Nixon supporters urge U S air help for Israel strike
A letter signed by 73 senators urged President Nixon to announce U S plans to provide Israel with urgent air power including Skyhawks and Phantoms. The move coincides with talks between Sisco Rogers and the Soviet ambassador to probe Moscow’s intentions in the Middle East and push for a new peace effort. Officials fear only peaceful action could signal weakness while Israel seeks jets and stronger U S support.
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Senate
Hugh Scott
United States
Israel
Scntt
Middle East
Asst
David M. Abshire
Joseph Sisco
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Russia
Sisco
William P. Rogers
Dobrynin
Suez Canal
Rogers
U.S
Peru Quake Toll May Reach Thirty Thousand
Amid a vast Peruvian coast quake, officials fear up to 30,000 dead as 200,000 homeless. Huaraz and Chimbote suffer heavy losses while Lima sends paratroopers and relief ships. Engineers clear roads, radios replace ham operators, and international aid flows in.
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Fernando Quevedo
Associated Press
Lima
Peru
Huaraz
Chimbote
Andes
Independencia
Bolognesi
Juan Velasco
Army Engineers
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Curaz
Caraz
Peage Corps
Arkansas Weather Forecast: Showers, Thundershowers Expected
Weather Station report for 7 a.m. Tuesday records high 82 and low 64 with 0.39 inches of precipitation. four day rainfall totals amount to 0.03 inches. Forecast calls for cloudy skies in Arkansas through Wednesday with showers and a few thundershowers today moving east, ending from the west tonight into early Wednesday. Cooler nights and a continued cool Wednesday. Lows tonight upper 50s in the northwest, low to mid 60s elsewhere. highs Wednesday mostly in the 70s.
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Weather Experiment Station
Arkansas
Cold Front to Bring Fair Skies
The cold front moving through Central Arkansas is forecast to exit tonight with fair skies expected by Wednesday. Rain will continue in parts of the state through tonight as a low pressure center over Oklahoma draws moist air into Arkansas, with showers likely through week’s end.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Harrison
Texarkana
Fayetteville
Memphis
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Faubus Perks Up With Wells Announcement
Former Gov Orval Faubus and Bill Wells of Hermitage announced for governor as Democratic nominees. Faubus had said he would seek one more term after coming out of retirement. Capitol source notes Wells entry may split votes, aiding other campaigns.
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Tommy Yates
Associated Press
Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Bill Wells
Hermitage
Faubus
Wells
Capitol
Heavy fighting at Tun Tavern base in South Vietnam
North Vietnamese troops overran part of a South Vietnamese mountaintop artillery base, causing heavy casualties for Saigon. At least 46 South Vietnamese killed, 84 wounded, 15 missing, and 57 North Vietnamese reported killed. The outpost, Tun Tavern, was a former U.S. Marine base. Battles spread to Cambodia and northern provinces with ongoing allied operations and multiple clashes near Kompong Cham and Prey Veng. A group of CBS NBC reporters were among those in the region.
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Associated Press
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Such An
South Vietnam
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Philadelphia
Marine Corps
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Mekong
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Prey Veng
Phnom Penh
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National Broadcasting Co
Gerald Miller
George Syvertsen
CBS
Welles Hapgen
NBC
Syvertsen
Miller
Hayes C. McClerkin
Texarkana
Wells
Faubus
Bill Wells
Rockefeller
Debate on death sentences and court power
The article discusses two death-penalty cases in Ohio and California, raising whether juries should determine guilt and punishment in one sitting and if trial judges guidance is required. It notes a 5 to 2 Supreme Court vote preserving a lower court order limiting a judge’s power while addressing broader questions on capital punishment.
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Ohio
Densnis C. Merdautha
California
Maxwell
U.S. Appeals Court
Stephen S. Chandler
Oklahoma City
Warren E. Burger
Chandler
Douglas
Hugo L. Black
Congress
Justice Brennan
Cudahy
Calif
Potter Stewart
Felix Frankfurter
Fires Flicker Out on Indian Held Alcatraz Island
Fires on Alcatraz Island near San Francisco Bay flickered out early today after start late Monday night. Coast Guard said damage appeared confined to five or six wooden buildings and brushland, not touching the main cell blocks where about 80 Indians live. Cause and extent of damage undetermined.
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San Francisco
Alccatraz Island
Coast Guard
San Francisco Bay
Gibbs Surprise Candidate for GOP Nomination
Lester L. Gibbs, 64, filed Monday as a surprise Republican gubernatorial candidate in Arkansas. A former Revenue Department employee with a delayed tax collection role, Gibbs paid the $1,500 filing fee and planned to complete filing after a 9:30 a.m. news conference. Gibbs has supported the GOP since 1968 and was noted by officials as little known in Republican ranks.
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Little Rock
Lester L. Gibbs
Republican Party
Gibbs
State Revenue Department
GOP
Secretary of State
Chicago
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Neal Sox Johnson
Johnson
Nick Nickerson
Revenue Department
Robert W. Faulkner
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Faulkner
Jesse James
Conway
State Highway Department
Antiwar Move Hits Military Officers Corps
Washington based 25 Navy dominated officers form Concerned Officers Movement to echo discontent with Indochina War. Lt Gig Lehman says junior officers are disillusioned. newsletter debates policy, justice, and life in the service while avoiding inflammatory language. Members range 23 to 30, many with Vietnam experience, ROTC paths, and officer commissions.
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Fred
Hoffman
Washington (Ap
U.S
Gig
Phil Lehman
Harvard
Vietnam
Lehman
California
Florida
Rhode Island
Pentagon
ROTC
Navy
Hardin outlines farm legislation and rural development vision
On June 2, 1970 Hardin called for a consensus on a new farm bill to adjust production and sustain income without hampering markets or farming efficiency. He noted the House Agriculture Committee drafts an omnibus bill reflecting administration ideas on production adjustment and payments, and warned that urban concentration of up to 100 million people could be disastrous unless rural areas gain growth, jobs, and education to curb migration.
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Harold C. Passer
Commerce Department
Internal Revenue Services
IRS
Hardin
House Agriculture Committee
U.S
Tural America
Vacation Bible School at Corinth Church
The Corinth Baptist Church near Bodcaw will host vacation Bible School from Monday June 8 to Friday June 12, 1 30 to 3 30 p m daily. Classes cater to children ages three through 12th grade with Peggy Russell as director and Janie Porter as co director.
Boycott Planned by Union Targets Pine Bluff Firm
Ray Wilhite of United Furniture Workers said the union began a nationwide boycott of Brown Manufacturing Co. of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on Monday. The action aims at pressuring the company over labor issues.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Ray Wilhite
United Furniture Workers of America
Brown Manufacturing Co
Pine Bluff
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