Neighbors rally for Patmos dog killer reward
In Patmos Ark March 1 1973 residents denounce the shooting of Smokey Ed Hubbards dog during a store robbery. They offer 125 dollar reward and The Star matches to 250 dollars for information leading to arrest and conviction. Also Arkansas Senate rejects noon recess until March 19 as session ends soon.
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Viet Cong seeks early prisoner exchange phase two
In Saigon today the Viet Cong asked for the second phase of prisoner exchanges to begin immediately and for one fourth of prisoners to be released by week’s end. Col. Dang Van Thu questioned Saigon about turning over POWs and civilian detainees, and asked for exact transfer dates.
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Paris
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POW hero welcomed home in Little Rock
Col James Lamar, longtime prisoner of war, returns to Little Rock after 67 years in Vietnamese captivity. More than 200 greet him at the airport as Gov. Bumpers and dignitaries attend. Lamar thanks supporters as he reflects on POW sacrifices and war outcomes under Nixon and Johnson.
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Dale Bimpers
Sid MccMath
Maurice Britt
Lamar
Britt
Nixof
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Prisoner Dies in Hempstead County Jail
James Speights aged 49 of Texarkana died about 4 30 p m Saturday while a prisoner in Hempstead County jail Sheriff Henry Sinyard said Speights was jailed on driving while intoxicated charges picked up about midnight Friday Coroner J T Honeycutt investigated the death and the body was sent to a Texarkana pathologist for an autopsy with a report expected later this week
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Texarkana
Hempstead
Henry Sinyard
Lingard
Speights
DWI
J. T. Honeycutt
Speight
Honeycutt
Military pullout in Vietnam winds down ships head home
As cease fire nears, U S forces reduce to about 10 000 with the 1st Aviation Brigade and 716th MP Battalion the largest units remaining. Cargo ships take thousands of tons of trucks guns helicopters and planes to U S ports. Delong floating docks valued at 55 million shipped home via Singapore to New Orleans.
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Hempstead County allocates revenue sharing funds
The Hempstead County Quorum Court met in a special session and allocated more than 32,000 of federal revenue sharing funds to five projects. It designated the remainder over 130,000 for hard surface county roads. The court also allotted 20,000 of 168,651 to courthouse repairs and furnishings, 10,000 to the Ambulance Service, 1,400 to Hempstead Day Care and 1,000 to Southside Day Care, and 450 for radio receivers. Twenty two of twenty nine justices attended the half day meeting.
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Feds and Indians seek to bury hatchet at Wounded Knee
Federal officials press for a peace agreement with the Indians who invaded Wounded Knee while militant tribesmen demand guarantees of Interior Department action on tribal reforms before leaving. Ralph Erickson, a Justice official at Pine Ridge, voiced mild optimism that a reasonable settlement could be reached as mediators prepared for talks with federal representatives today.
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Pine Ridge Reservation
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