Pocahontas Plaque Error Stuns Gravesend Church
Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports a bronze plaque over Pocahontas’s grave at St George’s Gravesend misidentifies her as John Rolfe’s wife, not her own husband. Church admits records caused the error, but vows the bronze copy preserves the mistake.
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Florida
Sarasota Herald - Tribune
Church of England
Pocahontas
Old London
St. George's Church
Gravesend
Thames River
Four Killed in State Two in This Area
A two vehicle crash on U S 67 nine miles south of Hope killed Abraham J Kendrick 47 and Laura Kendrick 43 both of Texarkana. Harold P McMaster 46 of Arkadelphia was injured. Earlier weekend fatalities included Vickie McMullen 18 of Walnut Ridge and Paul David Greer 1 of Lake Village.
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Associated Press
U.S. 67
Hope
Arkansas
Abraham J. Kendrick
Laura Kendrick
Texarkana
Kendricks
Harold P. McMaster
Arkadelphia
McMaster
Vickie McMullen
Walnut Ridge
U.S. 63
Paul David Greer
Lake Village
Arkansas 144
Governor grants clemency to two of fifteen inmates
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller announced further clemency for James Jerry Johnson and Lonnie Brown, reducing their life terms from life to 48 years. Both will be eligible for parole in 1976, as part of the governor’s action on inmates whose death sentences had been commuted.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
James Jerry Johnson
Lonnie Brown
Fire Claims Life of Eu gene Gidcomb in Meted House
In Monette Arkansas AP reports Eu gene Gidcomb aged 47 died in a blaze that leveled his single story frame home and a car outside. The fire was spotted at 445 a.m. by a passerby and the roof collapsed. Gidcomb was found on a bedroom floor beside a gas heater. Cause undetermined.
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Monette
Ark
Eugene Gidcomb
Near Here
Floyd Johnson
Gidcomb
Court to Hear Clay's Appeal
The Supreme Court granted a hearing to Muhammad Ali over his claim for religious conscientious objector exemption from the draft. The action clears the way for his March title defense against Joe Frazier after a conviction for draft refusal and a five year sentence.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Muhammad Ali
Ali
Joe Frazier
Cassius Clay
Sonny Liston
See Court
Right Wing Revolt Grips Bolivian Military HQ
In La Paz rebels seize the armed forces headquarters as President Torres vows to liquidate the revolt. Col Jorge Sanchez says top officers including Gen Luis Roque Teran are under arrest. Government sources call the situation dangerous but under control with forces mobilized to move on the HQ near the presidential palace. Air force planes roved and fired into the air. a reported bomb near the base lacks confirmation. The leftist government claims the rebels seek a dictatorship and pledges the people will resist.
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Harold Olmos
Associated Press
LA Paz
Bolivia
Armed Forces
Juan Jose Torres
Jorge Sanchez
Ehiet
Luis Roque Teran
Reorganization and Taxes Dominate Convening Legislature
By Robert Shaw Dale Bumpers introduced a package of 25 administration bills to the Arkansas Legislature. The measures include a consumer protection statute and a sweeping plan to reorganize state government as the session opens.
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Robert Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock
Elec Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Laird says Laos threat up, Cambodia same, Vietnam lower
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird states the communist threat has increased in Laos, remains the same in Cambodia, and is lower than ever in Vietnam. He vows U.S. troop withdrawals will meet Nixon deadlines, based on Paris talks, Vietnamization progress, and enemy strength, and comments on troop morale after a Vietnam visit.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Melvin R. Laird
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Laird
U.S
Nixon
Paris
South Vietnam
Wage Earners See Tax Change Lift Pay Envelopes
Wage earners reply on the 1969 Tax Reform Act as cuts in federal tax deductions take effect in 1971. Unmarried and higher income individuals gain most while standard and low income allowances increase. Social Security tax rises add about $31.20 for someone with a $7,800 taxable income, but overall spending power should rise amid inflation.
