Bumpers Urges Focus On Arkansas Living Standards
Arkansas Governor Dale Bumpers told a population growth commission that stabilizing growth and an excellent living environment are vital assets, while underemployment and low incomes strain state services. He urged prioritizing family planning and targeted manpower programs to eastern and southern regions, noting no push for population booms.
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Dale Bumpers
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iState
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Paul Stabler
Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission
Stabler
Weather station report for Arkansas region
Weather Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Wednesday notes high of 89 degrees and low of 61 with 0.36 inches of rain. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms most numerous in the afternoons and evenings. Temperature trend remains similar. High Thursday expected in the 80s to low 90s with tonight’s low in the 60s and lower 70s.
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Arkansas
Indian Population Doubles in Decade Says Tulsa Leader
A Tulsa leader claims Indian population has more than doubled in ten years while other groups gain control of city programs. He notes last year Indian projects in Tulsa received $24,000 and advocates shifting industry to rural and reservation areas to improve conditions for Indians.
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Tulsa
Stabler
Allotment Program Renewal Faces House Debate
The House moves to renew the 1948 Sugar Act renewing the allotment program critics say aids producers and foreign quotas while keeping sugar costly for Americans supporters argue it ensures supply and fair competition Washington committee approves extension 30 to 3 with opponents balking over consumer impact and policy details including South Africa Peru and Ecuador provisions and potential tax on expropriated goods
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U.S
House Agriculture Committee
John G. Dow
D-N.y
Wiley Mayne
Iowa
Dow
South Africa
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Ecuador
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West Pointer AWOL in Germany with Sweden as possible refuge
A West Point graduate, 1st Lt. John R. Wequist, 24, of Pittsburg Kansas, has been absent without leave since May 20 while stationed in Germany. Pentagon sources say he may be with his wife in Sweden, where about 245 other American servicemen have sought refuge. He will be deserter if missing 30 days. His father, contacted in Pittsburg, said he is surprised by the notice.
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Pittsburg
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Pentagon
Vequist
United States
Wequist
Kent
David G. Wequist
Texas Libel Fight Over Oil Land Near Sabine River
The long running border clash between Texas and Louisiana reaches a hearing day before the U S Supreme Court based on the Sabine River boundary. Judge Robert Van Pelt will hear arguments from Atty Gen Crawford Martin and Price Daniel for Texas and Louisiana’s Jack Gremillion Sam Jones and Oliver Stockwell. The dispute hinges on whether the boundary lies in mid river or along the river, with oil rich lands and Pleasure Island included in Port Arthur Texas. The case traces from 1806 disputes and multiple governments to today.
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Nebraska
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Sam Jones
Oliver Stockwell
Lake Charles
Crawford Martin
Price Daniel
William C. C. Claiborne
Supreme Court
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W 2 Tax Form Needed for SS Filing
Otis A Blackwood notes the key records for social security claims. Bring your W 2 form or last year tax return plus your social security number and birth record to Texarkana office at 121 College Drive. You may file by phone or mail using number 794 3755.
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Otis A. Blackwood
Texarkana
Social Security
College Drive
Texas
Murder Trial of 4 Begun at DeWitt
Jury selection continued in the first degree murder case of four DeWitt youths charged with the shotgun slaying of 27 year old Jimmy Wayne Wampler on a Wynne rice farm last November. Defendants are Lamar Mannis Teddy Kittler Benny West and Joe Kagebien. The judge denied a defense motion for mistrial over questioned jurors.
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Dewitt, Ark
Lamar Mannis
Teddy Kittler
Benny West
Joe Kagebien
DeWitt
Jimmy Wayne Wampler
Wampler
Joe Rhodes
Liberty Revival at New Liberty Missionary Baptist Church
New Liberty Missionary Baptist Church in Hope Arkansas will host a Liberty Revival from Sunday June 13 through Friday June 18. Morning services start at 10 30 a m and evening services at 7 30 p m evangelist Rev D D Fairchild and pastor Rev Harold Marcum lead this religious event.
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New Liberty Missionary
West Memphis Board files new desegregation plan
The West Memphis School Board filed a new desegregation plan in U.S. District Court in Little Rock. The plan creates attendance zones for grades 1 through 9 after Judge G Thomas Eisele ordered disestablishment of racially identifiable schools.
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Little Rock
West Memphis
U.S. District Court
G. Thomas Eisele
Plan Leaves Desegregation Intact in Top Three Grades
In the district, the plan does not change operations for the top three grades, which had been fully desegregated on March 1. This maintains the existing integration despite broader discussions.
Obituaries list several notable deaths across the nation
Obituaries note Vera Hood Moses 66 of Jacksonville Ark burial at Friendship Cemetery with two daughters two brothers and a sister four grandchildren Robert T Thorpe 85 of Prescott burial at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery Herndon Funeral Home Albert Thorpe and nieces nephews survive Alvin Johnson 96 founder of the New School for Social Research died in New York Arnoldo Mondadori 82 Italian publisher died Rome Piero Gerrardi 61 designer died in Rome James B Kirby 86 inventor of Kirby Vacuums died in Fort Lauderdale Matilda Geddings Gray 82 philanthropist died in Lake Charles with honors from Britain France and Guatemala
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Hempstead County
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Friendship Cemetery
Latimer Funeral Home
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Ruby Chaney
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Ore
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Harley Hood
Hope
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Phoenix
Ariz
Cora Oldner
Robert T. Thorpe
Prescott
Little Rock
Pleasant Ridge
Herndon Funeral Home
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Houston
Texas
New York
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The
New School For Social Research
New School
Lake Charles
Matilda Geddings Gray
Mullins praises Congressmen at university centennial convocation
Dr. David W. Mullins, president of the University of Arkansas, commended Arkansas’s congressional delegation for supporting higher education during a Washington Cathedral convocation marking the university’s centennial. He noted enduring public faith in a first-rate state university since Reconstruction days.
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University of Arkansas
Fred M. Pickens
Newport
Mullins
Arkansas
GEO in State Given 549,113
Dallas AP The Office of Economic Opportunity approved a 49113 grant to the Arkansas Service Organization to support ASO operations through April 30 1972.
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Dallas, Tex
Office of Economic Opportunity
Arkansas Service Organization
ASO
Israeli Hold Firm on Suez Conditions
Prime Minister Golda Meir in the Knesset says Israel will press for a preliminary Suez Canal deal while keeping nine conditions intact. She rejects water line withdrawal that would allow Egyptian and Soviet crossing in a first stage and demands free passage, supervision, and a permanent peace boundary to be settled by a final treaty.
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Marcus Eliason
Associated Press
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Anwar Sadat
Canal Bank
Revival at 1st Pentecostal Continues Through Sunday
A revival underway at the First United Pentecostal Church runs through Sunday June 13. Evangelists Rev and Mrs Danny Shreckhise of North Little Rock preach daily services beginning Wednesday June 9.
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1St Pentecostal
First United Pentecostal Church
Danny Shreckhise
North Little Rock
Municipal N Y C Strike Ends After Pension Plan Rejected
Striking NYC municipal workers returned to work after city and union leaders endorsed a four point plan. The accord resubmits the union pension proposal to the 1972 state legislature, with renegotiation if not approved. District Council 37 ordered 7,000 workers back. Teamsters Local 237 moved 318 bridge tenders back earlier.
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Bob Monroe
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
District Council 37
American Federation of State
Teamsters Local 237
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