Vote Today For School Election And Local Windshield Safety
The piece urges participation in today’s school election with polls closing at 7 30 PM. It notes a gripe with the Arkansas Highway Department over missing fender flaps on a gravel truck east of Hope US 67 and describes newsroom equipment and a technician visit from Compugraphic Corp to fix a two machine setup.
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State Highway Department
Arkansas Highway Department
Hope
U.S. 67
AHD
Joseph J. Girgenti
Washington, D.C
Compugraphic Corp
Atlanta
Star
Girgenti
Attorney Ward Says Client Set Him Up in Bankruptcy Case
In Jonesboro Arkansas U S District Court Lee Ward a on trial attorney for Nina Pauline Black said in a letter that he had been set up by his client The government accuses Ward of willfully concealing 1400 to defeat federal bankruptcy laws Ward claims he handed the money to Black but did not obtain a receipt Black testified she never received the funds and says the money went to cover a bank loan
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Jonesboro, Ark
Lee Ward
Jonesboro
U.S
Ward
Nina Pauline Black
U Thant Delays U N Flag for Apollo 14 Moon Lander
New York AP report says United Nations Secretary General U Thant must wait for the UN flag that Apollo 14 astronauts carried to the moon. The delay affects ceremonial display upon return.
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New York
U Thant
United Nations
U.N
Moon
Four Americans Freed by Turkish Kidnappers
Turkish police closed in on leftist captors who freed four U.S. airmen after five days in captivity. No ransom was paid despite a threat to shoot if $400,000 was delivered. authorities pursued the kidnapers through Embassy Row with drag nets and vigilance.
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Nick Ludington
Associated Press
Ankara
Turkey
U.S
Turkish People's Liberation Army
Haldun Montesoglu
Cigarette tax increase bill fails in Arkansas House
In Little Rock Gov Dale Bumpers proposed a five cent per pack cigarette tax increase is defeated 58 to 32 in the Arkansas House short of the three fourths needed for passage. Administrations sources had expected 60 to 65 supporters and a reconsideration notice by Rep Cecil Alexander left the bill technically alive after the defeat.
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Khobert
Associated Press
Little Rock, Ark
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas House
Bumpers
House
Cecil Alexander
Heber Springs
Senate
Youth Held in Shooting in El Dorado Arkansas
El Dorado police hold a local youth in connection with the fatal shooting of 15 year old Darrell Clifton Carey. Carey died in a city hospital from a Sunday night gunshot wound after an argument with another youth. He was shot once in the stomach with a .410 gauge shotgun.
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EL Dorado, Ark
el Dorado
Darrell Clifton Carey
Carey
Hope District 1-A Faces 2.10 Mill Tax Increase
Voters head to polls in Hope District 1-A for a 2.10 mill tax hike from 40 to 50 mills and a contested board seat. Incumbent Dr. Jud Martindale faces James T. Rowland at Fulton. Ballot locations include Hope Fire Station and several sites around Hope, Rocky Mound, Shower Springs, and Fulton.
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Hope District 1
Jud Martindale
James T. Rowland
Fulton
Mysterious Explosion Ravages Ocean Bridge Tanker
Flames engulfed the 113000 ton Ocean Bridge off Spain as an unexplained blast hit the vessel. The ship, reportedly empty, was near the stern while assisting the stricken British Comet which had rescue operations underway after a fuel leak flooded its engine room. Fifty crewmen were involved, with 49 rescued.
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London
Ocean Bridge
Spain
Worries for Spring as Thoughtful Follies
HAL BOYLE riffs on light spring anxieties from price hikes to fashion, politics, and oddball future questions. The piece playfully surveys concerns from who owns big-league earnings to Mars language, ghostwriters for government, and the fate of lamps in China. If God is dead, who is minding the store?
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Hal Boyle
New York
Bobby
Picayune
Elsi Dinsmore
Lydia Pinkham
Planet
Mars
China
Harold Stassen
South Vietnam Laos Drive Sets Back Hanoi by Five Months
U S officials say the Saigon thrust into Laos has delayed Hanoi by about five months and could buy more than a year for the Vietnamization program. The campaign, now 30 days old, stretches along Highway 9 toward Sepone and Muong Nong as U S Command estimates Laos operation adds experience and training time for Vietnamese forces.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Laos
Hanoi
Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Highway 9
Legislator Reports on General Assembly Activities
Hempstead County readers learn of McLarty and Sparks solid waste bills, the tax measure status, and the push for local solid waste systems. The article notes 1970 federal funds, Arkansas study findings, and projected 1975 per person waste disposal rising to 10 pounds daily under the measure.
