Judge clears way to resume Gillham Dam construction
U S District Court Judge G Thomas Eisele dismissed a suit by environmentalists seeking to block the Gillham Dam on the Cossatot River. The ruling halts a temporary NEPA-driven injunction and states the decision to build rests with executive or legislative branches.
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Little Rock
U. S. District Court
G. Thomas Eisele
Gillham
Cossatot River
Eisele
Army Engineers
NEPA
Cossatot
Congress
NTA Ban Prolonged Pending Health Review
Washington AP The government urged detergent makers to extend an 18 month voluntary ban on NTA until scientists confirm any human health risk. Nine non government scientists reviewed prior studies prompting this delay, a setback for the soap industry seeking 20 million from the NTA removal in 1970.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
NTA
Wholesale price drop boosts April meat costs impact
wholesale prices for meats poultry and fish fell 2.9 percent in April aiding a 0.7 percent overall drop in farm products. total employment rose about 400000 to 60.6 million while unemployment fell to 4.7 million. average earnings rose to 3.59 per hour and 132.83 per week, with purchasing power up slightly. graduates listed for Southern State College degrees slated for May 12 commencement at Wilkins Stadium.
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Washington
Labor Department
Lion
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Republicans Move 1972 Convention to Miami Beach
The Republican National Committee unanimously Switched the 1972 GOP convention from San Diego to Miami Beach due to rising costs and labor problems at the San Diego arena. Aug 21 23 dates stay. Richard Herman cites contract disputes as core issue. Miami Beach offers rent-free hall and free bus service. asks for 1000-member security. Also notes Ouachita Baptist graduation announcements.
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John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington
Republican Party
San Diego
Miami Beach
Republican National Committee
Richard Herman
Herman
National Committee
Nixon
White House
San Clemente
GOP
Robert Dole
International Telephone
Wilson
Peter Graham
All Around Town SSC students begin 1972 73 roles
Two area students at Southern State College will serve in elected or appointed positions for 1972 73. Linda B Williams of Hope is elected as one of eight cheerleaders and Dale Cheatham of McNab will be Resident Assistant of Graham Hall mens residence hall and secretary treasurer of the Psychology Club. Both are juniors at SSC. The piece also notes volunteer needs for Red Cross blood drives, a Spring Hill Senior class car wash, and changes in Centenary College Choir director. It mentions a Hope Optimist Club meeting and Cemetery maintenance donations.
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Southern State College
Linda B. Williams
Hope
Dale Cheatham
McNab
Williams
Cheatham
Graham Hall
SSC
Hope Post Office Loses Mail Terminal to Texarkana
After May 6 the Hope Arkansas mail terminal loses the section to Texarkana Texas. The Oaklawn Post Office in Texarkana will distribute mail for Hope DeQueen Nashville Prescott Blevins McCaskill Lewisville Rosston McNab Saratoga and nearby areas. Local mail will be trucked to Texarkana except for in town letters returned to Hope. At least seven local workers will transfer to Shreveport Louisiana. City carriers will use four new vehicles and deliver block by block.
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Hope
Arkansas
Oaklawn
Texarkana
Texas
DeQueen
Nashville
Prescott
Blevins
McCaskill
Lewisville
Rosston
McNab
Saratoga
Shreveport
Fight Raging for Vital Highway 14
Heavy fighting erupted over control of Highway 14 in the central highlands near Kontum. North Vietnamese and South Vietnamese forces suffered casualties, refugees were turned back, and the road remained a critical supply line as U.S. bombers targeted caves and routes in the mountains.
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Saigon
Highway 14
Highlands
Kontum
Chu Pao
Pleiku
U.S
Central Highlands
Hijacked Eastern Air Lines Jet Demands Ransom
An unnamed light skinned hijacker commandeered Eastern Flight 175 after leaving Allentown, picked up 300000 dollars in ransom at Dulles Airport, and remained aboard en route to an undeclared destination. 56 aboard. 48 passengers and several crew members left at Dulles after money and equipment were delivered to the hijacker.
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Washington
Eastern Air Lines
Dulles International
Dulles
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Eastern
Allentown
Showers Expected Across Arkansas Tonight
The Associated Press reports scattered showers and thunderstorms to begin in Arkansas late today as southeasterly winds bring warm moist air from the Gulf. A approaching cold front will raise the rain chance as it nears. High pressure earlier offered a pleasant day with fair skies and warm temperatures, with only a trace rainfall recorded in Fayetteville and Harrison overnight.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Gulf
National Weather Service
Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Photographer Clyde Davis Wins State Photo Honors
Clyde Davis, local photographer, won two first place awards at the Arkansas Professional Photographers Association convention in Little Rock last week. His print Snowy Azalea won Best Pictorial Direct Color and Golden Memories was named Best Candid Direct Color. Davis has earned multiple prior honors and captured two firsts among five categories this year.
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Clyde Davis
Arkansas Professional Photographers Association
Lite Rock
Davis
Priit
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Meat Responsible
John Warren Greene
Jerry M. Porterfield
Magnolia
Archie Larry Calhoun
Ricky Wendell Smith
Clyde Clayton McNeil
Diane Hatfield Dupree
Gaywyn Cox Golden
All of Hope
William Frank Barrow
Emmet
Marilyn Ann Mitchell
Pamela Jean Huffman
Dorothy Healey Jones
Wilkins Stadium
Telegraph Corp
Bob Wilson
Ouachita Baptist University
Diane Collins
Robert Rouse
Dennis Wood
Nellie Churchwell
Deborah Bledsoe
John King
Red Cross
Bob Turner
Lonnie Crow
Red River
Spring Hill
Walker's
Third Street
Will K. Andress
Centenary College Choir
A. C. ‘‘Cheesy” Voran
First United Methodist Church of
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Charles Batson
Bill Wilson
St. Vincent Infirmary
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South Walnut Street
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Hope Optimist Club
Highway 29
EH. Bahlow
Rt 1
Patmos. Ark
George Esper
Quang Tri
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