Antiwar Lobbying Begins Week of Capitol Action
A coalition of professional religious and civil rights leaders launches a week of antiwar lobbying in Washington to persuade 24 senators to back a McGovern Hatfield amendment withdrawing U S funding from Vietnam by year end. The effort includes radio and newspaper ads, strategy sessions, and a Capitol rally with figures like Edward Kennedy and Mark Hatfield while most observers doubt it will alter the outcome.
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Robert L. Campbell
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Lobby of
Joseph Clark
D-Pa
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Stephen Young
Ohio
Capitol
Senate
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Lobby For
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Phillip Hart
D-Mich
Labor
Willard Wirtz
Health, Education and Welfare
John Gardner
Gardner
Common Cause
Arkansas Weather Summary Collected Report
Weather Experiment Station notes 24 hours ending 7 am Monday. High 91 and low 68 recorded. Forecast calls for partly cloudy warm humid conditions through Tuesday with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms most likely in the afternoon and evening. Highs Tuesday in the upper 80s to low 90s, with tonight's low around 60s to 70s.
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Arkansas
Filing Fees Protested by Solon
State Rep Art Givens of Sherwood argued in a letter to Gov Dale Bumpers that a proposed rise in filing fees in Pulaski County would freeze out average candidates. Current Senate fee is 1200 dollars and House fee is 600 dollars.
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Little Rock
Art Givens
Sherwood
Pulaski County
Givens
Dale Bumpers
State Senate
House
Pipeline Forces Evacuation Near Floral Community
In Batesville area residents of Floral community were evacuated after a ruptured liquid fertilizer pipeline released toxic fumes at about 1 a.m. Sunday. Officials had no cause yet and no injuries were reported as residents returned home late Sunday morning.
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Batesville, Ark
Batesville
Eight Die on State Highways in Arkansas Weekend
Eight persons died on Arkansas highways during a weekend period from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Victims include Charline Glasper 18 and Brenda Byrd 13 of Hughes in a truck car crash on Arkansas 147 in Crittenden County near Lehi, plus C. W. Walker 25 and Carrie Brooks 17 of near Hughes. Other fatalities were Paul Olden 21 of McNab in a single car crash on Arkansas 355 near Hope Jimmy Wenney 23 near Pocahontas after his car lost control Martin Castlow 24 of Carlisle in a two car crash on U.S. 70 and Beverly Sue Moon 24 of near Fort Smith whose car pulling a boat and trailer lost control near Fort Smith.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Arkansas 147
Crittenden County
Lehi
Charline Glasper
Brenda Byrd
Hughes
C. W. Walker
Carrie B. Brooks
Paul D. Olden
McNab
Hempstead County
Hope
Jimmy Wenney
Pocahontas
Martin Castlow
Carlisle
Lonoke
U.S
Beverly Sue Moon
Fort Smith
Supreme Court Rejects Separate Minority Districts
The Supreme Court rules 5 to 3 that states need not create separate districts for blacks or other minorities. Indiana’s plan to group center township blacks with whites in a single multi-member district is allowed unless evidence shows they cannot participate. Dissenting justices warn against undercutting minority rights and representation.
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Supreme Court
Barry Schweid
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Indiana
Byron R. White
Indianapolis
Center Township
White
Democratic Party
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
John M. Harlan
Douglas
Candlelight Mass for R Kennedy Commemorates Third Anniversary
Washington AP Three thousand people crowded a hillside above the graves of two slain Kennedys for a candlelight mass marking the third anniversary of Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination. Caroline Kennedy and twelve Kennedy children read rites as the family gathered at Robert Kennedy's grave in McLean Virginia.
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Washington
Robert Kennedy
David
Courtney
Christopher
Michael
Kerry
El Cordobes the No. 1 bullfighter goes global
Manuel Benitez Perez known as El Cordobes, 35, labeled the world’s highest paid athlete by his publicity team, critics call him a disgrace, and palace insiders name him Franco’s favorite bullfighter. He plans a June 13 satellite telecast from Jaen with two other matadors in a six-bull spectacle beamed to 52 U S cities and parts of Europe and Latin America.
