Goose sightings and wild birds stir local debates
A reader reports a goose in a game preserve and doubts over its wild status. Audubon officials and the Arkansas Society note regular purple martin sightings in early February 1970, with multiple locals confirming captures near Little Rock, Derwent, DeQueen, and Hope.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
John Fleming
Fleming
Wild Life
The
Arkansas Gazette
Henry Halberg
Bulletin
Arkansas Audubon Society
Leroy Tyson
Dermall News
Lee Parker
Derwett
James W. Blakney
DeQueen
Alex Washburn
Hope Star
Martin
Hope Area
Halberg
Finch would urge veto of HEW education bill
War fare Secretary Robert H Finch said he would advise President Nixon to veto the House passed education measure unless substantially changed by the Senate. He criticized the bill for excesses and faults and urged removal of southern sponsored amendments weakening school desegregation efforts. The administration sought to cut spending and allow delaying some mandatory grants.
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Washington
Robert H. Finch
Niton
Finch
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate
fHouse
Nixon
House
Vietnam war report notes increased activity near DMZ
Saigon sources say North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops shifting toward the DMZ area and across a wide front from Balegon to the border. U.S. Cobra helicopter gunships pound moving groups as allied patrols report enemy casualties. Four munitions stockpiles seized amid scattered fights, with two Americans and three South Vietnamese killed and 25 wounded.
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DMZ
Benamese
U.s.army
Cobra
Saigon
North
Vietnam
Mekong
Bond bid eyed for Chicago Seven after riot trial
Lawyers for the seven Chicago rioting defendants seek bond while appealing their convictions from Judge Julius Hoffman. Prosecutors must file a brief by Wednesday opposing bail. Defense cites favorable precedents and questions the jury deliberations that produced a guilty verdict for five defendants. Public figures including Senator Stennis and Vice President Humphrey criticized the trial as faulty and politically charged.
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Chicago
Hope of Appeals Court
U.S. 7Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Ball
John Tucker
Tucker
Julius J. Hoffman
U.S. District Court
Hoffman
Leonard
Weinglass
Willams College
Williamstown
Mass
John Stennis
D-Miss
Nave
Stennis
CBS
Vicw
Hubert H. Thumpthey
Uial
Humpthey
Federab Crdine
Supreme Court
Humphrey
Mutdamedia Padig News Progran
Pompidou Heads to U S Tour Amid Protests over Middle East Policy
President Georges Pompidou and his wife Claude depart for a nine day U S tour amid anticipated demonstrations against his Middle East stance. Security measures run high as protesters and possible congressional boycott loom ahead of his joint address with President Nixon.
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John Vinocu
Associated Press
Georges Pompidou
United States
Middle East
Nixon
Pompidou
Claude
Addrede
Congress
France
States Move to Prohibit Forced Busing
The Associated Press reports two Southern states pass laws upholding school choice while banning forced busing. Deep South states weigh similar measures patterned after New York’s law. In Pasadena, the school board seeks over $1 million for busing to meet a federal integration order amid a $30,000 fundraising push.
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Associated Press
Deep South
New York
Pasadena
Calif
Alabama
George C. Wallace
John Stennis
D-Miss
Formien
Laos battles widen near Plain of Jars
Reported North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao advances threaten Muong Sui, Xieng Khouang airfield, and Long Cheng base as Vang Pao's Meo forces and American airpower respond from Thailand, Vietnam, and Gulf carriers. Casualties include an American helicopter pilot killed near the Plain of Jars.
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Peter Olough
Associated Press
Vientiane
Lans
Pathet Lao Foreas
Jarg Thay
Muong Sut
Plain of Jars
Vang Pao
Long Cheng
United States
North Vietnamese
Pathet Lao
Muong Suol
Thailand
South Vietnam
7Th Fleet
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Iie
J. C. Maerkl
Fort Worth
Tex
CIA
Air America
Maerkl
the Plain of Jars
States Move Weather Outlook Warns of Light Rain
The Weath er Bureau forecast cloudy skies and light drizzle across Arkansas through Tuesday with rain from Missouri to the Gulf. Slight chance of thundershowers tonight or Tuesday. Little temperature change expected. Highs reached 46 at Fayetteville and 52 at El Dorado. overnights 42 at Fayetteville and Harrison, 49 at Jonesboro and Little Rock.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Delvnnis
Missouri
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Fayetteville
el Dorado
Harrison
Jonesberg
Linde Rock
Memphis
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
Ft Dorada
Fout Smith
Five Killed in Arkansas Accidents
Five persons died in Arkansas highway crashes over a 34 hour period. The Associated Press tally runs from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. Victims include Lewis, 25, of Boonesville in a one car crash on Arkansas 23 south of Christville. Dennis Wright, 19, of Chidester in a four car collision south of Chidester. James Morris, 21, of Tulsa in a crash on Ark ids 71 near Mountainbu. Jimmy Wade, 22, and Jimmy Me, 22, both of Arkadelphia, killed in a near Hut Springs area crash.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Lewis
Boonesville
Chistiville
Logan Cam
Dennis Wright
Chidester
Auchitn County
James Morris
Tulse A
Arkalids
Mountainbu
Jimmy Wade
Jimmy Me
Arkadephis
Hut Springs
Home costs vary across U S regions but high everywhere
A Boeckh Division cost survey shows a $20,000 frame house in Charleston South Carolina would reach about $30,482 to $31,202 in various U S areas, with Alaska and other high-cost locales. The study notes the index reflects metropolitan area spread and excludes land, mortgages, and some costs.
