Arrest Warrants Issued in Hughes Case in Zurich
Swiss authorities issued arrest warrants for author Clifford Irving and his wife on suspicion of falsifying documents and possible fraud in a scheme to obtain $650,000 in McGraw-Hill checks for a Howard Hughes autobiography. An extradition request would hinge on fraud charges, with $422,707 impounded in a Zurich bank account under a suspected alias.
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Zurich
Clifford Irving
Dist. Atty
Peter Veleff
McGraw-Hill
Howard Hughes
Veleff
Hannah Rosenkranz
Irving
McGraw-Hill Book Co
Hughes
Life Magazine
New York
Martin S. Ackerman
Cas
Helga R. Hughes
Weather and legal notes from ARK area amid Hughes case
Experiment Station report shows 24 hours to 7 am Tuesday with highs in 50s and lows in 20s and light precipitation. Forecast warns hazardous driving in northern Arkansas with snow northern third and rain southern half and 1 to 3 inches of snow northern third. Warmer, mainly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with light drizzle. highs today 30s to 40s, tonight 30s to near 40, Wednesday 40s to 50s. In New York, Irving and wife discuss Hughes biography money moves amid grand jury appearances, Swiss warrants, and denials by Hughes and affidavits.
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Arkansas
Time Temperature Service Debuts in Hope via 777-2341
Citizens National Bank announces an agreement with Southwestern Bell to provide a 24 seven Time and Temperature Service for Hope. Aimed at accurate time to the minute and temperature to the nearest degree, the system uses Audictron equipment and four parallel lines to handle busy periods.
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Citizens National Bank
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Western Electric Company
Audictron Company
Atlanta
Georgia
United States
Southwestern Bell
Hope
Mitchell LaGrone
Fayetteville Youth Guilty of Attempted Destruction
Fayetteville 19 year old Mark Charles Vanciel found guilty Monday of attempting to destroy Old Main on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. sentencing delayed by a federal judge until a presentencing report is completed. He faced additional charges in Washington County for attempted arson.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Mark Charles Vanciel
Fayetteville
University of Arkansas
Paul X Williams
Vanciel
Old Main
Arkansas
Asst
U. S. Atty
James Gutensohn
Washington County
Letters To The Editor And Pen Pal Request
A collection of reader submissions includes a Nigerian pen pal letter from Isiaka Oyewole Baba Lola Lola seeking pen pals from the United States, with personal details and a January 21 1972 date, plus an editor’s reply agreeing with a viewpoint on a political editorial, and a brief AP item reporting the discovery of two bodies in a car wreck near Colorado Springs involving Larry Richardson of Hackett Arkansas and David Arnold of Pryor Oklahoma.
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Nigeria
Flamingo
Lagos
Isiaka Oyewole Babalola
Ogunfunmi
Suru-Lere
Colorado Springs
Colo
Arkansas
Larry Richardson
Hackett
Here
Colorado Patrol
David Arnold
Pryor
Okla
Hope Lions hear on Israel tour and Vietnam talks
Hope Arkansas Lions Club speaker Mrs. Paul Rawson described a post 1948 Israel, with kibbutzim turning desert to a rose and Jerusalem plans for growth as 35 visitors joined 625000 tourists in 1971. The report also notes Geneva accords language and Vietnam peace talks urging a neutral, democratic Saigon administration and U.S. reparations.
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Paul Rawson
Middle East
Hope Lions
Jerusalem
Mecca
Israel
Haskell Jones
Lynn Harris
Rawson
Lionesses Collier
Lee
Cagle
Morris
Wimmell
Arkansan's Body Found Newsnote
A fragment from an Arkansas related report notes a body found. The text references Indochina Geneva agreements of 1954 and 1962 Laos, and calls for non intervention by the United States in Indochina. It mentions North Vietnamese and American positions and ongoing Indochinese problems.
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Indochina
Laos
Paul W. Klipsch
United States
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Drugs Killed LA Youth Tim Keeton Found Dead
A preliminary autopsy in Little Rock indicates Timothy Keeton died of a drug overdose. The 23 year old's body was found January 21 in a cabin north of Heber Springs. Prosecutor Bill Dashier of Harrison cited a high level of amphetamines and sees no foul play. Keeton was found by his father Eugene Keeton principal of Booker Junior High.
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Little Rock
Timothy Keeton
Heber Springs
Bill F. Doshier
Harrison
Keeton
Dashier
World Record in a Shower Sets New Mark
Carl Farina, an Arkansas College freshman from Phillipsburg New Jersey, shattered the world record for staying in the shower, surpassing the prior 72 hours eight minutes set by a University of Illinois coed in 1965.
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Batesville, Ark
Carl Farina
Phillipsburg
N.J
Farina
University of Thlinois
Security Rules Mandate Passenger and Baggage Screening
The federal government ordered all scheduled U.S. airlines to screen passengers and baggage to curb hijackings and sabotage. FAA rules, issued immediately, allow four systems including behavior profiles magnetometers identifications and searches, effective at all airports serving scheduled airlines within three days of publication. Foreign airlines small aircraft and charter operators are exempt. The FAA also seeks to curb illegal publication of police and airplane radio conversations during emergencies.
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Washington
The
Federal Aviation Admin
FAA
Federal Register
U.S
John H. Shaffer
Federal Communications Commission
Shaffer
FCC
Dean Burch
Tax Take Up 33 Percent in January Revenue
LITTLE ROCK AP Tax collections earmarked for state general revenues in January increased 33 percent over January 1970. The Finance and Administration Department reported general revenues totaling 30,285,032 compared with 22,678,148 a year earlier.
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Little Rock
State Finance and Administration Department
Death notices for Lillie B Amos and Nora Calloway
Mrs. Lillie Bell Amos 95 died January 28 in a Broken Bow rest home. Surviving sons O.W. Amos and Obert Amos, daughters Ann Stevens and C M Merrell, 13 grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Funeral January 30 in Broken Bow with Mt Olive Cemetery Hugo burial. Nora Calloway 91 died in Houston Sunday. Native of Nevada County member of Church of Christ in Blevins. Survived by son Carl Calloway and daughter Mary Welsh. Funeral at Herndon Chapel with burial Marlbrook Cemetery.
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Lillie Bell Amos
Broken Bow
Okla
O.W. Amos
Hope
Obert Amos
Ann Stevens
C.M. Merrell
Durant
Mt. Olive
Hugo
Nora Calloway
Houston
Nevada County
Church of Christ In
Blevins
Carl Calloway
Mary Welsh
Herndon Chapel
M. H. Peebles
Marlbrook Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home
Snow Moves into Parts of State From Arkansas
Snow moved into western Arkansas this morning with Fort Smith about 2 a.m. and Fayetteville Harrison and Texarkana about 5 a.m. Accumulations of one to three inches were forecast for the northern third of the state and hazardous driving warnings were issued. Temperatures will rise later with highs in the 30s to 40s and lows in the 30s to near 40.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Fayetteville
Harrison
Texarkana
Texas
Pine Bluff
Little Rock
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