Suez Canal Ceasefire Extended Amid UN Efforts
The Suez cease-fire continues past its expiry with no renewal of peace talks. Sadat orders a brief extension and full canal alert, while Egypt and Israel demand conditions before resuming indirect talks led by Gunnar Jarring. The U.N. General Assembly urged a nine day extension, drawing US and Israel opposition.
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Associated Press
Suez Canal
U.N. General Assembly
Israel
al Ahram
Anwar Sadat
United Nations
Sadat
Canal Front
Egypt
U.N
Gunnar Y. Jarring
Suez
Amman
Hussein
Yugoslavia
General Assembly
United States
Abba Eban
Assembly
Security Council
Middle East
U.S
Charles W. Yost
Fair Skies for Arkansas Predicted by Weather Service
The Associated Press reports the National Weather Service expects fair skies and ample sunshine for several days after brief winter conditions. Temperatures will rise but nights stay cold. Light rain and occasional snow were confined to northern Arkansas on Wednesday, with highs from 58 at Little Rock to 41 at Harrison and Fort Smith.
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Associated Press
National Weather Service
Arkansas
Little Rock
Harrison and
Fort Smith
Senate gains conservative tilt after elections
The election results hint at a more conservative Senate with Sen Hugh Scott likely to face a challenge for the Republican leadership. Sen Howard Baker Jr may pursue the post after defeating Scott 24 to 19 following the death of Sen Everett Dirksen. Several new Republicans will join the chamber, including James Buckley who unseated Charles Goodell.
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John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Scott
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Baker
Indiana
Richard Roudebush
Vance Hartke
James L. Buckley
Charles E. Goodell
New York
Goodell
Down the Drain: Indispensable World Nuisances Listed by Hal Boyle
New York AP essay catalogs items disliked as wasteful or irritating from music to fashion, celebrities and everyday manners. It lampoons pretentious real estate talk, overhyped products, pompous ministers, empty slogans, and trivial modern foibles with a humorous, satirical voice.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Cary Grant
Benedict Arnold
U.S. flags large enemy buildup in southern North Vietnam
After a three day Vietnam inspection Air Force Secretary Robert Seamans reports reconnaissance jets detect extensive war materiel buildup in southern North Vietnam awaiting shipment to Cambodia and South Vietnam. He notes increased bomber raids along the Ho Chi Minh trail in southeastern Laos while denying attacks on North Vietnamese staging areas. He calls this a crucial time for air war and cites Cambodian invasion impacts.
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George Esper
Associated Pre
Wester
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Air Force
Robert C. Seamans
Vietnam
Seamans
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
United States
Robert Seamans
Turbulence Hits Pan Am Jumbo Jet Carrying Javits
A Pan American World Airways 747 bound for Paris with 163 aboard including Sen. Jacob Javits returned to JFK after severe turbulence near Nantucket. 14 passengers and 6 stewardesses injured, two hospitalized, Meiling saved his infant son from a fall, crew praised for calm handling.
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Tom Kelly
Associated Press
NEW York
Ian American World Airways
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Pan Am Terminal
John F. Kennedy
Nantucket
Mass
Javits
NATO
the Hague
Cmdr
J. J. Meiling
Meiling
Provo
Utah
Sheila
Neal
Pan Am
Federal Aviation Administration
Naional Transportation Safety Board
Pryor Announces Farm Loan for Emerson Sewage Project
Rep. David Pryor says Farmers Home Administration approved a 123000 loan and a 31000 development grant to Emerson in Columbia County to build a sewage disposal system. The package aims to improve sanitation for the town and its residents.
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Washington
David Pryor
D - Ark
Farmers Home Administration
Errrson
Columbia County
Murder Trial Continues in Forrest City Arkansas
Franklin D. Bosnick Jr. 18 of Hughes faces a first degree murder trial in Forrest City as jurors are seated. He is linked to a Hughes robbery on December 3, 1968, during which city marshal Jesse Morgan was fatally shot. The Arkansas Supreme Court overturned a prior conviction over jury instruction issues.
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Forrest City
Ark
Franklin D. Bosnick Jr
Hughes
Bosnick
Jesse Morgan
Arkansas Supreme Court
Elmo Taylor
Texarkana Student Shot to Death at KU Apartment
Lawrence, Kan AP report: Bruce A. Douglas, 21, a Texarkana Tex., senior at the University of Kansas, was shot dead in his dorm apartment as 13 shots fired into his room from an adjoining unit. Freshman Drew L. Hill faces second degree murder charges. Paula George, 21, Hi awatha Kan., is wounded in the shoulder. roommate Byron Sanders unharmed.
