Sliced Thin by The Editor at 98th Arkansas Press Ass'n
Our Daily Bread Sliced Thin reports seven Star staffers attended the 98th midwinter Arkansas Press Association convention at Hot Springs Arlington Hotel. The group included the editor, Gene Allen, Donal Parker, Mrs Parker, M. Rogers Jr., Mrs Rogers, and Virginia Hiscott. The piece notes planned summer convention in Fayetteville and reflections on printing processes, with DeGray dam refilling delaying boating.
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Alex. N. Washburn
Arkansas Press Ass
The
Star
Hot Springs
Arlington
Arkansas Press Association
Gene Allen
Donal Parker
Parker
Pod) Rogers, Jr
Rogers
Virginia Hiscott
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Arkansas Gazette
Gazette
Linotype
Mergenthaler
Arkadelphia
DeGray
Gene
Corps of Engineers
Cossatot Flood Victims Seek Gillham Dam Aid
A group named Cossatot Flood Victims formed in De Queen to push for the Gillham Dam on the Cossatot River. About 50 landowners attended, naming Garnet Norwood as attorney to seek intervention in the Feb 8 hearing on whether to permanently enjoin the project. U S District Judge G Thomas Eisele had previously granted a temporary injunction delaying work.
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DE Queen, Ark
Cossatot
Gillham
Cossatot River
Garnet Norwood
Norwood
Little Rock
U.S. District Court
G. Thomas Eisele
Board Urges Caution On Governor Appointed Education Chief
Arkansas Education Board members voiced worry that Gov. appointed education commissioner under Gov. Bumpers cabinet plan could politicize long range education planning. They noted potential shifts of Surplus Property, Veterans, Rehabilitation programs and more. The plan, dubbed cabinet plan, would consolidate 175 agencies under a few officials.
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Little Rock
State Board of Education
Dale Bumpers
A. W. Ford
Bumpers
Ben Allen
Jim Dupree
Weldon
Allen
Dupree
Ford
Winthrop Rockefeller
Orval E. Faubus
Four Die in Arkansas Weekend Traffic Toll
An Associated Press tally lists four fatalities in separate 54 hour traffic accidents across Arkansas. Victims include Billy Ray Willey 20 near Vilonia Mona Lee Head 16 near Malvern Elizabeth Lindsey 64 of Little Rock and A G Goodwin 45 near El Dorado. The period ran from 6 p m Friday to midnight Sunday.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Billy Ray Willey
Vilonia
Holland
Faulkner County
Mona Lee Head
Malvern
Arkansas 51
Elizabeth Lindsey
Little Rock
A. G. Goodwin
el Dorado
U.S. 167
Bethlehem Steel Hikes Prices Then Rolls Back In Shift
Bethlehem Steel Corp. said it was rolling back price increases on steel for construction to stay competitive with other producers after announcing boosts up to 2.6 percent last week. The White House reacted to the moves amid inflation concerns as U.S. Steel and Kaiser followed with higher rates and Inland Steel offered no comment.
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Bethlehem, Pa
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Kaiser
U.S. Steel
White House
Inland Steel Co
Inland
Nixon
Gerald L. Warren
Edwin H. Gott
Mandate Upheld in Embezzlement Case
Arkansas Supreme Court denied a stay on its mandate upholding the embezzlement conviction of former Pine Bluff City Collector John H. Pointer Jr. The defendant’s attorney filed a new stay claim asserting due process rights were violated and that no response was filed to the first motion.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
John H. Pointer Jr
Pine Bluff
Pointer
Kenneth C. Coffelt
Jacksonville
Coffelt
Jefferson County
City Police Investigate Wrecks Across Hope City Weekend
A weekend rash of traffic wrecks in Hope City involved drivers from Pennsylvania and Texas. Notable incidents included Neena A. Harris and Suzanne Judicello colliding on Hervey Street, Paul Lewis cited for inattention after hitting a parked car, and Tom Lee Brint’s car totaling a 1970 Buick auton after colliding at Hazel and West. Police officers Purtle Ward Neal McCulley Rowe investigated each crash and issued charges such as failure to yield, stopping at stop signs, and unattention where applicable.
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Hope City
Hervey Street
Neena A. Harris
Suzanne Judicello
Pennsylvania
Purtle
Tommy Holt
Alvin Hamilton
44Th
Walker
Ward
Haltom
Virginia Smith
Paul Lewis
Lewis
Hamilton
7Th St
Anna M McBroom
Lois Purtle
Neal
Leona Cole
Emma G. Bolt
Second
Hazel Streets
Ward and
Paul Hanson
Wilson Ragland
North Hazel
McCulley
Hanson
Hazel
West Avenue
Tom Lee Brint
Clifton Booth
Booth
Richard R. Brawley
Paragould
John Shirley
Brint
Third Street
Jack L. Spates
D. Spain
Ft. Worth
Texas
Spates
James Purtle
James L. Powell
South Main
James Rowe
Cold Weather Forecast for Arkansas This Week
Arctic air moves into Arkansas with teens in the north and 20s in the south tonight. Tuesday should be fair with mid 20s to upper 30s. Sunday highs ranged from the upper 40s northeast to mid 60s southwest. Travelers warnings posted for northeast and east central areas as light snow occurs in the northeast and light rain and snow in the east central region. all precipitation to end by late today with overnight lows from 32 Fayetteville to 41 Texarkana.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Sniper Injures Texarkana Strike Prober At Tri-State
Texarkana Texas Rangers investigated after Gerald Miller suffered shotgun wounds to hand and leg at Tri-State Motor Co. office during ongoing strike actions. Miller, 48, listed in satisfactory condition. Company hauls ammunition and radioactive material amid multiple recent sniper incidents linked to the strike.
