National Council of Churches faces possible revival or replacement
A UPI dispatch reports 33 Protestant and Orthodox denominations meet in Washington to decide if the National Council of Churches can be revived or must be replaced. Fundraising has collapsed as member churches withhold pledges amid distrust of a distant, oversized organization and tax-exempt politics.
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National Council of Churches
UPI
Washington, D. C
National Council
Council
Ford Fouation
Motor Company
Ford Foundation
Cleveland
Ohio
Seven Die On Arkansas Highways In Weekend Crashes
Seven persons perished on Arkansas highways over the weekend in multiple crashes. Gertie Cunning ham and Gladis Moore, both 50, of Fisher died when their car collided with a Continental Trailways Bus on U.S. 67 near Fisher. Jerry Wayne Smith, 18, of Ola was killed in a one car crash 14 miles south of Dardanelle on Arkansas 28. A T Coleman, 61, of Rose Bud died in a two car crash on U.S. 161 west of Beebe. Billy Joe Harrison, 36, of Hot Springs and Jimmy Burroughs, 13, of Bismark were killed in a head on collision on Arkansas 7 north of Bismark. Burroughs’s mother, Mrs Josephy Burroughs, was hospitalized. Victor McGuire, 28, of Flippin died when his car went beneath a truck on a county road east of Flippin.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Gertie Cunningham
Gladis Moore
Fisher
Trailways
U.S
Jerry Wayne Smith
Ola
Dardanelle
A. T. Coleman
Rosebud
U.S. 161
Beebe
Coleman
Billy Joe Harrison
Hot Springs
Jimmy Burroughs
Bismark
Arkansas 7
Burroughs
Josephy Burroughs
Victor McGuire
Flippin
McGuire
Bond Issue Election Tuesday in Hone for Meyer's Bakery expansion
Election day in Hone features a 250000 Act 9 bond issue for Meyer's Bakery with tax free bonds. Polls open 8 am to 7 30 pm across four wards at Hope Fire Station courthouse courtroom Hope City Hall and Youth Center. Meyer's plans add jobs and a new product line with 45 new workers starting August 1, boosting plant employment to over 200.
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Hone
Meyer's
Hope Fire Station
Hope City Hall
Meyers
Hope
Meyer’s
Hempstead County
Standard Generator Co
Missouri Research Laboratories
Standard Generator
Jerry Winer
Tocal Meyer
Tragic double death in Little Rock husband kills wife then self
Police report a man identified as Olamage W. Treadway, 68, shot his wife Jane Treadway, 42, and then killed himself. Olamage was found with a pistol on a bed. Jane died at a Little Rock hospital hours later.
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Little Rock
Olamage W. Treadway
Jane Treadway
Treadway
Wild Marijuana Is Next Target
Washington AP reports the federal government plans a program to wipe out wild marijuana during the growing season. Attorney General John N. Mitchell said the Justice Department will seek voluntary cooperation from land owners and agricultural groups as wild cannabis grows in parts of the nation, especially the Midwest. The issue traces to World War II when hemp substitutes were sought.
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Washington
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Midwest
U S Troops Begin Cambodia Withdrawal Amid Fighting
U S and South Vietnamese forces report their heaviest weekend in Vietnam in two months, while U S troops start their major withdrawal from border areas in Cambodia. Mekong Delta battles yield 70 enemy and 49 more killed. overall weekend toll exceeds 220. Portions of two battalions of the 1st Air Cavalry Division move back toward South Vietnam, marking withdrawals scheduled to finish by June 30. About 9,700 Americans remained across the border as withdrawals begin. In Kompong Thom pressure eases as both sides pause before possible further clashes.
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Wavmans
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnamese
Vietnam
Cambodia
Mekong Delta
1St Air Cavalry Division
South Vietnam
Nixon
Kompong Thom
Phnom Penh
Bits and Bites From a Busy Mailbag and More
A humorous roundup by Hal Boyle blends tips and trivia from mail received, noting taxes now take 35 to 37 percent of income and the average American works nearly 2 hours 45 minutes daily to pay them. The column riffs on diamonds, opossums, cigarette butts, democracy, laundry, misers, alcohol and gasoline, youth drunk driving, marriage, and the history of the word hussy with crisp, wry observations.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Tax Foundation
Europe
Clement Attlee
Hetty Green
Wall Street
Minnesota
Velasco Ibarra Seizes Dictatorial Powers In Ecuador
Quito reports President Velasco Ibarra took dictatorial powers after street clashes between Central University students and police. The move follows a Supreme Court tax decree challenge. observers cite a student rebellion. Army and paratroopers sweep campuses, arrest leftists, and a state of siege is anticipated. Velasco Ibarra, 77, may be backed by Defense Minister Jorge Acosta Velasco.
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Quito
Ecuador
Jose Veloso Tbatta
Central University
Supreme Court
Velasco Ibarra
Jorge Acosta Velasco
Jorge Zavala Baquerizo
Manuel Aguirre
Aguirre
Velasco’ Ibarra
Congress
High Command
Communist Party
Velascobarra
Campaign Key Fiscal Says Compton In Arkansas Race
El Dorado Democrat Robert Compton said the core Arkansas issue is money and fiscal policy. He argued pay scales are too low and tax incentives to raise salaries are lacking and pledged a realistic fiscal program if elected governor.