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Fenton Wheeler
Associated Press
Madrid
Palace
Francisco Franco
Manuel Benitez Perez
el Cordobes
Spain
Muhammad Ali
Jaen
Management Television Systems Inc
U.S
Japan
Italy
West Germany
Latin America
Fair Park and City Park Pool Schedules and Fees
The city announces Hope Municipal Pool at Fair Park open daily 2 to 6 pm with 50c student and 75c adult admission. Season passes range 6 dollars per student 7 50 per adult and 14 per family. Adult Night Mondays and Fridays 7 to 9 pm no under 18 without an adult. Public private and adult lessons offered. Contact Youth center 5511 or Municipal Pool 8243 for details. City Park pool also 2 to 6 pm with 20c student 35c adult admission. Season passes 3 5 and 7 50. City Park Youth Center open 10 to 5 daily Kenneth Muldrew in charge. Hope Youth Center 10 to 5 daily with ping pong pool tables and upstairs dance classes. Dances scheduled through summer. Kay Moore in charge of Hope Youth Center to answer public questions.
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City of Hope
Parks and Recreation Department
Hope Municipal
Hope Fair Park
Hope
Ronnie Higgins
City Park
Kenneth Muldrew
Hope Youth Center
Kay Moore
Parks and Recreation
Bumpers Blames His Education on Veto Choices
Gov. Dale Bumpers said he probably vetoed some bills and signed others that should have been vetoed or passed, attributing his actions to his childhood education. He noted gray areas since taking office, humorously calling them “the bullfight of the century.” He contrasted the metaphor with El Cordobes a famed matador who rose from poverty, now earning over $1 million annually and owning multiple assets, while facing danger and legal issues in his career.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
el Cordobes
Manolete
Joselito
Methodist Bible School to Run June 14 18 at First United
Vacation Church School begins Monday June 14 at 9 am and runs through Friday June 18 at First United Methodist Church. Studied age groups include Kindergarten through Elementary VI with courses such as We Help One Another and Living In Gods Love. Training staff and resource persons across groups are listed, with a refreshments committee named for Elementary groups.
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First United Methodist Church
United Methodist
James McLarty, Jr
A.W. McIver, Jr
Robin Moore
Donal Parker
Matt McCauley
Herman Smith
Ralph Montgomery
Peggy McIver
Hinton Davis
Bruce Duke
Jim Lockhart
Jas. H. Burke
George Frazier
W.A. Hogan
Wayne Russell
Herman Wilson
Richard van Horn
Lyle McMahon
W.E. Reardon
Warm humid weather to persist through Thursday in Arkansas
Weather outlook calls for warm and humid conditions across Arkansas through Thursday with scattered thundershowers. Sunday showers were widespread but mostly missed reporting stations. activity shifted overnight toward northwest Arkansas, potentially cooling temperatures there. Saturday highs reached 80s to 90s, Jonesboro at 95, with lows ranging from the mid 60s to the low 70s across cities such as Fayetteville and Little Rock.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Missouri
Jonesboro
Fayetteville
Harrison
Pine Bluff
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Texarkana
el Dorado
Youth 17 Faces Charge in Waldron Shooting Death
State Police expected to file charges against a 17 year old Waldron youth tied to the fatal shooting of 23 year old Roger Dale Rogers at a roadside park on U S 71 near the Polk Scott county line. Rogers was shot in the neck with a high powered rifle.
