Traffic Claims Nine in Arkansas in Weekend Crashes
The Arkansas highway toll rose to nine dead from a weekend spate of crashes. Victims include Douglas Turner and Wayne Carolan, both of Booneville, and Joey Redding of Ratcliff as a two car collision on Arkansas 22 near Ratcliff killed Turner who was a Booneville policeman. Other fatalities occurred on Interstate 40 east of Little Rock and on Arkansas 38 near Des Arc, with multiple injuries reported.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Arkansas 22
Ratcliff
Franklin County
Douglas Turner
Booneville
Wayne E. Carolan
Joey Jack Redding
Turner
Carolan
Willis’ Hester
Redding
Hester
Wilburn Powell
Cabot
Little Rock
Interstate 40
Arkansas 38
Des Arc
Steve Thompson
Steve Thompson, 15, of Hazen
Larry McGhee
Hickory Plains
Prairie County
Corpus Christi
Tex
Interstate 30
Arkadelphia
Maurice Reeves
Mitzi M. Reeves
Reeves
Richard M. Gentry
de Queen
U.S. 71
Wilforrd Stokes Kemp Jr
Sheridan
U.S. 270
City of Hope Approves Lease with Tennessee Forging Steel
An ordinance authorizes the city as lessor to execute a Lease and Agreement with Tennessee Forging Steel Service Inc a Virginia corporation in Arlington Va The measure declares an emergency for immediate effect to attract industry and create jobs The ordinance was PASSED and APPROVED January 25 1972 by Mayor Dr Sam Strong with City Clerk Sally Andrews attesting and the seal dated January 31 1972
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City of
Hope
Arkansas
Ten- Messee
Steel Service, Inc
City of Hope
Sam Strong
Nixon peace plan adds new elements in 1972 shift
The State Department relays to diplomats that Nixon's Vietnam peace plan contains 12 new elements. Reports contrast Hanoi and Viet Cong reactions with North Vietnam calling the offer old news and deceptive while Beijing signals support for its ally. The plan proposes a six month pullout with ceasefire, prisoner release, and new South Vietnamese elections before Thieu steps down.
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Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
U.S
Nixon
Vietnam
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Communist Party
Nai Dan
United States
Peking
China
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Two AME Bishops Die Same Day in Florida and Tennessee
The AME Church buried Bishops Carey A. Gibbs and George N. Collins in Jacksonville Florida on January 21 following accidents and illness. Collins whose wife and another woman died in the crash was to lead a funeral in Florida for Dr Lutrelle Long. Gibbs died after a short illness in Tennessee Kentucky district life and leadership noted.
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African Methodist Episcopal Church
Carey A. Gibbs
George N. Collins
Jacksonville
Florida
Collins
Arkansas-Oklahoma
Council of Bishops
O. B. Collins
Dr. Long
13Th Episcopal District
Tennessee
Kentucky
Gibbs
Visitors Chapel Ame
Hot Springs
Avery Chapel Ame
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Union Bethel Church
New Orleans
Los Angeles
California
E. C. Hatcher
Kansas City
Kansas
South Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
South America
South Africa
G. Wayman Blakely
Arkansan
Bethel Ame Church
Little Rock
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
St. Paul Ame Church
John Douglas Bright
Man Charged With Air Piracy After Kennedy Hijacking
Garrett Brock Trapnell, shot at Kennedy Airport after hijacking a transcontinental jet, faces arraignment on air piracy charges. He could face the death penalty or 20 years minimum, with demands including ransom and a Nixon conversation. He remains hospitalized with gunshot wounds while the 7 1 2 hour ordeal ended with an FBI agent shooting him aboard the plane.
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New York
Garrett Brock Trapnell
Kennedy
Trapnell
Trans World Airlines
Nixon
California
Canada
Angela Davis
Dallas
Europe
Texas
FBI
Belleview Hospital
Midwest
TWA
Los Angeles
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Kroger CO
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Mr. Long
Retail Food Company
Long
Metro Hope
Corn Belt
University of Northern Colorado
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Church of God In Christ
Bell Street
J. T. Gilmore
Prescott
O. N. Dennis
Springdale
Springdale, Ark
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