Water rationing in drought hard hit South Florida
In drought stricken South Florida Gov. Reubin Askew weighs Bethea's plan to ban public entry to the Everglades after 7,366 fires scorched 560,518 acres this year. Officials cite swamp buggies campers as major fire sources and drought records as the worst in state history.
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Miami
South Florida
Reubin Askew
Everglades
John Bethea
State Division of Forestry
South
Florida
Bethea
Collier County
Askew
National Weather Service
Garrett Sloan
Miami Water Department
Clifford O’key
Miami Beach
Marchers plan a noon rally to pressure Congress
Antiwar demonstrators, after 10000 plus arrests and police actions, shift focus to Washington. Rennie Davis vows to hold Congress hostage until war ends. A strong security presence surrounds bridges and traffic circles as the march on the Capitol looms.
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Lee Byrd
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Capitol
Justice Department
Rennie Davis
Davis
Nixon
Boeing
H.L. Schwartz
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
White House
Burbank
Calif
Rolls Royce St
U.S
Lockheed
Crusade on Cancer Vital Volunteers Put Patient Hope First
Douglas Drake, ACS Hope Unit Service Chairman, says physicians scientists and nurses join volunteers who support cancer patients behind the lines. Reach to Recovery volunteers visit hospitalized patients after breast surgery to reassure recovery, offer practical tips, and help restore confidence and activity. A Cornell biologist note about Indigo Buntings appears in the passage.
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American Cancer Society
Douglas Drake
Hope Unit
ACS
Kay Coleman Initiated Into Thetas At Southern State College
Kay Coleman daughter of Mr and Mrs N B Coleman of Fulton was among 29 Southern State College students initiated into the Arkansas Theta chapter of Alpha Chi national scholastic fraternity on May 4. The honor is bestowed to juniors and seniors in the top ten percent with faculty approval. Kay is a 1968 Hope High School graduate and a junior medical technology major, active in Harrod Hall Student Senate AWS and science clubs. Linda Harris also initiated. she is a junior sociology major and active in several campus groups.
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Magnolia
Kay Coleman
N.B. Coleman
Rt. 1
Fulton
Southern State College
Arkansas Theta Chapter of
Alpha
Mt. Holly
Curtis Marshall
Camden
Alvin Barker
Miss Coleman
Hope High School
Southern State
Harrod Hall
Association of Women Students
Women’s Recreation Association
Linda Harris
E.A. Harris
Ozan
College Activities Board
AWS
Wesley Foundation
Bloodmobile returns May 10 and 11 for two day drive
Under the Red Cross distribution rule twenty percent of county blood goes to the Veterans Hospital in Little Rock. Red Cross Blood Mobile Chairman Haskell Jones asks Hempstead Countians to donate during the May 10 11 visit from 12 noon to 6 pm each day. About 45 minutes per pint, 240 pints needed to close the year.
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Red Cross
Veterans Hospital
Little Rock
Veterans of Arkansas
Haskell Jones
Red Cross Blood Mobile
Hempstead Countians
Bumpers Sees Fair Apportionment Plan Near Completion
Governor Dale Bumpers said Arkansas legislators will likely finalize a reapportionment plan this week. He noted the Senate maps preserve 54 county borders and hinted about Herron’s possible headship of the reorganized Health Department. He also weighed in on the Supreme Court death penalty ruling as a potential prelude to future upholding of capital punishment.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
State Board of Apportionment
J. T. Herron
Department of Health
Bumpers
Herron
Board of Health
Health Department
U.S. Supreme Court
Notable World Obituaries From Three Nations
Ja roslav Skala 76 former commander of the 2nd Czechoslovakian Air Force dies in Phoenix. He earned two Legions of Honor from France the Czech Gold Medal of Flyers and the Order of the Rising Sun from Japan. Einar Mikkelsen 90 Danish arctic explorer and author dies in Copenhagen a Knight of Dannebrog recipient who joined expeditions at 19 and led the Anglo American trek in Alaska 1906 08. Robert Pollak 67 stockbroker musician and former drama critic for the Chicago Sun Times dies in Chicago after a 20 year tenure as critic ending in 1950.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Jaroslav Skala
2Nd Czechoslovakian Air Force
Skala
France
Czechoslovakia
Order of the Rising Sun
Japan
Copenhagen
Einar Mikkelsen
Dannebrog
Mikkelsen
Alaska
Chicago
Robert Pollak
The
Chicago Sun-Times
Sun-Times
Chicago Times
Larry Stanbaugh in U S Army Medical Training Center
Larry David Stanbaugh son of Mrs Arthur Hagaman of Route 3 is in training at Fort Sam Houston Texas with the U S Army Medical Training Center. He and his family have lived in Hope three years and prior to service he worked at Hope Brick Works. After training he will serve in Vietnam or Germany.
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Michael Atkins
Curtis Atkins
Hope Star
Larry David Stanbaugh
Arthur Hagaman
Route 3
Fort
Sam Houston
Texas
U.S. Army Medical Training Center
Larry
Hope
Hope Brick Works
Vietnam
Germany
Five Tons of Marijuana Seized Off San Francisco Vessels
Federal officers chased and boarded the converted shrimp boat Mercy Wiggins in the Pacific near the Golden Gate, discovering five tons of marijuana valued at about 1.4 million dollars. The haul filled 333 bags and led to multiple arrests across the Mercy Wiggins, the Andiamo, and a San Francisco Marina camper. Bail ranged from 50 000 to 100 000 dollars for eight defendants, with a year long probe conducted with San Diego police.
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San Francisco
Customs
Myles Ambrose
U.S
U.S. Customs and Coast Guard
Mercy Wiggins
Pacific
Golden Gate
Andiamo
San Pablo Bay
San Diego
Harry McCue
James Olson
Captain Cook
Hawaii
Richard Michael King
Richard Hansen
McCue
Virginia Marie Pope
John Ferris Pope
Kealakekua
Gordon Maack
Kailua
Kona
James Russell Vukich
Robert Craig Light
South Seattle
Wash
Miki D. Thieda
la Jolla
Calif
John van Diver
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