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Py &. Yates
ANIEL
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
IRS
Hoffa loses appeal in Supreme Court on pension fraud case
James R. Hoffa, longtime Teamsters leader, faces up to five more years in federal prison after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal from a 1964 pension fraud conviction. Hoffa, 57, is already serving an eight year term for jury tampering, with a third attempt denied.
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Barry Schweid
Associated Press
Washington
James R. Hoffa
Supreme Court
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Chicago
See Hoffa
Nixon to ease tax burden on business to spur growth
President Nixon prepares an announced policy to expand capital investment by allowing higher depreciation writeoffs. Treasury officials issued drafts of new regulations expected to reduce receipts by 1.4 billion dollars in year one and 3.7 billion in year two, aiming to modernize equipment and boost production. Nixon remains at La Casa Pacifica and Western White House, with long workdays and a pending expansionist federal budget of at least 225 billion dollars for fiscal 1972.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
San Clemente
Calif
White House
New York
Treasury
Washington
Presidential
la Casa Pacifica
Pat
Trivia
Ronald L. Ziegler
Isolation Period for Astronauts
Apollo 14 crew Alan B. Shepard Jr Stuart A. Roosa and Edgar D. Mitchell enter a 21 day preflight medical isolation at Cape Kennedy Florida to minimize disease exposure. They will stay in three Kennedy Space Center zones and visit Patrick Air Force Base for jet training as needed. The January 31 launch aims for a Fra Mauro highlands lunar landing to study ancient lunar soil.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Kennedy Space Center
Patrick Air Force Base
Shepard
Mitchell
Moon
Fra Mauro Highlands
James A. Lovell Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Isolation brings cooler air to Arkansas this week
Cooler air returns as a front sweeps southeast over Arkansas tonight through Tuesday morning. Temperatures fall to the 20s in the northwest and 30s elsewhere, with highs in the 40s to 50s Tuesday and scattered 41 to 72 in Sunday readings. Visibilities drop near zero to a quarter mile and traveler warnings remain due to heavy fog.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Jonesboro
Texarkana
Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonesbaro
Pine Bluff
South Texarkana
Fluorne
Memphis
Litte Hoek
Fort Sraith
Al Hirt and Tiny Tim to perform at Vapors this season
Al Hirt and Tiny Tim join a lineup at Vapors Restaurant during Oaklawn Racing season in Hot Springs Arkansas from February 4 to April 3. The bill also features Patti Page Jane Powell Sheila MacHae Frank Fontaine and Ray Anthony with the Book-end Revue.
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al Hirt
Tiny Tim
Vapors Hot Springs
Ark
Amon the Entertainers
Patti Pate
Jane Powell
Sheila MacHae
Frank Fontaine
Cragg
Guggenheim
Ray Anthony
Two Weekend Accidents Investigated in Hope City
Hope City Police investigated two weekend accidents. One at 16th involving Jerry Johnson and William Walden with minor damage and no charges. Another at Avenue A and North Hazel where Calvin L Underwood and Willie Charles Johnson collided. Underwood charged with failure to yield and Johnson with driving while intoxicated.
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Hope City
Jerry Johnson
William Walden
Haltom, Purtle
Sulzer
Avenue A
North Hazel
Calvin L. Underwood
Willie Charles Johnson
McCulley
Underwood
Johnson
Four Texarkana Residents Die in Aspen Plane Crash
ASPEN Colo AP four Texarkana residents on a ski holiday perished when their single engine Bonanza crashed near McLain Flat three miles southwest of Aspen. Pilot Preston D Ernest and wife Jean plus Betty Lou Kennedy 32 and her daughter Randy 14 were killed. Investigators noted ice around wreckage and that the engine may have been shut off before impact.
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Aspen
Colo
Texarkana
Tex
Pitkin County
Preston D. Ernest
Jean
Betty Lou Kennedy
Randy
Pueblo
Woody Creek Road
McLain Flat
Farm Bill Explanations Set for Arkansas Meetings
Arkansas set to hear officials explain the new farm bill price support rules for cotton growers. Two sessions planned at 10 a.m. in Stuttgart and West Memphis this week. The bill caps payments at 55000 dollars per person, impacting about 60 cotton farmers.
