Two Little Rock firefighters die in seven alarm blaze
In downtown Little Rock a three story building housing Bennett s store Seymour s and La France Beauty Salon burned in a seven alarm fire Friday night. Firefighters Eric Oliver and Jerry Jacobs were killed when a wall collapsed as crews pumped water. seven others injured. Fire Chief Davis cited old building conditions and frozen water as factors. Oliver and Jacobs had seven years on the force.
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Little Rock
Eric Eugene Oliver
Jerry J. Jacobs
North Little Rock
Bennett's
Seymour’s Credit Clothing
la France
Louis Schneider
Pfeifer-Biass
Jacobs
Jack Davis
Davis
Fire Department
Main Street
Oliver
Central Fire Station
Gene Tucker
Vote Stuns Chile Leader In Special Elections
President Allende faced a stunning setback in two Chilean special congressional elections as opposition gains kept the balance in Congress unchanged. Allende called the results a transitory defeat while opponents proclaimed a “greatest massacre of people in history.” The election covered Senate and deputy seats in Colchagua, O’Higgins, and Linares provinces amid a national day of mourning in Bangladesh echoing the broader regional tensions.
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William F. Nicholson
Associated Press
Santiago, Chile
Salvador Allende
Popular Unity
Chamber of Deputies
Rafael Moreno
Colchagua
O'Higgins
Santiago
Hector Olivares
Linares
Sergio Diez
National Party
Maria Eliana Mery
Olivares
Hope Schools discussed by Tolleson at rotary meeting
Hope School Board President Bill Tolleson outlined changes in student body size operating costs faculty salaries and future needs during the Hope Rotary Club gathering at Town and Country on Friday January 14. He urged action on funding reassessment or higher millage noting children are the ultimate losers.
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Hope
Bill Tolleson
Hope Rotary Club
Schools of Hope
Sam Strong
Vernon Wickliffe
Edwin Stewart
Walter Smythe
Jonesboro
Forecast for Arkansas from Experiment Station report
The forecast from the Associated Press says clear to partly cloudy and warmer today with highs mostly in the 50s. Tonight and Tuesday bring considerable cloudiness with a chance of light rain or drizzle starting in the south and west and spreading north and east, followed by a slight warming. Lows tonight range upper 30s north to low 40s south, highs Tuesday reach the 60s in the southwest to the low 50s in the northeast.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Congress Returns to Eastland Session in Election Year
The 92nd Congress reconvenes to wage election year battles over welfare reform tax sharing and health care. Democrats push for action while sharpening bids for the presidency with Muskie Humphrey McGovern Jackson Hartke Kennedy and others seeking nomination. Nixon’s budget and foreign policy measures loom as Mansfield and Scott weigh strategic moves. A major House reform bill and a campaign finance television spending limit are slated for early action.
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Washington
92Nd
Congress
Nixon
White House
Senate
House
Hugh Scott
Mike Mansfield
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
George McGovern
South Dakota
Henry M. Jackson
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
California
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Shirley Chisholm
New York
State of the Union
Mansfield
U.S
South Vietnam
Europe
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
Sky Marshal Plan Working Despite Budget Cut Talk
Washington reports say the sky marshal program will be reduced in 1973, yet Customs Bureau chief Myles Ambrose calls the force a strong hedge against hijackings with 939 arrests and weapon seizures in its first year. He cited 20 aboard aircraft arrests, including seven hijacking incidents and 13 threats to flight safety.
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Washington
Customs Bureau
Customs
Myles J. Ambrose
Arkansas Supreme Court Decisions Summary
A slate of Arkansas high court rulings includes affirmations, reversals, and remands from Pulaski, Union, Sebastian, Washington and other circuits. Judges Harris Hale Byed Fogleman Price and others issued decisions on cases such as Loveless vs Garrison Furniture and Constitution Life Insurance Co v Thompson. writs and rehearings denied, Rule 9(d) waivers granted, and a stay denial in Coyne v APC Commission.
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THE
Associated Press
Carleton Harris
States of Arks
Mary Jo Dilmet
Pulaski Cigale
Rose Smith
Uniden Furlow
State of Arkansas
Union Circuit
Eugene B. Hale
William H. Hays
Nevada
Lyle Brown
Arkansas la. Gas Company
M. H
Gene Price
Daisy Dean Harris
Washington City
Frank Holt
Andy Doyle
Randall Williams
Jefferson Circuit
Sunray DX Oil Company, Et al
John E. Mahaffey & Associates
Bibler Brothers Lumber Company
Albert B. Allen
Sammy Swearing
Irving book ties Hughes loan to Nixon bid
Cliff Irving cites a Howard Hughes autobiography claim that former Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford asked Hughes for a 205000 loan for Richard Nixon’s brother. Irving and Hughes aides deny wrongdoing, while Nixon and Donald Nixon deny any favors. The loan's purpose and quid pro quo are disputed amid controversy over Irving’s forthcoming book.
