Yearly migration report of purple martins by editor Washburn
In a personal field note, Alex H. Washburn details the annual purple martin migration from his Back 40 refuge. He notes new aluminum 12-nest boxes replacing redwood, a temporary boom in activity, then a sudden silence as the birds depart for South America for four months, returning along the Mexican coastal route the year’s cycle.
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Our Daily
Alex. H. Washburn
Purple Martin
South America
Mexico
Martin
Russian Freighter Sinks Near Vancouver
Vancouver report says a 275 foot Russian freighter sank in Pryce Channel near Toba Inlet just before midnight Monday. Fourteen crew members were rescued by the fishpacker Delta and ferries to Vancouver about 100 miles away. One crewman suffered a possible broken leg. Details were not available. An interpreter was being arranged for the Delta at Steveston. None spoke enough English to explain the incident.
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Vancouver
B.C
Pryce Channel
Toba Inlet
Delta
Steveston
GOP not a reform Democrat cluster warns analyst
State Sen. Jim Caldwell of Rogers charged that Arkadelphia analyst Jim Ranchino spoke before fully analyzing facts about the Republican party in Arkansas. Ranchino, soon to work for Rep. David Pryor, told AP he viewed the GOP as reform minded Democrats around Winthrop Rockefeller, a view Caldwell called insufficient and unsound.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Caldwell
Ranchina
Arkansas Gov Orders Crankcase Vent Valve Check
Governor Dale Bumpers directs state police to add crankcase ventilation valve checks to motor vehicle inspections after a request from the Arkansas Pollution Control Commission. The valves aim to curb gaseous emissions from car crankcases.
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Little Kuck
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas Pollution Control Commission
Man Found Guilty Gets 18 Years in Two-Case Sentence
In Hempstead County Circuit Court Karl Eugene Murphy faced two cases. He was found guilty of assault with intent to kill Jimmy Adkins and sentenced to 21 years, with an additional 18 years for robbery, to run consecutively. The jury recommended serving at least one third before parole. Lee D. Armstrong pleaded guilty to forgery and uttering and received two years.
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Hempstead
Karl Eugene Murphy
Jimmy Adkins
Murphy
Lee D. Armstrong
Armstrong
Morocco executes 10 officers after failed coup attempt
Rabat reports 10 army officers were executed after the Monday dawn killings connected to Gen Mohamed Medbouh's coup plot against King Hassan II. The five hour siege at Skhirat palace left many advisers dead while Casablanca port and major border points were sealed as authorities hunted ringleaders and suspects.
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Rabat
Morocco
Hassan II
Mohamed Medbouh
Skhirat
Medbouh
Hassan
Casablanca
Half Million Telephone Workers Set for Strike Wednesday
Fort Myers Florida Monday night saw about 50 arrests as roving bands of black youths sparked unrest in a Negro section. A curfew was imposed after stones and fire bombs damaged property. one child was injured. Firebombs and shots were reported, a police car was struck by a bullet, and several weapons were taken from a store. Authorities noted generally good community relations and are interviewing youths to determine causes. In Washington, Bell Telephone System offered an improved contract to avoid a half million workers walking off Wednesday morning, signaling possible settlement.
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Florida
Fort Myers
Fla
Dunbar Heights
Lee County
Ted Smith
Morgan House
Annette Busbee
Lee Memorial Hospital
Douglas Busbee
Smith
House
Davis
Flanders Thompson
Dunbar
Washington
Bell Telephone System Today
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
United Tele
Meo Forces Seize Control of Plain of Jars in Laos
Meo tribesmen trained and equipped by the CIA have nearly gained full control of the Plain of Jars in eastern Laos. American sources in Vientiane report limited resistance from Communist forces as Meo commandos sweep for enemy supplies and discover large underground stores. Gen. Vang Pao leads the Meo, with Thai troops reportedly manning some artillery bases. U.S. helicopters and C123s airlift troops and supplies, while B52s and fighter-bombers target supply routes including Route 7 from North Vietnam.
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Plain of Jars
George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Laos
Vientiane
Meo
Vang Pao
Xiangkhoang
North Vietnam
Palin of Jars
Vientaine
Embezzeler Gets 2 Years From Arkansas Bank Case
John T. Banks, 26, of Trumann, was sentenced to two years in jail with six months suspended after pleading guilty to embezzling $2,000 from the First National Bank of Jonesboro. U.S. District Court Judge G Thomas Eisele ordered him to report by noon to begin serving. Banks faced charges in April based on FBI information.
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Little Rock
John T. Banks
Trumann
First National Bank of
Jonesboro
U.S. District Court
G. Thomas Eisele
Banks
U.S. Marshal's Office
FBI
Bread and butter of flattery as social fuel
Hal Boyle muses that bread may sustain life but butter makes it tasty, arguing flattery drives social ascent. He lists phrases of praise used to inflate egos, noting generals gift medals while people award kind words to others. The column playfully contrasts hollow praise with real merit and humor.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Hell
Earth
Ripon Society to Organize Arkansas Chapter Meeting
Ripon Society moves to organize an Arkansas chapter with a July 18 meeting in Little Rock directed by Tom Dillard. National director Daniel Swillinger, 28, will attend. Swillinger previously served on Sen. Charles Mathias's campaign staff.
