Arkansas Weather Forecast for Friday and Saturday
Forecast for Arkansas calls for fair to partly cloudy and cool today with rain moving in from the west overnight. Saturday turns cloudy and cold with rain mixing to freezing rain or snow in the north and rain elsewhere, high in the 40s north to 50s south, low in the 30s north to near 40 south.
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Memphis Newspapers Struck by Pickets in Citywide Dispute
About 75 pickets gathered at dawn in front of the Commercial Appeal Memphis Press Scimitar complex as Local 91 of the American Newspaper Guild met with the Memphis Publishing Co in an all night bargaining session. Several on the line were identified as members of Local 11 ITU. The guild said talks stalled on jurisdictional issues and no money was on the table.
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Memphis, Tenn
Commerceial Appeal
Memphis Press Scimitar
American Newspaper Guild
Memphis Publishing Co
Scripps-Howard
Local 11
International Typographers Union
Guild
Sirhan Not Sorry and Not Proud
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan says he is not sorry but not proud about Kennedy’s assassination and claims the details are a blank in his mind. The defense rests 17 more witnesses in the first degree murder trial, with Sirhan recalling few specifics and blaming blackout spells on his Jordanian childhood.
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Associated Press
LOS Angeles
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Robert F. Kennedy
Grant B. Cooper
Kennedy
California
Compton
Jordan
Ambassador Hotel
New York
Israel
Mid-east
Nixon Suffers First Setback on Debt Ceiling Plan
Washington AP Edmond Le Breton reports President Nixon faced his initial legislative setback as the House Ways and Means Committee rejected his debt ceiling reconfiguration, approving a temporary $12 billion increase through June 30, 1970. The move forces a future congressional return for another increase amid a broader tax and spending debate.
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Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
House Ways and Meats ‘Committee
Treasury
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Local school and district candidates listed for upcoming polls
Voters in multiple districts prepare for elections with candidates named for Post Nos. 1 and 2 and various terms. Polls open 8 a.m. and close 7:30 p.m. Tuesday as residents review race details and district designations amid a note on 18th and 19th century whaling by Americans.
More Bodies to Be Found in Cape Cod Dunes Case
Provincetown AP Dist Atty Edmund Dinis said he expects more bodies to be found in an isolated Cape Cod sand dune area where four girls had been found and two Rhode Island girls later unearthed. Antone Costa, 25, an unemployed carpenter, was arrested on murder charges and committed for mental examination. The deaths involved a Providence teacher Patricia Walsh and student Mary Ann Wysocki, both 23, with autopsies by Dr Daniel H. Hiebert indicating shooting and hacking.
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Mass
Edmund Dinis
Cape Cod
Antone Costa
Providence
R.1
Gershom D. Hall
Costa
Bridgewater State Hospital
Dints
Rhode Island
Patricia Walsh
Mary Ann Wysocki
Daniel H. Hiebert
Obituary notices from Hope area deaths and services
Dorynda Jo Andress 15 daughter of Mr and Mrs ditt R Andress died unexpectedly Friday at home on Spring Hill Road. She attended Beryl Henry Elementary School and was active in First Baptist Church Junior Choir Sunday School and GA. Survived by parents sister Virginia Ruth brother James Randell and grandparents W K Andress and JW Tolbert both of El Dorado. Funeral Sunday 2 pm at First Baptist Church with Rev Gerald W Trussell officiating. Interment Memory Gardens by Oakcrest Funeral Home. Rosie Nell Powell 81 lifelong Hempstead County resident died Friday. Member Providence Baptist Church. Survived by sons Gene Verdon Powell E W Powell Jr daughter Vera Quillen Delilah Parks Odell McCoy Arvin Archer sister May Sheppard brother Tom Burns. Herndon to announce arrangements. Robert L Mayton 91 died Wednesday at Patmos home. Services Friday at Herndon Funeral Chapel officiated by Rev W R Burks. Burial New Hope Cemetery by Herndon Funeral Home.
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Dorynda Jo. Andress
Ditt
R. Andress
Spring Hill Road
Beryl Henry
Hope
First Baptist Church
Virginia Ruth
James Randell
W.K. Andress
el Dorado
JW. Tolbert
Gerald W. Trussell
Memory Gardens
Oakcrest Funeral Home
Rosie Nell Powell
Hempstead County
Providence Baptist Church
Gene
Verdon Powell
E. W. Powell Jr
Lewisville
Vera Quillen
Spring Hill
Delilah Parks
Odell McCoy
Arvin Archer
Tom Burns
Snyder
Texas
May Sheppard
Herndon
Robert L. Mayton
Patmos
Herndon Funeral Chapel
W. R. Burks
New Hope Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home
Murder Trial Date Set for Crossett Man
Circuit Court Judge G B Colvin set March 2 for the first degree murder trial of Bobby Joe Mitchell 26 of Crossett charged with the slaying of C L Price whose body was found at a Crossett service station last Sunday.
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Hamburg
Ark
Circent Court
G. B. Colvin
Bobby Joe Mitchell
Crossett
Mitchell
C. L. Price
Public Worker Union Bill Introduced in Arkansas House
Arkansas lawmakers introduced several measures including a public worker union bill by Rep. Don Collins allowing most public employees to bargain collectively except teachers firefighters and police. Other proposals include repealing a 1961 higher education finance act and extending store hours for minor markets. A parking meter contract and a forest land tax for fire prevention were also proposed.
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Little Rock
Don Collins
Malvern
Arkansas House
Bennie Ryburn
Monticello
Commission On Coordination of Higher Education Finance
Senate
Max Howell
Mqnor
House
L. L
Doc” Bryan
Secretary of State
State Capitol
House Forestry Committee
Arkansas
One Vote Keeps Mixed Drinks as Passed in Arkansas Senate
The Arkansas Senate narrowly failed to pass a mixed drink bill by eight votes, preserving the current law. Senator Morrell Gathright argued the measure would let the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board issue permits in all counties. Senator David Partain criticized altering the public will and urged testing the new law before changes.
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Guy
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Conway
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Rogers
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Little Rock
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Hot Springs
Sprick
el Norado
Robert Harvey
Swifton
Harvey
Rockefeller
Maéote Satdeoh
Richard Earl Griffin
Dt Crossett
Arkansas Senate
W. K. Ingram
West Memphis
Morrell Gathright
Pine Bluff
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Gathright
David Partain
van Buren
Partain
Milt Earnhart
Fort Smith
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