Poor People V. Memphis March Opens Arkansas Rally
A planned August march from West Memphis to Little Rock seeks to mobilize poor whites and Negroes statewide. Organizers expect hundreds to protest poverty along Interstate 40 with a rally at the Capitol. Gov Rockefeller will be asked to attend, with legality and camping rules to be set by authorities. Clyde Wilson of Hot Springs is named amateur athlete of the month for June by Arkansas sportswriters.
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Sikes Ties Four in Philadelphia Classic Finish
R H Sikes of Springdale shared a lead in regulation at the Philadelphia Golf Classic but settled for second place behind hot-handed Dave Hill after carding a 67 in Sunday’s final round.
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Weather forecast for Arkansas with warm, storm potential
Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Monday shows a high of 93 and a low of 71. Forecast calls for partly cloudy and warm conditions through Tuesday with scattered thunderstorms today and Tuesday mainly in the afternoons and evenings. Highs today expected in the upper 80s to lower 90s, with tonight’s lows in the mid 80s to low 70s.
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Quiet Vietnam fronts as Apollo 11 lands
South Vietnam reported a quiet battlefield with only a six round mortar clash near a camp south of the DMZ after Apollo 11 touched down. U.S. Command said operations continued normally and 18 enemy shellings occurred with no American casualties. Operation Mighty Play ended with 31 enemy killed and 3 American dead, 34 wounded.
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Vietnam War Update From Da Nang To Hue
A U.S. Marine helicopter was shot down 22 miles southwest of Da Nang, killing nine South Vietnamese and injuring one American and eight South Vietnamese. North Vietnam claimed another drone downed. South Vietnamese and U.S. forces reported multiple clashes near the DMZ and Hue with casualties on both sides. Gen Wheeler noted no political motive in battlefield actions and discussed Vietnamization and troop withdrawals with President Nixon.
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Funds Hiked in Fight on Crime and Drugs
The House Appropriations Committee approved a large increase in funds to fight crime and drug abuse and adopted a new provision targeting student rioters. The panel also rejected an administration request to aid desegregation in local schools while backing a $2.5 billion bill for State, Commerce and Justice. In golf, Hill won $30,000 for first place, with Sikes, Brewer and Jacobs each earning $11,000 after a first-hole deadlock.
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Eight Highway Deaths in Arkansas Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports eight people died on Arkansas highways over the weekend from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Names include Francis McCain 16 of Widener, Ronnie Harmer 19 and Joe Whitten ton 19 of Forrest City, Carolyn Miller 19 of Luxora, L T Coleman 36 of Holly Grove, Herman McClain 74 and Hettie 55 of Locust Grove, Berry Hempstead 60 of Gordon. McCain Harmer Whitten ton fatally injured. Miller, Coleman fatally killed. McClain couple fatal in two car crash. Hempstead fatally injured in two car crash.
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Forrest City
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Kosygin Says Russia Will Co operate For Peace
Former Vice President Hubert Humephrey met with Soviet Premier Kosygin who said the Soviet Union desires cooperation with the United States for peace. Kosygin praised Apollo 11 and wished the astronauts well. Brezhnev arrived in Warsaw for Polish Communist celebrations and greeted U.S. ambassador Stoessel.
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