Post Reports on Stolen FBI Document
The Washington Post says stolen FBI records show the bureau tracks campus and black activist groups via informants from switchboard operators to bank tellers. The paper received a packet with a cover letter and 14 FBI documents tied to a March 8 burglary of the Media, Pennsylvania office.
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Parren J. Mitchell
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Black Panther Party
Philadelphia Black Panthers
National Black Economic Development Conference
Philadelphia
Obituary notices for Troy Wakefield and others
Obituary notices report the death of Troy Wakefield 62 of Magnolia with funeral details and survivors including wife two sons a daughter and siblings. Separate AP notices list Paul S Johnson veteran racer Clyde Stucdy kidney dialysis patient and pianist Michael Fiat among recent deaths with brief biographical notes.
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Troy Wakefield
Magnolia
Calvary Baptist Church of
Countyline Cemetery
Nashville
Charles Law
Bill Voss
Lewis Funeral Home
Glassie Wakefield
Kenneth
Alexandria
Robby Dale Wakefield
Dallas
Jimmie Dale Sanders
Linell
Texas
Rafe Wakefield
Hospital vote approves Jonesboro project inArkansas
County residents of LORO Ark vote on construction at the Jonesboro County General facility. The measure passes by 7,447 to 1,094 with 1,694 votes in favor indicated. approved funding and scope details remain part of the ballot outcome for the hospital project.
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Loro, Ark
National Days Week and a Procrastination Fest
A quirky look at Chase's Calendar of Annual Events highlights odd and humorous observances from Mustache Day to National Procrastination Week, interwoven with unrelated wartime dispatches and SST debates shaping the era, contrasting light celebrations with serious global news.
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Chase
Joy Stilley
New York
Sode
Arkansas Weather Summary for Wednesday Night Through Thursday
Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Wednesday with a high of 63 and a low of 32. Forecast cloudy and a little warmer tonight and Thursday with scattered showers spreading over the state, ending from the west Thursday afternoon. Tonight’s low mid 30s to low 40s, Thursday’s high mid 50s to 60s.
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Experiment Station
Arkansas
State prison funding gains approved by Arkansas committee
The Joint Budget Committee advanced a nearly 1.1 million dollar capital program for Arkansas State Penitentiary including 350000 for a minimum security unit and 300000 for a new women’s reformatory, funded by new state money and reallocated 1970 funds. Additional appropriations covered barracks upgrades, kitchen, water and sewer facilities, with emergency financing for the University of Arkansas Medical Center and matching funds for junior colleges. A lease extension involving airport property and potential urban renewal parking lot deals were also discussed.
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API
Joint Budget Committee
Arkansas
Dale Bumpers
Cummins Prison Farm
Bumpers
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Arkansas bill would shift Department of Correction to social services
LITTLE ROCK AP A Tuesday bill in the Arkansas House would move the Department of Correction into the new Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services under governor supervision. Rep. Julian Streett said the change would make the department more responsive, while denying it aims to remove Correction Commissioner C. Robert Sarver. Streett emphasized the move would place the penitentiary head under the new department with governor consent, not the legislature.
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Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services
Julian’ Streett
Camden
Department of Correction
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Streett
C. Robert Sarver
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Freight Car Thefts Under Jury Probe
Freight car thefts involving 277 Central Railroad cars are under federal grand jury scrutiny. The case centers on alleged tampering and diversion connected to a repair shop, with officials from the Federal Task Force and Justice Department testifying as the investigation widens.
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Lee Linder
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Peon Central Railroad
Willian
Attempted Coup in West Africa Fails
Sierra Leone's army halted Brig John Bangurah's bid to seize power as Lt Col Sam King announced most of the 1500-man force dissociated, keeping Prime Minister Siaka Stevens in office. Stevens, a 65-year-old union leader, has long clashed with military rulers and faced past emergency powers and purges.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
Siaka P. Stevens
Sam King
John Bangurah
Stevens
Bangurah
British Commonwealth
Merger Bill to Senate United Arks University and AMN College
The Arkansas Senate opened discussion on a merger of the University of Arkansas and AM&N College. Senate Judiciary A sponsor is listed with Sens. Knox Nelson and Morrell Gathright from Pine Bluff guiding talks. The plan makes presidents faculty and staff negotiate terms, with an effective merger date set for July 1, 1972.
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University of Arkansas
Arkansas Am&n College
Arkansas Senate
Senate Judiciary
Knox Nelson
Morrell Gathright
Pine Bluff
High Court considers death penalty scope in landmark cases
The High Court questions capital punishment limits and abolition by judges versus legislation. California lists 95 death row prisoners. Florida 72. Louisiana and Ohio 42. Illinois 31. Nine states have abolished the death penalty. World data show 58 nations retain it, 26 have abandoned it. Justices hear Dennis C. McGautha of Los Angeles and James E. Crampton of Toledo, both as appellants. McGautha, 45, was convicted for a 1967 hold up and slaying in Los Angeles. William R. Wilkinson received a life sentence. Crampton, 44, was convicted of murdering his wife in 1967.
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Benjamin Smetana
William R. Wilkinson
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