Correction Notice On Snow At Fair Park And Interstate Route Errors
A quirky correction from editor Alex W Washburn notes a rare snow cover in southwest Arkansas and a failed photo at Fair Park. The piece also revises a December road report, acknowledging highway department errors in interchange markings across Mississippi Louisiana and Florida and urging clearer long-range target city guidance for travelers.
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Arkansas
Fair Park
Jackson
Miss
Baton Rouge
Tallahassee
Dée
Mississippi
Louisiana
Florida Department
Florida
JW. Franks
Hove
Shreveport
New Orleans
Mise
Picket Mines in Memory of Slain Leader
Associated Press report from Clarksville Pennsylvania details wide scale miner protests in memory of United Mine Workers leader Joseph A Yablonski and his family murder. About 4000 workers at Robenas Bethlehem Steel and Jones & Laughlin mines halted as pickets block entrances at midnight and during day shifts. The miners condemn the killings while Joseph's sons Kenneth and Joseph deny any memorial or further stoppages. Pathologist Ernst Abernathy describes the brutal killings and slugs found on Yablonski.
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Gary Graham
Lee Linder
Associated Press
Clarksville, Pa
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers Union
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Yablonski
U.S. Steel Corp
Robenas
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
UMW
Kenneth
Joseph
United Mine Workers of America
Ernst Abernathy
Clint
Washington, Bay Hospital
Abernathy
Yasblonski
Sbrguret
Chars Lutte Joanne
Abertathy
New York Police Arrest 211,343 in First Months
New York City police arrested 211,343 people in the first 11 months of last year, a rise of 36,294 from 1968. Of the total 69,453 were felonies and the remainder faced lesser violations.
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New York
New York City
Police Department
Des Moines
Iowa
Two Die in Icy Highway Skid Near Sherman
Sherman Oklahoma police report two killed and two injured in a crash on an icy highway. Identified victims include Glade Joluison, 42, Louise Benton, 23, May Ann Wiloon, 28, and Fie ulsoh, 36, all hospitalized with injuries while others were treated. weather and slick conditions cited as cause.
Two Icy Street Collisions Reported in Hope
The Hope Police investigated two clear icy street crashes this morning. At 7 45 a m Betty Brown driving east on West Second St slid into Diane Ferguson after braking. minor damage and no charges. At 8 50 a m Catherine Berry driving east on East Third St near McWilliams Peach Shed lost control on ice after a pickup slowed ahead and Morrison Gardner struck Berry. minor damage and no charges. Police urge extreme caution as streets glaze and colder temperatures threaten hazardous driving.
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The
Hope Police Department
Betty Brown
West Second St
Diane Ferguson
Miss Berry
Morris ‘Lee Gardner
Cleburne
Texas
Gardner
Berry
Hope
Three Astronauts Grounded for Violations
SPACE CENTER Houston AP three astronauts including Apollo 12 moonwalker Alan Bean and Walter Cunningham are grounded for lying regulation breaches. Joseph Kerwin also grounded. suspensions extend until January. Bean reportedly launched from Ellington AFB amid a communications misunderstanding. Cunningham and Kerwin faced separate disciplinary actions.
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VT Cunningudman Renewin
Girls Begin Testimony in Kennedy Case
In Edgartown Mass five surviving young women from Ed ward Kennedy’s Chappaquiddick cookout began testimony in the Mary Jo Kopechne death inquest. Rosemary Keough 24 testified first as others were excused temporarily. Kennedy sought to place his account on record as court rules set by Judge Davies guided the proceedings.
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Edgartown
Mass
Edward M. Kennedy
Chappaquaddick Island
Mary Jo Kopechine
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Petite Rosemary
Keough
Miss Keough
Davies
Boyle
Tex Ritter to Seek GOP Senate Nomination
Nashville Tennessee Tex Ritter veteran screen cowboy and country singer says he will seek the Republican nomination for the U S Senate seat now held by Democrat Albert Gore of Tennessee.
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Priess Nashville, Tenn
Tex Ritter
Country Messc
Repubican
Demerat Albert Gore
Tennessee
Protests Backed By the Enemy Rile Legion Leader
The national commander of the American Legion denounces antiwar protests as sponsored by enemies of America who rely on negative, defeatist elements. J Milton Patrick of Skiatook, Oklahoma, speaking after a Vietnam tour, urged a moratorium on harsh criticism and called for peace through strength with honor.
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Associated Press
LOS Angeles
American Legion
Enes Mies
America
J. Milton
Patrick
Skiiltook
Okla
Vietnam
Southeast
Ash
Big Manhunt for Mrs Muriel McKay Sparks London Search
Scotland Yard launched a major manhunt for Mrs Muriel McKay wife of News of the World executive Alex McKay missing eight days ago from Wimbledon. Commander Herbert Gulver ordered 184 stations to search derelict buildings and open spaces across 600 square miles as police treat the case as kidnapping with no ransom demand yet reported.
