Interstate 30 opens shortening Hope to Little Rock trip
The Arkansas press notes the completed Interstate 30 link from near Arkadelphia to Little Rock. Travel time Hope to the capital drops to 1 hour 50 minutes for a 117 mile run. Friday traffic heavy. Saturday lighter amid changed shopping hours. Also mentions I 40 progress to Knoxville and Red River navigation study plans with Corps of Engineers funding.
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Brooks Shuits
Fulton
Norfolk
Memphis
Nashville
Knoxville
Prescott
Prescott-Fulton
Arkansas
Vie
Tttle
Catch Me Killer Trial Opens in Fort Lauderdale
The trial of Robert John Erler, 24, opens amid debate over voice identification from telephone recordings. Erler is charged with killing 12-year-old Merlyn Clark in Hollywood, Florida, with a case hinging on matching his voice to a sheriff’s tape. The defense seeks to suppress the voice evidence.
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Frank Murray
Associated Press
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Robert John Erier
Merlyn Clark
Hollywood
Erler
Joseph Varoa
Wilk
James Rice
Merilyn
Hollyweat
Phoenix
Ariz
Varon
Cateceme
Ereler
Arkansas insurance chair says bill would raise taxes tenfold
Bert L. Thomas Jr of Little Rock, board chair of First Pyramid Use Insurance Co., said a Senate bill passed Friday would boost his firm's taxes tenfold. Jones criticized Thomas and committee members for purportedly pursuing favors while denying them to others.
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Ee Ward
Bert L. Thomas Jr
Little Rock
First Pyramid Use Insurance Co
Senate
Thomas
Citizens For Good Government Committee
Guy H.matt Jones
Coneway
Court Rules Favorably to Churches
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that civil courts cannot decide church doctrine. The decision bars courts from handling property disputes tied to religious doctrine and may prevent splits from parent bodies. It involved the Presbyterian Church in the United States (Southern) and Savannah congregations Hull Memorial and Eastern Heights.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Southern
Savannah
Hull Memorial
Eastern Heights
General Church
Fire at Mansfield Causes $100,000 Damage
The Capital Box Manufacturing Plant north of Mansfield Ark was destroyed by a Saturday fire causing about $100,000 in damage. No injuries were reported.
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Associated Press
Mansfield, Ark
Capital Box
Here
Pueblo Destruction Gear Upgraded After Capture
Navy says improved destruct equipment was installed on Pueblo class ships after the intelligence vessel was seized by North Korea. Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher testified that he lacked such gear when he requested it, sparking court of inquiry debate. The issue centers on adequacy of destruction devices and the ship’s ultimate fate.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Navy
Pueblo
North Korea
Lloyd M. Bucher
California
Court of
Buchar
Bucher
Robert S. McNamara
House
McNamara
Robert L. Sikes
Farm Meeting Tuesday Night at Diamond Cafe
National Farmers Organization to hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Diamond Café. All interested persons invited. A national director will be the principal speaker.
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National Farmers Organization
Diamond Cafe
Charges Filed in Staying at Prescott
Samuel T. Freeman, 45, of Searcy, charged with first degree murder in the strangulation death of Prescott woman Betty Arrington, 33, whose body was found in her home. Freeman, using aliases Joseph Kurck and Joseph Kelly, surrendered to Garland County authorities Thursday night. He was on a five year murder sentence in the state penitentiary for a 1964 Pulaski County case and fled during a December 1967 furlough.
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Prescott, Ark
Samuel T. Freeman
Searcy
Prescott
Freeman
Joseph Kurck
Joseph Kelly
Curch
Garland
Betty Arrington
Nevada County
Arthur
Puslaski County
Wicker
All Around Town News Highlights From Local High Schools
Betty Crocker award winners Linda Gall Goodwin of Hope High School and Karen E Betts of Spring Hill High School are named among All Around Town winners in the 1969 national homemaker scholarship program. Boy Scout Troop 91 meeting interrupted by Court of Honor with two Eagles awarded to Mark Gunter and Alan Forst er. Mrs Olen Over tur patient in Baptist Hospital Little Rock in Room 294. 36 students on Dean's List at Henderson State College for fall semester with perfect 4 00 GPA. Whitfield Masonic Lodge No 239 to confer Entered Apprentice degree Tuesday January 28 at 7 30 p m. John Atkins Crain earns Bachelor of Law while wife earns Bachelor of Science in Education. Green Bay weather note from Clyde Fouse after recent trip. Texarkana Music Teachers Association January meeting features all boys piano recital with Tim Guiter among performers.
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Betty Crocker
Linda Gall Goodwin
Hope High School
Karen E. Betts
Spring Hill
Henderson State College
Jane E. Smith
Hope
Patricia McLarty
Okay
Texarkana Music Teachers Association
Lee Siebert
Tim Guiter
Bill Gunter
Puph
C.C. McNeil
Oy Kuhlau
US reports more DMZ activity as peace talks loom
In five days, U.S. Command logged 186 indications of North Vietnamese activity inside the DMZ with no major crossings. North Vietnamese troops were said to be building bunkers on both sides of the zone while artillery and air power struck suspected positions. Across the week end, a dozen attacks hit allied bases as U.S. and South Vietnamese forces reported 127 enemy killed in three battles near Saigon, with 9 Americans and 1 South Vietnamese dead.
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Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
United States
South Vietnam
Tas
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Tran Buu Kiem
NLF Central Committee
North Vienam
Paris
Laos
U.S
George Esper
Associated Press
U.S. Command Today
Dmz
Dievision
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vietnam
North
Lodge
Washington
Leader Says Talks Off to Good Start in Paris
U S Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield says the Nixon administration is off to a good beginning in taking over U S role at the Vietnam peace talks in Paris. He and Senator George Aiken say talks are off to a very good start but no quick settlement is expected. Harriman hopes for deescalation and a path to withdrawal by year end, with a mutual agreement enabling some U S troops to come home.
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Wachklnglan
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
U.S
Paris
Mansfield
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Aiken
Lynedon B. Johnson
Uneder Johnson
W. Averell Harrieman
Vietnam
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