longtime Hempstead resident dies Tuesday at Baptist Church member survived by husband Phillip Hudson daughter Mrs. William Rosenblum and several siblings funeral at Shover Springs Baptist Church Burial at Shover Springs Cemetery Chester Hullock burial in Shover Springs Cemetery from Oukcrest Funeral Home Carl Ray 52 of Kennett died in a recent automobile crash funeral in Pennsylvania wife Charlotte Agee three daughters three brothers and mother from Montrose Ark W Cummins 78 of Blevins dies in hospital wife Lucille two sons daughters from Bagdad and Bowmet services at Bluff Baptist Church burial Bluff City Cemetery Elzie Jake Wehunt 55 Fulton dies Tuesday in a veterans hospital Shafter Calif wife Mary Virginia two brothers and sister Services Thursday Herndon Chapel burial Wentmoreland Cemetery
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Hempstead
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Phillip ¥. Hudson
William J. Rosenblum
Garbbage Exas
Grady Cameron
Little Rock
Astors
Ethel Bessy
Shover Springs
Jo Anna Lewis
Waldo
CC. Ellis
Stamps
Stichens
Shover Swings
Shover Swings Baptist Church
Chester Hullock
Y Oukcrest
Carlray Carl Ray
Kennett Esre
Pennsylvania
Charlotte Agee
Hope
Montrose
Ark
Cummins
W. Cummins
Blevins
Lucille Cummins
Samuel Guy Cummins
Prescott
Cecil Holder
Margaret Crook
Pauline Jackson
Bagdad
Arizona
Marie Stewart
Wallace Lawe
Bowmet
Bluff C’aptist Church
Bluff City
Slzie Wehheunt
Elzie
Jake Wehunt
Fulton
Lite Rock
Mary Virginia Wehunt
Lois Davidson
Lewis and
Orin Wehustt
Shafter
Calif
Herndon Chapel
M.H. Peebies
Court Halts New School Construction In Desegregation Case
In an Arkansas desegregation battle the court ordered a halt to building a Little Rock junior high and a North Little Rock elementary school. The injunctions remain until the suit issues are resolved, with plaintiffs required to post 25,000 dollars bonds each.
Reader's Digest Says Sweepstakes Change in Methods
NEW YORK Reader's Digest says it has changed sweepstakes practices after FTC charges that 12 promotions from 1966 to 1969 offered 699,293 prizes worth 5.645 million but handed out 274,282 prizes worth 2.531 million. The magazine cites unclaimed prizes and notes all prizes will now be awarded this year.
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Reader's Digest
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Pleasantville
N.Y
PTC
Weather station report for Arkansas forecast
Four hour period ending 7 am Wednesday reports high 69 and low 40 with precipitation around .25 inch. Forecast calls for rain ending from the west tonight followed by fair and cooler conditions. Tonight's low in the upper 20s to upper 30s with Thursday highs in the 40s to mid 50s.
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Arkansas
Commutations Bring Varied Reactions
Governor Winthrop Rockefeller commuted life terms for all 15 death row inmates in Arkansas. Eight of the prisoners were convicted of murder or rape, sparking praise from the inmates and criticism from some officials. Rockefeller cited opposition to the death penalty and hope other governors would follow his example.
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Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Rockefeller
Rockefellers
Dale Bumpers
Larry McGuire
Tucker Prison Farm
Death Row
G. W
Buddy” Turner
Pine Bluff
Olen Hendrix
Prescott
Robert Sarver
Lonnie B. Mitchell
Union County
Mitchell
William IL. Maxwell
Maxwell
Hot Springs
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High Court
U.S. District Court
Daniel Montgomery
Phillips County
Orson Trotter
Albert Harris
Drew County
Jerry James Johnson
Clarence Stewart Jr
Pulaski County
John Henry Sheppard
Walter Lonnie Brown
Jefferson County
James Williams
Ashley County
Frank Harris
Poinsett County
Allen Frank Davis
Garland County
Franklin Bosnick Sr
St. Francis County
James Scott
Franco commutes six Basque death sentences in Spain
In Madrid Franco halts six death sentences, reducing them to 30 years in prison, saying justice should not be served by execution. The move follows cabinet talks. Arkansas Juries may still impose the death penalty. officials note racial disparities in convictions.
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Francise
Franco
Aged to Pay 6% More for Medicare
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare announced that supplemental Medicare premiums will rise on July 1 from 5.30 to 5.60 dollars per month for about 19.5 million subscribers. The raise reflects higher doctors fees and increased use of physician services, with hospital outpatient costs also contributing. The government will fund an extra 70 million dollars from general revenues next year due to the increase.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Demoted FDA Scientist Case Reopened
Washington officials agreed to reopen a probe into alleged harassment and data manipulation at the FDA after two pathologists charged administrative mismanagement. Sen. Magnuson pressed HEW Secretary Richardson, citing a 1950 cyclamate safety study and transfers to EPA.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Richardson
FDA
Associated Press
Howart J. Richardson
HEW
Poverniment
Sonera
Black History Radio Vignettes Set For Taft Public Service
The Taft Broadcasting Company of Cincinnati has created a series of one minute radio vignettes titled Black History praising black contributions. Narrated by Ed Beasley of the University of Kansas, the programs air on KXAR three times daily at 7:25 a.m. 11:44 a.m. and 5:29 p.m. from January 4 through February and March as a public service.
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Taft Broadcasting Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
America
Ed Beasley
University of Kansas
KXAR
Improvements From Page One Spark Hope Industrial Growth
Construction worth of improvements underway in Hope include a paliry processing plant costing over 250000 at the Proving Ground. Four paving projects in Hope Street Districts formed to distribute costs among property owners, plus three Oaklawn districts. Two federally assisted street projects were completed, including a new road from South Main and 23rd to the L&A Railroad and an extension in the West Industrial site. Street maintenance continued through December 16 as total city projects neared one million dollars, with 750000 federally funded for water sewer and roads to serve industry. The 12 inch water mains extend citywide and toward the airport and Proving Ground, supporting large industrial growth and new plants. A new well field, supplying up to several million gallons per day, and a 10 mile electric upgrade with 3080 transformer capacity, 363 new poles, and new lighting enhance industrial readiness.
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Hope Street
South Edgewood
Oaklawn
North Bell
Berry Street
North Walker
South Main
23Rd Streets
L&a Railroad
Street
Droft
Hope
Highway 29
Oak Hater
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City of Hope
Airport
Wreck Death in Arkansas Near Siloam Springs
Ernest Lee Barnes, 61, of Norwood Benton County, died after his pickup collided with a second truck parked on a county road about seven miles south of Siloam. The crash occurred Tuesday in Arkansas and involved two trucks on a rural road.
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Suvuam Oarnunes
Ark
Ernest Lee Barnes
Norwood
Benton County
Siloam Springs
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