Millwood Lake fishing trip yields single catch despite big crowds
An Arkansas author recalls a fishing excursion on Millwood Lake and the Saline River. Despite 1.3 million annual visitors, the day produced only one white perch. The author notes changes to the upper Saline channel, the crowding on a weekday, and the vast, evolving water body hailed as Arkansas best fishing grounds.
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Millwood
Hope
Tim
Corps of Engineers
Baker's Bluff
Saline
Arkansas
Lloyd Spencer
Grassy Lake
Lloyd
Ex-Wife Questions Faubus on Salary Rises
Alta Faubus, publisher of Madison County Record and ex-wife of former Gov. Orval Faubus, questions whether he should be taken seriously on salary increases. She notes his 42 million surplus claim and says actions speak louder than words in a published note dated this week.
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Huntsville
Ark
Alta Faubus
Oryal FE. Faubus
Faubus
States Mentana
Madison County Record
Fausbus
Orval
Alta
Teachers Fight Unfair Raises in Malvern Arkansas
Mrs James Crawford president of the Melveyn Classroom Teachers Association said teachers protest salary inequity. Coaches received about 700 dollars yearly raise while classroom teachers got 125 dollars. A meeting with the School Board was set for this afternoon.
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Malvern, Ark
James Crawford
Malvern
Melveyn Classroom Teachers Association
Crawford
Unemployment Rate Climbs Sharply Amid Mixed Earnings
Washington reports a sharp rise in unemployment from 4.4 to 4.8 percent, the highest in five years, with about 300,000 more jobless to nearly four million. The increase hits men hardest, with Negro workers rising from 7.1 to 8.7 percent while whites move 4.1 to 4.3 percent. Average hourly earnings rise 6.7 percent year over year, though overall purchasing power falls due to inflation.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Senate moves to curb funds for Cambodia war
Senate Democrats with Republican support plan an early showdown on a military sales bill amendment to cut off funds for U S operations in Cambodia. The measure could reach the Senate by late next week with a vote the following week, though House action remains doubtful after refusals to back any curbs. Leader Mansfield says approval would mark a significant step and could influence White House policy. The amendment is sponsored by four Foreign relations members.
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Val F. Leubou
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Cambodia
House
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Middle age across life’s border is a sly frontier
HAL BOYLE notes the shadowy line of middle age and how people sense crossing it. The piece lists signs of aging from memory lapses to tougher daily tasks. It jokes about treading the treadmill of life and the futility of new inventions.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Viet Cong and North Vietnam Hit South Vietnam Hard
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces bombarded northern provinces with hundreds of rockets and mortars as 30,000 U S and South Vietnamese troops pressed operations in Cambodia. In South Vietnam Da Nang Hoi An and Tam Ky were hit hard with heavy fighting in Parrot's Beak battles. 76 Vietnamese killed 83 wounded. 31 enemy troops killed. The U S reported no American deaths and 33 wounded.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
Svay Rieng
Cambodia
da Nang
Hoi An
Tam Ky
Hai Ain
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Pollution fight in navigation enforcement launched
The Little Rock District Corps of Engineers announced a vigorous enforcement program to eliminate oil and other refuse discharges into navigable waters within the district. It cooperates with other federal agencies and states that any discharge is prohibited without requiring proof of intent or negligence for penalties.
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Little Rock
Total of 227 Colleges Are Closed
The Associated Press reports 227 colleges and universities closed amid antiwar protests after the Kent State shootings. Across campuses, strikes and demonstrations disrupted classes while violence erupted at several schools including University at Buffalo and Southern Illinois University. Police and National Guardsmen used tear gas as clashes spread.
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Associated Press
Indochina
Kent State University
Washington
University At Buffalo
National Guardsmen
Carbondale
Ill
Southern Illinois University
Ilinois Central
New Orleans
Chicago
Earier
U.S. 51
Illinois 13
University of Wisconsin
Medigan
University of Washington
Wisconsin U President Resigns During Crisis
Fred H. Harrington, 57, resigned today as president of the University of Wisconsin after four days of violent antiwar demonstrations. He will become a history professor on the university staff effective Oct. 1, saying the move had been planned for some time and that it comes at a time of crisis.
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Madison, Wis
Fred H. Harrington
University of Wisconsin
Harrington
Board of Regents
Six Arkansas districts face Justice Department action over desegregation plans
An Arkansas Education Department official said 41 of six districts failed to state by the deadline whether they would submit desegregation plans under the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The six districts named are Bradley Lafayette County Hazen Holly Grove Thornton Wadbaseka and Watson Chapel.
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Little Rock, Ark
State Education Department
Justice Department
Earl Willis
Bradley
Lafayette County
Hazen
Holly Grove
Thornton
Wadbaseka
Watson Chapel
Informers May Receive Up To 50000 For Drug Information
AP report details how the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs may pay informants more than 50 thousand dollars to break high level drug conspiracies. John E. Ingersoll testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee about a 439 thousand dollar informers fund. He cited a case where payment to an informant could exceed 50 thousand dollars and emphasized protection needs. He also defended a plan to target nine major trafficking systems supplying most heroin cocaine and other drugs in the United States.
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Robert A. Hunt
Associated Press
Washington
John E. Ingersoll
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Ingersoll
Subcommittee
Johnny J. Rooney
D-N.y
FBI
Derers
Rooney
Ingers
Bureau
United States
Regional alliance to fight pollution formed in South
Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller announced at a news conference that 16 states and two territories will join to create the Southern Regional Environmental Conservation Commission. The group aims to plan and carry out regional pollution programs with participation by Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Southern Regional Environmental Conservation Commission
Southern Governors Conference
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Rockefeller
Territories
Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia
Nils Boe
South Dakota
Spiro T. Agnew
Moore
Charter opposed by County Judges in Arkansas poll
Fort Smith Arkansas AP a poll of 75 county judges by Edward Thickston Westark Junior College shows 49 oppose the proposed new constitution 34 cannot support it and only 4 support it with 11 undecided If adopted the document would replace the 1874 constitution restructuring county government likely reducing county judge power and risking lower quality government per the survey results
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Fort Smith, Ark
Edward Thickston
Westark Junior College
Hamber
Honor Roll Student Cecilia Delaney at Texas Woman's University
Cecilia Delaney daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Delaney of Hope has been named to the Special Honor Roll at Texas Woman's University Denton with a 2.3 average as a Junior Education major announced by Dr Leslie R Kreps vice president for academic affairs.
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Cecilia Delaney
Cecil Delaney
Hope
Texas Women’s University At
Denton
Leslie R. Kreps
Cecilia
Nixon to Speak Ahead of Protest in Washington
President Nixon plans a 10 pm news conference as thousands of antiwar protesters converge on Washington. Officials discuss keeping National Guard out of sight and cordoning Lafayette Square to create a demilitarized zone near the White House amid the Kent State and Cambodia crisis backdrop.
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Washington
Ark
Alami
Ackansas
Aumstus H. Garland
Kenneth J. Freed
Associated Press
Nixon
Cambodia
Maryland Mountain
Capitol Hill
White House
Ohio National Guardsmen
Kent State University
Dem
District of Columbia National Guard
U.S
National Guard
Lafayette
Executive Mansion
Boy 6 and Dog Rescued After Large Search
In Heber Springs Arkansas Bobby Love aged 6 and his dog were found in a wooded area around 10 am after about 300 volunteers and authorities searched the woods since Wednesday. The boy said he wandered from home and kept his dog with him overnight.
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Heber Springs
Ark
Bobby Love
Love
Norvell Love
Glass
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