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Ales. W. Weshenmn
Late Saturday Evening Post
School of Journalism
City Hall
Ike
Ft. Walton Beach
Fla
Playground Daily News
Riss
Subfreezing Temperatures Hit Arkansas
Subfreezing temperatures hit Arkansas Monday with icy patches on roads U S 65 and Arkansas 7. Snow was confined to North Arkansas with several cities reporting minimal accumulation and several low temperatures in the teens to mid twenties across Harrison Fayetteville Jonesboro and Little Rock. A new cold spell was forecast with a warming trend expected Wednesday afternoon as a high pressure ridge moves eastward across the state.
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Arkansas
Fayetteville
el Bbeyao
Harrison
Payetteville
Jonesboro
Memphis
Littloch
Fort Smith
Pine Blut
Texarkan
Hat
Sunesbete
Pine Blull
Texarkins
Mimphis
Kitty Bove
Fore Smith
Tet Cease-Fire Near as Saigon Sees Mopup Attacks
In Saigon area on Monday night half a dozen Viet Cong raids were reported as Tet holidays approach. A 24 hour cease-fire for the lunar new year will start Thursday 6 p.m. with U S forces observing. An ambush on Route 1 left four Vietnamese dead and 19 wounded. one American MP and a civilian driver were hurt. A Viet Cong flag marked a bomb detonation in a tree stump. a marine on leave was killed in a village stabbing. Allied reports say 29 enemy and three Americans killed with eight Viet casualties in recent actions.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Vietnam
South Vietnamese
Foreign Ministry
U.S
South Vietnam
Long Binh
Troop 92 Hikes and Cooks Out
Survival was the theme for a mile hike and cookout by Boy Scout Troop 92 last weekend. Scouts Tim Arnold Ronald Atterbury Tim Stuart David Sewell Bobby Bar ger Asst. Scoutmaster Charles Sisson Gary Aaron Ricky Sisson Ricky Atkerson Paul Pat ton Ted Tolleson and Mike News ton cooked a meal of meat and vegetables with no utensils.
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Boy Scout Troop 92
Tim Arnold
Ronald Atterbury
Tim Stuart
David Sewell
Bobby Barger
Charles Sisson
Gary Aaron
Ricky Sisson
Ricky Atkerson
Paul Patton
Ted Tolleson
Mike Newston
Carswell Hearing Closed By Senate Judiciary Panel
The Senate Judiciary Committee recessed after a two hour attack on Judge G Harrold Carswell s record as civil rights spokesmen urged recall and questioned his suitability for the Supreme Court Focus on Race and the NAACP asserted Carswell showed a white supremacy past and that the Justice Department knows of crises involving his opposition to individual rights Clarence Mitchell and Joseph L Rauh Jr spoke for civil rights groups in a bitter closing session with lingering protest over his nomination
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Carswell
Joan Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Senate Judiciary Committee
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Nixon
Appeals Court
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
Rauh
Senate
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Haynsworth
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
JoAnn E. Gardner
Ervin
Clarence Mitchell
Washington
Nationtl Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Justice Department
U.S. Circuit
No Limit on City Power to Tax Property
The Constitutional Convention rejected a proposal to cap municipal property taxes for general operations by a 41-42 vote. Delegates debated a plan to set a 2d-mill limit, while an amendment was adopted to exempt the state Education Department from agency reorganization. John Eldridge argued the limit was not the right path to propel convention work.
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Little Rock
Perrin Jones
Searcy
John Eldridge
Augusta
Sparks Set Paint on Fire at Huft Petroleum Co
Firefighters reported paint caught fire at Huft Petroleum and Equipment Co Tuesday morning. No structural damage occurred to the building, and the Hope Fire Department confirmed the blaze was confined to paint only.
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Huft Petroleum & Equipment Co
Hope
Rail Worker Critically Injured In Yard Accident
Eugene L Hughes 44 of Little Rock a Missouri Pacific railroad employee for over 25 years was critically injured yesterday in the railroad yard near the depot. He apparently fell and a switching train ran over both legs resulting in the loss of one leg and likely the other foot. He was treated locally and sent to Texarkana hospital.
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Eugene L
Ack) Hughes
Little Rock
Missouri Pacific
Texarkant Hospital
Woman Begins Jail Term in Embezzlement Case
Mrs. Lonnell Jones, 98, former teller at First National Bank of Blytheville, reported Monday to begin a two year prison sentence for embezzling $48,112. Jones pleaded guilty January 13 and was sentenced by federal District Judge J. Smith Henley after a bond period.
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Little Rock
Lonnell Jones
First National Bank of
Housing Crisis Study Shows Million Can't Afford $20,000 Homes
AP report on a House Banking and Currency Committee study showing 28.4 million households or 101.1 million people cannot afford a $20,000 mortgage. Mayor John Lind criticizes inflation and housing policy as failing, urging higher housing priority and affordable paths.
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John Lengel
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House Banking and Currency Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
New York
John Lindsay
Lnd+say
Patullin
Patan
Inmate Returns to Tucker Prison Farm and Loan Talks
Tucker Prison Farm Ark area reports an inmate filed to return to the pits Monday amid emergency furlough. Prison officials say the case involves a 15 year sentence for robbery. A county committee outlines housing loan proposals by public banks and tax changes to aid low and moderate income housing with rates capped at 6.5 and 6 percent respectively.
