Air Cavalry Clashes East of Saigon Amid Firefight
U S air cavalrymen clashed with North Vietnamese troops 43 miles east of Saigon as nine miles southeast of the capital South Vietnamese militiamen uncovered a stockpile of enemy munitions. The action followed Friday’s shelling and a mortar barrage, with 17 enemy killed per Vietnamese claims and 13 South Vietnamese killed or wounded.
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George Esper
Associated Press
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Regin
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State Police Director Named In Arkansas Shuffle
William C. Miller, acting director since May 1, was named director of the Arkansas State Police and promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel. He will head the Police and the Alcohol Beverage Control Board enforcement division, under Gov. Bumpers’ administration. Audit found no irregularities. some officials call for further review amid department inquiries. Meanwhile asphalt shortages hit Arkansas suppliers Lion Oil Berry Petroleum and Macmillan Ring-Free, curtailing municipal paving as old wells limit supply. North Little Rock faces layoffs for asphalt crews.
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Little Rock
William C. Miller
State Police
Ralph D. Scott
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Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Harold Brueggeman
State Department of Public Safety
Brueggeman
Dale Bumpers
Scott
Arkansas
Lion Oil Co
el Dorado
Berry Petroleum Co
Magnolia
Macmillan Ring-Free Oil Co
Norphlet
Bryce Crider
Berry
Chester Eberly
Macmillan
Eberly
North Little Rock
W. F. Laman
Miss Pine Bluff Crown Goes to Susan Tichoner
Susan Claire Tichoner, 20, a Henderson State College senior, was named Miss Pine Bluff on Thursday night. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Carter Quinn of Pine Bluff she had been runner up the past two years. Louis Searles, 21, a student at Arkansas AM&N College in Pine Bluff, was named first runner-up.
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Ark
Susan Claire Tichoner
Henderson State College
Tichoner
Carter Quinn
Louis Searles
Arkansas Am&n College
Feared Victory of Ho Chi Minh and Elections
Washington Post reports a Pentagon study on Vietnam blamed the Eisenhower White House for opposing nationwide elections in 1954 in Vietnam. It cites Ngo Dinh Diem blocking talks with Hanoi and John Foster Dulles pressuring France to avoid risks to South Vietnam, while Geneva still called for July 1956 elections.
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Washington Post
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Hanoi
Chalmers M. Roberts
New York Times
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
France
New Pastor Receives Call at Calvary Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church at 1201 West Avenue B welcomed Rev. Vernon C. Wickliffe as its new pastor during services last Sunday. Wickliffe, 19 years in Southern Baptist mission work in California and Michigan, previously led Metropolitan Missions in northern Detroit suburbs. He served with Home Mission Board and Baptist State Convention of Michigan, and earlier pastored Central Baptist Church in Flint. He and his wife Fern, daughter Alice, and son Verne reside in the church’s Hammond Street home. Alice will enter Southern State College. Verne is a junior at Hope High School.
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Libel Suit Settled Out of Court in Pine Bluff
John H. Jones, a Pine Bluff lawyer and banker, says a $500,000 libel suit against the Pine Bluff Commercial was settled out of court for $50,000 after alleging false and malicious reporting of Chancery Court hearings and bank inspection filings. The Arkansas Supreme Court once ruled malice does not apply to judicial proceedings, noting courts records and in progress reports are subject to reporting accuracy.
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Arkansas Weather Forecast Sees Warm, Isolated Showers
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Friday notes high 97 and low 67. Forecast calls for generally fair and continued warm conditions in Arkansas through Saturday with isolated showers or thundershowers Saturday afternoon. Highs mainly in the 90s, with tonight’s lows in the upper 60s to 70s.
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Airlift Can't Keep Up With Refugees
Indian officials report Pakistani forces have driven more refugees into Tripura than the US airlift can remove in a month. C130 transports land refugees at Agartala airport while sacks of rice reach camps in Assam. Refugees recount atrocities as East Pakistan’s crackdown drives mass displacement.
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Dennis Neeld
Associated Press
Agartala
India
Tripura
U.S
Yahya Khan
East Pakistan
Assam
Revolutionary Movement
Support for Disclosures of Times
New York Times gains unexpected House and Senate support in its fight with the Nixon administration over publication of a secret Pentagon Vietnam study. Notably, Sen. Mike Mansfield and Sen. Edward Kennedy criticized the administration, while Sen. Carl Curtis urged caution on broad secrecy. He argued the government overclassifies documents and that press freedom is essential.
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Kenneth J. Freed
Associated Press
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New York Times
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Pentagon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Edward M. Kennedy
Carl B. Curtis
Nebraska
Vietnam
Curtis
Times
Obituaries From Across The Nation Include Ferm Jordan-Smith Fergson
Alexis C. Ferm 101 pioneer in education died Wednesday after founding free schools with his wife Elizabeth for 40 years. Paul Jordan-Smith 86 former Los Angeles Times editor and 17th century authority died Thursday. he wrote edited or translated 10 books during 24 years with the Times. James L. Fergson 70 board president of Sawyer Ferguson Walker Co. and founder in 1929 died Thursday. he led the firm to national reach and served as its CEO in 1966.
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Alexis C. Ferm
Ferm
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Santa Monica
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Paul Jordan-Smith
The
Los Angeles Times
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the Times
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James L. Fergson
Sawyer Ferguson Walker Co
Ferguson
Nixon Cavalcade Stirs Rochester Day Visit
President Nixon arrives in Rochester to meet newspaper and TV executives from 12 states and the District of Columbia then greets a revenue sharing lobbying group. Police expect about 800 officers. antiwar demonstrators may fill hotel seats as crowds rally during the visit.
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Associated Press
Rochester
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District of Columbia
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