Star expands staff after editor resignation
The Star increases editorial staff to three effective today after George S. Smith resigned as managing editor to join the Texarkana Gazette. Dorothy Winchell becomes City Editor, Annette Rogers Women’s News Editor, and Rebecca Lazenby Features and Photo Editor. The firm now employs 24 total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Smith
Texarkana Gazette
Star
Dorothy Winchell
Shreveport Times
Annette Rogers
C. M
Rogers, Jr
Rogers
Magnolia A. & M. College
Southern State
S.P.D
Byers Abstract
Mary Anita Laseter
Society
Rebecca Lazenby
Star Publishing Co
Magazine reports Nixon praised Dean for Watergate cover up
AP reports Time and Newsweek cite Dean readiness to testify that Nixon congratulated him in a meeting with Dean and Haldeman or Ehrlichman Dean says he has more evidence including White House documents to support claims The government reportedly won't grant immunity Dean faces possible self-incrimination issues and may reveal more under Senate Watergate scrutiny
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Washington
White House
John W. Dean
Nixon
Time
Newsweek
Dean
Oval Office
H.R
Bob
Haldeman
John
John D. Ehrlichman
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Senate Watergate
Key Biscayne, Fla
Florida White House
Gerald L. Warren
John W. Dean II
Dallas Physician Shoots Family Then Himself
Dallas physician Dr W F Henniger aged 50 shot his wife and four children late Sunday, killing three children Teresa 6 Mary Francis 9 and Mark 7, and wounded twin John who survived. He then killed himself with a .357 pistol. Mrs Henniger, also a physician, was critically wounded after surgery. Police described mental stress after heart surgery.
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Dallas
W. F. Henniger
Teresa
Mary Francis
Mark
John
Parkland Hospital
W.F. Monroe
Henniger
Ten Die on Arkansas Highways From Weekend Crashes
The Associated Press reports ten fatalities across six Arkansas crashes over the weekend from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Names include John L. Newman 46 of McGehee and Dr. Jack R. Martin 39 of Gravette, both killed in separate collisions, while riders and passengers such as Janna Martin 8 gravette and Leroy Deigert 46 of Fullerton Md. perished. Other victims include Phillip Deigert 23 of Essex Md., Steven Johnson 20 and Phillis Johnson 20 of Cane Hill, and Ray Alan Clark 19 of Berryville. Several others were injured in crashes on routes including U.S. 99, Arkansas 69, I-40, U.S. 62 and Arkansas 68.
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Associated Press
Yen
Arkansas
John L. Newman
McGehee
Newman
Willie Watkins Jr
Bessie Mac Mitchell
Jack R. Martin
Gravette
U.S. 99
Janna Martin
Donald Davis
Newark
Leroy Frank Deigert
Fullerton
Phillip E. Deigert
Essex
Phillip Deigert
Interstate 40
West Memphis
Deigert
Steven K. Johnson
Phillis J. Johnson
Cane Hill
Washington County
U.S. 62
Prairie Grove
Soapy Co
Ray Alan Clark
Berryville
Arkansas 68
Huntsville
Danny Joe Maxwell
Krogh Affidavit May Be Revealed by Judge Today
The Los Angeles judge is to disclose the contents of former White House aide Egil Krogh’s affidavit in a case linking the Pentagon papers investigation to Watergate. The trial involves Elisberg and Russo, with prosecutors promising no tainted evidence while defense seeks dismissal or mistrial amid a flurry of disclosures and White House connections.
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Krogh
Judge Today
Los Angeles
Matt Byrne
White House
Egil Krogh
E. Howard Hunt
Daniel Ellsberg
U.S
Elisberg
Anthony Russo
U.S. 9Th Circuit Court of Appeal
Pentagon Papers
John D. Ehrlichman
Byrne
FBI
Justice Department
Elsberg
Russo
Pentagon
David Nissen
Nissen
Watergate
Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
Ellsberg
Lewis Fielding
Ehrlichman
San Clemente
Calif
Liddy
Tornado damages Seminole area in Oklahoma blitz
A tornado destroyed a mobile home and damaged another and a service station owned by the Sparks family in Seminole Oklahoma. Four inches of rain fell as the funnel swept southwest of Seminole and then northeast toward the air port. Major Sparks helped his family to safety before the storm moved on.
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Seminole
Okla
Seminole Airport
Bill Sparks
Sparks
Bill Allen
Pleasant Grove
Medford
Deer Creek
Grant County
Oklahoma
Supreme Court lets stand reporter source protection in civil rights suit
The Court upheld a lower court ruling shielding Alfred Balk's confidential source in a Chicago class action alleging real estate firms used blockbusting to fuel panic selling and depress property values. The article notes the respondent group of black plaintiffs and prior circuit ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Chicago
Alfred Balk
Balk
Saturday Evening Post
Israelis Celebrate 25th Year in Jerusalem Parade
In Jerusalem Israelis mark 25 years of independence with the largest military display in the Middle East. 300,000 fill grandstands as 52 minutes of jets and reinforced armor march past. Independence fete draws mixed views over cost and Arab tensions in East Jerusalem and the territories.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Middle East
Red Sea
United States
United Nations
Arab East Jerusalem
Jordan
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Two Radio Programs Suspended
Mark Shields at KXAR found a marijuana packed cigarette in the control room. Police confiscated drugs and searched the studio while examining visitors from Friday and Saturday nights. Rock and Soul shows were suspended pending a full investigation and will resume once programs are deemed properly conducted.
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Mark Shields
KXAR
Mark
Haskell Jones
James McDonald
Jones
Spring Hill honors 1972 73 graduates and events
Spring Hill Schools announce honor graduates Cris Thornton Ginger Nations valedictorian Kay Clark salutatorian. Baccalaureate May 13 at Bethany Baptist Church with Rev Hope Jansen. Cleanup Day at Macedonia Cemetery May 9. Marine Pvt Victo B Fowler graduates Infantry Training. Webb Laseter named Blytheville Courier-News managing editor. National Music Week events and Mother’s Day tray cards at hospitals and nursing homes.
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Spring Hill
Cris Thornton
Ginger Nations
Roy Nations
Kay Clark
Tony Clark
Route One
Patmos
Spring Hill Bethany Baptist Church
Hope Jansen
Anderson Baptist Church
Webb Laseter
Blytheville Courier-News
Hope
Hope High School
Ouachita Baptist University
Arthur Strech
Gary Wells
Hope High
Lions, Kiwanis
Rotary
Glenn Parks Jr
Charles Jester
Byron Holt
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Sydnee Sinyard
Gail Sinyard
Johnson
Munn
Russell C. Worley
Eureka Springs
Brandy Jean Scroggins
Springdale
Timothy Scroggins
Newsman
Elias Shehada
Jericho
Golda Meir
Macedonia Cemetery
Patmos Road
M.T. Hubbard
Camp Pendlelon
Calif—Marine
Victo B. Fowler
Boyd B. Fowler
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