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Ripon
Little Rock
Arkansas
The
Ripon Society
Tom Dillard
Dillard
Daniel Swillinger
Swillinger
Charles Mathias
Draft Issue Is Delayed Amid Vietnam War Debate
Washington AP Congress moves to resume the draft after a week pause awaiting Defense Secretary Laird. Senator Stennis presses for a draft-extension bill for national security while Senate backs a nine month withdrawal timeline despite House opposition. House conferees push to reword the Mansfield amendment as a nonbinding sense of Congress and reject any fixed date.
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Jim Adams
Associated Press
Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Sen
John C. Stennis
Armed Services Committee
Laird
Senate
U.S
Vietnam
House
Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
D-Law
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Hebert
Congress
United States
Hot Humid Forecast for Arkansas in Coming Days
The Associated Press reports hot and humid weather across Arkansas with generally fair skies and only widely scattered thundershowers. Daytime highs are expected in the mid 90s to over 100, with lows in the 70s. Monday saw few showers in the east as drier air moved in, yet surface humidity stayed high.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Harrison
Fayetteville
Texarkana
Worker Killed in Little Rock Accident on Roof
Wil lis Alexander of Little Rock a construction worker for Earnest Ward Construction Co of Benton was killed Monday after falling from a one story roof. The 30s man died on arrival at Malvern hospital when a drill short caused the fall according to a company spokesman.
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Malvern, Ark
Willis Alexander
Little Rock
Earnest Ward Construction Co
Benton
Alexander
Malvern
Spa Residents Die in Crash near Hot Springs Arkansas
AP report states two Hot Springs residents died in a two car crash 11 miles east of Hot Springs on US 70. Victims were Jennie B. Longo 71 and Erin Jo Wilkins 20 identified by State Police.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Jennie B. Longo
Erin Jo Wilkins
Hanoi Drive for World Sympathy Gets Cold Shoulder
Hanoi pushes a seven point peace proposal while U S public shows cold shoulder officials report Washington Sen two Democrats urge Nixon pursue Communist peace terms in South Vietnam White House notes discuss possible Bruce resignation CBS contempt vote looms World Bank urges Yahya Khan to ship food to East Pakistan and curb West Pakistani troops half a million telephone workers set to strike amid national telecom shutdown
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Kenneth J. Freed
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Hanoi
Paris
Senate
Nixon
South Vietnam
World Bank
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
East Pakistan
India
Iceland to Close Keflavik Base and Move Out U S Troops
Iceland’s incoming leftist government plans to close the Keflavik NATO base and remove about 3,000 American servicemen within four years. The coalition, led by Olafur Johannesson, backs NATO membership but favors no foreign troops in peacetime.
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Robert Lindsay
Associated Press
Reykjavik
Iceland
NATO
Keflavik
North Atlantic
New York
Moscow
Olafur Johannesson
Communist People’s Alliance
Liberal Left
Johannesson
Progressive Party
Woman Dies After Jump From Broadway Bridge
LITTLE ROCK AP Mrs Florence Sisco 67 of Little Rock was killed Monday night when she apparently jumped from the Broadway Bridge into the Arkansas River. She was pronounced dead on arrival at the University of Arkansas Medical Center.
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Little Rock
Florence Sisco
Broadway
Arkansas River
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Hope natives plan Bentonville move and local changes
All About Town notes Hatcher family moving to Bentonville after forty years in Hope as their Walnut Street home is sold to Dr. and Mrs. Bill Capps. Also reports local hospital stays and surgeries in Texarkana and Shreveport, ROTC cadet Ramsey serving at Ft. Riley, a lost child recovered at Village Shopping Center, and Sherryn Hearon receiving a $300 academic scholarship to Southern State for 1971 72 while Buster Nelson injures in a highway crash near Nashville.
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H.W. Hatcher
Hope
Bentonville
S. Walnut
Bill Capps
Dennis E. Ramsey
Edna K. May
S. Elim
Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Ramsey
Ouachita University
Sherryn Lyron Hearon
Rt. 1
Ozan
Southern State
Harmon Hearon
Lincoln High
Chief Peace Talker in Paris to Quit
Sources at the Western White House said today David K E Bruce may resign as chief U S peace negotiator in Paris. If he quits William Porter would be his replacement. Kissinger flew to meet President Nixon amid new Viet Cong peace proposals and Br uce conferred with Kissinger in Paris on Sunday.
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San Clemente
Calif
White House
David K. E. Bruce
U.S
Paris
Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Cap
David K.E. Bruce
William Porter
South Korea
Bruce
Philip C. Habib
Habib
Porter
Seoul
South Vietnam
Korea
Saigon
Algiers
Algeria
France
England
State Department
Foreign Service
Kissinger
el Toro Marine Air Station
Nixon
West Coast
William P. Rogers
Vietnam
North
South
Bangkok
Take A Swim In The News Quiz On Page Four
The Hope Star presents a weekly News Quiz on Page Four with answers on Page One. The quiz is part of the Living Textbook Program sponsored by Anderson-Frazier Insurance Agency and Hope Star for area schools.
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Anderson-Frazier Insurance Agency
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