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U.S
Washington
Charleston
Comets Beton
Richmond
Birmingham
Ata
Land
Maine
New Orleans
Foulsville
Miami
Fla
Kansas City
Denver
Cobo
Poe Phyenics
Art
Omaha
Neb
Seattle
Wash
Minitixapolis
Minn
Aedia
Newark
Eics
Alu New Tak
Recreation Tonic of Club Meeting
Paul Henley the City of Hope Parks and Recreation Director spoke at the Hope Rotary Club luncheon last Friday at the Town and Country. He explained the recreation program for the youth of Hope and the board rules governing activities. Mary Jane Henley sang Greensleeves and Cheery Tree Carol. President Benny Coleman led the meeting and thanked guests including John T. McKay of Prescott.
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Paul Henley
City of Hope
Hope Rotary Club
Hope
Dick” Moute
Benny Coleman
Weir
Kotarian
John T. McKay
Prescott
Ferry Henley
Americans Die as Jets Crash Sparks Security Conference
In Bern Swissair flight 失 crash near Israel bound jetliner kills Barbara Artell of Michigan. Two American women, tour guide injured. Tabea Damico of Atlantic City and Lucille Draper of Buffalo sustain minor wounds. Swiss government to call international aviation security talks.
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Bern
Switzerland
Barbara Artell
Jerusalem
Hadagsah Hospital
Michigan
Tabea Damico
Atlantic City
Lucille Draper
Buffalo
Damico
Cross Named Administrator at Rebsa ian Memorial Hospital
Bill Cross, formerly administrator at Hempstead County Memorial Hospital Hope, has been hired as administrator at Rebsa ian Memorial Hospital Jacksonville. He was selected from six applicants and becomes the fifth administrator since the 1961 four hundred bed facility opened. Cross attended Arkansas College Batesville and Arkansas State Jonesboro, holds a business administration degree, and has worked as an X ray and laboratory technician in Jonesboro Sarcy and Heber Springs. He moved to Hope in 1962 as assistant administrator and became administrator in 1966. He is a member of the American Hospital Association Arkansas Hospital Association and Hospital Financial Management Association. He is an artist and a Lions Club member. He and his wife have two children.
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Little Rock
C.L
Bll) Cross
Hempstead County Memorial Hospital
Hope
Rebsaian Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville
Cross
Arkansas College
Batesville
Arkansas State
Jonesboro
Sarcy
Heber Springs
American Hospital Association
Arkansas Hospital Association
Hospital Financial Management Association
Mermier
The
Lions Club
Fils
All Around Town highlights on Scout Week and local notices
Eight Ala-Teens and sponsor E C Watson shared an inspiring program at Hope High about life with an alcoholic parent. City police logged 34 total incidents with four injuries, while Hope Housing Authority distributed over 30 seedlings donated by Arge Brown. University honors, a local baseball league meeting, a levee project contract, and a Hope Booster Club meeting are noted.
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Shreveport
E.C. Watson
Hope
Hope High
Arge Brown
The
Soil Conservation Service
Hope Booster Club
Health Am Beauty Club
Burglary at Western Auto Leaves Safe Unlocked
Western Auto in downtown Hope reports a Friday night burglary where a $2000 cash haul was taken from an unlocked safe. A cigarette machine at Village Shopping Center and a soda machine at Rockett Service Station were broken into for small change. A $109 money order was found in the street near Walgut and Avenue A. Police say the thieves fled on foot and may have been in a hurry.
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Western Auto
Hope
Western
Ned
Walgut
Avenue A
Dean Murphy
Anh
Parey Henley
Offiearg
Washiterta
Rockett
East Third
Univ Bend Directey
Fayetteville
Arg
Eldon Janzen
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Pentagon
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House Select Committee On Crime
George McGovern
McGovern
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Demilitarized Zone
Jordan
Bill Cross
Star
George Washington
Hope Housing Authority
University of Arkansas’ School of Law
Vincent W. Foster, Jr
Hops
College of Business Administration
University
Peggy Nell Franks
Susan Ames Ward
Corps of Engineers
Joe E. Freund, Inc
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