U S Women Open Opens Amid Wind and Heat at Muskogee
The 1979 U S Women s Open begins at Muskogee Country Club with a field exceeding 120 players led by 12 former champions including defending champ Donna Capona. The event runs through Sunday with final holes televised on ABC TV. Weather and a windy, hot course challenge early arrivals as top players vie for the title in Oklahoma.
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Muskogee
Ohlo
Oklahoma
Muskogee Country Club
Donna Capona
Abc-Tv
Mickey Wright
Miss Wright
Fond Mermories
Muskoger
Patty Berg
Susie Maxwell Herning
Betsy Rawls
Sandra Spuzieh
Carol Mann
Mary Mills
Marle Lindstrom Breer
Kathy Cornelius
Louise Suggs
Betty Jameson
Faye Crocker
Catherine Laconte
Babe Didrickson Zaharias
Barry's and Hope Auto Winners At K Park Action
Little League resumed at K Park with Barry's beating James Motor Co. 9 to 5 in five innings as McCorkle won and Cobb lost. Hope Auto edged CBC 144 with Steve Gough pitching all nine and Lavenski Smith taking the loss. Sisson earned the win for Sheriff’s Dept. in a 6-4 victory over Lions. Standings list Star of Hope leading, with 189 percent and Press at 1927 Consolidated. The Star Publishing Co and staff details are listed. subscriptions and rates follow.
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K Park
Barry
James Motor Co
McCorkle
David Cobb
Hope Auto
CBC
Steve Gough
Lavenski Smith
Sheriff's Dept
Lions
Mrs Nixon Returns From Peru Mission With Aid Praise
First Lady Pat Nixon returned from a goodwill relief mission in Peru hailed as diplomatically and personally successful. She urged focus on 800,000 homeless earthquake victims and noted competition in relief aid can be beneficial while praising Peruvian officials and refugees she met in the Andes.
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Frances Lewine
Associated Press
San Clemente
Calif
Pat Nixon
Peru
Nixon
Andes
Lima
U.S
Taylor G. Belcher
Artificial turf debate heats up among coaches and players
Coach and players from Houston Oilers Indiana University and Michigan State weigh the shift to synthetic surfaces for 1970 football. Proposals cite durability reduced maintenance and fewer knee injuries while concerns include skids burns and Astro Toe. Aiming to improve play speed and tackling, the trend crosses college and pro ranks and could ease stadium scheduling by allowing football before baseball seasons.
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Mike Rathet
Associated Press
NEW York
George Webster
Houston Oilers
Bill Orwig
Indiana University
TCU
Joneses
Pittsburgh
Ray Mansfield
Steelers
Duffy Daugherty
Michigan State
Oklahoma
Chuck Fairbanks
Arkansas Game and Fish Tightens Rules and Opens Season
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission announced changes to the rough fish gigging season from December to May, with sunrise to sunset hours, and previously experimented year round openings on South Sylamore Creek and Devil's Fork. New laws require fish confinement licensing, ban certain deer rifles, and restrict nonresident commercial fishing. effective immediately. John David Cloud named advanced fish culturist. Lonoke. Clinton gains Van Buren County Wildlife Management Area of 6,000 acres west of Scotland. five miles deep and three miles wide. Little Red River runs through. Ozark National Forest nearby. Duck prospects improve as Canadian habitat conditions are favorable according to aerial surveys.
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Little Rock
Commission
South Sylamore Creek
Stone County
Highway 14
Devil's Fork
Little Red River
Greers Ferry Lake
Raccoon Creek
Beech Fork Creek
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
St. Francis River
Arkansas
Missouri
Red River
Texas
Miss. River
Tennessee
Mississippi
Lonoke
John David Cloud
Ouachita Baptist College
The
Fisheries Division
Cloud
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Joe Hogan State Fish Hatchery
New
van Buren County Wildlife Management Area
Bahia
Scotland
Ahead
Ozark National Forest
Nixon Rebuff Looms in Coming Weeks
The text notes a looming Nixon rebuke and two pending measures. One involves a resolution regarding Tonkin Gulf actions and Cooper amendment limits. The other aims to form a bipartisan task force led by McGovern and Oregon’s Mark Hatfield to push an amendment demanding withdrawal from Indochina.
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Gulf of Tonkin
Democrat McGovern
Mark O. EF
Oregon
All America
Indochina
Cooper Church
Cambodia
Laos
Thai
Church
Senate
Bargaat Rep
Thomas E. Mo Pa
Reign Affairs
Ferees
Anniversary Gratitude as Morrises Celebrate 50 Years
The Morris couple mark their 50th anniversary with thanks to friends and gifts, observed Sunday June 28 at their Hickory and Long Streets home. Also notes visiting J Jones from Los Angeles and upcoming community events at local churches.
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A. Morris
Hickory
Long Streets
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Susie Berning
Beth Stone
Mrs. Berning
Hope Star
Joe Namath
New York Jets
Barry’s and Hope Auto
Star of Hope
Consolidated
Star Building
Walnut St
Hope, Ark
P.O
Ared Sol
Hope
By Star Publishing CO
Alex. H. Westburn
Donal Parker
Paul Hf. Jones
CLM
Pod
Ark
Audit Bureau of Circulations
AP News Dispatches
Southern News + Paper Publishers
Ass'n
Arkansas Press Ass'n
Arkansas Dailies, Inc
Poplar
Memphis
Tenn
Hartford
Dallas
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Penobscot
Detroit
Mich
Skirvin
Oklahoma City
Okla
Hempstead
Nevada
Lafayette
Howard
Pike
Clark Counties
W.L. Pet
Sheriffs
Mrs. Nixon
Hope (Ark) Star
Offset
Arkansas Outdoor
By Jay Kapfer
New Wildlife
Clinton
Game and Fish Commission
Minneapolis
Minn
Pot-Hole
Ester Hicks
J. Jones
Los Angles
California
Vera Jones
North
Graham Street
City
Gospel Singers of
Magnolia
Pentecostal Church of God
Bethel Ame
W. H. Wynn
Tle
Im &U
Abe
AP 7
Middle South Utilities System
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