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Mena, Ark
Waldron
Roger Dale Rogers
Boles
Scott County
U.S. 71
Polk-Scott County
Rogers
Open Housing Policy Is Awaited In Nixons Open-Housing Plan
Ranking anti discrimination groups await President Nixon's proposed open housing policy with final touches at the White House. They expect a statement honoring Supreme Court interpretations while grappling with calls for bolder action. Critics warn the plan may distinguish economics from race, citing past rhetoric and the Val Tierra decision.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Supreme Court
Herbert M. Franklin
National Urban Coalition
Jack E. Wood
National Committee Against Discrimination In Housing
Wood
Franklin
James
Valtierra
California
NCDH
Richard F. Bellman
Heflin Stricken by Heart Attack During Pool Swim
Hollywood AP reports veteran actor Van Heflin, 60, suffered a heart attack Sunday during his daily swimming routine. He was pulled from his apartment pool by a gardener and remained in guarded condition, with officials not disclosing his consciousness or improvement.
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Hollywood
van Heflin
Heflin
Revival to Begin at Sardis Baptist Church
The Sardis Missionary Baptist Church eight miles south on Patmos Road will hold a revival from Monday June 14 to Sunday June 20 at 7 30 p m Evangelist and pastor Delmer Irvin will lead the services The public is invited.
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Sardis Missionary Baptist Church
Patmos Road
Delmer Irvin
Revenue Split Doomed Says Rep Mills
Rep Wilbur Mills says he cannot stop friends from pursuing him as a Democratic presidential candidate. He will not seek the nomination and doubts the party will pick him for 1972. Mills also critiques Nixon revenue sharing and expects only modest second quarter growth, supporting a tax cut only if results reverse sharply.
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Washington
Wilbur Mills
Mills
NBC
Meet the Press
Arkansas Democrat
Nixon
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Committees
Murder Trial Begins for 4 Youths in DeWitt
In DeWitt Arkansas four youths Lamar Mannis 17 Teddy Kittler 16 Benny West 16 and Joe Kagebien 15 face first degree murder charges over the November 1970 shotgun slaying of 27 year old Wynne resident Jimmy Wayne Wampler. Jury selection starts in U.S. District Court with Prosecutor Sam Weems seeking the death penalty. Wampler's body was found in a field after West led police to the site. He was en route to a deer hunting camp when shot.
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Dewitt, Ark
DeWitt
Wynne
U.S
Jimmy Wayne Wampler
Lamar Mannis
Teddy Kittler
Benny West
Joe Kagebien
Sam Weems
Wampler
Arkansas
Here
West
Obituaries Monday June 7 1969
Obituary notices report Mrs Ollie B Allen 71 of Ho and Texarkana survivor details and funeral plans. Mrs Elizabeth H Butler 83 of Hope died. services held at First Baptist Church with burial at Memory Gardens. Fred Steinmark 21 UT athlete dies. William M Ryan 78 AP obituary note. Flourney Miller 8 of Miller and Lyles fame dies in Hollywood.
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Ollie B. Allen
Texarkana
Oakcrest Funer
Bry Allen
Hope
Marguerite Carterap
Marcelete Barty
Elizabeth H. Butler
Loca
P.m
First Baptist
S. A. Whitlow
W. Trussell
Io Memory
Herndon Funeral Home
James H. Butler
R. W. Butler
Harrisburg
Ark
Jack Butler
Charles Butler
Billy Joe Butler
Cleo Bigham
Leramae Mathison
Majorie Broomfield
Ed Herring
Little Rock
Finis Herring
Brownwood
Tex
Will Munn
Houston
Fred Steinmark
University of Texas
New York
William M. Ryan
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals
Hollywood
Flourney Miller
Miller and Lyles
Miller
Aubrey Lyles
Population Growth Commission Meets in Little Rock
Sen John L McClellan opened sessions of the Commission on Population and Growth and the American Future at the Arkansas state Capitol. The two day meeting includes Gov Dale Bumpers former Gov Winthrop Rockefeller and Rep David Pryor with John D Rockefeller III chairing. The commission will report findings in 1972 and outline a plan for future national urban revitalization and population growth. Rockefeller said Little Rock was chosen as a representative rural South city and noted his relation to a former Arkansas governor.
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Little Rock
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Commission On Population and Growth
State Capitol
McClellan
Dale Bumpers
Winthrop Rockefeller
David Pryor
Nixon
Congress
John D. Rockefeller III
Rockefeller
Arkansas
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