Enemy Guns Bombard Allied Base Near DMZ
North Vietnamese gunners hit Charlie 2 and other bases below the DMZ as U S and South Vietnamese forces sweep the area. At least light casualties reported. 496 enemy dead around Fuller since June 19 with 29 South Vietnamese killed and 135 wounded. U S bombers and helicopter gunships supported the operations.
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Holger Jensen
Associated Press
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Charlie 2
Dmz
Charlie 1
Alpha 1
Camp Carroll
Fuller
le Trung Hien
Hien
U.S. 5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Fifty-seventh Southwest District Singing Convention Set
The Southwest District Singing Convention meets July 9 to 11 at Saint Clair Baptist Church in Birtsell Arkansas with Rev F W West hosting. Opening sermon by Rev A L Hughes of Garrett Chapel Hope. C G Carmichael of Hope elected president. daily music clinics planned. Obituary notes for Henry Louis Butler of Prescott.
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Saint Clair Baptist Church
Birtsell
Arkansas
F.W. West
A.L. Hughes
Garrett Chapel Baptist Church
Hope
C.G. Carmichael
House Could Set New Mark for Spending
Congress eyes a five day spending spree as the House moves to pass five nondefense bills totaling 41 billion in new obligational authority. Funds target Agriculture HUD VA NSF space agency and Interior Treasury and more, with Senate action still pending. Government year starts July 1 and temporary financing extends to Aug 6 amid policy fights on Vietnam war and draft.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
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State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Federal
Nixon
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Veterans Administration
National Science Foundation
The
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Postal Service
Interior Department
Senate
Legislative Establishment
Office of Education
Defense Department
Congress
William Cooper Rites Set as Hicks Mortuary Handles Arrangements
William Cooper a Hempstead County native and longtime Hope resident died Sunday June 27 1971 in a local hospital. He was a grocer and member of Rebee Memorial CME Church survived by his wife Emma S Cooper two brothers and four cousins. Funeral plans are pending with Hicks Funeral Home Inc Hope.
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Henry Louis Butler
Nevada County
Arkansas
Prescott
Sweet Home Baptist Church
Isabella Butler
Irina Coleman
Kansas City
Missouri
Catherine Anold
Chicago
Colorado
Ida Charles
Ivy Charles
Leroy Burl
Ceasar Trailer
St. Louis
William Cooper
Hempstead County
Hope and Grocer
Rebee Memorial C.M.E. Church
Emma S. Cooper
Rachel Cooper
Hope
Floyd Cooper
Iinois
Napoleon Cooper
Cleveland
Ohio
Daislee Frank
Wisconsin
Hicks Funeral Home, Inc
NEA leader predicts more teacher strikes ahead
AP Education Writer reports Detroit says the NEA foresees increased teacher strikes in the 1971 72 school year and that delegates will resist public aid to private schools. Donald Morrison two days before taking NEA helm notes more strikes in areas with strong Chrysanthemums and Peonies arrangements and a wedding reception backdrop.
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William J
El Dorado Man Drowns After River Collision
Wade Hicks 37 of El Dorado drowned when struck by a boat while swimming across the Ouachita River near El Dorado. The boat was driven by Freddy Miller of Crossett. Miller and two companions did not see Hicks in the river, officials said.
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EL Dorado, Ark
AP Wade Hicks
el Dorado
Quachita River
Here
Union County
Hicks
Freddy Miller
Crossett
Miller
Hope Star Reports on Strikes and River Tragedy
Hope Star of Hope Arkansas quotes a leader predicting large turnout if a strike occurs, noting actions might target board negotiations and teacher voice. Separately, Edward Daves, 23, of Wilona Faulkner County, drowned in the Arkansas River five miles south of Plumerville on Sunday afternoon.
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Plumerville
Ark
Edward Daves
Wilona
Faulkner County
Arkansas River
Here
Prepared to Finalize Redistricting in Arkansas
Spokesman for Gov. Dale Bumpers says the governor's office is ready to finalize redistricting plans at Monday's Board of Apportionment meeting at the Capitol. The plan favors single member districts, with possible changes to restore county lines where feasible for legal defensibility.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
State Board of Apportionment
Eugene Kelley
Bumpers
State Capitol
U.S. Supreme Court
Kelley
Ray Thornton
Residents Oppose Reformatory in Little Rock
Little Rock residents oppose placing a women’s reformatory in their neighborhood. Nathaniel Hill heads a nine member committee and plans to ask Gov. Bumpers to meet Tuesday. If unsuccessful, they seek Justice Department help or a court injunction to block the site near the Arkansas School for the Deaf.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Nathaniel Hill
Justice
Hill
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