Murder conviction reversed by court in Arkansas
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that the defense instruction should have been given to the jury, reversing the first degree murder conviction of George Johnson Jr. for the 1970 shooting death of Miss Vicki Siscoe in her Little Rock home. The victim was hit by bullets from two firearms, including a .22 caliber pistol.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
George Johnson Jr
Johnson
Pulaski County
Vicki Siscoe
Johnson House
Eddie Jackson
Arkansas
Steele Hays
Supreme Court
John A. Fogleman
Arkansas crop foresees tomato rise while others dip
Federal figures project Arkansas tomato output to increase about 15 percent to 418000 hundredweight on 3800 acres, with yield near 110 hundredweight per acre. Apples, peaches, watermelons, and snap beans are seen below 1971 levels. Irish potatoes hold steady at 91000 hundredweight.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Federal Agriculture Department
Arkansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Occidental signs vast pact to supply Soviet Russia
Occ ident al Petroleum Co chairman Dr Armand Hammer announced a five year renewable contract with the Soviet government to supply oil and gas exploration and production, fertilizers, metal treatment, hotel design, and waste materials use along with transfers of science and technology valued up to 3 billion dollars. The deal, signed in Moscow on July 14, follows Nixon’s Moscow visit and may involve payment in Siberian crude oil and gas.
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London
Occidental Petroleum Co
U.S
Armand Hammer
Occidental
Moscow
Hammer
Soviet Union
FO Ce
Nixon
Siberian
Europe
New York
West Coast
West
Financial Times
Siberia
Seaman Charged With Arson Over Forrestal Fire
Norfolk AP reports a 1 year old seaman Jeffrey G. Allison of Oakland California is to be charged with arson after a major fire aboard the aircraft carrier Forrestal last Monday in the flag officers quarters. The blaze took eight hours to extinguish and two lesser fires were found aboard. no injuries were reported.
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Norfolk
Forrestal
Atlantic Fleet Naval Air Force
Jeffrey G. Allison
Oakland
Calif
Allison
Motion denied in air piracy case in Los Angeles
U S District Court Judge Charles H Carr denied a defense motion to dismiss the air piracy indictment against Ricardo Chavez Ortiz a 36 year old Mexican national accused of hijacking a Frontier Airlines jet over New Mexico He warned both sides a gag order may be issued if they discuss the case with reporters and urged a quiet peaceful trial.
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Los Angeles
U.S. District Court
Ricardo Chavez-Ortiz
Charles H. Carr
Hannon
Federal
Chavez-Ortiz
Frontier Airlines
New Mexico
Wayne boy designs SR-88A fighter jet for Boeing
Wayne Pennsylvania AP reports 13-year-old John Stroman designed the SR-88A delta-wing fighter with turbo-fan engines claiming 2400 mph. He seeks aircraft designer work, believes his craft could surpass the F-4 Phantom’s range and add radar for missile resistance. Boeing Wichita notes design appears flyable.
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John
Der
Valley Forge
America
Vietnam
Fire at Holiday Hotel Kills Four in San Antonio
A late night blaze at the Holiday Hotel on San Antonio's West Side killed four people and left an elderly man critically burned. Carl Vann, 42, and Anita Simpson, 20, are named among the dead. two others remained unidentified. Firefighters rescued two men from upper floors as bodies were found at stairs and on the second floor. Damage estimated at 10,000 dollars. officials called it the worst fatal blaze since 1957.
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San Antonio
Tex
Arkansas News Briefs Highlight Grants and Local Events
The Health, Education and Welfare Department approved a 66814 dollar grant to the University of Arkansas Graduate School of Social Work for a one year training project. Lt. Gov. Bob Riley praised the Democratic party reorganization and McGovern nomination at a Fayetteville luncheon. Groundbreaking marked a 1 million plus seed processing addition for Jacob Hartz Seed Co in Stuttgart. Ralph Clutter of Waldo found a 3.34 carat diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, described as a notably fine stone by staff.
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Associated Press
Pms Washington
Health, Education and Welfare Department
University of Arkansas Graduate School of Social Work
Fayetteville
John Paul Hammerschmidt
R-Ark
Fayetteville,ark
Bob Riley
Democratic Party
George McGovern
Riley
Stuttgart, Ark
Jacob Hartz Seed Co. Inc
Jake Hartz
Murfreesboro
Ralph Clutter
Waldo
Ohio
Kathryn McCarty
North America
Conway State Senator testifies in tax case defense
State Sen. Guy H. Jones of Conway testified in U S District Court that he never knowingly signed a false income tax form in his tax evasion and filing case for 1965 and 1966. He argued many cited sums were reimbursements, loans, or judgments paid to others, not fees, and some amounts were mischaracterized by the government.
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Little Rock
Guy H. Jones
Conway
Jones
U. S. District Court
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Leon B. Catlett
Raye Hockenbury
Hockenbury
Enbury
Hackenbury
George Covinton
Material witness held in Brooklyn gangland murder case
Thomas Eboli's chauffeur Joseph Sternfeld, 53, held on 250000 bond as material witness in the murder of Mafia chief Eboli. Sternfeld admitted presence but said he ducked under dash during shooting and later drove the car to New Jersey. Eboli, 61, was the 15th gangland victim since Colombo's June 1971 slaying.
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NEW York
Thomas
Tommy Ryan
Eboli
Brooklyn
Joseph Sternfeld
Sternfeld
Fair Lawn
N.J
New Jersey
Joseph A.colombo Sr
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