Departure of Martins Marks Quiet River Trip in Tennessee
Our Daily Sliced Thin notes editor Washton’s departure for a river excursion in Tennessee on Saturday July 5. He records seven years of martin arrivals and departures, with 1969 showing an early February arrival but July 5 departure, suggesting early spring and calling for follow-up on weather correlations.
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Our Daily
Alex
Washton
Martins
Tennessee
Gene Allen
Martin
South America
Work Law Retained in Constitution Convention
LITTLE ROCK AP The state Constitutional Convention voted 77 to 8 to keep the right to work provision in a new constitution. An amendment allowing agency shops in certain plants was defeated 65 to 21, proposed by Delegate Arthur Hays of Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Arthur Hays
No Break Seen in the Heat
The Associated Press reports Arkansas will stay hot and dry through Friday with no real break in temperatures. Afternoon highs reached 100 in Texarkana. highs Friday expected 95 to 102. Overnight lows mid 60s to mid 70s across Fayetteville Harrison E Dorado Little Rock Pine Bluff Fort Smith Jonesboro Memphis Texarkana. No rainfall in the 24 hours to 7 a.m. today.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
U.S
Fayetteville
Harrison
E Dorado
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Fort Smith
Jonesboro
Memphis
Texarkana
Russellville School Bonds Fail to Receive Bids
Russellville School District Superintendent John L. Vandiver says plans to sell bonds in smaller blocks after a bidless sale of 1,316,000 dollars in bonds Wednesday night.
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Russellville, Atk
John L. Vandiver
Russellville
Kidnaper Pair Taken in Texarkana
Texarkana Arkansas authorities report the arrest of Jacques Mesrine and Jeanne Schneider both 32 and 29 of Paris France on kidnapping charges linked to George Deslauriers a 55 year old Montreal millionaire. Deslauriers was kidnapped June 20 for 200000 ransom but escaped.
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Texarkana
Ark
Jacques Mes»rine
Jeanne Schneider
Paris
France
Monstreal
Quebec
George Deslauiers
Deslauier
Montreal
Deslaulers
Michael DuPont
Mesrine
Schneider
Memphis
Detroit
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
City Water Group to See Congressman Hammerschmidt
Four delegates from the City Board of Directors will meet Congressman Hammerschmidt next Monday at 1 30 p m to discuss the urgent water situation. Hope citizens are urged to conserve water as lawn watering remains prohibited by city ordinance while private and industrial needs are addressed. Garland Medders city manager says workers and sprinkler trucks are being sent to Oakhaven to fetch water now instead of the Fire Station, and Oakhaven still has adequate supply to support the trucks.
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City Board of Directors
Hammerschmidt
Garland Medders
Oakhaven
Luna 15 in orbit as Soviet lunar probe nears landing
Jodrell Bank observers report Luna 15 in elliptical lunar orbit 600 to 1,200 miles above the Moon. Tass says the craft became a lunar satellite, sparking speculation of a landing or return attempt by Friday. Lovell doubts a pure satellite aim and expects a landing attempt may follow tonight or tomorrow.
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Andrew Tomchia
Associated Press
Jodrell Bank
England
Jodrell Bank Astroniomers
Observatory
Berenard Lovell
Tass
Moscow
Bernard
Lovell
Reesea Ha
Sofl
Moscow Radio
Sublime Indifference of Life Terrifying to Philosopher Boyle
New York AP quotes display of existential irony and humorous aphorisms about life indifference. The series of wry observations covers marriage, wealth, nature, cynicism, reading, laughter, politics, diet, and self care with sharp, humorous critique of human foibles. The tone is reflective and satirical, echoing a columnist’s bite.
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Philosopher Boyle
New York
Flag on Moon Won’t Grant U S Legal Claim
Colorado Springs AP Brig Gen Martin Menter asserts planting a flag on the moon carries no legal claim to lunar territory. He notes a 1967 treaty by the U S and Soviet Union bans claims to celestial bodies and prohibits weapons of mass destruction in space.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
United States
Martin Menter
Air Force Aerospace Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
Soviet Union
Menter
Nixons to Follow Moon Walk Show
Washington reports that President and Mrs. Nixon plan to stay up to watch the Apollo 11 moon walk. Mrs. Nixon said she would not miss the 2:21 a.m. telecast and praised Wednesday's launch, noting it went off beautifully and with her prayers.