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Little Rock
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Stuttgart
West Memphis
Arkansas
Two Are Killed in Accident on 67 Near Fulton
Two people died and a third was seriously injured in a two vehicle crash on Highway 67 east of Fulton. Abraham J. Kindrick and Laura Kindrick of Texarkana perished. Mrs. Bobbie McMaster of Arkadelphia was critically injured and transported by Hempstead Ambulance Service. The Arkadelphia driver Harold P. McMaster was charged with driving left of center after attempting to pass a truck. Burial planned at Rose Hill Cemetery. Herndon Funeral Home to announce arrangements.
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Fulton
Abraham J. Kindrick
Laura Kindrick
Texarkana
Hope
Bobbie McMaster
Arkadelphia
Little Rock
Hempstead
Harold P. McMaster
Mr. Kindrick
Raymon Kindrick
Wake Village
Texas
Raymond Kindrick
Malvern
Harding W. Kindrick
Tom Kindrick
Ethel Smith
Lomita
Calif
Helen Gossett
Mary Dempsey
Kokomo
Ind
Viola Dorman
Eva Farber
Kindrick
William C. Ward
Harrison
Lillie Smith
Kenton
Robert Ward
Wayne Ward
Jacksonville
Grover Ward
Clarksdale
Roger Ward
Ruby Warren
Gene Toms
Shreveport
Mary Elledge
Cotton Valley
Nellie Ward
Beatrice White
Rose Hill
Herndon
Man Escapes on Horse Repeatedly At Arkansas Prison
Officials captured James Hayes, 24, of Chicago, Illinois, after he escaped from Cummins Prison Farm on Saturday night on horseback. Hayes is serving a five year burglary sentence from Lincoln County when he escaped again Sunday morning after being retaken.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
James Hayes
Chicago, I
Hayes
Lincoln County
Hope police report weekly town arrests and events
Hope police notes show two arrests for traffic violations and two for license violations, six for driving while intoxicated, seven for drunkenness, one for disturbing the peace, and six wrecks with no injuries this year. Red River Vocational Tech School offers an electric wiring class starting January 18, limited to 15. tuition 11.50 plus book about 3. KXAR to air inaugural ceremonies January 12 6 30 to 8. Frank Hill invites south of Third Street to Urban Renewal meeting January 14 at 7 in Douglas Building. Navy petty officer Buford Van Zandt serves aboard USS Kitty Hawk in San Diego. Eastside Food Store entered. pennies and half dollars stolen.
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Hope Police Department
Royce Pendergrass
Red River Vocational Technical School
Jimmy McMullan
Shoud
Frank Hill
Douglas Building
Texas St
Third Street
6Th Street
Navy
Buford R. van Zandt
Buford G. van Zandt
Early Warnight Squadron 114
Naval Air Station
San Diego
California
Bumpers Set to Be Sworn In as Arkansas Governor
Dale Bumpers, 45, elected with the largest Arkansas vote total, will be sworn in Tuesday as the 38th governor. Weekend turnover at the Capitol accompanies the change, with Lt. Gov. Dr. Bob Riley to be sworn in today. The day’s events include a 2 p.m. inaugural parade, 4 p.m. concert, 6:30 p.m. inaugural address, and an 8 p.m. governor’s reception on the Capitol’s second floor.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Charleston
Arkansas
Guv
Winthrop Rockefeller
Bumpers
Bob Riley
Arkadelphia
Riley
Senate
Carleton Harris
State Supreme Court
Buipers
Capitol
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Jordan
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Larry Powell
Reggie Don Kindrick
Dennis Michael Kindrick
Rickie Jay Kindrick
Jeffrey Allen Kindrick
Silvia Sue Rodrigues
Vicki Celine Kindrick
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Eastside Food
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