Nixon Nears Three Quarters Of Delegates For Nominatio
A press tally shows Nixon with about 478 pledged delegates toward the 667 needed for the Republican nomination, with Texas uncommitted and Rockefeller lagging at 192. At the Democratic side, Humphrey leads McCarthy with 6404 to 4014, as many delegates remain uncommitted ahead of the Chicago convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richeard M. Nixon
Publi
John G. Tower
Texas
Ted
Associated Press
Nixon
New York
Nelson A. “Rockefeller
Miami Beach
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Chicago
California
Robert F. Kennedy
Richard
J.,daley
Kennedy
Gas Forces Evacuation in Carolina
More than 1,000 Cumberland County families and Pope Air Force Base personnel were evacuated as lethal chlorine gas spread from a line leak at a water purification plant near Manchester. Six people at Womack General Hospital suffered inhalation injuries. two victims identified as Walter McDougald and Mary A Thompson. Three large trailer courts near the plant were evacuated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
N.C
Cumberland County
Manchester
Pope Air Force Base Operations Center
Avline
Womack General Hospital
Ft. Bragg
Walter McDougald
Dean
Mary A. Thompson
Body Recovered From River Near Pochontas
The Associated Press reports 19 year old William H. Pounds of Aurora was recovered from the Current River Monday after being missing since Sunday. He was thrown into the water when a rubber raft began to leak. The other riders reached shore safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pocahontas, Ark
William H. Pounds
Aurora
Clay County
Pounds
Woman Fatally Hit by Car Near Hot Springs
A 81 year old Hot Springs resident was struck and killed by a car on a Monta day when she attempted to cross Arkansas 7 north of the city. The vehicle was driven by Roy G. Bow, 94, of Mesquite, Texas, according to state police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Reer Jae
Young Turk Militants Leaving NAACP Likely Glad to See Them Go
Militants nicknamed Young Turks exit after clashes at the NAACP annual convention. They seek a new link with the Congress of Radical Equality and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, signaling a shift in civil rights leadership dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAACP
Austin Scott
Washington (Ap
Natonal Association For the Advancement of Colsored People
Pat Toomatele
Congress of Radical Equality
Southern Christian Leadership
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
NAACB
Young Turks
Atlantic City
Eugene T. Reed
Naacp Board of Directors
Reed
Amityville
N.Y
Youngburk
British Court Grants Ray Extradition
A British court granted extradition of James Earl Ray, the alleged assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with Ray appealing the decision. He received legal aid and was taken back to his maximum security prison in Wandsworth after the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
James Earl Ray
United States
Martin Luther. King Jr
Ray
Scotland Yard
Wandsworth
Star Suspends on July 4 and July 6 publication
The Star will suspend operations on Thursday July 4, observed as a holiday, with regular publication resuming Friday July 6. Other holidays noted include Thanksgiving and Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Wage Law to Cost Arkansas Millions in Coming Years
A Legislative Council study shows compliance with the federal wage and hour law of 1966 will cost Arkansas about 3.9 million dollars over the first four years. State agencies spent 695,194 dollars to comply in the previous fiscal year, with salary increases of 835,975 dollars in 1968-69, 1,656,730 dollars in 1969-70, and 1,291,964 dollars in 1970-71 expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Legislative Council
Arkansas
Amateur musicians rise to 44 million in the United States
AP columnist HAL BOYLE reports 44 million Americans are amateur musicians, up from 20 million in 1950, with one in 4.6 people playing an instrument and piano players outnumbering guitar players by more than two to one. The piece also notes ukulele players have declined, and includes brief cultural observations on Moroccan women’s work and a note on space for parking cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Morocco
United States
Forested musing and weather wisdom in a clipped note
