Martins Still Here Says Pearl Honeycutt
The Star’s editor notes readers report purple martins with varied schedules. Pearl Honeycutt of McCaskill Arkansas recounts martins in her boxes on July 21 1971 and observes earlier arrivals in February with departures around July 4. She explains the birds migrate in four month cycles between here and South America.
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the Star
Star
Pearl Honeycutt
McCaskill, Ark
Ilinois
Mexico
South America
Long sets tone in welfare reform hearings
Senator Russell B. Long opened Senate Finance Committee hearings on President Nixon’s welfare plan. He said the panel will back a workfare approach over guaranteed income, as administration witnesses Richardson and Hodgson argued for reform. The House already tied welfare to Social Security benefits, proposing 2400 dollars a year for a family of four and work requirements. Long warned the Senate will not accept the House terms, insisting eligibility must favor work and cap benefits for nonworking able bodied adults.
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Washington
Russell B. Long
Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana Democrat
Senate
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Elliot J. Richardson
Secretary of Labor
James D. Hodgson
House
Richardson
Hodgson
Long
Inhumanity at La. Prison Documented
New Orleans AP dispatch details Representative Dorothy Taylor visiting Orleans Parish Prison. She found prisoners chained to staircases and others needing medical care as guards held hostage for eight hours. The release followed Taylor’s pledge to relay grievances and form a citizen inspection group. nine Black Panthers on trial amid the uprising. Judge Israel Augustine cautioned against condoning such methods. In Nashville, Ark., William S. Barnhart, 49, died when his tractor trailer overturned off Arkansas 4 south of town.
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New Orleans
Dorothy Taylor
Orleans Parish
Nashville, Ark
William S. Barnhart
Conway
Arkansas 4
Here
Kennedy Rules Out 1972 Presidential Bid
New York AP reports Senator Edward M. Kennedy says fear for his safety and family pressures crush his bid to seek the Democratic nomination in 1972. He tells Look magazine he will not campaign in primaries, doubts a rapid national mood swing, and hints at future plans under different circumstances.
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New York
Edward M. Kennedy
Current Look
Kennedy
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Warren Rogers
First Juror Chosen in Medina Trial
Medina trial in progress as Col William Proctor, a decorated veteran, is tentatively seated as jury foreman from an initial panel of 10 jurors. The case against Capt Ernest L Medina for alleged assault and murder of 102 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968 advances with at least five jurors required.
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Ti’. McPherson
Ernest L. Medina
My Lai
William Proctor
Medina
Montrose
Cola
Thieu Charges Plot to Shore Up Delta Campaign
SAIGON AP Major General Ngo Dau faced drug trafficking and corruption charges as part of a plan to realign Vietnam military leadership to boost Thieu’s election chances. A leaked tip derailed the plot, with Thieu fearing a Ky Minh challenge and aiming to win a southern landslide, while Truong and Dzu obstacles sparked wider army dissent.
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J. T. Volkerstorfer
Associated Press
Saigon
Ngo Dau
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Mekong Delta
Duong van Minh
Nguyen Cao Ky
Military Region 4
Delta
Ngo
Quang Truong
South Vietnam
Truong
Nguyen Vinh Nghi
Thien
Military Region 2
Central Highlands
Dzu
Robert H. Steele
Connecticut Republican
U.S
Bids Listed for Arkansas Highway Projects Across State
Arkansas Highway Commission opened 14 bids totaling 6.38 million dollars for multiple surfacing projects. Bituminous of Pine Bluff submitted the apparent low bid of 1.89 million for 9.6 miles of Arkansas 18 east of U.S. 63 in Jonesboro. Other bids cover U.S. 70 near Brinkley Palestine, Arkansas 241 north from Clarendon to Arkansas 17, and numerous county actions including Arkansas 42, 262, 299, 162, 22, and 4 24 with bridges and traffic controls in towns such as Twist Laneburg Camden Fort Smith Bald Knob and El Dorado.
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Little Rock
Bituminous, Inc
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
U.S. 63
Jonesboro
Arkansas Highway Commission
Mone
ST. Francis
U.S. 70
Brinkley
Palestine
Hardy Construction Co., Inc
Monroe
Clarendon
Arkansas 17
Ben M. Hogan Co., Inc
McGeorge Contracting Co., Inc
Crittenden
Twist
W. L. Sharpe Contracting Co., Inc
Memphis
Woodruff
Arkansas 33
Nevada
Laneburg
R. N. Reynolds Construction Co., Inc
Camden
Southwest Arkansas Co., Inc
Texarkana
Crawford
Kibler
Ouachita
Jet Ashphalt and Rock Co
el Dorado
Baxter
White River
Norfolk
Forsgren, Inc
Fort Smith
Hope Predicts Troop Withdraw From Vietnam Next July
Comedian Bob Hope told the National Exchange Club at its 53rd convention in Salt Lake City that virtually all U.S. troops will be out of Vietnam by next July. He received the Outstanding American Award for his Christmas shows for servicemen.