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Washington
Neil A. Armstrong
Europe Hails Apollo 11 Launch Across Continent
European papers flood注 pages with Saturn V launch images and jubilant headlines. Le Figaro calls it humanity’s greatest adventure, while Paris Jour proclaims Bravo and British and Yugoslav papers dedicate extensive sections. Astronomers may glimpse Apollo 11 tonight if skies allow.
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Eula Runer
Associated Press
Wester London
Europe
Earth
le Figaro
Cape Kennedy
ParisJour
V’humanite
Britain
Daily Mirror
Mission Control
Sun
Morning Star
Yuri Gagarin
Cuba
John Pilger
Vietnam
Rome
Il Messagero
Communist Party
l’Unita
Glass damage at UC campus tops $30,000
BERKELEY Calif AP university official said Wednesday more than $30 000 worth of glass windows have been smashed by demonstrators on the University of California campus since January 1.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Apollo 11 Passes Half Way Mark on Voyage to the Moon
Apollo 11 mission toward the moon advances with commander Neil Armstrong and crewmates Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins aboard the command module. Controllers report two minor readouts, an oxygen vent sensor and star sighting alignment challenge, but no mission threats noted.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Earth
Neil A. Armstrong
Air Force
Edwin E. Alderin Jr
Michael Collins
Moon
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Wut
Collins
Apollo Named Birth Date After Moon Launch In Dacca Pakistan
AP reports a Pakistani boy born an hour after Apollo 11 launch was named Apollo. The article summarizes the first day and second day in space with crew awakenings, meals, midcourse checks, and the moment the Saturn V hurled Apollo 11 into Earth orbit. The crew later separated modules and prepared for lunar travel while Armstrong beamed a portrait of Earth.
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Dacca
Pakistan
Moon
Armstrong
Earth
Sali
Astronauts Guide Ship by the Stars to Moon and Back
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins reached the halfway point of their outward journey to the moon at 10 33 a m EDT marching 120 003 miles from Earth and Moon. Russia reported Luna 15 in lunar orbit amid speculation it may gather samples.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aérospace Winter Space: Center
Houston
America
Rusia
Moscow
Moon
Earth
Neil A. Armstrong
Air Force
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael ‘Collins
Washlington
Frank Borman
Russia
Yuri A. Gagarin
Vladimir Komarov
Gagarin
Komarov
Cape Kennedy
Virgil Grissom
Edward H. White
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
Apollo
Mediterranean
North
Africa
Portugal
Spain
France
Italy
Mission Contrab
ROTC Cadet Camp and local community notices in Hope Arkansas
Army Reserve ROTC cadet Charles F Batson attends Advanced Summer Camp June 4 to July 16 at Ft Sill Oklahoma. Jack T Peachy USN serves aboard USS Ozark with Task Force 140 during Apollo II mission. Hope Youth Council to Afro-Dance at City Park Youth Center Friday night at 9. Hempstead County Youth and Civic Center Committee meet Friday July 18 at First National Bank Community Room to elect executive committee for planning a new center. Ann Arnold home after prepedie surgery in Little Rock. William Stephen Crain elected resident of Crittenden County Bar Association. Proj Areas Committee July meeting postponed to July 24 at 4 pm in the Douglas Building.
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Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Charles F. Batson
Route 1, Hope
Ft. Sill
Okla
Bateson
Jack T. Peachey
USN
A.B. Pearchey
Prescott
Jean Tuten
S.C
Uss Ozark
Hempstead County
First National Bank
1 743 Objects Are New in Orbit
Colorado Springs report says the U S Aerospace Defense Command announces a new batch of 1 743 objects placed in orbit highlighting space surveillance and tracking efforts by the defense command with details incomplete from the AP dispatch
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Colorado Springs, Colo
U.S. Aerospace Defrease Command
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School of Aviation Medicine
Randolph Field
Enneentnea Sry
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Hope Youth Camel
City Park Youth Center
Ann Arnold
Littleck
William Stephen Crain
Hale and Fogleman, West Memephis Law Firm
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Hope
Hope High
U of A School of Law
Louis Crain
W.S. Atkins
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