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Tucker Prison Farm
Ark
API
Floyd T. Vonatde
Tucker
Pitbon
Home Owners Mortgage Loan Corporation
National Development Bank
Bloodmobile Returns February 10 to Hope First Presbyterian
The Red Cross bloodmobile returns to Hope on Tuesday February 10 from noon to 6 PM at First Presbyterian Church. The county misses its 120 pint quota, collecting only seven pints. About 100 volunteers support 20,000 residents with roughly 2,000 eligible donors in Hempstead County. Over 4,000 people have received blood in nearby counties in the past two years. To receive blood locally, enough must be donated to sustain the program, and those who have given can pick up records at the Chamber of Commerce during the next two weeks.
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Hope
First Presbyterian Church
Hempstead
Nise
Chough
Chamber of Commerce
First Presbyterian Chuarch
Walnut Street
Main Utrest
Senator Predicts Vietnam Troop Withdrawals in 1971
Sen Charles E Goodell says administration timetable targets about 300000 U S troops in Vietnam at start of 1971 with only a small cut the New York Republican backs a bill forcing complete U S withdrawal within a year Goodell testifies at Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on ten Vietnam policy resolutions He warns the price of current policy could be 5000 to 20000 American deaths and 40 to 60 billion dollars in costs over three years
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Charles E. Goodell
Vietnam
New York Republican
Goodell
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
White House
New York
Sony Charles
Delays Hearing on Pollution Delays Hearing on Pollution
The Arkansas Pollution Control Commission postponed a water pollution hearing at Far Springs. It was rescheduled for February 27. Across the globe reports note Vietnam troop withdrawals and cease fire plans during Tet, while U.S. officials discuss arms for Israel. A U.S. Senate panel prepares Carswell hearings as civil rights testimony is heard. News from Argentina reports the train crash death toll rising to 296 as cleanup continues.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Pollution Control Commission
Far Springs
Three Men Take $1900 From Little Rock Cafeteria
Three men wearing stocking masks robbed Franke's Cafeteria in a Little Rock shopping center early Monday. They forced Miss Regina Payton to open the safe, then threatened to freeze the employees. Payton and Charles Brazzel were hidden in a refrigerator while the third worker concealed himself.
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Little Men
Little Rock
Franke
Three Weeks Ago Deer Outrun Pursuit Near Hope
All Around Town recounts an incident where Reese Chambless observed a deer chase by a barking dog in Dr. James Branch’s yard. The deer leapt a fence toward the woods behind the school as workers near the Drive-In watched, with the episode recalling a past downtown sighting. Also noted are local business and civic items including a Dallas firm election, Mrs. Cecil Delaney’s surgery, and Judge Odom’s candidacy, plus a cold 16 degree Tuesday morning.
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Reese Chambless
CHM
Jamie Musesell
Reese
James Branch
Cliff Russell
Gey
Hope
Star Office
First National Drive -i
Statton Hazel
Weather warms as voters head to polls in the morning
Early reports show easing temperatures encouraging turnout with polls opening at 8 a.m. and closing around 7:40 p.m. Voters anticipate better wages and new income as the day progresses.
Two Injured in Accident East on 67
Two persons were injured about 2:15 p.m. Monday in a two car collision on Highway sixty seven miles east of Tips. Injured were John Hommar, 46, and his wife Bestrice Hommar, 45, of Glasgow. Both were hospitalized, Mrs. Hommar seriously. State Police said a truck skidded on wet pavement and was hit head on by the other car. The camper did not stop and was later stopped by police. Investigation continues. charges likely.
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John
He Hommar
Bestrice
Glasgow
Tostal
Hommar
Moody
Pennsylvania
Wallace Marfin
Pollice
Martin
Guy Downing
West Memphis Critics Target Rockefeller Busing Policy
West Memphis residents criticize Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller over his stance on busing for racial balance. Rockefeller says he agrees with the Southern Governors Conference view that school boards should prioritize education but may use busing as a useful tool in desegregation, while residents urge focus on quality education and tax relief.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
West Memphis
Rockefeller
Claude Kirk
Florida
John McKeithen
Louisiana
Southern Governors Conference
West Memphs
Haskell Jones Slated for Appointment
Bonner McCollum publisher of the Forrest City Tunes Herald has resigned from the state Welfare Commission. Haskell Jones of Hope manager of radio station KXAR is expected to replace him. McCollum, 37, has served as commissioner since 1963 and cites business demands as the reason.
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Little Rock
Bonner McCollum
Forrest City Tunes Herald
State Welfare
McCollum
Haskell Jones
Hope
KXAR
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New York Academy of Science
Charleston
W, Va
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Troop 92
Hal Guy
Cular
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Udo
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Uid
Seth
Hany
Sears
Iisa
Mivdital
Zaune
Federal Reserve Board
Soviet Union
Egypt
Israel
Buenos Aires
Argentina
The
Star
Dallas
Paul 2. Gentry
Renn Griffin Enterprises, Inc
Athids
Colorado
Gentry
Joyce Fincher
Art Fincher
Rosston Road
Cecil Delaney
Wadley Hospital
Texarkana
Fints Odom
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