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Texarkana
Bombers Hit North Vietnam Missile Sites
American fighter bombers attacked surface to air missile sites in North Vietnam for the third straight day. In Cambodia, government forces recaptured the Pich Nil pass as part of reopening Phnom Penh’s highway to the sea. U S naval and helicopter units expanded support for the highway campaign with more than 13 000 South Vietnamese and Cambodian troops.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Pich Nil Pass
Phnom Penh
U.S. Command
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Demilitarized Zone
Soviet pledge to replace Egypt war losses and aid projects
Soviet President Podgorny promised to bear material losses for Egypt and aid in all fields. He told 5000 shipyard workers in Alexandria that the USSR would provide experts and money to help Egypt repulse Israel and improve living conditions. Sadat thanked him and vowed friendship as crowds cheered. The visit included a dedication of the Aswan High Dam and village electrification costing over 270 million dollars with Soviet equipment and know how. Separately Al Fatah warned of using force against leftist rivals seeking Jordan King Hussein’s overthrow.
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Associated Press
Nikolai Podgorny
Soviet Union
Egypt
Israel
Podgorny
Alexandria
Anwar Sadat
Cairo
Mediterranean
Aswan High Dam
Sadat
al Ahram
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
Jordan
Hussein
Former Arkansas gubernatorial hopeful registers as lobbyist
Marion H Crank of Foreman is the only former legislator registered as a lobbyist in this General Assembly session. He says he represents the Arkansas County Judges Association and lists county government as his interest. A total of 113 persons are listed as lobbyists.
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Little Rock
Marion H. Crank
Foreman
General Assembly
Crank
Arkansas County Judges Association
Congress Returns to Unfinished Business and Leadership Fight
The 92nd Congress begins with fights for House majority leader as Hale Boggs and Morris Udall vie, while calls to modify seniority and name Carl Albert speaker arise. In Senate leadership, Baker, Byrd, Kennedy potential challenges shape a crowded opening session. Separate reports note Nixon’s State of the Union, welfare and Social Security debates, and international conflicts in Vietnam, the Middle East, and oil politics.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington
92Nd Congress
Nixon
House
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
John Conyers
D-Mich
Conyers
Albert
Mississippi
John B. Anderson
Illinois
Samuel L. Devine
Ohio
Anderson
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Edward M. Kennedy
Burglars Hit Two Places On Division Street
Police report two downtown burglaries on Division Street Sunday night. At the Sports Center thieves smashed a front door lock and took $20 in change, dominos, a pistol and cigarettes. Lucille's Cafe was entered through a side door with $58.50 from a cigarette machine, $50 from a music machine and $20 from a marble machine taken.
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Division Street
Lucille’s Cafe
All Around Town leads in highway accidents and deaths
Hempstead County and Clark County tie for most deaths with three each amid nine local crashes. Little River Nevada and Pike report one death apiece. statewide December killings total sixty one. City officers recover four juveniles and three tape players in an extended theft probe linked to Fleet Tire Center and Road Runner Camper burglaries. The city tallies about one wreck daily. twenty accidents thus far this year. A pancake breakfast fundraiser for Mid High UMYF is set for Sunday January 24 at the Methodist Church.
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Hempstead County
Clark County
Clark
Little River
Nevada
Pike Counties
Frank Hill
Methodist Church
Larry Patterson
Fleet Tire Center
Iran presses for oil gains amid Nixon envoy talks
Premier Hoveida said Iran will not allow foreign interference and seeks royalties and taxes set outside political crises for oil producers. Iran, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia push to resolve the standoff with Western oil companies as OPEC weighs a possible production cut.
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Tehran
Iran
Nixon
Parvis Rabin
Associated Press
Amir Abass Hoveida
John N. Irwin
Washington
Hoveida
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Middle East
Algeria
Libya
Venezuela
Indonesia
Irwin
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
OPEC
Iraq
Abu Dhabi
Qatar
Europe
Japan
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
California
Gulf
Texaco
Mobil
British Petroleum
Royal Dutch Shell
Compagnie Francaise Des Petrols
Reward fund reaches 2000 for Springdale Central Junior High fire recovery
SPRINGDALE Ark AP The reward fund for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the fire that destroyed Springdale Central Junior High has risen to 2000. School Supt Thurman Smith said the fund was started by the school board with contributions from local businesses and Patrons of the district. Police say the fire occurred during a burglary attempt at the school, possibly accidental or to cover the burglary. Students are attending classes in another building on campus.
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Springdale, Ark
Springdale Central Junior High
Thurman Smith
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AP News Digest
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Linyard, Haltom and Purtle
Baltimore Colts
Dallas Cowboys
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