New Hope for Soviet U S Arms Pact
Nixon signals possible understanding on offensive weapons and a potential ABM treaty as SALT talks resume in Helsinki. The plan may lead to a full treaty for Senate approval, with focus on limiting Russia’s SS9 missiles and land based offensive systems. In Little Rock five Laffertys were arrested on bookmaking charges under the 1970 Organized Crime act.
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Associated Press
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Nixon
Senate
Russia
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Helsinki
William P. Rogers
NAACP Demands Justice Dept Probe of Russ Shooting
NAACP president Dr. Jerry Jewell urged Washington to investigate the fatal shooting of Daniel Russ, 28, of Monticello. Pine Bluff Prosecutor Joe Holmes said Star City Marshal Charles Ratliff killed Russ at the city jail while Russ paid a fine or while jailed, with a grand jury to meet soon.
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Ark
Jerry Jewell
North Little Rock
NAACP
Justice Department
Washington
Daniel Russ
Monticello
Joe Holmes
Russ
Star City
Charles Ratliff
Holmes
Weather Forecast Report from Arkansas Station
Weather experiment station report notes 24 hours ending 7 am Wednesday with high 90 and low 64. Partly cloudy and warm through Thursday with a few afternoon thunder showers, most numerous in the south. Highs in mid 80s to low 90s, lows tonight in upper 50s to mid 60s.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
South
North Vietnam denounces POW repatriation move as sham
Paris AP dispatch reports North Vietnam denounces Saigon and Washington for a supposed sham proposal to repatriate 13 of 647 sick and wounded POWs. Spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le calls the plan vile and cynical while Saigon says most prisoners fear reprisals and prefer staying in the South. The handover is set for Friday at sea near the DMZ under a 24 hour truce.
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Paris
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
United States
North
Nguyen Thanh le
Saigon
Washington
U.S
Tran van Lam
Lam
Red Cross
Population Growth Hearings Planned in Arkansas
Washington AP The presidential Commission on Population Growth will hold hearings in Little Rock Arkansas June 7-8 as part of its study on population growth and distribution. Led by John D Rockefeller III the panel prepares recommendations for a national policy next year. Witnesses include Senator John L McClellan Rep David Pryor Governor Dale Bumpers and former Governor Winthrop Rockefeller. The sessions will be public in the governor's conference room at the Capitol.
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Washington
Presidential Commission On Population Growth
Little Rock
Ark
Commission
John D. Rockefeller III
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
David Pryor
Dale Bumpers
Winthrop Rockefeller
Capitol
Age bias suit filed against Little Rock publisher
The Labor Department filed a federal suit in Little Rock alleging Public Circulation Service Inc. violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act by running four ads showing a preference based on age. It seeks a permanent injunction to stop further violations. The firm distributes magazines and newspapers.
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Little Rock
Public Circulation Service Inc
U.S. Labor Department
Federal District Court
Labor Department
L A Couple Freed in Gambling Case acquittal at Little Rock
William D. Upton and Wanda Jean Upton of Little Rock were acquitted in circuit court on the felony charge of keeping a gambling house. Judge Adkisson directed a verdict for Mrs Upton after the state rested, and the jury deliberated about five minutes before the acquittal.
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Little Rock
William D. Upton
Wanda Jean Upton
Richard B. Adkisson
Aluminum Wage Row Signals Wider Union Demands
White House warns a 30 percent aluminum wage deal could push up settlements across 1.2 million workers in steel coal copper and telecom. AFL-CIO Steelworkers leader Abel accuses Nixon of intervention as talks loom in mining refining and fabricating copper lead zinc. Also rising are negotiations with the Communications Workers and Bell System affecting nearly 500,000 workers.
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Washington
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Ziegler
I.W. Abel
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers Union
Abel
Steelworkers
Bell Telephone System
Arkansas Methodists Reject Merger Plan
The North Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church rejected a merger with the Southwest Annual Conference calling it unacceptable and unconstitutional. A committee will draft another merger plan for possible use in a pre General Conference session.
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Fayetteville, Ark
North Arkansas
United Methodist Church
Southwest Annual Conference
Little Rock and
Oklahoma
Arkansas
General Donaldson Faces War Crime Charges Over eight Vietnamese deaths
Army charges Brig. Gen. John W. Donaldson with murder and assault in eight civilian deaths in Quang Ngai Province between 1968 and 1969. Announcement expected at Ft. Meade. Donaldson once top Joint Chiefs planner and led the 11th Infantry Brigade during My Lai era. Calley already sentenced for My Lai killings.
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Washington
John W. Donaldson
Associated Press
Ft. Meade
Donaldson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
West Point
U.S
Quang Ngai
My Lai
11Th Infantry Brigade
William L. Calley
Calley
11Th Brigaae
Johnson Backs Mills for President as Support Grows
Conway’s Jim Johnson, former state Supreme Court justice and ex gubernatorial candidate, endorses Rep. Wilbur Mills for president. Johnson cites the threat of bankruptcy and Mills as the only hope to save the economy. Mills welcomes the support but remains noncommittal, while 1968 backdrop and San Diego bid dynamics shape party convention talk with other cities like Chicago, San Francisco, Houston and Miami Beach in contention.
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Conway
Ark
Jim Johnson
Supreme Court
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Johnson
George Wallace
Mills
Arkansas
Chicago
San Francisco
Houston
Miami Beach
San Diego
California
Los Angeles
Bob Gadbois
Convention Bureaus
Cochran Rites Held In Memory Gardens
Hilberne R. Cochran 48 of Prescott Rt 1 died Tuesday in Sterlington Louisiana. He was a rancher and farmer. Survivors include wife Eloise, son Robert Stance Cochran, daughter Mrs J A Baker, grandson Thommy Lee Baker, mother Mrs Ras Cochran, sisters Mrs Mallard Carter and Mrs Sam Windham. Funeral Thursday at 10 a m in Herndon Chapel with Rev Al Butler officiating. Burial Memory Gardens under Herndon Funeral Home Hope.
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Hilberne R. Cochran
Helberne R. Cochran
Prescott Rt. 1
Sterlington
Eloise
Prescott
Robert Stance Cochran
J. A. Baker
Baton Rouge
Thommy Lee Baker
Ras Cochran
Laurel
Mallard Carter
Sam Windham
Herndon Chapel
al Butler
Memory Gardens
Herndon Funeral Home of Hope
Revenue Sharing Vote Faces House Battle Over Jobs Plan
House leaders marshal support for a Democratic alternative to Nixon revenue sharing drawn to win over Southern members. The $5 billion proposal would fund jobs in schools hospitals and parks over five years while countering unemployment with new federal aid versus Nixon plan boosting current levels and removing local matching funds.
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Jay Perkins
Associated Press
Washington
House
Nixon
Carl Albert
Albert
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
Rules Committee
Colmer
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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