Move to fire Scott prompts Arkansas lawmakers letter
A Little Rock TV station reports a circulated letter urging Gov. Dale Bumpers to dismiss Col. Ralph Scott as director of the State Police. About 15 to 20 legislators had signed. Scott denied commenting. a memo cited pressure to move Trooper Billy Baker, Plegge’s uncle, back to Clarksville amid Scott’s opposition.
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Construction plans seek relief for overcrowded schools
The district outlines needs for six new classrooms and three auditoriums to ease overcrowding. Five new school buses are requested to support student transportation. Priorities focus on a Shop Building with Equipment and other projects may wait until 1972 73 depending on revenue and millage approval.
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Arkansas Weather: Cloudy Skies and Scattered Thunderstorms
Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Thursday notes high 70 and low 48. Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness across Arkansas with widely scattered showers or thunderstorms in West Arkansas, a few severe northwest storms possible by tonight, and thunderstorms spreading to near the Mississippi border by sunrise Friday. Friday to be cooler with highs in the 60s and lows in the 50s.
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University dean warns against selling Ozark Mountain Times
Fayeteville Ark AP John Stefferud dean of men at the University of Arkansas warned seven persons Wednesday against selling copies of Ozark Mountain Times on campus He said selling papers outside a designated Student Union spot violated campus sales rules and if sales continued nonstudents would be arrested and students brought before the University Judiciary Board
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Hearing Handicapped Program Proposed in Arkansas
Arkansas House members introduced several bills including J K Mahony II proposing a two year pilot program at El Dorado for preschool education of children with hearing handicaps under state Education Department supervision. Rep. Roger V Logan Jr sought tax exemptions for scrub hardwood used in charcoal. Rep. John Bethell urged federal aid to approve a pipeline into Anadarko gas field. KTep's Charles Moore proposed a state income tax deduction to cover specialized medical services for developmentally disabled teens.
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Oklahoma
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Luxgora
51 Americans Are Killed in Battle
AP reports 51 Americans killed in combat last week in Indochina doubling prior totals. Most deaths occurred in Laos linked to allied operations and air missions. Wounded drop to 217 while six more Americans listed as missing in Laos. Casualties also rise among South Vietnamese and North Vietnamese forces. Total war tolls: Americans 44,459 killed. wounded 294,946. allied and enemy losses cited.
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Obituaries for Stevie Jackson Henry Tatom and Leonid Sobolev
Stevie Jackson eight of Killeen Texas dies at home on February 16 in early obituary notice with survivors including mother Lucy Winemiller Jackson and brother Johnnie. Henry Tatom fifty eight of Sardis drowns when his brother farm pond boat capsizes near Stamps with daughter Delores Griffin and siblings listed. arrangements by Smith Funeral Home. Leonid Sobolev seventy two Russian writer who accused Boris Pasternak of treachery after the 1958 Nobel Prize death noted for patriotism and Soviet naval tales.
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Pico Rivera
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Camden
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Smith Funeral Home
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Boris Pasternak
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Nixon attacked North Vietnam warned by Communist delegates
Communist delegates at peace talks charged Nixon plans new military moves against North Vietnam risking wider conflict with China. U S officials said South Vietnamese incursion into Laos was limited with no American ground troops involved. Nancy Sinatra seeks Supreme Court action over unauthorized imitators of her voice in a TV commercial using These Boots Are Made for Walkin. Defendants include Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co and Young and Rubicam.
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Associated Press
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State Police chief relieves Maj DeLong from command
LITTLE ROCK AP State Police Director Ralph Scott removed Maj Melvin S DeLong as commander of the Services Division and as legislative liaison claiming disloyal conduct and rumors undermining his authority A confidential letter circulated in the legislature cited the action Scotts move may affect police funding and oversight The move also shifts other duties to Lt Col William C Miller and Maj W C Struebing while noting a newly created head of research and planning role for DeLong In other news six states North Dakota South Dakota Montana Washington Idaho and Wyoming were admitted to the Union during Benjamin Harrisons presidency
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Delong
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Enemy May Be Switching Supply Routes
Pentagon officials say North Vietnamese may reroute shipments through Laos on Route 23 west of the Ho Chi Minh Trail as South Vietnamese forces push toward the Laotian border. U S jets have deployed hidden sensors in a program called Igloo White to detect truck movement and guide air attacks, costing over 1.2 billion.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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