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Salt Lake City
Bob Hope
Vietnam
U.S
Hope
National Exchange Club
Area Draft Age Men Uncertain in Hope and Nashville
Wanda Cox executive secretary for Hope and Nashville boards says Congress gridlock on extending induction authority creates uncertainty among area draft age men. She notes calls may resume soon and emphasizes continued registration classification and preinduction exams. Local boards will consider deferments and exemptions. contact points listed in Hope and Nashville.
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Selective Service System
Wanda Cox
Hope and
Nashville
Cox
Defense Department
Selective Service
Cool Front Moves Through Arkansas With Thunder Showers
The cool front entered extreme northwest Arkansas Monday and moved through the state into northern Louisiana. Thundershowers are likely across south Arkansas tonight and into Wednesday as the front progresses. Highs will stay in the 80s with lows around 60s to 70s, under a high pressure cell over western Missouri. Local overnight lows included Fayetteville 58 and Little Rock 70.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Apollo 15 Eyes Lunar Crust Mystery and Test Burn Schedule
SPACE CENTER Houston AP The Apollo 15 mission will use a new instrument suite on the Endeavour to study the moon’s far side crust while Alfred Worden commands orbit. The crew, Scott and Irwin, will explore the surface with the Falcon lander. The timetable shows a midcourse engine firing, a live telecast, and return to Endeavour after Falcon inspection.
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Endeavour
Alfred M. Worden
Lunar
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Earth
Harold Masursky
U.S. Geological Survey
Apollo Timetable
Space Center
Houston
Endeavor
Space
Falcon
Apollo 15 moves up engine fire for lunar landing test
Mission Control moved up a 2:05 p m EDT firing of the Apollo 15 service propulsion system to test ignition amid a short in the engine circuitry. If ignition succeeds, Scott Irwin Worden proceed toward lunar landing. if not, backup plans would shift to an alternate lunar orbit mission.
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Glynn Lunney
Lunney
Manned Spacecraft Center
Cape Kennedy
Lunar
Earth
Moon
Wives of Apollo 15 Crewshare Quiet Resolve
The Apollo 15 wives admit tears at Cape Kennedy but say worry is useless. Mary Irwin and Lurton Scott describe faith and coping as their husbands launch Saturn 5 toward the moon. The women, mothering four and homeward bound to Houston, express mixed emotions while Worden and the crew handle a minor electrical issue aboard.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Space Center
Houston
Mary Irwin
James B. Irwin
Lurton Scott
David R. Scott
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Little League trip funds appeal and local notices
All Around Town invites help financing the Little League trip to the state tournament in Pine Bluff August 56. Also notes Naval graduations, Bass Bonanza event at Millwood Lake September 25 26 with $20 000 purse, a cemetery fund drive in Shower Springs, a VEE epidemic postponement for the Hope Roundup Club, and local honors including Waynesboro educator of the year and Henderson State College commencement plans with several Hope area degree recipients.
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Pine Bluff
Perry Henley
American Anglers Association
Millwood Lake
AAA
Gulf Freeway
Suite
Houston
Texas
Drowns in Drainage Ditch Near Marked Tree
James Luster aged 23 of Marked Tree drowned Monday after apparently slipping into a waist deep drainage ditch hole two miles east of Marked Tree. He could not swim and witnesses saw him go under in the water.
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Marked Tree
Ark
James Luster
Marked
Luster
People and Places Considers China Quiz
A five part People and Places Quiz examines Communist China and its ties to the United States and other nations. The quiz appears in Page 4, with answers on Page 3, as part of the Livi Textbook Program sponsored by First National Bank and Star for area schools.
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China
Nixon
Peking
United States
First National Bank and
Star
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Trademan
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Tenn
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Howard Reece
Rt. 2
Hope Roundup Club
Whitfield Masonrc Lodge No. 239
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Linda K. Lewallen McClung
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Hot Springs
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Riley Lewallen
Henderson State College
Robert Terry Huffman
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Sandra Kay Booker
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