Obituary notices for Mildred J. Blakley and others
Mildred Jackson Blakley, 53, of Blevins, died Monday in a Texarkana hospital. She was an Assembly of God member and Corn Belt Hatcheries employee. Survived by husband Raymond Blakley, five children, six brothers, five sisters. Services Thursday at Assembly of God in Delight. burial Weir Cemetery, Okolona. Also Elmer Brakebill, 72, of McCaskill, died Wednesday. survived by wife Avis, son Orville, daughter Oleta, two sisters. Funeral Friday at Friendship Church. burial Harris Cemetery. Also Charles H. Tuttle, 91, former U.S. attorney, died Tuesday. former NYC Board of Education member. And K Elmo Lowe, 71, former Cleveland Play House director, died Tuesday.
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Mildred Jackson Blakley
Blevins
Texarkana
Assembly of God Church
Raymond Blakley
Willis Lee
Okolona
Wally Simmons
Delight
Charles Geurin
Hot Springs
Herman
Henry Jackson
Maning
Ark
Harold Jackson
Red Bluff
Calif
Herbert Jackson
Arkadelphia
Harley Jackson
Prescott
Homer Jackson
Oklahoma City
Charley Gentry
Margie Gentry
Andrew Jones
Gordon
Homer White
Nashville
J. D. Ferguson
Weir Cemetery
Murry-Ruggles Funeral Home
Elmer Brakebill
McCaskill
Avis Brakebill
Orville Brakebill
Pine Bluff
Oleta Hutt
South Bend
Ind
Ethel Ball
Fontana
May Haag
San Antonio
Texas
Friendship Church
Bruce Beene
Harris Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home
NEW York
Charles H. Tuttle
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tuttle
New York City
Executions Reported in Guinea Amid Global Reactions
Radio Conakry announced the hanging of another Guinea invader convict at Kindia near Conakry. The Pontiff Papal condemnation echoed as France and others voiced concern over public executions. Informants cited multiple hangings on Monday along a capital bridge, with identity withheld.
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Dakar
Senegal
Guinea
Radio Conakry
Kindia
Conakry
Paul VI
Paris
Pope Paul
St. Peter's Basilica
City Killer Law Repeal Bills Move in Arkansas House
Arkansas House members introduced multiple bills on Tuesday. Proposals include repealing the 1967 city killer annexation law, restoring pre-1967 license renewal rules, and excluding prescription drugs from the 3 percent sales tax. Other measures add taxes on intoxicating beverages, set municipal incorporation standards, require teacher sick leave, extend workers comp to local employees, and create a crime and highway safety data system.
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Little Rock
Arkansas House
Jim Linder
West Helena
Linder
A. J. Troxell
Greenbrier
Dale Bumpers
Troxell
W. E. Beaumont Jr
Harry Carter
Weather report Swatlow 24 hours ending Wednesday 7 a.m.
Arkansas forecast generally fair through Thursday. Not 80 cold tonight and warmer Thursday. Low tonight in the mid 20s northeast to low 60s extreme southwest. High Thursday mostly in the 50s.
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Experiment Swatlow
Arkansas
Constitutional Amendments Are Offered
A special committee appointed by Gov. Dale Bumpers submitted five constitutional amendments to the governor, with three likely to be recommended to the legislature for voter consideration in 1972. Proposals include eight amendments biannually, extending voting to 18-year-olds, county government reforms, and extensive revisions to legislative and executive articles. Searcy and Fort Smith officials also backed electronic voting authorization, with a similar Senate measure by Sen. Bill Walmsley.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Bumpers
General Assembly
Executive Branch
Winter Storm Leaves Trail of Damage Across Regions
A fierce winter storm paralyzed western New York with near blizzard conditions and sent Arctic cold across the nation. Roads were blocked in New York's western counties and the New York Thruway closed from Rochester to the Pennsylvania line. Gusts reached 80 mph near Buffalo and 60 mph elsewhere, with widespread floods looming in Washington state and the Northwest as rivers rose.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Atlantic
New York
Buffalo
New York State Thruway
Rochester
Pennsylvania Line
North Tonawanda
Ontario
New England
Plains
Dakotas
Upper Michigan
Ohio Valley
Chicago
Alabama
Arkansas
Connecticut
Washington
Cascade Range
Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Forest Service
County Farms Using More Fertilizer In Hempstead County
Hempstead County farmers used 4240 tons of commercial fertilizer from July 1, 1969, to June 30, 1970, a one third rise from the prior year. W R Vandivere attributes the rise to extensive chicken litter use on pastures and notes Hempstead as a major Arkansas poultry area with 14,331,000 broilers in 1969 and about 12,611 acres fertilized yearly by litter plus litter from the laying industry.
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Hempstead County
W. R. Vandivere
Arkansas
Hempstead
Young Martin
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Mildred J. Blakley
Cleveland, Ohio
K. Elmo Lowe
Cleveland Play House
Lowe
Play House
Bureau of Labor Statistics
W. D. Moore Jr
el Dorado
Harold King
Sheridan
State Administration Department
King
Jesse Hayes
Pocahontas
George Bean
Arkansas Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgenes
Ruscue Brown
Jonesboro
James E. Harris
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Charlotte
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St.p
New Orleans
Okla. City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ore
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Richmond
St. Louis
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Tampa
Hope
Offset
Ward
London
Woodstock
Bartie
Upper
Lower
Michigan
Ohio
Lower Michigan
Mississippi Valley
Middle Atlantic
Virginias
Page County
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Middle Atlantic States
Dino Martin
Dean Martin
Martin
Alan Campbell
Rephan’ S
Jennifer
Nellie Don
Coats
DAN River Fabrics
Weskit
Sue
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