Genealogy query from Hope Arkansas seeks Irvin Holmes descendants
A reader requests help tracing Irvin Holmes and any surviving descendants in Hope Arkansas. Letter notes birth around June 5 1841 and family ties to Emiline Holmes, Watson Holmes, and Darcus Snider Holmes. Community members are asked to forward information or visit The Star office. includes regional population notes from 1960 to 1970 census data.
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Sar
Little Rock
Hope
Irvin Holmes
Irvin
Jose Mason
Emiline
Watson Holmes
Darcus Snider Holmes
S. Lucy St
Porterville
Calif
Arkansas
California
Star
Frog Contest Frogs Shipped for Calif. Jumping Meet
Conway Arkansas AP Four frogs were shipped to California by Bill Bell Faulkner County wildlife officer to participate in Calaveras County frog jumping contest. Bell said the frogs would be entered in separate categories of the contest.
Airport grants awarded to Jonesboro and West Memphis
Washington agency grants to Jonesboro and West Memphis airports were announced by Sen. J. W. Fulbright. Funding comes from the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Washington
Jonesboro
West Memphis
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Agency
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Two Thousand North Vietnamese Attack Kontum in Highlands
About 2,000 North Vietnamese troops with seven medium tanks attacked outer defenses near Kontum in the central highlands in five waves. South Vietnamese forces and U.S. aircraft repelled the attack after eight hours of fighting, with 92 attackers reported killed. Three Saigon troops died and seven were wounded. one T54 tank was knocked out. An air war also saw two MIG-19 interceptors shot down by U.S. F4 Phantoms near Hanoi.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Kontum
Toua
U.S
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Midway
Hanoi
Youth Killed In Accident Near DeQueen
Roy Dees aged 19 of DeQueen was killed when a tractor trailer carrying him veered off Highway 70 near DeQueen into Rolling Fork River. Co passenger Don Arndt 20 of Cove fell asleep at the wheel. he was treated and released from a Texarkana hospital. State Trooper J Pinson investigated.
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Roy Dees
DeQueen
Don Arndt
Cove
Rolling Fork
River
Arndt
Texarkana
J Pinson
Nixon to Meet Leaders as Arms Pact Near Publicity
A predicted U S Soviet strategic arms accord nears announcement as Nixon prepares for Moscow talks. Dobrynin met Nixon at Camp David with Kissinger. talks in Helsinki press toward a two part pact restricting antiballistic missiles and setting ceilings on land and submarine launched missiles.
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Washington
Nixon
Moscow
United States
Spiro T. Agnew
Far East
Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
Camp David
Dobrynin
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kissinger
Ziegler
Salzburg
Austria
Iran
Poland
U.S
Helsinki
Soviet Union
Move to Saigon Thrust Flags Hue Battle Likely
U S Defense officials report Hanoi shifted the 316th North Vietnamese Infantry Division from the Laotian Plain of Jars to free forces for a probable attack on Hue in South Vietnam. The 325th Division remains in North Vietnam near the DMZ, ready to join three other divisions for a prolonged, potentially decisive offensive. A senior U.S. officer warns the Hue battle could last days or weeks and become the most brutal encounter of the campaign.
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Washington
Hanoi
Laos
South Vietnam
U.S
Laotian
Plain of Jars
Hue
North Vietnam
Vietnams
Pentagon Restroom Bomb Explodes in Antiwar Protest Fallout
An explosion hit a Pentagon restroom injuring no one, tearing walls and flooding offices. An antiwar group claimed responsibility while FBI and police searched rubble for clues. The blast prompted security measures two blocks from Air Force Secretary Sea mans Jr.’s office as investigators review the device type.
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Robert A. Dobkin
Washington
Pentagon
Daniel James
James
FBI
Defense Department
Air Force
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Wallace’s wife frames governor as paralyzed, defiant candidate
Cornelia Wallace told AP that George C Wallace will challenge doctors’ prognosis and continue his political fight after being shot in Maryland. The 52-year-old candidate, paralyzed from the waist, faces possible leg surgery and months of limited mobility while his campaign adapts with aides, a stand-in speaker, and renewed public support. Bremer remains jailed on four counts of assault with intent to kill as Wallace’s message persists.
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Silver Spring, Md
George C. Wallace
George
Cornelia Wallace
Spe
Michigan
Wallace
James Galbraith
University of Alabama
Holy Cross Hospital
Arthur Herman Bremer
Baltimore County
Towson
Bremer
Maryland
New Mexico
Oregon
Rhode Island
U.S. Reduces United Nations Funding by 13 Million
The House approved a 13.2 million cut in U.S. funding to the United Nations, reducing America’s share to about one fourth of UN operating costs for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The current year share stands at 31.5 percent. Secretary Rogers urged restoring funds, but the measure passed despite the appeal. Nixon had requested about 60.1 million. the House set 46.9 million.
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Washington
House
United States
United Nations
Senate
Nixon
U.N
U.S
William Rogers
Pryor Answers Criticism From Boswell in Senate Race
In Jonesboro Arkansas Rep. David Pryor a Democrat seeking the U S Senate nomination in the May 30 primary responded to Ted Boswell who accused him of avoiding positions. Pryor said Boswell’s tactics are political camouflage and that he is a commenter on others’ statements.
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Jonesboro
Ark
David Pryor
D-Ark
Ted Boswell
Bryant
Boswell
Pryor
U. S. Senate
Subsidy Claim Triggers U S Probe Into Jap Electronics
Treasury officials opened an inquiry into whether Japan subsidizes its electronics exports amid complaints by Magnavox and Zenith. If subsidies are found, duties may be added on all Japanese TVs radios tape recorders and record players. The probe tests subsidies such as depreciation allowances shipping advantages and export programs. Japanese imports to the United States topped 831 million last year and the investigation could take months. In Clinton Arkansas a fugitive, Bill Thompson, 27, who pleaded guilty to marijuana cultivation, escaped custody after being sentenced to three years.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Tokyo
Treasury
United States
U.S
Magnavox
Zenith
The
Eugene T. Rossides
Magna
Vox
Clinton, Ark
Bill Thompson
Clinton
Jake Williams
van Buren County
Thompson
Williams
May Yard of the Month winners named by Hope Council of Garden Clubs
Hope Council of Garden Clubs announces May Yard of the Month winners: Ward 1 Mr and Mrs MLS Bates South Elm. Ward 2 Mr and Mrs Royce Smith 700 W I&h. Ward 3 Mr and Mrs McRae Andrews 307 N Pine. Ward 4 Ruth Lewis 218 W Avenue D. The Antique Show and Spring Art Show events listed with locations and open to the public. Poultry Festival scheduled in Nashville tomorrow with public invitation.
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The
Hope Council of Garden Clubs
Mls. Bates
South Elm
Royce Smith
W. I&h
McRae Andrews
N. Pine
Ruth Lewis
W. Avenue D
Arts and Crafts Association
Farr O'Neal
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Alex. W. Washburn
Ruth Lyngholm
Arkansas Interconsal Population Estimates Organization
Hempstead
Howard County
Nevada County
C of C
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Shover Springs
Hope Area
WMA
Shover Springs Baptist Church
Buster Rothwell
Lloyd Rothwell
Porter Powers
Chester Bullock
Grady Reece
Bob Garrett
Claude McCorkle
Travis England
David Lively
Laura Sue England
Highlands
Gaylord Shaw
Hempstead County Antique Collectors Club
Fair Park
Nashville
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