Arkansas House elects Legislative Council members
In Little Rock the Arkansas House chose 12 members to the Legislative Council and 12 to the Joint Auditing Committee in district caucuses. At large picks included Joel Ledbetter, Lacy Sanders, John Miller, and B G Hendrix with a runoff unsettled. The article notes shifts away from gubernatorial appointments and outlines district reps and alternates.
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Little Rock
Arkansas House
Legiselative Council
Exi Blentium
Legislative Council
W.H
Bill” Thompson
Marked Tree
Jim Shaver
Wynne
John Paul Capps
Searcy
Jesse Hayes
Pocahontas
Bernice Kizer
Fort Smith
Joe Hamilton
Hareison
Talbot Feild Jr
Hope
Ode Maddox
Oden
B.D
Doug’ Brandon
Lord Sadler
Morrilton
G.W. Buddy Turner
Pine Bluff
Ray S. Smith Jr
Hot Springs
Walter Day
Blytheville
James Linder
West Helena
John A.buddy'' Sink
Newport
Cecil Alexander
Heber Springs
Charles Stewart
Fayetteville
Mike Womack
Mulberry
Harry Colay
Magnolia
Robert Goodwin
Rockefeller
Senate
Russell Elrod
Siloam Springs
Elrod
Jim Caldwell
Rogers
Nowotny
Clovis Bryant
van Buren
James O. Stevens
Saigon Attacks at Paris Peace Talks Stir Nixon Visit
At Paris peace talks, North Vietnam and Viet Cong criticize Nixon and accuse him of seeking a military edge. Hanoi delegates and the Viet Cong rep denounce U S plans while Saigon officials urge progress toward peace amid renewed shelling of South Vietnamese cities. Nixon’s 48 hour France visit looms with talks and possible meetings with South Vietnam.
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U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Michael Goldsmith
Associated Press
PARIS
Nixon
France
Viet Cong
Tran Buu Kiem
Viet Cong National Liberation Front
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
Vietnam
United States
Pham Cang Lam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Johnson
Thuy
General Motors recalls cars for defective carburetor part
GM reports 48 complaints of a plastic carburetor part that could stick and cause loss of control. One minor accident noted. Recall covers 1965–1988 Chevrolet Biscayne Bel Air Impala Caprice models for exhaust leakage, and 1988–1960s Chevrolet Pontiac Buick Cadillac GMC four barrel Quadrajet carburetors for replacement of a defective cam. Also in the news, Hope High School honors five graduates for 1969 with Carla Turner and Susan McCain named co valedictorians. other seniors include Lee Almond Butch Reeves and Larry White.
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General Motors
GMC
Hope High School
Lee Almond
Larry White
Susan McCain
Butch Reeves
Carla Turner
Susan Mc Cain
Hope High
Carla
Carl Ray Turner
National Honor Society
Future Teachers
Nike
Interclub Council
Rabettes
Southern State College
Pat McCain
Lady Cats
University of Arkansas
Hoyett L. Almond
Olan
Butch’ Reeves
Olan W. Reeves
Weather summary for Arkansas with clouds and storms
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 am Thursday notes high 70 and low 38. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions today and tonight with decreasing cloudiness from the west Friday. Occasional rain and a chance of a few thunderstorms today ending from west to night and early Friday. Warmer conditions statewide today with cooler northwest tonight and Friday. highs mostly in the 60s to low 70s. Low tonight upper 30s northwest and mostly 40s elsewhere.
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Arkansas
Mrs Ethel Patterson obituary announces Texarkana death
Mrs. Ethel Patterson aged 88 dies in a Texarkana hospital. Native of Washington Arkansas she leaves two sisters Mrs R B Thompson Tex and Mrs C A Campbell Alexandria Louisiana. Funeral Thursday February 27 at 3p.m. in Herndon Chapel with Dr Ralph Hillis officiating burial in Washington Cemetery under Herndon Funeral Home direction.
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Ethel Patterson
Texarkana
Washington
Arkansas
R.B. Thompson
Tex
C.A. Campbell
Alexandria
Louisiana
Herndon Chapel
Ralph Hillis
Washington Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home
Diamond Mine Sold in Murfreesboro Arkansas
The Crater of Diamonds and the Arkansas Mine were sold to General Earth Miners of Calefas Texas. Howard A. Miller and his wife operated the Crater of Diamonds and will not disclose the price. The purchase includes the diamond mine operated by Mrs Ethel Wilkinson. The new owners reportedly plan a commercial mining operation.
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Murfreesboron Ark
Arkansas
General Earth
Cales Fas
Tex
Howard A. Miller
Ethel Wilkinson
Losganport
Ind
Miller
Crater of Diamonds
United States
Uncle Sam
Museum of Natural History
New York
Value of a human body rises with inflation says Northwestern chemist
Evanston AP report notes Northwestern University biochemist Donald T. Forman estimates the present value of a average human body's chemical content at 3.50 dollars, up from 98 cents in 1996. He bases the figure on a body’s full chemical makeup including oxygen carbon hydrogen nitrogen calcium phosphorus and trace metals such as gold and silver.
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Evanston
Northwestern University Bios
Donald T. Forman
Didn’t Register for Draft Gets 3 Years
Michael Allen Martin of Little Rock was sentenced to three years in prison for failing to register for the draft. The jury deliberated under ten minutes. Judge Gordon E. Young released him on his own recognizance pending appeal. Martin, leader of the Arkansas Peace Information Center, testified he had not registered and did not intend to. He opposes violence and war. He was arrested January 23 at his home by three FBI agents.
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Little Rock
Michael Allen Martin
Lite Tle Rock
U.S. District Court
Gordon E. Young
Martin
John Sizemore
Sizemore
Arkansas Peace Information Center
FBI
Pulaski County School Board Dispute Sparks NCA Ruling
Omhar Stevens denied claims his report discredited the Pulaski County School Board while Pat Mosher accused him of basing warnings on newspaper stories. Stevens insisted citations came from a joint state education and NCA report, with the board given until March 25 to reply to 10 citations and 28 warnings amid a superintendent contract renewal dispute.
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Little Rock
Omhar Stevens
North Central Association of Colleges and Seasondary
Pulaski County
Pat Mosher
NCA
Steven
Mosher
State Department of Education
Stevens
Pulaski County Teachers Association
Gattin
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