Millwood Lake trip highlights shallow channels and new dock
Peterson launched boats at Cypress Slough on Millwood Lake to test engines and depth instruments. The writer notes unsafe channel marking, shallow water between trees, and calibration challenges with a new depthometer while observing fellow boater Peterson’s carburetor trouble. Both men end the day with familiar shake-down weariness.
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Missile Plan Hearing Behind Closed Doors
Senator backers of a modified missile defense program opened a traditionally closed committee hearing in a bid to draw public attention from opponents. Sen John Stennis chairman of the Armed Services Committee said the antiballistic missile ABM project should be fully explained to the American people at the hearing on defense funds.
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Senate
Otto Otepka
State Department
Boy of the Year Named by Boys Clubs of America
Washington AP Perry Joseph Lady of Oxnard California named 1969 Boy of the Year by the Boys Clubs of America. He is 7, Negro, and received an award plaque and citation from President Nixon at the White House ceremony Wednesday.
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Gloomy Vietnam report pushes Nixon to renew effort
Senate leader Mike Mansfield said the administration’s gloomy Vietnam forecast signals the need for intensified presidential action in Paris to end the war. He noted Laird’s testimony suggested two more years of fighting, marking a shift from his prior restraint of attacks on Nixon.
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Associated Press
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101 Killed in Egyptian Plane Crash
An Egyptian Soviet-built Nyushin 18 airliner carrying 101 aboard crashed at Aswan airport returning from pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Officials said 92 died. 14 survived but five died later. The wreckage scattered across 800 yards. seven crew aboard. Pilgrims typically quarantine in Aswan before returning home.
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Post Office Opening at Emmet
Postmaster Charles B. Ward announces Emmet Post Office is accepting civil service exam applications to fill future vacancies including substitute clerk and carrier positions. Starting pay is 2.95 per hour with automatic yearly increases. Benefits include 26 days 2 year vacation, 13 days 4 year sick leave, retirement plan, group health and life insurance, and other benefits. No experience required. applications available during business hours at the Post Office.
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Charles B. Ward
Emmet Post Office
Mrs Ike Has Lost Weight During Vigil at President's Side
Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower says she has shed 15 pounds while staying near her husband at Walter Reed Army Hospital where he has faced repeated heart attacks since May. She notes he has some good days and some bad ones and recalls last Saturday as especially hard. Doctors recently reported progress after major intestinal surgery and later pneumonia.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Ray Wants His Trial Reopened
MEMPHIS Tenn AP James Earl Ray asks judge to reopen the Martin Luther King Jr murder case void his guilty plea and grant a jury trial. He plans a postconviction petition and to hire a lawyer, prompting an evidentiary hearing if granted. Judge W Preston Battle noted the move and said such petitions are common amid evolving pretrial rights rulings.
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Legislature Expense Vote Missed By Speaker McClerkin
In Little Rock Arkansas Speaker Hayes McClerkin voided three votes to stop double voting by Ode Maddox and James Linder on a bill funding a General Assembly expense account. The measure needed 75 votes and faced a journal contest as Rep George Nowotny prepared a statement. Senate efforts also aimed to cut the cigarette tax increase from five to four cents.
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Associated Press
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APA
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Texarkana
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Oden
James Linder
West Helena
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Linder
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Fort Smith
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Vietnam dead toll climbs past ten thousand in ten months
United States battlefield deaths in Vietnam rose past ten thousand in the ten months since the Paris talks began with about 350 Americans killed last week. Senator Mansfield urges stronger presidential effort to end fighting amid Nixon war policy criticism.
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Paris
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Man Resists Hijack On Delta Flight 918 In Dallas
A would-be hijacker on Delta Airlines Flight 918 to Cuba was disarmed by passengers after landing for refueling in New Orleans. The man, Douglas Alton Dickey, 27, produced a .22 pistol that fired when struggled over, but the bullet ricocheted off the floor. FBI said he was born in Casa Grande Arizona and faces air piracy charges with potential death penalty.
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Cuba
FBI
John Reed
Douglas Alton Dickey
Local road repairs finish on I 30 Hope to Texarkana run
The Arkansas Highway Department reports I 30 between Hope and Texarkana is repaired and crews move to the westbound section for further work. Traffic detours include using Old Highway 67 to reach Fulton and a return route via 130 from Texarkana to Fulton. Also notes on upcoming PTAs and local events in Nacogdoches and Hope.
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Arkansas Highway Department
Hope
Texarkana
Fulton
Americans Lose 351 in Week of War
GEORGE ESPER Command announced today that 351 Americans were killed in action in Vietnam last week, bringing the U.S. battlefield death toll to 10,112 in 10 months since the Paris peace talks began and to 34,063 in more than eight years of war. The week’s toll rose to 1,140 casualties in the first three weeks of the spring offensive, with enemy deaths reported at 4,137 last week for a total of at least 119,100 since talks began. The report notes continued heavy fighting near Da Nang with rocket and mortar attacks on allied targets including Camp Tien Sha and nearby bases.
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Associated Press
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U.S
Paris
United States
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South Vietnam
U.S. Navy
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Navy
Russia China Swap Charges Echo Soviet News Report
A Soviet daily alleges Communist China sold war materials to the United States for Vietnam via Hong Kong firms. It cites claims of U S warships buying items and 15 transport barges, and notes Soviet pilots near a disputed Damansky Chenpao island where clashes occurred this month. It also reports transfers of workers from Moscow to the Far East to bolster Russia's border presence.
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Associated Press
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Chenpao
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