Arkansas News Briefs: County probe, strike, redistricting
A Crittenden County Grand Jury investigation into alleged misuse of county funds by Sheriff Marion Thomas and County Clerk A B Carter was continued until May 31 due to witness illness. Audits allege $62917 and $9267 misused. partial repayments noted. In Batesville, Truck Transport workers held a stoppage with 25 employees. no union contact reported. In Little Rock, the Board of Apportionment eyed a tentative redistricting plan to be audited for population distribution and minority impact. Charles F Cole, Batesville lawyer and former federal court clerk, died at 69. funeral set for Wednesday.
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Marion, Ark
Crittenden County
Grand Jury
Marion Thomas
A. B. Carter
Crittenden
Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
Thomas
Carter
Batesville, Ark
John Seabaugh
Truck Transport, Inc
Seabaugh
Teamsters
Little Rock
State Board of Apportionment
Arkansas
Dale Bumpers
Charles F. Cole
Batesville
U. S. District Court
Eastern District of
Cole
First United Methodist Church
Amnesty for Haiti Exiles Considered
Haitian exile leader Paul A Colas seeks amnesty talks in Port au Prince with Haiti’s president Jean Claude Duvalier after visa disputes in Puerto Rico. Exile Francois Benoit aims to form opposition inside Haiti as Duvalier welcomes back exiles.
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Miami
Paul A. Colas
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Colas
San Juan
Puerto Rico
New York
Jean- Claude Duvalier
Duvalier
Francois ‘‘Papa Doc” Duvalier
Haitain
Francois Benoit
Benoit
Jean-Claude
George Cheanly
Queens
Louis Vilmenay
Health Board closes breakfast kitchen for hungry Black children
Fayetteville Arkansas AP reports Bobby Morgan a 33 year old sociology student converted his kitchen into a breakfast hall serving eggs bacon and pancakes to as many as 300 children daily for three weeks before the county health office shut the operation for unsuitability. Morgan appealed the decision citing community value and self help for Blacks. Welfare officials say he remains eligible for food stamps. Local schools already offer breakfast programs with plans for more. A town luncheon featured local musicians in observance of National Music Week news included community remarks and club notices.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Bobby Morgan
Morgan
University of Arkansas
County Health Office
Welfare Department
Albert Hannah
County Welfare Office
Charles Johnson
Washington County
Office of Economic Opportunity
Johnson
Fregosi Has Serious Foot Injury For Angels
Angels shortstop Jim Fregosi injured his right foot with an infected toe nerve tumor. He was sent home for examination that could lead to surgery after pain sidelined him since late April. The longtime Angel, suffering from aneuremia, left a Cleveland game with a homer after two at bats before additional cooling and treatment.
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Anaheim
California Angel
Jim Fregosi
Angels
Fregosi
Golden Glove
Cleveland
Agai
Fregusi
California
Sun
Yerger High alumni plan May 12 meeting
Graduates and former students of Henry C. Yerger High School are invited to a Wednesday night May 12, 7:30 meeting at Yerger Junior High to form an alumni association. The notice appears in a local calendar of events with other community happenings.
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Henry C. Yerger High School
Yerger Junior High School
Expansion Dues Balked Over Haywood Affair
Seattle owner Sam Schulman says Buffalo and Cleveland NBA teams refuse to pay expansion dues due to the Spencer Haywood signing dispute. He notes the amount would be about $40,000 per team and that the matter will be addressed through commissioner Walter Kennedy and the Board of Governors after letters claimed the action injured them. The Haywood case stemmed from his pre graduation signing with Seattle and was settled when courts upheld it.
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Seattle
Buffalo
Cleveland National Basketball Association
Spencer Haywood
Sam Schulman
Schulman
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Los Angeles
Haywood
Walter Kennedy
Board of Governors
Denver
American Basketball Association
Enemy Drive Halted By George Esper and Carl Robinson
AP reports Saigon forces halted a major push into eastern Cambodia, knocking out two armored cavalry regiments and delaying infiltrations across Highway 7. The mission shifted to blocking northbound divisions as Do Cao Tri’s death slowed momentum. Sixty-word summary.
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Carl Robinson
Associated Press
Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
South Vietnam
Military Region 3
Do Cao Tri
Tri
Hempstead County Rep Mack McLarty Addresses Lions Club
Hempstead County representative Mack McLarty spoke to the Lions Club at Town and Country on Monday noon. He recalled door to door campaigning dangers and anecdotes with family mishaps and a friendly postman aid. He noted aging legislature trends, discussed major session topics, and urged longer or fulltime support to handle volume.
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Hempstead
Mack McLarty
Lions Club
Mack
McLarty
Hammerschmit’s
Pryors
Don Free
Bill Capps
Lester Sitzes
Don Freel
George Wright Jr
Claud Byrd
Glenon Huckabee
Frank King
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Arkansas News Briefs
Eggene Kelly
Bumpers
Econom
General Assembly
Russellville, Ark
Paul Wolfe
Olive Simpson
Russellville
State Hospital
Simpson
Charles Gardner
Wolfe
Washington
Bureau of Sport Fisheries
White River National Wildlife Refuge
DeWitt
Jonesboro, Ark
Trelmer Williamson
Bay
Craighead County
Bill Findley
Williamson
Findley
Litle Brock
Paula Keith
Lite Rock
Miami Beach
Thursto
Rotary Club
HOPE
Bill Wray
Star
Health Board
Hope Rotary Club
Bill Tolleson
Winfred Huckabee
Harold Eakley
Arthur Streeh
Clarence Geist
Bist du
Benny Coleman
Bob Gullett
Prescott Club
Fred McCulley
H.W. Beecher
Lonoke Baptist Church
McNeese Gospel Singers
East St. Louis
Illinois
Willie Lee Cooper
Charles Cooper
Arkansas Tech
Cecil A. Flenory
Dairy Street
City
Pearline Flenory
Lillie Mae Garland
Napoleon Johnson
Evans Witherspoon
Vernilla Yerger Golston
Bernard Golston
Dennis Yerger
Thomas Lee Yerger, Jr
Bulenda Annette Yerger
Dennis Scott Yerger
Belinda Jean Golston
Josephine Golston
Lenard Golston
Sylvia Yvonne Yerger
Flora Nelson
Nashville
Thomas Lee Yerger
Detroit
Michigan
Fletcher Sanders
George Esper
Kentucky
Utah
Citizens
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