Arkansas Weather Report for 24 Hours Ending Friday
Page tore weather experiment station report for 24 hours ending at 7 a m Friday. High 92 low 73 forecast Arkansas considerable cloudiness through tonight with widely scattered thunderstorms most numerous northeast portion. Chance of a few thunderstorms northeast this evening Saturday partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers mostly east portion. Continued warm through Saturday but less humid Saturday. Low tonight 60s to low 70s.
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Pine Bluff Men Killed in U.S. 79 Crash
Wiley Simmons aged 52 and Irvin Ashcraft 57, both residents of Pine Bluff, died Wednesday in a two vehicle crash on U S 79 about 10 miles northeast of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, according to AP.
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Irvin Ashcraft
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Rain and hail lash Arkansas towns with tornado threat
Rain hail and high winds swept north central Arkansas on Thursday with a tornado alert in Conway County and power outages in Paragould and Russellville. The Weather Bureau reported a twister moving east at 20 mph with large hail and damaging winds. trees toppled, a street flooded, and one house struck by a tree, but no injuries.
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Attack on 12 year old girl ends in hospital refusal
North Little Rock reports a 12 year old Black girl was dragged over a barbed wire fence and injured in Marche area while babysitting. A white male suspect fled after firing a public safety item. physicians later refused to treat the girl, with deputies recounting the incident.
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Associated Press
North Little Rock
David Hale
Clay Robinson
Marche
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Hope Kiwanis Award Honors Hope Club at Annual Convention
Dr Lynn Harris accepts an honorable mention from Clark Pyfer of Kiwanis International for the Hope Kiwanis Club. The award recognized excellence in community service programs and administration. The ceremony occurred at Kiwanis International's 52nd Annual Convention in Houston on June 27.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
Clark Pyfer
Helena
Montana
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The
Kiwanis Club of Hope
Kiwanis International
Houston
Texas
United States urged to start antimissile defense program
National security requires that the United States begin production of an antimissile defense system, a ranking general says. Premier Kosygin ends Cuban visit and flies to Paris to confer with President Charles de Gaulle. The General Assembly nears a showdown vote on rival resolutions calling for Israeli withdrawal from Arab lands. Western Europe faces growing oil shortage as Middle East production remains curtailed. U.S. Air Force planes hit Hoa Lac airbase west of Hanoi. Navy jets pound an oil depot near Haiphong. South Vietnamese Premier Ky and Chief of State Thieu join forces for upcoming election. Thieu seeks top spot, Ky running for vice president.
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Violence Strikes Buffalo as Riots Rage on East Side
In Buffalo New York violence flared for a third night as about 1000 youths roamed the East Side armed with rocks knives and improvised weapons. Police in helmeted formations used tear gas and shotguns to disperse crowds and arrest dozens while fires burned across the Jefferson Ferry Madison corridor. Fire department reports say about 150 fires have occurred over the three nights including two gasoline bombs targeting a home.
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Hammerschmidt backs thin line ABM defense plan
Washington Rep. Paul Hammerschmidt said in a weekly constituent letter that he favors at least a minimum thin line system of antiballistic missiles to protect the United States counterstrike capability. He urged strengthening national defense.
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Acquitted of Prostitution Charge in Little Rock Case
A circuit court jury acquitted Judy Jeanette Duckworth, 19, of Little Rock, of prostitution after 24 hours of initial deliberation and 50 minutes more. The case involved Sgt. Chesley Clayton’s testimony of paying $20 for sex at a Little Rock studio, with alleged approvals by a state officer and the sheriff. Duckworth, pregnant, denied accepting money or engaging in relations. The jury also upheld a Municipal Court conviction for practicing massage without a registration certificate.
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Pulaski County
Chesley C. Calyton
State Fire Mareshal
Clayton
Miss Duckworth
Struebing
Frank Mackey
Mackey
Circuit
Board Gets Money From Rockefeller
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller provided the Arkansas Cosmetology Board with 46500 from his emergency fund to cover July 1 to January 31 operations amid legislative funding questions. A special session was expected to refinance and reimburse the governor’s funds. The text also briefly references a separate court case with a sexual conduct charge, detailing a guilty verdict limit and bond.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Obituary for Kenneth Bryan in Napa nursing home
Kenneth Bryan died in a Napa nursing home on June 39. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and linked to Vallejo California. Surviving are four sons, Neal Ly an, and a sister, Mrs. Jack Cornelius of Hope. An invalid recently by the attorney general’s office, the bill faced a Senate confirmation dispute that left the board without funds. The attorney general ruled the act invalid due to differing House and Senate versions. Rockefeller called the appropriation act capricious and accused the legislature of trying to bankrupt his administration. Buckpasser is assigned topweight of 133 pounds for the July 4 Suburban Handicap at Aqueduct.
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Napa
Vallejo
Calif
Neal Lyan
Jack Cornelius
Hope
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Attorne General’s Office
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Rockefeller
Voting machines bought for El Dorado by Union County
The Union County Judge Carlton Jerry and the Union County Election Commission accepted a low bid of 120383 dollars from Shoup Voting Machine Co for 60 machines to be paid over 10 years. Fifteen to twenty machines will be used in the September School Election. Pulaski and Jefferson counties have also approved buying voting machines. Jaycees Name Mack R. Koonce elected vice president at national convention with 3325 votes.
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Shoup Voting Machine Co
Union County
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