Obituaries and court notes on McGuffin Norris and Dooley tale
William A. McGuffin aged 65 of Nevada County dies in Camas. Survived by Pearl McGuffin and two sons. Funeral home in charge. body to Magnolia for services and burial. Mrs. Francis Ann Norris aged 85 dies in a focal nursing home. Services at 3 pm Friday in Athens Presbyterian Church with burial in Salem Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters and six sons. A Supreme Court case on a contempt charge against newsmen and Kirby is described with jail time and an appeal. Tom Dooley legend traced to fact, noting Civil War soldier Tom Dula's 1868 execution for Laura Foster's death in North Carolina.
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Hope
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Broken Bow
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Tyler
Texas
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Lake Village
Arkansas
Joe Norris
Shreveport
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Alexandria
L. E. Wallace
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Cal
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U.S. M.C
Viet Nam
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Albany
Georgia
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Dallas
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Supreme Court
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Tom Dula
North Carolina
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Wilkes County
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Ky Presents South Vietnam Constitution at Guam Meeting
President Johnson and South Vietnam’s Premier Nguyen Cao Ky discussed the newly approved constitution in Guam. Ky handed an embossed copy to Johnson as Saigon’s assembly moves toward electing a president and a new assembly in the coming months. Supporters hope a democratically chosen government will deter the Viet Cong and push North Vietnam to talks, though endurance and stability remain uncertain.
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Washington
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Guam
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ye
Saigon
Constituent Assembly
North Vietnam
Guam clash over Vietnam and Thieu peace bid
A news conference in Guam intensified U S opposition to communism in South Vietnam. President Johnson had paused bombing during Lunar New Year, but Ky warned against coalition with the Viet Cong. South Vietnam later offered a longer pause and Thieu signaled readiness for peace talks, framing Thant's three step proposal with a stand-by truce and preliminary talks.
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GOPS Win Big Victory in Florida
Republicans celebrated a major breakthrough in Florida's special legislative election, gaining a stronger foothold in the Deep South while falling short of a full majority. Rhode Island's race remained tight as Democrat Robert Tiernan clung to a narrow lead over Republican James DiPrete Jr., with many absentee ballots yet to be counted.
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Washington
Florida
Rhode Island
Robert O. Tiernan
James DiPrete Jr
John E. Fogarty
DiPrete
Tiernan
GOP
Claude Kirk
South
Ray C. Bliss
William C. Cramer
Rella
LBJ
John M. Bailey
National Committee
Bailey
Weather Station Report ARKANSAS Forecast Through Friday
For 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Thursday the high was 86 and low 58 with a forecast of partly to mostly cloudy skies across Arkansas. Showers and a few thunderstorms expected tonight through Friday, cooler in extreme northwest Friday, otherwise warm. Tonight’s low mainly in the 60s.
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Arkansas
Hawkins Overcomes Voice Loss To Star In Great Catherine
British actor Jack Hawkins lost his larynx after cancer surgery more than a year ago. He learned to speak again by controlled breathing and has now taken a role as an ambassador in the film Great Catherine.
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Jack Hawkins
Hawkins
Great Catherine
April Wedding Planned for Novelist in Medford
MEDFORD Ore AP Mrs Helen Hedrick novelist and widow of an Oregon educator will wed Alfred A Knopf head in Rio de Janeiro on April 12 The engagement was announced Tuesday They met when his New York firm published her novel The Blood Remembers in the early 1940s She is believed in her 60s Knopf 74 and widow E H Hedrick died in 1963
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Helen Hedrick
Oregon
Alfred A. Knopf
New York
Hedrick
Alfred A. Knopf Inc
Rio de Janeiro
Knopf
Labor disputes across nation reach head in 1967 strike era
On Thursday March 30 1967 labor disputes dominated headlines as a national television radio network strike continued and New York newspaper walkouts plus rail road threats unsettled the country. In Des Moines Iowa a government antitrust action against the National Farmers Organization focused on milk price pressures, a non strike with similar impact.
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National Farmers Organization
Des Moines
Iowa
NFO
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