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Compton Little Rock
Robert Compton
el Dorado
Arkansas
Supreme Court orders jury trials for offenses over six months
The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that New York City must provide jury trials for crimes punishable by more than six months, overruling NYC practice of judge-only trials for misdemeanors. Justice White said sentence length determines seriousness. nationwide, NYC uniquely denied jury trials in such cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York City
Byron R. White
New York
Justice White
Thurgood Marshall
Florida
Jit
Alaska
Georgia
Iowa
Kentucky
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Oregon
Virginia
Cool Going Heat Is to Return
A large high pressure center brings fair mild weather to Arkansas. A dissipation of a northern cold front was expected tonight. Showers occurred in the southern half of the state this morning with clear skies expected tonight. No precipitation anticipated before week’s end. Sunday highs ranged 80 to 91 across Fayetteville Texarkana and other cities. Overnight lows spanned 62 to 72 with regional readings at multiple towns. 24 hour precip totals included 0.12 in Texarkana and 1.22 in El Dorado.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Louisiana
Fayetteville
Texarkana
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
New Force in Senate Formed by GOP Liberal Bloc
A dozen or so Republican rebels, calling themselves the Wednesday Luncheon Group, oppose President Nixon in the Cambodia policy. The loose, leaderless bloc meets weekly in a member’s office to discuss and challenge White House plans, with members spanning from Kansas conservative linked James Pearson to New York’s Charles Goodell.
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Senate
GOP
Liberal Bloc
H. L. Schwartz
Associated Press
Washington
Cambodia
Nixon
James Pearson
Kansas
Charles. Goodell
New York
Edward
New Force funding boosts Arkansas crime war tools
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller announced a federal allocation of 1,787,000 to the Arkansas Commission on Crime and Law Enforcement for fiscal 1970 on the basis of the Arkansas Comprehensive Law Enforcement Plan. The grant requires local and state matching funds of 908,992 and 426,650 respectively, financing personnel, training, facilities, education, narcotics prevention, communications, investigations, riot prevention, and a 280,000 computer project. A separate Mountain View item reports eight year old Lisa Ann Brown drowning while swimming with her Aurora Tl family during a vacation.
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Little Rook
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas Commission On Crime and Law Enforcement
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Rockefeller
Washington
Mountain View
Ark
Lisa Ann Brown
James Brown
Aurora
Arkansas
Penn Central Seeks Government Loans Amid Bankruptcy
Secretary Volpe announced the Nixon administration will push for government guaranteed loans to Penn Central after the railroad won court permission to reorganize under federal bankruptcy laws. Penn Central filed for bankruptcy Friday following the Defense Department's withdrawal of plans to guarantee $200 million in loans. The stock market reacted with sharp declines at the open, the Dow down about 4 points, later narrowing. Volpe said up to 750 million in loans would be sought, with a companion Senate bill expected soon.
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Lee Linder
Associated Press
Philadelphia
John A. Volpe
Nixon
Penn Central Railroad
Penn Central
Defense Department
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Dow
Volpe
Senate
AMA to Form Panel Over Minority Health Complaints
AMA leaders consider creating a committee to hear complaints from minorities and the poor after a confrontational opening to the annual meeting. Dr. Malcolm Todd proposes hearings for consumers while tensions with groups continue, with calls for a multi ethnic council and a permanent consumer liaison panel.
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Brian Sullivan
Chicago
American Medical Association
Malcolm Todd
California Medical Society
AMA
New York
Jim Wagner
Comprehensive City, Health Planners Association
Todd
Wagner
James Ghee
National Welfare Rights Organization
House of Delegates
Grand jury names five lawmakers in Frenkil probe
New York Times reports a Baltimore grand jury presentment names Sen. Russell Long and Sen. Daniel Brewster along with Rep. Hale Boggs and House Speaker John McCormack plus a former senator in an alleged $5 million settlement pressure scheme tied to Baltimore Contractors Inc. The presentment remains unreleased and a battle over naming the officials raged between Atty. Gen. Mitchell and former U.S. Atty. Sachs.
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New York
Baltimore
Johni N. ‘Mitchell
U.S
Stephen
Sachs
Puiblic
the. Times
Mitchell
Frenkil
The
Times
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Daniel “Brewster
Maryland
Hale Boggs
Lousiana
John’ McCormack
Mass Hi
Sai
Grand Jury
Balmore Contractors, Inc
Rayburn House
Washington
Mrs Clyde Hill Hit by Auto in Hope Weekend
Hope Police Dept. investigated five accidents over the weekend starting at 8 20 a m Saturday with Mrs Clyde Hill struck in her driveway by James Andres driving a car. Minor damage reported in several incidents with two charges for failure to yield the right of way and multiple drunkenness and driving while intoxicated reports. Total year accidents and injuries noted as 128 and 19.
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Hope Police Dept
Clyde Hill
James Andrews
Arkansas Highway Dept
N. Hervey St
James Neal
N. Hazel
Avenue H
Dolly Hicks
Basil Rider
Edward and
Neal
Rider
Jerome Duffie
Welmon Rawls, Jr
Shreveport
Third
Rawls
Edward
Brinkley Girl Drowns in Canal
Brinkley Ark Slate Police said Reed a 19 year old resident near Brinkley drowned late Sunday in a canal near here. The incident was reported by authorities and remains under investigation.
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Brinkley
Canal
Ark
Nage
Reed
Slate
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