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New York
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Defense
Clark Clifford
Richard M. Nixon
Clifford
Johnson
Washington
Noah Detrich
Hughes
California
Irving
Dayton
Ohio
Ohio) Journal Herald Today
San Francisco
Melvin Belli
Richard Nixon
St. Louis
New Orleans
Trans World Airlines
Nixon
Donald
Mike Wallace
CBS
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds teen murder conviction
The Arkansas Supreme Court unanimously affirms the first degree murder conviction and life sentence for Billy Ray Davis, 17, of Little Rock, in the March beating death of Kenneth Pederson near Barton Coliseum. The ruling rejects Davis's claim that there was no premeditation and contests Adkisson's denial of a continuance due to newspaper publicity.
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Little Rock
State Supreme Court
Billy Ray Davis
Barton Coliseum
Circuit Court
Richard B. Adkisson
Kenneth Pederson
Coliseum
Lyle Brown
Supreme Court
Davis
Adkisson
Life Conviction Upheld by Court in Multiple Cases
The court upheld a ruling by Special Judge James R. Howard of Little Rock dismissing gambling house charges against Mary Joe Dimler Kela Mae Nolen and Jimmy Bennett Walthall. The case involved alleged offenses on March 5 6 and 20 with trials and dismissals leading to acquittal on the third charge. The ruling also affirmed a second degree murder conviction and 15 year sentence for Andra Furlow in the Curtis Lumsey tavern slaying in Union County.
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James R. Howard
Little Rock
Mary Joe Dimler
Kela Mae Nolen
Jimmy Bennett Walthall
James Guy Tucker Jr
Best
Howard
Supreme Court
Andra Furlow
Curtis Lumsey
Furlow
Union County
China Thinks U S No Threat Analysis of Asian security shifts noted by Reischauer
Edwin O Reischauer former U S ambassador to Japan said China views the Soviet Union and Japan as the main threats in its sphere not the United States He asserted Nixon administration is disengaging from Southeast Asia with full Indochina troop withdrawal unlikely before after the elections He criticized U S policy as rooted in 19th century balance of power theories and cited the India Pakistan war impact on U S standing
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Los Angeles
China
Soviet Union
Japan
United States
U.S
Edwin O. Reischauer
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Harvard
Radcliffe
California
Reischauer
Henry S. Kissinger
Plans to Mine Manganese From Ocean Floor
Hughes Tool Co. plans to mine manganese from the ocean floor at depths of 12 000 to 18 000 feet. Paul Reeve, mining research manager, helped launch a 324 foot barge for the venture and said details are proprietary. Location is undisclosed beyond somewhere in the Pacific.
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San Diego
Calif
Hughes Tool Co
Paul Reeve
Prosecutors Debate News Media Rights At Arkansas Meet
Four young prosecutors discussed press rights at an Arkansas Press Association panel in Hot Springs. Weems urged print rights to publish court remarks, while Hodges favored freer reporting with limits on comments. Streett stressed balancing press freedom with fair trial. Each shared district cases highlighting delays, pipeline safety questions, welfare probes, and internal political feuds.
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Hot Springs
Ark
James Guy Tucker Jr
Little Rock
Sam Weems
Des Arc
David Hodges
Newport
Alex Streett
Russellville
Arkansas Press Association
Weems
Supreme Court
Hodges
Streett
Welfare Department
Batesville
Department of Pipeline Bay
Conway County
Marlin Hawkins
Hawkins
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Tucker
Obituaries for Mary Mouser and Susan Anderson in Texas
Mary Frances Mouser 88 of Houston native of Prescott and Baptist Church member. Survived by daughters Mae Beaty Hazel Meyer Margaret Gipson Helen Hintikka all of Houston. sons Jack Mouser Houston Charles O Mouser Norfolk VA. sister Mrs E L Willis Prescott. brothers Lawrence Purtle Texarkana James Purtle Shreveport. Services Monday in Houston. Susan Betty Anderson 86 formerly of Hope Hempstead County died Saturday in Kerrville. Survived by four sons Albert H B Paul C Doyle. three brothers four sisters. Services Tuesday 2 30 pm at Herndon Funeral Chapel. Macedonia Cemetery burial by Herndon Funeral Home.
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Mary Frances Mouser
Houston
Texas
Mary Frances Nouser
Dida Saturtay
Stewar
Prescott
The
Baptist Church
Mae Beaty
Emmet
Hazel Meyer
Margaret Gipson
Helen Hintikka
Jack Mouser
Charles O. Mouser
Norfolk
E.L. Willis
Lawrence Purtle
Texarkana
James Purtle
Shreveport
Susan Anderson
Susan Betty Anderson
Hope and Hempstead County
Kerrville
Albert Anderson
H. B. Anderson
Paul C. Anderson
Mt. Pleasant
Doyle C. Anderson
Arlington
Wash
Herndon Funeral Chapel
Macedonia Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home
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United Nations
Yahya Khan
Mujib
Awami League
Dacca
Bangladesh
East Pakistan
West Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Sheik
Bhutto
Revolutionary Left Movement
Albany
Albu
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Green Bay
Helena
Honolulu
Ind
Apolis
Jacksville
Juneau
Kansas City
Louisville
Marquette
Memphis
Clear
Miami
Milwaukee
Mpls-St
Salt Lake
San Fran
Seattle
Spokane
Tampa
Walter R. Mears
Sky Marshal
Rigasa
George Wright Jr
Hope Federal
Hempstead County
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