Arkansas Prison Chief Murton Likely to Resign
Governor Rockefeller and Prison Supt. Thomas G. Murton expect talks today over Murton's possible resignation after a year at the Capitol. Haley, long allied with Murton, was surprised by the hint of departure as Rockefeller weighs changes to the penal system and McCormick proposals.
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Pete Young
Associated Press
Little Rock
Belson
Thomas G. Mutton
Arkansas
Wittethrop Rockefeller
Mutton
John Haley
Haley
State Legislative Council
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Rockefeller
Capitol
Hot Springs
O. E. Bishop
Tucker
Hee
Arkana Sans
Murston
Maurton
Bob Scott
Austin McCormick
New York
State Penitentiary Study Commission
Morton
McCormick
Cummins
Murs
Court Docket Highlights From City and State Files
Court docket lists multiple defendants with fines and bonds including Johnny Henderson and Ray Gene Leake for driving violations, plus Plea guilty entries and costs. Civil docket covers Credit Bureau of Hempstead County and Garnishment actions involving Whitney Grocery and Hyland Finance, with judgments per precedent and amounts ranging from 24.75 to 178.96.
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Johnny Henderson
Robert Huktan
Henry King
Clarice Valentine
Weldon Watson
Drutkentees
Roy Ross
Ray Gene Leake
Jal
Tommy Olan
Delton Clark
William M. Hicks
Richard L. Nivens
Joan Stephens
Eugene Cooper
Disturbing Peace
Richard ‘Tarentine
Robert Hickman
Civil Docket Credit Bureau of Hempstead County, Inc
Johnny , Purtle
Hope Eggland, Inc
Whitney Grocery
F. L. Reynolds
Electronic ., Enterprises, Inc
Hyland Finance Co
Tilmon Ross
Bracy Realty Co
Life in Arkansas from Ex-Doughboy Worthington
Ex-Doughboy Richard Worthington of Leachville, blind since 1951, reflects on changes since World War I and urges a decisive military victory in Vietnam. A veteran of the 1st Infantry Division with a Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and five bronze stars, he recalls close shaves with death and criticizes war demonstrations.
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Tommy Yates
Associated Press
Richard Worthington
Leachville
Worthington
United States
Vietnam
Swifton
Burnington
Nixon leads in New Hampshire as primary entries form
Delegates to the August Miami Beach convention loom as Nixon, the GOP leader in polls, files for the New Hampshire primary. Romney and Rockefeller possible write-ins. Johnson tops Democrats with McCarthy challenging over Vietnam. Nixon plans a Manchester news conference, a reception, and a Concord dinner as his campaign kicks into high gear.
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John F. Kennedy
New Hampshire
David Sterling
Michigan
George Romney
Ronald Reagan
California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Manchester
N.H
Concord
Senate
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Eisenhower
White House
Barry Goldwater
Fifth Avenue
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
de Minn
McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
N.Y
Polla
Rotheney
Gavi
New Hamonshire
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Gallup
Repubeicans
Rockefeller
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
Wallace
Pennsylvania
American Independent Party
Fast Moving Cold Front Heads Across Arkansas Tonight
The Associated Press reports a fast moving cold front will move in and out of Arkansas tonight bringing markedly cooler temperatures. Showers and thundershowers were observed with a suspicious car noted behind a drug store as a man jotted down a description and the Pennsylvania license plate. Fayetteville logged 1.31 inches of rain in six hours, with totals elsewhere ranging from .01 to .42 inches as high temps reached 75 at Texarkana and 61 at Walnut Ridge and overnight lows of 53 to 64. Rainfall for the 24 hour period ending at 6 a.m. varied across the state.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Fayetteville
Texarkana
Walnut Ridge
Harrison
Harrions
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Batesville
Newport
Convention May Be Lost to Hot Springs
Hot Springs faced the potential loss of the 1969 convention after the International Institute of Municipal Clerks canceled plans to hold it there. Executive director Frank R. Dorseth cited lack of extra night time activities and enforcement of gambling laws causing too many problems, prompting a site move decision.
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Hot. Springs, Ark
Charles Rixie
Hot Springs
Public scrutiny of government overreach cited by Worthington
Worthington laments government control over citizens and urges a law to curb it. He recalls World War I restrictions and notes his first wife’s suicide after his 1917 draft, asserting he bears no ill will toward the government though many were compelled to serve.
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United States
Worthington
Ex Governor Praises Davis On Cemetery Finding
Huntsville report notes ex Governor Faubus praising Lynn Davis for honesty after a Brian Investigation. He argues the sensational publicity is unjustified. Graves at Cumiming may be a cemetery predating the facility.
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Huntsville
Arks
Ab) Fortier
Ofval E. Fauty
Cumi Ming
Lynn Davis
Winthrop Rockefaller
Brian
Faubus
Alwas
Davis
Lincoln County Grand Jury to probe Cummins Prison skeletons
PINE BLUFF Arkansas AP The Lincoln County Grand Jury will be called into session to investigate the discovery of three unmarked graves at Cummins Prison Farm Circuit Judge Henry Smith said Wednesday Everybody else is investigating he said Why not us Asked whether he'd heard rumors of a graveyard for murdered convicts at the prison Smith said I've lived within 25 miles of Cummins and been there before and I haven't heard of it.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Lincoln County Grand Jury
Cummins Prison Farm
Henry Smith
Smith
Cummins
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