Quotable lines on rainfall and war gadgets show how peaceful uses of infrared sensing aid forest fire detection at the University of Michigan. Reflections touch on returning to college, data growth since 1935, and a hotel menu aphorism about learning from others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Mauge m
Vietnam
University of Michigan
Hotel Edison
Cuba Returns Plane But No Passengers
A hijack crisis ends with a mercy flight bringing 86 passengers back to Miami from Cuba aboard an American Airlines jet. Cuban authorities blocked their return on the 727, dispatching an Airlift International DC-7B to bring them to U.S. soil. An FAA official said 6000 to 10000 feet would be safe for such operations. The hijacker threatened crew, prompting an emergency door opening for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Cuba
United States
Agees
Miami International Airport
Pasesengers
Dennis Friel
Associated Press
Miamy
Northwest Orient Airlines
Havana
Varadero
U.S
Federal Aviation Administration
Milam Satd
Margaret Burt
Dabin
Simonson
Gas line cut near Glenwood disrupts Arkla service
Fifty Arkla Gas Co employees were pressed into service after a Highway Department grader struck a six inch transmission line six miles northeast of Glenwood on U.S. 70. About 1,000 Arkla customers in Glenwood Mount Ida Black Springs Caddo Gap Norman and Amity lost service. Restoration was expected within three to four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Ark
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Highway Department
Arkla
Transmisson
Penalties Stiff for Inmates at Cummins Prison Farm
At Cummins Prison Farm in Arkansas, the State Penitentiary Disciplinary Committee handed down penalties to 17 inmates after a three day sit down strike. Superintendent Victor Urban said all good time was removed. 30 pieced and pineapple diet, 9 weeks restricted diet, loss of privileges, and placement on special work details followed. The board of correction ordered the action after a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
State Penitentiary
Cumemins Prison Farm
State
Victor Ureban
Urban
State Board of
Corraceton
Russia extends olive branch to U S with thorns potential
AP report outlines Moscow offering talks on disarmament and aims to pressure U S on Vietnam while seeking to ease the nuclear arms race costs. Foreign Minister Grobyko frames Western involvement as fault line, hinting at conditional talks and cautious optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
U.S
Marines sustain heavier casualties in Vietnam war
The Army bears more dead and wounded overall, but Marines suffer about one third of combat losses while comprising less than 14 percent of the 615000 U.S. troops in Southeast Asia. Air Force and Navy casualties are lighter. Navy and Army supply lines bolster Marine strength. Pentagon officials note Marines have greater battle availability due to Navy support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Hopffmay
Washington (Ap
U.S
Southeast Asia
Army
Air Force
Navy
Pentagon
Marines
Fossil Find in India May Shed Light on Human Evolution
Dr Elwyn L Simons of Yale and Dr S R K Chopra of Panjab University report a new well preserved giantopithecus jaw from the Middle Pliocene about 30 miles north of Bilaspur. The find, dated five to ten million years ago, could be the oldest jaw of an ape related to humans and suggests reduced front teeth. The announcement was made at the International Congress of Primatology with about 300 scientists from 15 nations attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
International Congress of Primatology
Elwyn L. Simons
Yale University
S. R. K. Chopra
Panjab
Chandigarh
India
Simons
Old World
Europe
Asia
Bilaspur
Hemachal Pradesh
Siemons Chopra
Grant E. Mayer
Yale
Dhok Pathan
Himalayas
National Science Foundation
Smithsonian
Peabody Museum
Wreck Results in DWI Charge
Jerry Nelson of Hope was charged with driving while intoxicated after a collision that damaged a vehicle driven by Elmer Clark at Walker and Greenwood Streets. Officers Long and Clark investigated the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giy
Jerry Nelson
Hope
Elmer Clark
Nelson
Walker
Greenwood
Clark
Long and Clark
Airliner hijacked to Cuba heightens Vietnam and Cold War tensions