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Douglas
Byron Sanders
Poppy Day Observance Saturday Across Hope Area
In cooperation with American Legion Auxiliaries, Leslie Huddleston Unit 12 designates Saturday November 7 as Poppy Day with volunteers from Senior and Junior Auxiliaries distributing on Hope streets. Floyce Taylor leads sales in Hope. Poppies, crafted by disabled veterans in state hospitals, support rehabilitation and child welfare programs aiding disabled veterans, war widows, and orphans.
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American Legion
Leslie Huddleston
Hope
Floyce Taylor
France
Belgium
American Legion Auxiliary
Election Aftermath Shifts Focus to Economy and Law
AP reporting notes after off year elections that the administration will prioritize stabilizing the economy amid inflation and unemployment. Democrats gain House seats and governorships while betting on inflation and job data as central voter concerns. Vietnam and Suez cease-fire topics also appear in a mosaic of post election updates.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
European reaction to U.S. election seen as draw
European commentators split on the outcome with Le Figaro calling it a draw and others deeming Nixon defeated. Rome’s II Popolo found results inconclusive while Svenska Dagbladet and Dagens Nyheter labeled the election a defeat for the President.
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Ay Wne
Associated Press
London
U.S
Nixon
Paris
le Figaro
America
Rome
II Popolo
Christian Democrats
Sweden
Svenska Dagbladet
Dagens Nyheter
Negro Elected Mayor of Cotton Plant Ark
Emmitt J. Conley, 48, a Negro, was elected mayor of Cotton Plant in Woodruff County after Tuesday's general election. The town of about 1,800 people is the largest in Arkansas with a Black mayor. Conley works at Warnock Electronics in Forrest City and defeated three other candidates.
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Cotton Plant
Ark
Emmitt J. Conley
East Arkansas
Woodruff County
Conley
Warnock Electronics, Inc
Forrest City
Recreation Bids Opened for Ozark Reservoir Areas
The U S Army Corps of Engineers will open bids December 17 for initial development of four recreation areas on the Arkansas River at Ozark Reservoir. Estimated project costs range from $100,000 to $500,000 with improvements including access roads parking areas boat launching ramps and restroom buildings.
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Little Rock
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ozark Reservoir
Arkansas River
All Around Town and School Events Announced
Town items note report cards to be distributed Thursday at Hope Senior High and Yerger Junior High with parents urged to review grades. A powder puff game at Hammons Stadium Saturday pits Junior Girls against Senior Girls. Hope Fire Department responded to a chicken house fire in Rosston area with no poultry lost. Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Red River Vocational Technical School Monday and Tuesday from noon to six. Hillman Koen and Tom Duncan buy Proving Ground property to build a 2400 square foot hen processing plant with a 10 acre lagoon, creating about 75 jobs.
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Hope Senior High
Yerger
Hammons Stadium
Student Council of
Hope High
Haskell Jones
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Red Cross
Red River Vocational Technical School
Hillman Koen
Tom Duncan
Proving Ground
Leo Bay
USDA
Bumpers blamed by Republicans over constitution defeat
In Little Rock a news conference at Rockefeller headquarters featured Lt. Gov. Maurice Britt GOP state chairman Odell Pollard and Marion B. Burton blaming Gov-elect Dale Bumpers for not actively campaigning enough to pass the proposed constitution. Walker rebutted that Bumpers’ platform centered on adoption and that he lacked funding and manpower to match Rockefeller’s drive. Meanwhile Little Rock police investigated a report of a “five foot rabbit” in MacArthur Park, which turned out to be a black goat captured then escaped from officers before being recaptured.
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Little Rock
Deloss Walker
West Memphis
Dale Bumpers
Bumpers
Maurice Britt
GOP
Odell Pollard
Searcy
Marion B. Burton
Winthrop Rockefeller
Burton
Walker
Rockefeller
Britt
Pollard
Mr. Bumpers
Gov. Rockefeller
Republican Party
MacArthur Park
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Mideast
Golda Meir
Montreal
Pointe-aux-Trembles
Foyer Ste. Bernadette
Pierre Gariepy
Pointe-aux- Trembles
Lucien Paradis
Kansas City
Carolyn M. Walker
Harrison
Kansas City International Airport
Emerson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Texarkana
Agg Os
AP News Digest
Congress
House
By the
Star Staff High School
Hope Fire Department
Bodeat
Joe H. Brown
Rosston
Rt. 2
G. Cook
Yorger Junior High
Mary Nell Turner
Rabbit
Goat
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