Alger Hiss Pension Fight and Bald Eagle News
The piece recounts the Alger Hiss perjury case and pension denial during 1950s legal action, noting Nixon and Roosevelt ties and a 1954 retroactive pension ruling. It then reports a Millwood Reservoir bald eagle sighting, a $500 bounty for shooting eagles, and National Wildlife Federation efforts to protect the species amid past slaughter and current strong protection.
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Alger Hiss
America
Hiss
Department of State
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
State Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yalta
Congress
F.D. Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
House Unamerican Activities Committee
Associated Press
Nixon
Judge Orders Editor Arrested and Jailed
Texarkana Gazette editor Harry Wood was ordered jailed by Miller County Circuit Court Judge John W. Goodson to force appearance in court on a contempt charge for publishing a verdict story. Wood did not appear. his attorney argued lack of Arkansas jurisdiction since Wood resides in Texas and the paper is Texas-based.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Starr
Associated Press
Texarkana, Ark
John W. Goodson
Harry Wood
Texarkana Gazette and News
Wood
Gazzette
Goodson
Miller County
A.m. Wood
Bill Arnold
Texas
The
Gazette
Arkansas
Chief Deputy Quits Secy. of State Job
Mary Laing, chief deputy to Secretary of State Kelly Bryant for five years, quit last Tuesday amid a dispute over staff help. Bryant, unaware of the move, said she remains on the payroll. Laing cited lack of authorized help and said she repeatedly begged for assistance before resigning after Bryant hung up during a late night call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secy
Little Rock
Kelly Bryant
Bryant
Mary Laing
School Group Recommends Lunchroom, Bus, and Band Updates
The Auxiliary Sub-Committee of the Citizens Committee for Better Quality Schools proposes improvements across Hope School District. Recommendations cover lunchroom renovation and student participation, bus fleet expansion with five to six new buses, traffic flow changes, and a band building overhaul including soundproof rooms and an assistant director.
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Citizens Committee For Better Quality
First Box for Muskie Opens NH Primary Votes
DIXVILLE NOTCH NH AP The 17 registered voters began the 1972 presidential balloting at midnight in a hotel bar. Nixon swept 11 Republican votes. Muskie edged McGovern by a 1 vote margin in the six Democratic ballots. Town Clerk Frederick Tillotson, 25, said the town votes first in the nation so that possibly we can be heard.
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Dixville Notch
N.H
Far North
New Hampshire
Nixon
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
A &1
George McGovern
South Dakota
Frederick Tillotson
Manchester, N.H
Edmund S&s. Muskie
Muskie
Sen
Georges. McGovern
Berlin
Rumford
McGovern
Kleindienst, Anderson to Testify
Acting Atty. Gen. Richard G. Kleindienst and columnist Jack Anderson prepare to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee on why the Justice Department dropped an antitrust suit against ITT. Anderson alleges ITT funded Republican National Convention expenses, naming key figures including Mitchell, Judge McLaren, and Felix Rohatyn as witnesses.
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Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate Committee
Kleindienst
Jack Anderson
Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Anderson
ITT
Atty
John N. Mitchell
U.S
Ministerial Alliance backs Hope school tax endorsement
The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Hope and Hempstead County unanimously endorsed the proposed Hope School District 1-A tax at its bi monthly meeting on March 4 1972. Clergymen praised the Board of Education and its leaders and urged support for a modern curriculum while maintaining scholastic traditions. Members listed include Rev. W T Keys Rev W M Martin Rev H R Dotts Elder O N Dennis Rev G L Hughes Rev J E Ingraham Rev L B Beard Rev A Morris Rev Johnny Stuart and Rev W G Wynn.
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Ministerial Alliance of
Board of Education
W. T. Keys
W. M. Martin
H. R. Dotts
O. N. Dennis
G. L. Hughes
J. E. Ingraham
L. B. Beard
A. Morris
Johnny Stuart
W. G. Wynn
Dimes Walk A Thon Registration Opens at Village Center
Walkers register from 7:00 to 7:45 on Saturday March 11 in the Village Shopping Center. Registration requires a blank, sponsor sheet, and a stamped Walk Card for the six checkpoints. Representative Mack McLarty will speak at 7:45 before the 8:00 start.
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Mack McLarty
4Way Grocery and Station
Red River Vocational Technical School
Fair Park
Oakhaven
Rho Epsilon
Phi Beta Lambda Club
Welfare probe aims to find Arkansas fraud patterns
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell Long says he asks Governor Dale Bumpers to investigate welfare practices in Arkansas for possible federal violations. The move follows Sam Weems indictments for food stamp fraud in Lonoke and Arkansas counties, as Long seeks to close welfare law loopholes.
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Washington
Russell Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Little Rock
Kark-Tv
Long
Bumpers
Atty
Sam Weems
Des Arc
Weems
Lonoke Counties
Ivan Smith
Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services
Aerial Attacks on North Vietnam Step Up
U S pilots increased air strikes inside North Vietnam marking a sixth straight day of raids. A MIG17 fighter was shot down in a five minute dogfight near Quang Lan airfield 150 miles south of Hanoi. The Pentagon reported all American aircraft returned safely amid heavy antiaircraft fire and missiles.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Coral Sea
Garry Weigand
Columbus, Ohio
J.g
Bill Freckleton
Hunt
Ington Beach
Calif
Quang Lan
Hanoi
Navy
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Command
Air Force
Laos
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnamese
All Around Town Notes From Whitfield Masonic Lodge Events
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No 239 holds its regular meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the lodge with all Master Masons urged to attend. Citizens Committee for Better Quality Schools meets Wednesday March 8 at 7 p m at the home of Donal and on East 23rd. The Two-By-Two Class of First United Methodist will take donations at the former Keiths Jewelry building on East Second Saturday March 11 from 9 a m to 12 noon with pickup by Herman Wilson or Ronnie Burson. A rummage sale follows March 18 in the same building to benefit the class. Navy Airman Apprentice Harry F White husband of Glenda S Butler 205 North Margaret St Hope has completed the Aviation Structural Mechanic School at Memphis. Smackover and Mrs Lorene Hall of Batesville suffered a light stroke last week and are receiving care. The Southwest Arkansas Poultry Festival is set for May 20 at Nashville and the Arkansas Poultry Federation festival will be June 15 16 17 at Hot Springs.
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Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239
First United Methodist Church
Keith
Herman Wilson
Ronnie Burson
Navy
Harry F. White
Glenda S. Butler
North Margaret St
Hope
Memphis
Aviation Structural Mechanics
Naval Aircraft
Smackover High School
Southwest Arkansas Poultry Festival
Nashville
The
Arkansas Poultry Federation
Hot Springs
Day of Decision is Approaching in Spring Primaries
The article urges readers to take the weekly News Quiz on Page 4 testing knowledge of upcoming presidential primaries and candidates. It notes answers appear on Page 3 and credits First National Bank and Hope Star for sponsoring the VEC Instructional Materials as part of the Living Textbook Program for area schools.
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VEC
First National Bank
Hope Star
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Our Daily
Alex. H. Washburn
Ghost
Bald Eagle
Millwood Reservoir
National Wildlife Federation
Wyoming
United States
Ark
Mercury
W. S. Cope
Rt. 5
Prescott
Hazel Street
Missouri Pacific Crossing
A. W. Ringgold
J. K. DeWoody
W. R. Vandiver
R. Rowe and
Brown
Judge Orders
Brookwood
Citizens Committee For Better Quality Schools
Donal Parker
East 23Rd
Lorene Hall
Batesville
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