General Must Explain His PX Schemes
Investigating senators set a Friday deadline for former Brig. Gen. Earl F. Cole to explain financial arrangements tied to alleged protection and promotion of corrupt PX and club schemes in Vietnam bases. Chairman Ribicoff ordered full financial disclosure as Percy questions perjury claims amid witnesses accusing Cole of using favors to aid Crum tied firms. Weather section follows with Arkansas forecast and 68 high 34 low.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Vietnam
Earl Franklin Cole
Senate
Cole
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Charles Percy
R-N
Percy
PX Systems
William J. Crum
Sarl Electronics
Price & Co
Weather Experiment Station
Arkansas
Prime Rate Cut Again by Big Banks
NEW YORK AP Chase Manhattan Bank lowered its prime lending rate to 5% from 5% for major corporate borrowers, the fifth cut of the year. Other large banks followed partially, with several trimming to 5% as well. Banks include Manufacturers Hanover Trust Chemical Bank Irving Trust First Pennsylvania and Continental Illinois National Bank of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chase Manhattan
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
Chemical Bank and Irving Trust Co
First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co
Philadelphia
Continental Olinois National Bank of
Chicago
Changes in Selective Service Setup
LITTLE ROCK AP Col Willard Hawkins director of the state Selective Service announced that the National Selective Service office will close 53 of the state 78 draft board offices and convert 25 remaining offices to administrative sites. The number of draft board employees will drop from 99 to 61 by May 31 with 38 terminated and efforts made to reassign them.
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Little Rock
Willard Hawkins
State Selective Service
National Selective Service Office
Draft Board
Hawkins
State Police Get 240000 Federal Grant for Radio System
LITTLE ROCK AP The State Police receive a 240000 federal grant to fund a statewide radio communications system with four channels, matched by 160000 state funds, to replace the current single channel across 10 districts. installation planned this summer. Meanwhile, residents at Hempstead County center are receiving training as 90 staff led by Roy Kumpe showcase the program. In Star City a fatal two car crash near Grady on US 65 leaves Jamie Morgan dead after a passing maneuver by Clifton Hampton ends with a rear strike. In Washington AR the Defense Department reported Ary Spee Gerald Pesan of Eureka Springs involved in developing a separate matter.
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Little Rock
Dicapped
Hempstead County
Thrash
Fair Park Blvd
Roy Kumpe
Star City
Ark
Jamie Morgan
Near Here
Grady
Lincoln County
U.S. 65
Clifton K. Hampton
Pine Bluff
Morgan
Obituaries From Hope and Nearby Areas
Obituaries note the deaths of Robert L. Myers 63 a longtime Arkansas Game and Fish radio operator. George W. Hicks 82 of Prescott. Oscar T. Rider 92 of Patmos. and other figures including Nash Buckingham and Mariner T. Smith. The notices list survivors and funeral details, with services in churches across Hope Perrytown Camden and Patmos, plus regional business references to Rogers and foster Realty in Little Rock and Hope.
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Robert L. Myers
Robert L
Bob) Myers
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Perrytown
Bobby Myers
Camden
Barbara Hampton
Wake Village
John Myers
North Little Rock
Verne Myers
Perryville
Josephine Allen
Providence Memorial Baptist Church
Ed Dodson
Camden Cemetery
Oakcrest Funeral Home
George W. Hicks
Prescott
Hope Hospital
Hester
Lawton
Okla
Rufus
Lindberg, Ark
Lonnie P. Hicks
Emmet
George Hicks
Florida
Dewey Hicks
Laneburg
Charles A. Hicks
West Memphis
Olan Hicks
Yuma
Arizona
Beth Staub
Dothan
Ala
Bonita McBride
Tom Hicks
Bodcaw
Drucilla Ponder
Hope
Annie Ward
Viola Goodwin
Jennie Camp
Ft. Worth
Mandie Hicks
Mt. Moriah Methodist Church
Mt. Moriah Cemetery
Oscar T. Rider
Patmos
Edyth Rider
Terrill. Rider
Justin P. Rider
Los Angeles
Ollace L. Rider
Texarkana
Oscar T. Rider Jr
Montebello
Calif
William E. Rider
Little Rock
Joe
A. N
Basil
Barney
Tilman Rider
Dassie Hollis
Church of Christ In
M. H. Peebles
Herndon
Grain Sorghum and Soybean Production Clinic Planned
Grain sorghum and soybean producers in the area are invited to a March 12 clinic at the Post Office Building Conference Room. Morning soybeans session starts at 10 and the afternoon grain sorghum session at 1. Attendees may tour the new feed mill north of Hope and hear from Corn Belt Hatchery about grain contracts.
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Post Office
Calvin
J. Caldwell
Corn Belt Hatchery
North of
Hope
Calley Murder Trial Nearing Verdict In Vietnam Massacre Case
Testimony in the L T William Calley Jr murder trial concluded after four months. Final arguments loom as jurors may be instructed for a verdict as early as next week. Conviction on first degree murder could carry the death sentence. Col Oran Henderson testified as the highest ranking officer in the My Lai area.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
FT. Benning
Calley
My Lal
Oran K. Henderson
Ford LTD and Torino Drive Smart Motor Market
Consumers shop carefully as Ford LTD-midsize luxury and Torino models win favor. LTD matches pricier rivals with quiet ride and roominess, while Maverick secures top repair reliability among compact cars. Dealers highlight thirteen other models and the line of Ford choices.
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Ford Ltd
LTD
Cliss
Ford
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Hope, Ark
LIONS
Arkansan
Defense Department
Spee
Gerald L. Pesan
Kureka Springs
Bud
Knoxville, Tenn
Nash Buckingham
Buckingham
Field and Stream Magazine
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Providence, RI
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Dominican Order
Lockport
N.Y
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Lockport Union- Sun and Journal
Oklahoma
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Virginia
Rogers
Colony West
Rodney Parham
Rockefeller Pleasant Valley
Batesville
Kroger
Malvern
Vincent W. Foster
Foster Realty Company
Hope Center
Southeast Asia
Don Johnson
Lloyd Hendrix
Wayne Russell
George Frazier
First United Methodist Church
Albert Graves
Clyde Davis Photo
John P. Cox Drug Store
Hope — Mall
Torino
Maverick
America
Ford Boi LD
Ptriobarny Bear Lloret
Beller
Hope, Arkansas
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