AP dispatch notes a hijacked airliner flown to Cuba with talks of its return to the United States. It reports intensified U S bombing in South Vietnam and higher Marines casualties. The Soviet Union hints at peace moves, extradition hearings for James Earl Ray resume in London, and Nixon nears a major delegate milestone. The Poor People’s Campaign costs and new health warnings on smoking are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Vietnam
Seaboard World Airlines
Interup Island
Pacific
United States
Japan
McChord
William L. Ryan
Tha
Moscow
Europe
Cuba
Ita
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
International
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
London
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S. Public Health Service
Three Drown in River Near Ashdown
ASHDOWN Ark AP three young Parsons from Little River County drowned Sunday while swimming in the Little River near Ashdown. A companion swam to shore and called for help. Identified as Earl Dowling 18 Elaine Richardson 17 and E G Richardson Jr 13 children of local residents. Wayne Wooda Ashdown survivor hospitalized for shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashdown
Ark
Parsons
Litte River County
Litle
Earl Dowling
Hubert Dowling
E. G. Richardson Jr
Elaine
E. G. Richardson
Wallace
Wayne Wooda
Town News Briefs From Hope Arkansas
All Around Town notes promotion of Tony Ray Purtle to office manager at Darragh Co. Attle Rock 16 months with the firm while pursuing IBM data processing. Alma Parrnel new Hope resident at 811 Westth St joins local church ties. A July 4 broadcast sermon by Rev. Gerald Trussell of First Baptist at KXAR 10 30 a.m. Recorded banking class at Southwestern Graduate School of Banking with 510 bankers enrolled. SMU camp registration opens July 14. Charles E. Sharpe named First National Bank assistant cashier as Class X Cree dit Major. A police officer, listed as Actorhing, recently graduated from Arkansas Law Enforcement Academy Camden. Seaman Recruit Michael L. Young USN son of Mr. and Mrs. Noble B. Young of Hope, undergoing basic training at San Diego. future assignment depends on Navy tests. Mrs. Paul Klipsch reminds DAR members to bell ring on July 4 at 1 p.m. after inspection he remains in Class 6 Fire Insurance Return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Ray Purtle
L. J. Purtle
Darragh Co
Attle Rock
IBM Computer and Data Processing
Southwestern Graduate School of Banking
Sunyday
SMU
Charles E. Sharpe
First National Bank
Hope
Michael L. Young
USN
Mys
Noble B
Young
Arkansas
Regin A, Grosvenor
Rt. 2
Mesquite
Texas
U.S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
Navy
U S Planes Strike North Vietnam in Massive Bombing
U S Air Force B 52s based in Thailand Guam and Okinawa carried out the heaviest saturation raids of the war Monday and today dropping over four million pounds of bombs on North Vietnamese storage caves bunkers and artillery sites near the DMZ The missions targeted supply lines and gun emplacements while signaling possible ground sweeps though unlikely along the DMZ The reports note continued enemy armament movement into South Vietnam and a small ground clash near Khe Sanh with 157 North Vietnamese killed and U S Marines suffering casualties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
AWS
Air Force
North Vietnam
America
Okinawa
Thailand
Guam
South Viet+nam
U.S
Dmz
South Vietnam
Dong Ha
Cua Vist
U.S. 3Rd Marine Division
Panhandle
Khe Sanh
Sheryl Bright Wins Hempstead County Dress Revue Title
Sheryl Bright was named sweepstake winner in the county 4H Dress Revue on June 28, earning a best dress award and representing Hempstead County at the State 4H Revue in Fayetteville on July 24. Irene Hendrix scored first in demonstrations with high ratings, while Paula Poindexter presented How to Make Clothes Soft and Platty, and others offered further demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheryl Bright
Modellng
Hempstead
Fayetteville
Irene Hendrix
Paula Poindexter
Sue Diteton
Shery Bright
Hendy
Eevity
Tommy Crouch
Jimmy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carolina
White House
Kurile’ Islands
Andrew A. Grobyko
West
AP News Digest
National
Colored People
The
Alma Parneil
Westth Street
Baptist Church
Denver, Colo
Gerald Trussell
First Baptist Church
KXAR
Cy Police Department
Arkansas Law Enforcement Academy
Camden, Ark
Life & Casualty Insurance Co
Force
Bonnie Sue
Dennis
Ronald
Paul Klipsch
John Cain
Dar
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!