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Sparks
Fordyce
State Pollution Control Commission
Arkansas
Arkansas Weather Outlook With Showers and Cooler Next Day
The Associated Press reports a few showers and thunder showers expected in eastern Arkansas tonight, with earlier activity in the western part of the state. Highs today near mid 60s, cooler Wednesday with mid 40s to mid 50s. A warm front from Fort Smith to El Dorado will push northward, bringing gusts up to 30 mph. Overnight lows ranged from 22 in Memphis to 45 in Texarkana, with Fayetteville 31, Harrison 32, Jonesboro 31, Pine Bluff 31, El Dorado 32, Little Rock 30, Fort Smith 35. No rainfall recorded in the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Fort Smith
el Dorado
Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
Memphis
Little Rock
Man Charged With Burglary at Washington
Hollis Rowe, 52, charged with burglary and grand larceny over a Sunday break in at the House of Bottles in Washington. About $390.15 of merchandise stolen, front door lock shot off, many bottles damaged. Suspect aided by Deputies Milam and McCulley. items recovered.
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Hollis Rowe
Washington
Henry Singard
Howard Milam
Freddie McCulley
Tragedy at crossing as 67-year-old dies in collision
Minnie Mullins age 67 of near Alicia in Lawrence County was killed Monday when her pickup truck collided with a Frisco freight train at the U S 67 crossing near Hoxie Walnut Ridge Arkansas authorities said she was alone in the vehicle
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Walnut Ridge, Ark
Minnie Mullins
Alicia
Lawrence County
U.S. 67
Hoxie
Laird Sets Realistic Deterence Strategy for War
Secretary Melvin Laird outlined a strategy of realistic deterrence to deter war by mobilizing total free world military power and negotiating from strength. He presented a five year defense plan stressing a force level of 2.5 million and restrained spending while warning that global threats rise despite a $76 billion 1972 budget.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Congress
Pentagon
U.S
Defense Department
Ford Report Lashed by Officials
The Nixon administration backed a Ford Foundation report arguing colleges are often irrelevant to students. Secretary Richardson called it provocative and innovative, signaling that reforms still leave isolation and rigidity in higher education. The task force blames inertia for blocking fundamental change and new institutions.
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G.C. Thelen Jr
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Ford Foundation
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Robert Finch
Ford Group
Frank Newman
Stanford University
In Vietnam Laos invasion shifts Hanoi timeline
AP dispatches report that the South Vietnamese Laos invasion may push Hanoi back five months and extend the Vietnamization timeline, as U S command eyes strategic gains and longer war duration.
Texarkana Chamber Sets 5000 Dollar Fire Reward
Texarkana Chamber of Commerce established a 5000 dollar reward for information leading to arrests in fires at four Negro churches over the weekend. Two churches were destroyed, two damaged, with Fire Marshal Ed Berbig stating two fires could be arson. Funds raised at a special meeting. any excess will aid church reconstruction.
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Texarkana, Tex
Texarkana
Chamber
James Morris
All Around Town Pioneer Washington Jonquil Trail Events
Washington visitors will view peak jonquils this weekend with a map at the old school building. Larry Keel performs at 3 p.m. in the old school auditorium, 200 seats available. United Methodist Youth Mid-High sponsors a chili supper March 11 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall to fund a new building. bring a container for to go. Sheriff and officers seized 61 gallons of moonshine four miles northeast of Patmos. Texas Boys Choir names a 10-year-old from Euless to membership. he practices in Fort Worth with a preparatory class. Action 70 week runs March 7-13.
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Washington
Larry Keel
United Methodist Youth Mid- High
Fellowship Hall
Fay James
ABC
Patmos
Larry Wray
Billy Wray
Euless
Tex
Texas Boys Choir
Fort Worth
Bill Wray
Hope
Nixon Plan Limits Arms Expansion
The Nixon administration proposed a limited expansion of the Safeguard antimissile system to aid a potential arms control agreement with the Soviet Union. It seeks congressional authorization this year for a fourth ABM site at Warren AFB Wyoming or near Washington DC, with the decision to be made by the President.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Warren Air Force Base
Wyoming
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Minuteman
Russia
State Department
Vietnam
Grand Forks
N.C
Malmstrom
Mont
Air Force
Whiteman Afb
Warren Afb
Two Cross County Men Arraigned on Firearms Violation
In Little Rock Albert Ray Lewis 23 of Parkin pleaded guilty to possessing a rifle while Larry Higginbotham 22 of Parkin pleaded not guilty to possessing a pistol in a federal case charging felons with firearm possession.
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Little Rock
Cross County
U.S. District Court
Albert Ray Lewis
Parkin
Larry Higginbotham
Quiz Highlights From The High Court And Nixon Era Changes
The Supreme Court shifts under Nixon appointees with two Warren Court members replaced. A five part People and Places Quiz guides readers to Page 4 for questions and Page 3 for answers. The quiz is part of the Living Textbook Program sponsored by Andergan Frazier Insurance and Hope Star for local schools.
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