Nixon defends Asian policy while naming Paris envoy
President Nixon strongly defended the Cambodia operation and announced David K E Bruce, a veteran diplomat, will take over the Paris talks post. Bruce, 72, will report to Paris by August first to explore narrowing the gap between U S and opponent positions. Nixon warned of broader Arab Israeli tensions while defending Cambodian actions amid congressional criticism.
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Douglas B. Corneli
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Nixon
Cambodia
U.S
Paris
David K.E. Bruce
America
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Bruce
Maryland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Indochina
Mideast
Southeast Asia
United States
Israel
War Casualties for Week in Indochina Reported
SAIGON AP The USS Command announced 104 Americans killed in action last week with eight more dying in a North Vietnamese attack and four air crews missing. South Vietnamese forces reportedly killed 58 of the enemy in a big coast battle, the sector's largest in over a year. Weeklong U.S. casualties totaled 42 858 killed and 282 503 wounded with allied losses of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths near 653 675. Eight more Americans were killed and four wounded near Hue in a night bivouac assault.
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Saigon
USS Command
Indochina
Laos
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Cambodia
101St Airborne Division
Hue
This Is Birdsong Dying Village Fighting Back
In Birdsong Arkansas a rural Black community battles poverty and decline. W B Harrison bought the Birdsong School in 1968 planning a nursing home to create jobs, donating the building to the Birdsong Neighborhood Service Center which drives local efforts and frustration.
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Jim Branum
Blytheville Courier News
Birdsong
Ark
API
Mississippi County
W. B. Harrison
Birdsong School
Wilson
Harrison
Birdsong community dreams of water and growth in Mississippi County
Experiment Station report details 24 hours ending 7 am Thursday with forecast hot weather through Friday. Community leaders Lucille Warren and Rev. Reed describe Birdsong’s dire needs: water, sewage, housing, health access, and local job prospects. Plans include a washateria, clinic, and attracting small factories once water is secured. Civil engineer Jim Seitz praises residents’ resolve and readiness to pay for surveys and projects.
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Birdsong
Lucille Warren
Mississippi County
F. C. Reed
AME
Reed
Chilton County
Ala
Osceola
Seitz
Obituary: Mrs Dell Sweatt Dies in Hot Springs at 79
Mrs Dell Sweatt aged 79 died early Thursday in Hot Springs where she had lived for over fifty years. She was a member of St Mary’s Church. Survived by one son Joseph H Sweatt of Pine Bluff. Funeral Friday at 2:00 P.M. Hern don Funeral Home Chapel burial at Rose Hill under Herndon Funeral Home direction.
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Dell Sweatt
Hot Springs
St. Mary’s Church
Joseph H. Sweatt
Pine Bluff
Herndon Funeral Home
Rose Hill
Full-Crew Repealer Filed In Arkansas Elections
Petitions to place a repeal initiative on the November ballot seek to overturn Arkansas 1907 full crew law requiring six crew on freight trains of 25 cars or more. Railroads say the requirement is excessive while unions defend it as safety critical. current signatures total around 171,961.
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Little Rock
Kelly Bryant
Heath government lays out tax cuts and strike curb agenda
London AP says Prime Minister Edward Heath's Conservative government presented broad lines of its program from the throne. The queen announced plans to strengthen the economy curb inflation and introduce tax cuts while pursuing a tougher foreign policy and measures on Rhodesia, immi grants, and pensions for seniors. Details of tax cuts and other bills are expected in the autumn budget.
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Fred Coleman
Associated Press
London
Edward Heath
Elizabeth I
Britain
Heath
Southeast Asia
Suez
Rhodesia
Commonwealth
Negro candidate Hampton says Rockefeller won’t get black support again
Rev. R. J. Hampton of North Little Rock a Negro candidate for Arkansas Republican governor says Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller cannot count on heavy black support at the polls because of wrongs promises unkept and disillusionment. He notes Rockefeller won 92 percent of black votes in 1968 and calls Rockefeller’s civil rights talk a farce while detailing his own plan to run on merit beyond race. Hampton, 34, a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal church, resigned as president of Shorter College to enter the race and cites prison-education programs implemented during his tenure.
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Little Rock
R. J. Hampton
North Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Hampton
KATV
Rockefeller
Arkansas
America
Shorter College
Boxcar Jumps Track Hits Richie Loading Dock
A L and A KCS boxcar derailed at the Richie Grocer Co loading dock after jumping the tracks while being spotted for unloading. The car moved across Hwy 67 from Shreveport, loaded with 80,000 pounds of galvanized steel roofing. Brakeman H. B. Clark of Shreveport was injured, pinned between the gate and the car, then under it. he was taken to a local hospital and reported doing well despite pain.
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L & A. Kcs
Ritchie Grocer Co
Hwy. 67
Shreveport
H. B. Clark
Clark
Abbreviated Address May Be Next on List of PC New Things
Post Office researchers study abbreviated addresses to speed mail flow. LSM operators read addresses and punch 3 digit codes in one second, aided by human capability research. Other ideas include voice commanded sorters and TV viewing of mail to reduce operator noise.
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NK Care
Washington
LSM
Dean Murphy
National Bureau of Standards
Post Office
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