My Blue Heaven composer Gene Austin dies at 71
Palm Springs AP Gene Austin composer and singer of My Blue Heaven and other hits died at 71 after a lung cancer battle. He seldom read music, composing by ear, sold millions of records between 1924 and 1930 and remained active into later years. Born in Gainesville Texas he spent much of life in Las Vegas and ran for Nevada governor in 1962. Survived by widow Gigi and two daughters Charlotte Antelline and Ann Hebberger. Services pending.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Gene Austin
Austin
Lonesome Road
Gainesville
Tex
Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Grant Sawyer
Gigi
Charlotte Antelline
Hollywood
Ann Hebberger
Kansas City
Making Life Liveable By HAL BOYLE
HAL Boyle reflects on small joys that make life worth living in wartime America and distant posts. From home letters and first steps to sunlit skylines, beach foam, sardines, and the taste of orange juice with castor oil, he cherishes simple moments that enrich everyday life and sustain hope.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Jack, the
Boyle
Ireland
Kansas
Iowa
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Front Drops Temperatures Across Arkansas
A fast moving cold front has lowered readings to January levels in Arkansas after near record highs. Morning temps varied from about 20 in the north to the low 40s in the south, with El Dorado the warmest spot at Monday's high. Harrison recorded 20 degrees.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
el Dorado
Harrison
Pressure Charged in Resignation by Arkansas Official
John R. Starr reports Bill L. Brown resigned Monday as supervisor of nursing homes in the Arkansas Social Services Division amid charges of pressure to place patients in a nursing home owned by Rep. Bubba Wade. Wade, owner of Pinehurst Nursing Home, defended himself saying his facilities received more welfare patients before his first term. Brown alleged illegal advance payments for political reasons, while Jennings denied applying pressure and said he sought Brown’s performance improvement. Wade asserted no impropriety and noted his eight year Pinehurst ownership and five year North Heights Manor presidency.
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John R. Starr
Associated Press
Little Rock (Ap
Bill L. Brown
Arkansas Social Services Division
Een Jennings
Brown
Dalton Jennings
Jennings
Charles O
Bubba
Wade Jr
Texarkana
Wade
The
Commercial Appeals of
Memphis
Jenning
Pinehurst
North Heights Manor
Soviet Commanders to Enter Pleas Friday
In Anchorage a Soviet fishing fleet commander and two ship masters will plead in U S District Court on charges of illegal intrusion into U S waters. They face a 100000 dollar fine each and potential confiscation of vessels and gear.
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Anchorage, Alaska
U.S
U.S. Coast Guard
Bering Sea
Vladimir Artemov
Igor Bovtun
Nikolai Pavluk
Artemov
Bovtun
Pavluk
St. Matthew Island
Alaska
U.S. District Court
James VanDerheydt
Adak Island
Aleutians
Albert Ambrossov
Washington, D.C
U.S. Atty. G
Kent Edwards
Kolyvan
Lamut
Edwards
James Wannamaker
Anchorage
Bouton
FTC targets four cereal firms for price fixing
The Federal Trade Commission filed a proposed complaint against Kellogg Co General Mills Inc General Foods Corp and Quaker Oats Co alleging monopolistic control of the ready to eat cereal market through false advertising price fixing brand proliferation and product differentiation The firms would have 60 days to respond and possible remedies include divestiture prohibitions on acquisitions and bans on anticompetitive practices.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Kellogg Co
General Mills, Inc
General Foods Corp
Quaker Oats Co
FTC
Kellogg
General Mills
Nable
General Foods
United States
Commission
Naval cadets resist coeducation at Annapolis
At the U S Naval Academy 4000 midshipmen push to keep the school all male, calling coeducation impractical as they argue the mission requires training shipboard officers with no ready role for women in the fleet. Senators Javits and rep McDonald have proposed appointing teenage girls to Annapolis.
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Annapolis, Md
U.S. Naval Academy
Robert Hardy
Columbus
Miss
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
John McDonald
R-Mich
Annapolis
Navy
Lloyd Holz
Schulenburg
Tex
Mike Candalor
Johnsonburg
Candalor
Robert Musselman
Atlanta
Wayne Thornton
Fairfax
Thornton
Harry C. Duncan
Black Walkout at Conway High School Protest
About 100 Negro pupils walked out of Conway High School in Conway Arkansas to protest the selection of pupils in the Who's Who election and other activities. Superintendent Carl Stuart said he met with students in the cafeteria and a group of about 20 blacks and 20 whites would meet later to discuss grievances.
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Conway, Ark
Conway High School
Carl Stuart
Drug arrests reach 56 in Little Rock police sweep
Four more suspects were arrested Monday, raising the total to 56 in a LRPD drug roundup begun the prior Tuesday. Defendants include Ronald Blue, 24, facing two counts of LSD selling. Henry L. Jernegan, 19, two counts marijuana and one cocaine. Gary Thomas Burris, 21, marijuana and mepergan charges. and Sandra Kay Pointer, 19, of Pine Bluff.
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Little Rock
Ronald Blue
Henry L. Jernegan
Jacksonville
Gary Thomas Burris
Sandra Kay Pointer
Pine Bluff
Warning Order in Glasgow Divorce Case Hempstead AR
The Defendants Austin Glasgow and Marilyn Pat Glasgow must appear in Hempstead County Chancery Court within thirty days to answer the complaint filed by Clifford Glasgow. If they fail, the complaint will be confessed. Clerk Jim Cole signs this January 7 1972 with Leona Cole as deputy. notices run January 11 18 25 and February 1 1972.
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Chancery Court
Hempstead County
Arkansas
Clifford Glasgow
Rennie McMillen
Austin Glasgow
Marilyn Pat Glasgow
Lillie Glasgow
Cattle Skin Disease Outbreak Hit Texas Oklahoma
The Agriculture Department reports psoroptic scabies as the worst cattle skin disease in 30 years across Texas and Oklahoma. About 137 inspectors have been trained to aid ranchers, with quarantines in 34 Texas Panhandle counties and 16 Oklahoma counties. An estimated 185,000 cattle are being treated in affected herds.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Oklahoma
USDA
Department
Texas Panhandle
U.S. Plans to Burn Plant Killer Orange in Incinerators
Air Force proposes disposing 2.3 million gallons of Orange defoliant banned in Vietnam by burning it in Texas or New Jersey incinerators. The plan, outlined in an environmental impact statement, notes minor expected environmental effects and a 30 day agency comment period before potential public hearings.
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Robert A. Dobkin
Washington
Air Force
Texas
Illinois
Vietnam
Mississippi
Deer Park
Tex
Sauger
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Associated Press
Environmental Protection Agency
Defense Department
Agriculture Department
Gulfport
Mias
Elgin Air Force Base
Fla
Keily Afb
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Conway
Jim Cole
Leona Cole
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South West Africa
Willie Kotze
Soa
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