Time Beeps and World Peace Reflections
A local notice explains Channel 9 TV timing is five minutes fast and urges reset by using WWV beeps from Fort Collins. The column shifts to a cautious rant about world unity and enduring religious conflicts in Northern Ireland Asia Minor and Palestine, questioning prospects for peace amid deep sectarian divides.
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Hope Community Tv, Inc
WWV
Voice of Government Weights & Standards
Fort Collins
Colo
Northern Ireland
Asia Minor
Ulster
South Ireland
Palestine
Hawkins Brushes Off Suit Against Conway County Sheriff
In Little Rock, Sheriff Marlin Hawkins said a tax post lawsuit could not prove he failed to account for funds he handled as sheriff and collector from 1955 to 1982. The Arkansas Supreme Court sent the case back to Conway Chancery Court for trial, ruling the lower court erred in excluding pre-1963 funds and not considering certain accountability claims. In Mountain View, Donald E. Passmore, 22, was killed in a two car crash on Arkansas 14 after his car collided with another vehicle, leaving his car in a ditch and burning.
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Marlin Hawkins
Conway County
Hawkins
Arkansas Supreme Court
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Ark
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Here
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Polk Countian War Casualty
Washington AP reports Sgt. Ernest T. Garner, husband of Wickes resident Mrs. Claudette M. Garner of Polk County, killed in action in Southeast Asia. Defense Department confirms the loss.
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Washington
Ernest T. Garner
Claudette M. Garner
Wickes
Polk County
Southeast Asia
Defense Department
Deaths in College Probed at Jackson State College
A federal grand jury in Jackson, Mississippi, was empaneled to probe possible outside influence in the violence at Jackson State College last May 15. The incident left two youths dead, Phillip Gibbs and James Earl Green, with nine others wounded. The probe, led by Atty. Gen. John Mitchell, seeks possible federal law violations and cooperation from Mississippi highway patrol amid previous stalled investigations.
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James H. Downey
Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Jackson State College
William H. Cox
U.S. District Court
Niet
Cox
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Phillip Gibbs
Jackson State
James Earl Green
John Bell Williams
Asst
Jerris Leonard
Highway Patrol
Leonard
Blackmun Role Looms Large as Supreme Court Takes Recess
The article notes freshman justice Harry A. Blackmun shaping the court as it begins a three month summer recess with major issues unresolved. Obscenity, capital punishment, Vietnam, the draft, and school integration loom while a 4 4 stalemate may hinge on Blackmun who signals alignment with Burger and Harlan on obscenity.
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Blackmun
Supreme Court
Harry Schwhid
Associated Press
Washington
Harry A. Blackmun
Crittenden Sheriff Is Suspended
MARION Ark AP Sheriff Marion Thomas of Crittenden County was suspended from office after embezzlement charges tied to an alleged $26255.17 shortage in the county fund. Thomas pleaded innocent, posted $15000 bond, and claimed a political vendetta by Deputy Prosecutor James C Hale Jr and county figures. He said authorities reported money later repaid.
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Marion, Ark
Marion Thomas
Crittenden County
A. Sim
Todd” Harrison
Blytheville
Thomas
Crittenden County General Fund
Harrison
James C. Hale Jr
James C. Hale Sr
Democratic Committee
A. Jan Thomas
Clarkedale
Crittenden
Raincoat Reward Wait Ends In Sewing Room
Joy Stilley recounts a New York shopping ordeal where a raincoat finally fit and the missing button was found after a 38 minute chase through a department store. A hopeful shopper, cash in hand, learns that patience and persistence can turn a flawed purchase into a kept prize.
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Joy Stilley
New York
Nixon preps final Cambodia report as troops leave
President Nixon prepares a final report on Cambodia after 31 000 U S ground troops quit the country. White House officials promise the lengthy document will be public. Nixon to answer foreign policy questions on television and radio from a Los Angeles studio due to transmission concerns.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
San Clemente
Calif
U.S
Cambodia
Nixon
White House
Lon Nol
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
Ziegler
Ion No
Los Angeles
Murder Verdict Reversed in Arkansas Supreme Court Ruling
The Arkansas Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, reversed the first degree murder conviction of Franklin David Bosnick Jr. for the 1968 fatal shooting of Deputy Sheriff Jesse J. Morgan during an attempted robbery at Hughes. The reversal follows a prior reversal of his father’s conviction, with the court faulting a circuit judge for not instructing the jury on second degree murder.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Franklin David Bosnick Jr
Bosnick
Jesse J. Morgan
Hughes
Supreme Court
Elmo Taylor
St. Francis County
Indians Win Big Land Judgment Across Four States
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. AP The Indian Claims Commission ruled the Navajo Nation occupied about 30 million acres across Arizona New Mexico Utah and Colorado much larger than the 8 million acre 1868 treaty reservation. The ruling could lead to a monetary settlement based on 1868 land values to aid unemployment and industrial development. The Hopis receive exclusive title to nearly 2 million acres within the Navajo reserve. other tribes have overlapping claims. The final land amount awaits consideration of remaining claims and valuations.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Indian Claims Commission
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
Ohio
Harald Mott
Raymond Nakai
Mott
More Sun and Heat for State
The Arkansas weather picture remains sunny and warm as a high pressure system keeps southerly gulf winds across the state through Wednesday. Temperatures climbed into the 90s statewide, with readings from 90 at Harrison to 98 at Pine Bluff and similar highs expected. The Weather Bureau forecasts a slight cooling Friday and Saturday with a gradual chance of showers Thursday through Saturday. Overnight lows ranged from 66 at Fayetteville to 76 at El Dorado and 70 at Fort Smith, with no rainfall recorded in the last 24 hours.
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Gulf
Harrison
Pine Bluff
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Jonesboro
Texarkana
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Rockefeller to address East Asian parliamentarians in Little Rock
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller will discuss urban affairs and environmental plans at a luncheon for 12 members of East Asian nation parliaments. The visitors are part of an international program sponsored by the State Department.
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Asia
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Governor's Mansion
State Department
Cambodian Venture Ends Brightens U.S. Exit From Vietnam
U S planes and artillery pound border Cambodia as last advisers withdraw to South Vietnam. South Vietnamese pull back 5 000 troops leaving 34 000 inside. One American killed and 13 wounded in Cambodia. total U S casualties rise to 338 killed and 1529 wounded. Army believes withdrawals speed up, while larger plans include border firebases and Cambodian militias.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Nixon
South Vietnamese
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Associated Press
Vietnam
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Cambor
Tion
Snuoland
Moil
All Around Town Tony Smith to graduate Hope High
Tony Smith oboist and Hope High graduate will perform a senior recital July 1 at 8 p.m. in the University of Arkansas Arts Center Concert Hall assisted by Charlotte Clough. He studied with Roger Widder and hails from Hope with parents Mr. and Mrs. Herman Smith.
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Tony Smith
Hope High School
University of Arkansas Arts Center
Herman Smith
Hope
Tony
Roger Widder
Charlotte Clough
Fayetteville
Handel
Saint—Seans
Neilsen
Bids Due on Cummins Farm Construction Project
In Little Rock AP report Commissioner Sarver says bids open in July for two prefabricated metal buildings at Cummins Prison Farm to host a new vocational technical program. Classes and counseling offices planned. main focus will be farm machinery repair. Pines Vocational staff aided. $144,000 appropriated for basic facilities. Tucker Prison Farm already under construction with two programs in operation.
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Little Rock
Cummins Prison Farm
C. Robert Sarver
Cummins
Sarver
Leon Coker
Pines Vocational Technical School
Ping Bluff
General Assembly Ap
Tucker
Tucker Wall
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