Peace talks fail leaves US with few options in Vietnam
Washington officials say diplomatic efforts have collapsed with no path to a settlement. They expect intensified air raids against North and South targets, plus a push to cut North Vietnamese oil supplies. Officials warn the outcome depends on South Vietnamese fighting and keep open the possibility of additional actions short of ground forces or nuclear weapons.
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Vietnam
United States
U.S
South
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Nixon
Weather Notes From Arkansas Station Forecast
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 am Friday notes High around 80 and low near 47. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, warmer conditions, and scattered showers with thunder in the northwest. Tonight and Saturday stay partly cloudy to cloudy with more showers. highs reach upper 70s to mid 80s and lows upper 50s to upper 60s. Highs Saturday in the 80s.
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Arkansas
Viewers May Not Get a Chance to Switch
Washington AP report says a proposed voters time law would force a nationwide simulta neous campaign broadcast on radio and TV. Representative Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. says the six half hour blocks for major parties and smaller time for minor parties would prevent emotional spots and offer a rational issues discussion. The measure would not block private or party funded extra air time.
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Carl C. Craft
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Dmass
O'Neill
Marines May Return to Protect Americans
The Pentagon opened the possibility that Marine troops could be landed back in South Vietnam to shield American support forces if threatened by North Vietnam. Spokesman Jerry Friedheim said such action would not resume ground combat. General Abrams could deploy more combat troops within manpower limits to meet Nixon’s 20,000 reduction goal. Also, Evangelist Samuel Calk and his wife from Mission Texas begin a 10 day revival at First Assembly of God Church May 9 at 7:30 PM.
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Vietnam
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Mission, Texas
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Pastor Truitt
Missouri
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Nobel Prize co-winner Dr Edward C Kendall dies at 86
Dr Edward C Kendall 86 co-winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology for cortisone work died Thursday in Princeton New Jersey. Also noted were deaths of Dr Wendell G Scott 66 of St Louis radiologist and ACS leader and Maurice Samuel 77 author critic translator of Yiddish works.
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ST. Louis, Mo
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New York
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Anisfield-Wolf
Poultry Festival Tickets Rising for May Event in Nashville
Hope Star reports booming advance sales for the Southwest District Poultry Festival to be held May 20 at Scrapper Stadium in Nashville. Festival chairman Dugan Tinsley notes 5631 tickets pledged by Southwest Arkansas businesses and residents, with large purchases from Senator Olen Hendrix and banks in Prescott and Delight.
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Dugan Tinsley
Southwest Arkansas
Olen Hendrix
Bank of Prescott
Bank of Delight
Nashville Jaycees
Tucker calls for faster Arkansas criminal appeals reform
Jim Guy Tucker, a Democratic candidate for state attorney general in Little Rock, urged revision of Arkansas criminal appeals procedures to prevent convicted felons from remaining free during appeals. He proposed legislation to have appeals heard within four months after conviction if elected.
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Little Rock
Jim Guy Tucker
Tucker
Group Grants Rieindienst Backing in Senate Report
A Senate Judiciary Committee majority report finds no evidence of political influence in the settlement of anti trust cases against Inter. John Chadwick reports from Washington that the committee’s lengthy probe did not substantiate charges, despite extensive inquiry.
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Antitrust Division
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Jack Anderson
Dita D. Beard
Sheraton Hotel
San Diego
Petitions Filed To Close All Pulaski County Adult Theaters
Petitions filed in Circuit Court seek to close adult movie theaters in Pulaski County as public nuisances for showing obscene films. Beaver Amusement Corp. operates Towne Art Theater and the Adult Cinema in Little Rock and the New Mini Cinema in Jacksonville. Southland Theaters, Inc. runs the Joy Twin Theaters in North Little Rock.
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Pulaski County
Little Rock
Wilbur C. Bentley
Beaver Amusement Corp
Towne Art Theater
Jacksonville
Southland Theaters, Inc
Joy Twin
North Little Rock
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Prosecutor’s Office
Beaver Amusement
Southland
Joy Twins
Wallace wins Tennessee primary in low turnout
George C. Wallace captures Tennessee with 68 percent of the vote and 49 Democratic delegates, his first clear majority over a crowded field. Humphrey second with 16 percent, McGovern third, Chisholm fourth, while Nixon dominates the Republican primary winning all 26 delegates amid sparse turnout.
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Associated Press
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Minnesota
Paign
George McGovern
South Dakota
Shirley Chisholm
New York
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Environmentalists Challenged in Cache River Hearing
In Little Rock Army Engineer Col. John V. Parish testifies that no feasible alternatives to channelizing the Cache River Bayou DeView exist for flood relief. He says the project aims to control floods not acquire cropland, while environmentalists urge discussion of other options and full mitigation of wildlife habitat loss.
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Cache River
John V. Parish
Memphis
U. S
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Bayou de View
Michael Palmer
The
Environmental Defense
Hopes for an Enemy Grind Down Across Indochina War
Washington officials say the aim against the North Vietnamese offensive is to grind down enemy forces in weeks ahead. They note the South Vietnamese may hold through attrition as Hanoi commits regular troops to gains. Pentagon analysts say high losses burden Hanoi, with air power expected to wear down supply lines and morale.
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USS
South Vietnam
3Rd Infantry Division
Quang Tri
Defense Department
Pentagon
Hanoi
Indochina
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