Two Hope girls win top Arkansas pageant honors
Congratulations to Donna Connelly for winning Miss Arkansas and to Marjorie Royston for Miss Congeniality at Hot Springs. The town shares pride in the double triumph as Donna advances toward Miss America. The piece also notes local pollution issues from beer bottles along rural roads near Hope and S Main St.
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Hope
Hot Springs
Donna Connelly
Rocky Mound
Game & Fish Commission
S. Main St
Four Highway Deaths Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports four people died in Arkansas highway crashes over the weekend. Harold Lemley of Lemley, Edward Smathers of Mulberry, Ronnie Williams of Mulberry, and Katy Smithers of Mulberry died in separate wrecks on Arkansas roads. two others, Rett Morris and Karl Ivy, were injured in a head on collision near El Dorado.
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Prescott
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Rett Morris
Karl Schuch Ivy
Magnolia
Morris
LK Morris
Prices Rise With British Dock Strike
Britain's dock strike drives up prices across markets as wholesale surcharges hit retailers and housewives. Agriculture Minister James Prior tours London markets amid discussions for a Cabinet report and possible troop involvement to unload perishables if the strike endures. Union negotiator Employment Minister Robert Carr coordinates with 47,000 longshoremen seeking weekly base pay climbs from 26.40 to 48 dollars, potentially lifting average weekly earnings from 86.40 to 132 dollars.
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London
Britain
James Prior
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Edward Heath
Robert Carr
Employment Plan expands in Hempstead and nearby counties
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller announces Rural Concentrated Employment, now extending to Pike Howard and Hempstead counties in Eastern Arkansas. The tri county effort targets about 700 new and additional jobs, with 135 positions to be filled by severely disadvantaged individuals within six months through the program.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Pike Howard
Hempstead
Rockefeller
Tricounty
Miss Arkansas Donna Jo Connelly crowned at Hot Springs
Donna Jo Connelly, 18, of Hope, crowned Miss Arkansas at the Hot Springs Convention Center. She weighs 115 pounds, 5 foot 6 inches, and 35 23 35, won preliminary talent, and will receive 2000 in scholarships plus a wardrobe and appearance contract. She aims to be an evangelistic singer and will lead the state pageant’s talent showcase and Miss Congeniality went to Marjorie Elizabeth Royston of Hope.
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Hope
Donna Jo Connelly
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Hot Springs’ Convention Center
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North Little Rock
Ouchita Baptist University
Marjorie Elizabeth Royston
G.D. Royston, Jr
Miss Arkansas
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Martha Patricia Gideon
Conway
Debborah Lynn Vantrease
Miss Connelly
Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority
James W. Connelly
Oliver
Miss Arkansas A&m
Nancy Kay Benson
Hampton
Batesville
Lynda Leah St. John
Fayettville
Janice Gail Rinn
Henderson State College
Susan Jane Toler
Arkadelphia
Springs
Ark
The
New Mass
Arkansas
Donna Due Connelly
Patricia Gideon
University of Arkansas
Deborah Lynne Vantrease
Debbye Marie Hazelwood
Magnolia
Barbara Jo Mushell
Miss Rogers
J. W. Connelly
First Baptist Church
Cooler Air Moves Into Arkansas
The Associated Press reports cooler air moving southeast across Arkansas with much lower temperatures anticipated in the northern half tonight and Tuesday. A cool front stretches from a low pressure center over the eastern Great Lakes through Kentucky and central Arkansas near Litt le Rock, then west through southern Oklahoma and northeastern New Mexico. Showers and thunderstorms formed late weekend in southern Missouri and north Arkansas, moving southeast ahead of the front. A tornado warning was issued Sunday for six counties in northeast Arkansas after a public report near Alton Missouri, with some damage indicated. Highs Sunday ranged from Fort Smith to 92 at Jonesboro.
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New Mexico
Missour
Alton
Fort Snaith
Jonesboro
De-Emphasis of Colleges May Be Next
Washington AP report: White House panel urges rethinking higher education as a national goal alongside tax on polluters and new city planning. Panel foresees population concentration in three metropolitan belts and urges coordinated growth, possibly deprioritizing four year college emphasis.
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Time Says U2 Flights Up as Soviet Moves Rise in Cuba
Time magazine reports growing U S concern over Soviet activity in Cuba with daily U2 and satellite surveillance up since the missile crisis. Six TU95 flights to Havana since April suggest reconnaissance and supply runs, while Soviet missile boats near Key Biscayne raise alert as congressional witnesses deem renewed adventure unlikely.
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Cuba
Time Magazine
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United States
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Florida White House
Mosquito Spray Program Claims Stuttgart Victory
Marian Air Service of Savannah Georgia appears to have fulfilled its pledge by eliminating at least 95 percent of mosquitoes in the Stuttgart area as the Spraying program proceeds under AP report from Stuttgart Arkansas.
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Stuttgart, Ark
Marian Air Service
Savannah
Stuttgart
Hope Traffic Accidents Reported
City police report two weekend crashes in Hope. At 6th and Hazel Eugene Elmore Tollett collided with Mrs W Phillips who was charged with failure to yield right of way. Minor damage. At North Walker and Hickory Donald Johnson backed into Monroe Willis causing minor damage. Officer Shirley investigated. Weekend totals include 3 traffic violations 2 licence violations 3 DWI 1 carrying a concealed weapon disturbing the peace and 1 AWOL for a year total 160 accidents 19 injuries.
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Hope City
6Th
Hazel
Eugene Elmore Tollett
W. Phillips
Keith Jewelry Store Robbed in Early Morning Break-In
A back window entry at Keith's Jewelry Store yielded several watches and lighters stolen. Sgt. Ward oversees the ongoing investigation.
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Keith Jewelry
Keith
Sgt. Ward
18 Year Old Vote on 13 State Ballots
Proposals to lower the voting age appear on at least 13 state ballots on November 3 as advocates push after a federal law allowing 18-year-olds to vote. President Nixon questioned Congress, while Attorney General Mitchell seeks quick court tests.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Ian MacGowan
Supreme Court
MacGowan
Georgia
Kentucky
Alaska
Hawaii
Farmers Fear Backlash on Quota Plan
A spokesman for soybean farmers warns sweeping import restrictions could trigger foreign retaliation and depress U.S. farm exports. Chet Randolph of the American Soybean Association cites a 5 to 8 percent drop in demand and 25 to 50 cent lower soybean prices per bushel, noting 51 percent of 1969-70 production was exported. He warns a protectionist recession could hit agriculture as in the 1930s.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Congress
U.S
Chet Randolph
American Soybean Association
Randolph
House
Ways and Means Committee
Agriculture Department
Midi
Maxi
Exemption Granted to Six Schools Including De Soto Ark
The Internal Revenue Service granted tax exemptions to six schools, including De Soto School Inc of Helena Arkansas, based on non-discriminatory admission policies. IRS noted complete information on non discriminatory admission. DeSoto chairman Jim Howe said admissions will be open to all regardless of race creed or sex, with about 300 students expected this fall.
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Internal Revenue Service
de Soto School, Inc
Helena
Ark
IRS
Jim Howe
DeSoto, Inc
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