Communist China Hoists Flag at UN
The gold-starred red flag of Communist China was hoisted at U.N. headquarters for the first time. Willard Bodie and George Baldwin, both 28, with 10 U.N. guards, raised the flag as a 30-strong news crowd watched in drizzle. China’s seat will be between Chile and Colombia on the General Assembly floor.
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William N. Oatis
Associated Press
United Nations
N.Y
China
U.N
Willard Bodie
George Baldwin
Chi Peng-fei
U Thant
People's Republic of
Peking
General Assembly Hall
Chile
Colombia
P’s
Chiang Kai-shek
New York
Rockefeller Center
U.n.’S
Negro Man Shot to Death at Ozan
Herbert Byers, a Black man, shot and killed at Ozan Sunday night. A .22 caliber gun was used. Deputy Sheriff Howard Milam held O D Green, 33, of Ozan for questioning after an altercation at the Ozan Community Club Saturday. Green claimed he was shot in the arm. the shooting arose from a girl dispute.
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Herbert Byers
Ozan
Howard Milam
O.D. Green
Milam
Green
Ozan Community Club
Little Rock
Cummins Prison Farm
State Board of Correction
Dale Bumpers
Correction
Terrell Don Hutto
Hutto
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Tucker Intermediate Reformatory
Nashville, Ark
Herbert F. Parton
Athens
Howard County
War Veterans End March for Peace in Arkansas
About 30 Vietnam veterans concluded a march from Rogers to Fayetteville and staged a guerilla tactics exhibition. They began in Rogers on Friday and finished in Fayetteville Saturday to urge attention to civilian deaths in Southeast Asia as the war winds down.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Rogers
Fayetteville
Springdale
Southeast Asia
Twin Engine Plane Crash Near De Queen Airport Injures No One
Deane F Whitney age 3 of Newport escaped serious injury when his twin engine plane crashed near the old De Queen airport as he approached the short runway. Police Chief Cotton Hughes said the craft swung wide, failed to land, and struck woods on the west side of the field.
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Ab Queen
Ark
Deane F. Whitney
Newport
de Queen
Cotton Hughes
Whitney
Hughes
Woods
Former Hope Man Killed in Wreck
William Edward Bearden 25 of Lake Millwood died in a 1:30 a.m. wreck near Malvern. A Hope native, he moved to Texarkana in 1952, graduated Arkansas High 1963, and served in Germany with the U.S. Army. He is survived by his parents, a brother in Tulsa, grandparents, and other relatives. Services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Texarkana Funeral Home Chapel. Burial at Texarkana. Qakcrest Funeral Home handling local arrangements.
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William Edward Bearden
Lake Millwood
Malvern
Hope
Texarkana
Arkansas High
First Baptist Church of Hope
U.S. Army
Germany
Tilsman Bearden
Tillman Bearden Jr
Three Killed on Arkansas Highways
The Associated Press reports three people died on Arkansas highways over the weekend, marking a period of unusually few fatalities. Charlie Beasley, 66, of Winthrop, died when the car he rode in struck a tree near Winthrop on Sunday. William Bearden, 25, of Texarkana, was killed near Malvern on Interstate 30 when his car hit a bridge abutment after losing control. Nate C. Arnold, 30, from near Gould, died Saturday when his vehicle ran off U.S. 65 near Pine Bluff. The weekend tally ran from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Charlie Beasley
Winthrop
William Bearden
Texarkana
Interstate
Malvern
Nate C. Arnold
Prescott Youth Shot to Death in Arkansas
Nevada County officials say 16 year old James Malone of Magnolia died en route to a Little Rock hospital from gunshot wounds. Malone was practicing shooting at his grandparents home with 14 year old Jeff Ellin of Magnolia when Ellin's gun accidentally discharged.
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Prescott, Ark
Nevada County
James Malone
Magnolia
Little Rock
Malone
Jeff Ellin
Eltin
Man Charged in Fatal Shooting in Little Rock
Little Rock police charged Ike Henderson 78 with the fatal shooting of Johnny Hill 35. Hill was shot several times with a .38 caliber pistol in Little Rock on Sunday.
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Little Rock
Ike Henderson
Johnny Hill
Hill
Senate group starts working on wrecked foreign aid bill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee opens talks amid the ruin of the aid program. Fulbright sees a possible stopgap extension while a new plan is drafted, with Scott urging interim funding to keep the peace. White House opposes piecemeal appropriations and aims for a fresh, comprehensive package.
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Senate
Walter R. MiaAno
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
Nixon
Hugh Scott
Congress
White House
Willian Timmuns
1335 More Troops Are Phased Out
In Saigon 1335 U.S. Army personnel in 13 units were phased out of combat as withdrawal from Vietnam continued. U.S. strength was reported at 196,700 last week while Melvin Laird prepared a plan outlining a rapid disengagement. A residual force of 40,000 to 50,000 troops, possibly less, by July 1 was under consideration. Laird met with Ellsworth Bunker, Gen. Creighton Abrams, Thieu, and other officials during three days in Vietnam.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Vietnam
U.S. Command
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
U.S
Two London Bombs Prompt Broad Security Alert
A pair of blasts hit London targets the Royal Kent Regiment HQ near Parliament and the Post Office Tower, prompting Scotland Yard to issue a full emergency alert and deploy guards at public buildings across Britain. Initial claims tied the incidents to the IRA and Angry Brigade, though none were injured and police widened security to England Scotland and Wales.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Royal Jaik Regiment
Post Office
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
IRA
Dublin
British Press Association
Army
England
Scotland
Wales
Drug Raids in Jonesboro Turn Up 14 Arrests
Jonesboro police and Craighead County officers arrested 14 persons during two drug raids in the Jonesboro area this past weekend. The teens and young adults faced charges of illegal possession of drugs after police confiscated marijuana and other unidentified substances.
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Jonesboro, Ark
Jonesboro
Craighead County
16 Ft Wave Sweeps Over Villages in Bengal
A 16 foot tidal wave struck villages along the Bay of Bengal last Friday. Estimates on casualties ranged from 10,000 to 20,000, with leaders citing up to 15,000 dead. At least 1 million homes were destroyed or damaged, leaving about 4 million homeless. Areas hardest hit were Cuttack and Balasore in Orissa, with cyclonic winds up to 100 mph. Food drops were required as roads and air strips were flooded. The scene echoed a recent deadly cyclone that hit East Pakistan. The disaster underscores the region's vulnerability to monsoon storms and tidal waves.
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New Delhi
Bay of Bengal
Indian Subcontinent
Cuttack
Balasore
Orissa
Calcutta
Times of India
Pakistan
India
Ganges River
Hope Citizens Urged to Approve Two Act 9 Bond Issues
A 1971 Hope message urges voters to approve two Act 9 bond issues to recruit a Tennessee Forging Steel plant and expand Permaneer’s particle board facility. Bonds secured by machinery and lease rentals, not city general obligations, with yearly payments pledged to schools, city, and county.
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Citizens of Hope
People of
Wynnewood Products
Hope
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Crossett
Arkansas
Hempstead
Polla
Hope police report week of traffic and misc arrests
City Police logged 23 traffic violations last week plus eight license offenses and six drunkenness arrests including one for driving while intoxicated. There were five wrecks, 314 accidents this year with 75 injured and three deaths. Halloween behavior praised. Booster Club and CD Unit meetings planned with a simulated tornado drill. A nursing student visit to Little Rock and two local students attending NATS auditions are noted. Red Cross Bloodmobile visits set for November 8 and 9 with a 220 pint Hempstead County quota.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Hope
Red River Vocational Technical School
Hempstead
Haskell Jones
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