Arkansas Weather Forecast For 24 Hours Ending Tuesday
Experiment Station report shows high 97 and low 76 with hot humid conditions. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with afternoon and evening thundershowers across Arkansas. Daytime highs expected 94 to 102 and night lows in the 70s to low 80s.
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Troops Begin Vietnam Pullout Return Home
The first U.S. unit to withdraw from Vietnam under Nixon arrived at McChord Air Force Base after a ceremonial sendoff. Gen. Abrams praised the 814 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Division, as hundreds of spectators welcomed them with speeches, bands, a parade, a dinner, and family reunions. Westmoreland decorated five returning men.
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Washington
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Escapee David Jackson Sought After Jail Break
Walnut Ridge Arkansas authorities report the Missouri Highway Patrol was alerted to seek David Allen Jackson aged 19 who escaped from Lawrence County Jail on Sunday. Roadblocks in the Walnut Ridge area have been discontinued.
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Nixon admin Ends Aid to Three Southern Schools
The Nixon administration cut federal funding for Flagler County Florida and Wayne County Georgia boards of education and Orangeburg District No. 4 in South Carolina, as it filed antis segregation suits in several states and pursued desegregation actions. The action marks continued court-driven efforts following Johnson era measures, with suits accusing a freedom of choice plan and racially based teacher placement in Illinois and Georgia contexts.
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Southern Illinois
Jury to Hear From Inmates in Arkansas Grand Jury
Grand Jury in the Eastern District of Arkansas convened in Little Rock to hear testimony from state prison inmates as part of ongoing proceedings.
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Obituary of Oren Stephens Resident of Falls Church Virginia
Oren Stephens 55 of Falls Church Va native of Ble Vins died Monday July 7 a University of Arkansas journalism graduate Lambda Chi Delta fellow Harvard Neiman Fellow World War II OWI director at Africa Asia Stanford University post National War College war college faculty author of Facts to a Candid World United States Information Agency assistant director for policy and programs and three year Geneva assignment survived by wife Lorene Vinson Stephens son Stephen Vinson Stephens siblings and multiple relatives funeral Wednesday at Pedree's Falls Church burial Arlington Memorial Cemetery
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Monkey Astronaut Benny Dies After Abortive Space Flight
Benny the 14 pound space monkey died suddenly at midnight after 12 hours post splashdown near Kauai Hawaii. NASA said an autopsy was ordered and a news conference planned as officials assess data from the abortive 30 day mission.
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Three Youths Plead Innocent in Pate Murder Case
In Little Rock Pulaski County Circuit Court three youths pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the June 28 shooting of Michael Pate, 22, on a Little Rock street. Defendants are James Horton 19 Jerry Kellar 18 and Herbert Brian 18 all of Little Rock.
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Pulaski County
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James T. Horton
Jerry F. Kellar
Herbert A. Brian
Pate
Scott to Be New Revenue Commissioner
LITTLE ROCK AP The governor’s office named Bob Scott Gov Winthrop Rockefeller’s aide for prison affairs as the state revenue commissioner in a move to follow B Bryan Larey who has been nominated by President Nixon as U S attorney for the Western District of Arkansas Scott 35 will take the post once Larey’s Senate confirmation is complete Scott has served as Rockefeller’s prison affairs and extradition adviser since January 1967 He is Benton County born and a University of Arkansas Law School graduate He previously ran for Rogers city attorney as an independent and served as the Republican state committeeman from Benton County in 1961 He also ran unsuccessfully for the state house in 1962 and has faced several controversies during his administration tenure
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B. Bryan Larey
Nixon
U.S
Western District
Arkansas
Larey
Senate
Rockefeller
Judge dismisses silly suit to ban Dixie at Jonesboro High
U S District Judge Gordon F Young dismissed a lawsuit by Negro plaintiffs seeking to bar the song Dixie from Jonesboro High School functions, calling the complaint silly. The suit followed suspensions after students walked out during a pep rally as Dixie played.
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Gordon F. Young
Jonesboro High School
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John Walker
Little Rock
Walker
Bert Smith
Smith
Jonesboro
School Board
Kennedy asked to roll back rates sparks Patman attack
The July 6 1989 report notes Rep Wright Patman calling for Kennedy's resignation over inquiries about rolling back the prime rate and potential future increases. It cites Patman blasting Kennedy's press briefing as bland and irresponsible amid an economic crisis. The article also covers Nixon proposing higher unemployment benefits, urging a ceiling raise and broader coverage for minority workers as unemployment use grows.
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Kennedy
Washington
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