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London
Scotland Yard
Muriel McKay
Herbert Gulver
Dion
McKkay
News of the World
Alex McKay
Wimbledon
Plane Router Foiled by Passengers in Jacksonville Hijack Bid
A man attempted to hijack a Delta DC-8 en route from Orlando to Switzerland, but three passengers overpowered him after pilot Maurice Kuente forced an abrupt Jacksonville landing. Anton Funjek, 41, of Evansville Indiana, faced an assault to murder charge. passengers Charles Strimple Franklin Hall and W J Hillard aided in the takedown. Flight attendant Sharon Beresford was threatened with a knife at her throat before the plane landed at Jacksonville International Airport.
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Jacksonville, Fla
Delta Air Lines
Switzerland
Jacksonville International
Duval County
Sheriff's Office
Anton Funejek
Evansville
Ind
Robert Starratt
Sheriff's Department
Jacksonville
Sharon Beresford
Orlando
Maurice Kuente
Starratt
Charles D. Strimple
Willard
Ohio
Franklin
Janet Jones
Predictions for the 1970s From a Breathless 1960s View
HAL Boyle humorously forecasts the 1970s with a mix of satire and surreal tidbits. He envisions faster change, risky travel, shifting fashions, and social upheavals. The piece lampoons technology, safety measures, celebrity turns, and rising living costs, ending with a gag about a fictional drug cure.
Marines Try 4 for Riot at Memphis
In a riot court martial at Memphis Naval Air Station four black Marines face charges of riot and conspiracy amid claims broom handles were used to attack Negro Marines. Sgt. Gerald R. Rogers testified he had advance warning of trouble, as defense pinned blame on white Marines in the July 30 incident that left over 20 hurt at the base.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis Naval Air Station
Gerald R. Rogers
Danny Carthon
Lance
Herbert J. Lasker
Rogers
Hogers
Pvt
Qsear
W. Terry Jr
Marianne Bullock
Terry
Paducah
Lance Cpl Perry Dackestrom
Lauderdale, Kiss
Arthur McCall
Bircmingham
Pic
Charles L. Nickson
Memphis
Policing experiment yields 1001 citations in year end report
Alioto praises the program as polices cite 1001 people for offenses from petty theft to malicious mischief. Only 120 failed to appear in court after orders, and the system remains in effect as the year ends.
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Alioto
Icing Makes State Roads Dangerous Across Arkansas
AP reports hazardous driving conditions statewide as ice and snow cover major highways. U S 7 from the Louisiana line to Texarkana is ice covered with bridges slick. Fort Smith to Fayetteville closed with four foot snow drifts. I 40 and I 30 show extensive snow and ice, Greyhound cancels service to St Louis and Fort Smith.
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Little Rock
Arkansas State Police
U.S. 7
Louisiana Line
Texarkana
Astedown
Ashdown
de Queen
Mena
Fort Smith
Fort
Fordyce
Pine Bluff
Lehi
West Memphis
U.S. 167
Missouri State Na
U.S. 67
Gould
Missouri One
Hirsrison
Prescott
Malvern
Hempstead County Industrial Foundation Elects 12th
The Hempstead County Industrial Foundation Incorporated holds its annual stockholders meeting at the Chamber of Commerce Building in Hope on Monday January 12 at 7 30 p m for election of directors and any other business Proxies must be signed as a quorum of stock must be represented in person or by proxy at Hempstead County Industrial Foundation Inc P O Box 250 Hope Mississippi
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Hempstead County Industrial Foundation, Incorporated
Chamber of Commerce
Hove
Hempstead County Industrial Foundation, Inc
P.O. Box
Hope
Snowstorms paralyze Arkansas highways and towns
A major snowstorm sweeps Arkansas bringing up to fourteen inches in northwest areas and widespread drifts. Arctic cold drops temps to zero to eight above, with subfreezing conditions and icy roads shutting down travel. Cities report heavy traffic jams, some cars abandoned, and schools closed statewide as precipitation continues.
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Arkansas
Anne
Newton
Fayetteville
Springdale
Weather Bureau
U.S.71
Arkansas 69
Fort Smith
Buffalo Tower
Jasper
Harrison and
Gilbert
Calico Rock
Batesville
Jonesboro
Blytheville
Newport
Judsonia
Census Jobs Open in Hempstead County Hope AR 1910
Applications are invited for Census Enumerators in Hempstead County from April 10 to about May 15. Qualifications include U.S. citizenship age 8 or older, ability to pass a test, fitness to walk and climb, access to a car and phone, and good conduct. Twenty enumerators and two crew leaders to be hired with pay from 60 to 100 dollars a week plus 9 cents per mile. Send applications to Census Taker Hogan Aran Hope AR 71804. deadline February 2, 1910.
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Hempstead
U.S
Bureau of the Census
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