Terrorists Blow Bridge to Cambodia's Largest City
Phnom Penh's main bridge across the Mekong suffered a center span blast, killing three and injuring five. Six men and two girls were arrested as suspects. The explosion disrupted access to Highway 6 north and northeast, complicating troop supply during ongoing fighting aroundPrey Veng. Frogmen attacked Bassac River ships, one cargo vessel sunk, while rockets and mortar fire continued around Phnom Penh.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Phnom Penh
Mekong
Bassac
Johnson files for Senate in Arkansas race
Fos ter Johnson of Little Rock filed a $2,500 fee to run for the U S Senate. He criticizes incumbent Sen John L McClellan as not acting in Arkansas’s best interests and questions his ability to serve another term, citing banking ties and influence over a new state charter. Johnson has previously challenged McClellan and Fulbright.
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Foster Johnson
Democratic Party
U.S. Senate
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Capitol
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
First National Bank
Arkansas
UN to Welcome First Chinese Under Secretary General
The United Nations is poised to appoint its first under secretary-general from Communist China, with diplomatic sources saying Secretary General Kurt Waldheim and Chinese officials have agreed in principle. The move would mark a significant shift in UN leadership dynamics amid ongoing Cold War tensions.
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United Nations, N.Y
United Nations
China
Kurt Waldheim
Four Died As Area Obituaries Mention Local Losses
Elvin Rhodes 59 painter and United Pentecostal Church member died Friday. Survived by wife Loretta and children, steps, and siblings in California. Herndon to announce arrangements. Delmer E. Russell 75 died Thursday in Torrence California, former local resident. Funeral in California per Oakcrest Funeral Home. Joseph Robert Cash 74 of Nevada County died Thursday. services Saturday at Midway Methodist Church near Prescott. Burial in Midway Cemetery. Peking's first UN secretariat representative to head the trusteeship department. post expanded to colonialism and race issues in Rhodesia and South Africa. Chinese request aligned with Third World ties. new undersecretary-general name to be disclosed next Tuesday with Waldheim cabinet lineup.
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United Pentecostal Church
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John
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Louisiana
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Banks, Ark
Jean Allen
Willie Belle Riddle
Los Angeles
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William Rhodes
Hope
Jackie Pool
Harry Rhodes
California
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Rudy Verro
May Stinson
Herndon
Delmer E. Russell
Torrence
Calif
Oakcrest Funeral Home
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Joseph Robert Cash
Nevada County
Hope Hospital
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Sidney Cash
Waco
Texas
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McDonald
Melvin Cash
Isabella, Tenn
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Texarkana
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Emmet
Midway Methodist Church
Prescott
Midway Cemetery
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U.N. Secretariat
Rhodesia
South Africa
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Security Council
Soviet Union
China
France
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Waldheim
Wants Gas Order Modified
Agrico Chemical Co. of Blytheville urged the Arkansas Public Service Commission to rescind or modify its order granting Arkla an interim 20 percent industrial gas rate increase. Agrico called the gas cost adjustment clause unlawful delegation of PSC authority and argued the interim rise is not needed for financing Arkla’s planned Arkansas basin pipeline. Arkla seeks a permanent rate increase following the fall filing and bond posting for potential refunds.
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State Public Service Commission
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No Sympathy for U.S. Leaving UN
U N ambassador George Bush told the University of Arkansas audience there is little sympathy in America for U S withdrawal from the United Nations. He defended Red China inclusion and said the U N remains essential, while calling for broader funding and reforms to curb deficits.
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United Nations
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U.N
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Bush
Little Rock
Alabama
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Florida
Wallace
U.S
Taiwan
China
Middle East
U S May Enter Memphis School Desegregation Case
The Justice Department weighs intervening in Memphis school desegregation, after Detroit action, as city plans near bus desegregation. Memphis, population 145000, faces a potential first-year busing cost near 20 million dollars. Delegation members urge action.
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Justice Department
Memphis
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Nixon
Detroit
U.S
Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund
Howard Baker Jr
Rtenn
Ray Blanton
Dtenn
Connally warns stores to curb food price rises
Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally urged food stores to watch prices or risk tougher government action. He called for trimming prices amid a spiraling food cost period, while ruling out controls on raw agricultural products except as a last resort. He also cautioned against mass labor strikes following four labor members of the Pay Board quitting.
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Pay Board
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NBC Today Show
The
Price Commission
Labor
Two Killed in Mulberry Ark Car Truck Collision
In Crawford County near Mulberry two lovers Dennis Starkey 22 and Tommy Cunningham 22 died when Starkey’s station wagon crossed the center line and hit the pickup driven by Robert Benham 60 head on. Benham was injured.
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Mulberry, Ark
U.S. 64
Mulberry
Crawford County
Dennis L. Starkey
Tommy Cunningham
Robert Benham
Starkey
Benham
Arkadelphia Residents Call for Front Office Changes
Petitions presented to Arkadelphia School Board demand resignations of Superintendent Robert Stephens and Principal Bill Ward and seek to expand the board from five to seven members. Read by Travis Mathis, Ralph Watson, and Bob Poole, the pleas cite discipline concerns while a faculty member backed Ward. The meeting yielded no action as patrons spoke. use of a curfew remains in effect after last week’s white injuries.
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Arkadelphia School Board
Robert Stephens
Bill Ward
Travis Mathis
Ralph Watson
Bob Poole
Mathis
Danny Lowe
Arkadelphia
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