Noted Authors and Leaders Hit Headlines Across Nations
Barbara W. Tuchman, two time Pulitzer winner, travels Hong Kong to China for a six week tour. Gov. Reubin Askew to speak at both major parties national conventions in Miami Beach, Fla. Pearl S. Buck recovering after pleurisy receives Nixon telegram. Jane Fonda carries letters from POW families en route to Hanoi. Admiral Zumwalt comments on Guantanamo Bay closure demand with Castro’s 11 day Soviet visit concluding.
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Hong Kong
Barbara W. Tuchman
Peking
China
Tallahassee
Fla
Reubin Askew
Miami Beach
Maurice Harling
Askew
Harling
Paris
Jane Fonda
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Miss Fonda
Moscow
U.S
Vietnam
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Zumwalt
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Man Threatens Daughter Then Killed by Police in Houston
In Houston, Paul Escalente threatened his 7 month old daughter Paula with a butcher knife after coming home drunk. Patrolman T O Bresenhan shot five times, killing Escalente as he advanced on the baby. Paula remained in good condition with facial lacerations. Escalente, a Vietnam veteran, had been discharged seven months ago. In Little Rock, Thomas E Barber was to be sworn in as HUD area office director succeeding Wayne Babbit who left to run for the U S Senate.
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Houston
Tex
Paul Escalente
Paula
T. O. Bresenhan
Gina Vasquez
Escalente
Esther
L. W. Hoffmaster
Little Rock
Thomas E. Barber
Federal Housing and Urban Development Area
Wayne H. Babbit
North Little Rock
U. S. Senate
Barber
HUD
Southwest
Fort Worth
McGehee boy to speak for cystic fibrosis children
Jimmy Lick a 12 year old from McGehee has been chosen to represent all Arkansas children with cystic fibrosis and similar lung damaged diseases. He will serve as spokesman for the Arkansas Chapter National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation while undergoing daily treatments and high vitamin intake.
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Jimmy Lick
McGehee
Sharon Hibbard
Arkansas
Searcy
Jimmy
Hueston Lick
National
Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation
U.S
Lick Siid
Brandon DeWilde Dies in Colorado Traffic Crash
Actor Brandon DeWilde, famed for Shane and a child star of the 1950s, died at 30 after a van crash in a Denver suburb. He had just finished a stage run of Butterflies Are Free and appeared in TV series Jamie. The Brooklyn-born performer lived in Century City and began on Broadway as a seven year old in Member of the Wedding.
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Lakewood
Colo
Shane
Denver
Century City
Calif
de Wilde
Carson McCuller
Harm’s Way
Baldwin Public School
Baldwin, N.Y
Julie Harris
Ethel Waters
Hughes named in $51 million slander suit over Dietrich remarks
Howard Hughes faces a $51 million damage claim alleging he slandered Noah Dietrich, his 8-year old biographer and former aide, after a televised news conference in which a voice linked to Hughes insulted an associate and Dietrich. Also named are Hughes Tool Co and Carl Byott & Associates. Dietrich seeks $1 million in general damages and $50 million punitive damages.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Noah Dietrich
Hughes
Dietrich
Superior Court
Robert A. Maheu
Nevada
Hughes Tool Co
Hughes Empire
Carl Byott & Associates
Richard Hannah
Byott
Hannah
Bahamas
Los Angeles County
Hemi
VVOC criticizes Bumpers over veteran jobs agency
North Little Rock VVOC spokesman Roosevelt Smith calls Gov Dale Bumpers refusal to create a temporary veteran jobs agency a crushing blow. He says aides told VVOC on Wednesday the plan would not be implemented and vows to seek help from local state and national leaders. Smith notes ESD funding should cover job finding, but many Arkansas veterans report unproductive results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Roosevelt Smith
North Little Rock
Vietnam Veterans Organizing Committee
VVOC
Dale Bumpers
Black diplomat James E. Baker assigned to South Africa
The State Department named James E. Baker a 37 year old career foreign service officer as the first black American permanently posted to the U S Embassy in Pretoria. He will serve as economic and commercial officer for two to three years, with officials saying no special restrictions are expected despite South Africa's apartheid policy.
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Washington
State Department
James E. Baker
South Africa
Baker
U.S
Pretoria
Charles W. Bray
Bray
Department
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Pearl S. Buck
Nixon
Miss Buck
Danby
Norfolk, Va
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
United States
Man
McGehee Boy
Old Capitol
Rocky Mount
U.S. 11-E
Johnson City
Tenn
U.S. Territorial
Jack Hibbard
Brandon DeWilde
Plains
Wyoming
Hope Federal Savings & Loan Association
Sphere
Vancouver
B.C
Smith
Black
Africa
Hope Village Shopping Center
Hope, Arkansas
Sale
Rai
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