Laird Open to Cutting Joint Chiefs From Operations
Secretary Laird signals openness to a White House panel plan to strip Joint Chiefs of Staff from military operations. He will consult uniformed leaders and lawmakers before any action, wary of congressional resistance and civil control debates. The plan also envisions a civilian deputy secretary for operations and a new military staff, risking clash with the chiefs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Neil H. McElroy
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House Armed Services Committees
Weather Elsewhere staff could rival joint chiefs in power
The text suggests a single chief of staff emerging to oversee operations, potentially eclipsing the current joint chiefs in influence. It notes uncertainty whether the chairman of the joint chiefs would also lead the new operations staff, indicating a reorganization debate without a confirmed structure.
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Joint Chiefs
Arkansas Weather: Hot and Fair Through Friday
The 24 hour report ends at 7 am Thursday with a high of 94 and a low of 70. Arkansas forecast calls for fair and hot conditions through Friday with isolated afternoon and evening thunder showers. Highs Friday range in the mid 90s to the low 100s and tonight’s lows stay in the 70s.
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Weather Experiment Station
Arkansas
Homesite Loans Available for Rural Housing Program
Harold Foster of Hempstead County announces a Farmers Home Administration program to loan funds to local public agencies and nonprofit groups to buy and develop land as homesites for sale to low and moderate income rural families. The plan aims to upgrade living conditions by creating adequately serviced sites with roads and utilities.
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Farmers Home Administration
Harold Foster
Hempstead
Department of Agriculture Credit Agency
Farmers Home
James V. Smith
FHA
Foster
United States
Senators urge clear U S policy to defend Middle East interests
A majority of senators signed a letter to President Nixon urging a clearly expressed U S policy to protect and defend Middle East interests. They argue such a stance could deter Soviet risk amid the Israel Arab conflict and reiterate support for selling Israel the 125 new jet warplanes sought and for vigorous U S peace efforts.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
Middle East
Soviet Union
Israel
Senate
U.S
Hope Star roster of staff and rates 1929 edition
Hope Star publishes details of the Star Publishing Co staff with executive roles and contact numbers, and lists subscription pricing for various regions and delivery options. The document also notes AP and press association memberships and advertising reach across Arkansas and neighboring states.
English Theater Stripping Aims To Teach Language
In London a BBC English Teaching Theater group stages weekly two hour lessons where 24 year old Sandra nicknamed Fifi strips to teach English to foreign visitors. Patrons pay 72 cents. educator Piers Plowright calls it pure educational theater and says the BBC may export a similar TV series due to strong student gains.
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Rodney Pinder
Associated Press
London
Curry Sandra Freeman
Sandra
British Broadcasting Corp
Jeremy Harrison
Piers Plowright
BBC
Thousands Arrive For Powder Ridge Festival Barricaded by Court
In Middlefield Connecticut thousands of youths swarmed Powder Ridge to attend a rock festival banned by a court injunction. Despite utilities being shut off by 8 a.m. and police readiness, the crowd remained, camping in tents and on the slopes, while organizers and officials urged departure. Tickets cost 10 dollars per night, 20 for the weekend, with no refunds promised.
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Dan Hal
Associated Press
Middlefield, Conn
Powder Ridge
Louis Zemel
Vincent J. Scamperino
57Th Street
New York City
New York
Zemel
Scamperino
Middleton Arts International, Inc
Alworth Property Auction Over Foreclosure Judgment
Four lots and part of a fifth mortgaged by former Arkansas Razorback star Lance Alworth will be sold at auction to satisfy a $74,721.51 default judgment won by Twin City Bank of North Little Rock on July 9. The sale is set for August 20 in Pulaski County. Alworth has not satisfied the judgment. He was an All American halfback for the Razorbacks and later played for the San Diego Chargers, residing mostly in San Diego.
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Alworth
Razorbacks
San Diego Chargers
San Diego
Highway Dept Adds 27 Miles to County Roads in Arkansas
The Arkansas Highway Commission approved adding more than 27 miles to the state highway system. The changes include nine miles grafted as Arkansas 78 from Wheatley to near Hunter, about 9.1 miles as Arkansas 385 from Griffithville to Kensett, 4.6 miles as Arkansas 126 from Gassville to Buford, about four miles from Ves ta to Sebastian County as Arkansas 217, and 0.52 miles of U.S. 67 to the current highway location.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Wheatley
St. Francis County
Hunter
Woodruff County
White County
Griffithville
Kensett
Gassville
Baxter County
Buford
Arkansas
Sgt May Climbs Death Valley Trek Man Eyes Swiss Peak
Downey California AP Army S Sgt Jack Nelson 34 completed a 130 mile trek across Death Valley the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. He now plans to climb the 14 685 foot Masterhorn in the Swiss Alps next year aiming for a snow capped peak.
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Calif
Death Valley
Army S
Jack Nelson
Hemisphere
Swiss Alps
Bridge work to start on Arkansas River bridges
Arkansas Highway Department said Wednesday that contractor equipment is moving onto the river and work will begin on the Main Street Bridge and Broadway Bridge projects at Little Rock. Martin K. Eby Construction Co. of Wichita, Kansas, won the contract for both sites at about $9.7 million. The Main Street Bridge should be finished late in 1972, with Broadway Bridge remodeling to follow.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Department
Arkansas River
Main Street
Martin K. Eby Construction Co
Wichita
Kan
US deaths in Vietnam rise slighty amid low combat pace
The US Command reported 77 Americans killed last week in Vietnam, up from the prior week, with 510 wounded. Over four weeks, 276 combat deaths set a four year low while total wounded reached 2,521. Most action centered on patrol clashes and small-unit skirmishes, as allied forces reported 2,240 enemy killed and U.S. air strikes flew 10 Mekong Delta raids.
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Robert Tuckman
Associated Press
Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. Bri2g
Mekong Delta
Phnom Penh
Siem Reap
Angkor Wat
Funeral services held for Norman O. Taylor 64
Norman O. Taylor 64 died Wednesday night in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in the Herndon Chapel with Rev. Carlton Roberts and Rev. Merlin Cox officiating. Burial follows at Memory Gardens. Herndon Funeral Home is in charge. Survivors include wife Marie Taylor three daughters three sisters one brother his mother and five grandchildren.
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Norman O. Taylor
Herndon Chapel
Carlton Roberts
Merlin Cox
Memory Gardens
Herndon Funeral Home
Marie Taylor
Brooks Collins
Carl Ward
Hope
Earlie Foster
Amarilla
Texas
Dodson Taylor
Zachary
Pearl Taylor
Bodean
Opal Lockwell
Houston
Kenny Russell
Dester Mason
Army to Move Nerve Gas by Rail Then Dump in Ocean
Rep Cornelius Gallagher says the Army plans a summer trainload of GB nerve gas from Blue Grass Depot Kentucky through Tennessee to Atlanta then Wilmington to be towed 250 miles offshore and sunk in 1500 feet of water. A crane train and fire crews will precede it as Pentagon officials reviewed 12 alternative disposal options.
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Army
Mike Shanahan
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Cornelius FE. Gallagher
D-N.j
Atlantic Ocean
Blue Grass
Lexington
Tennessee
Atlanta
Wilmington
N.C
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