Trials and junk mail spurs debate and odd fire risk
A North Carolina editor questions a proposed ban on courtroom photography calling it flimsy reform. An Ann Arbor man sues obscene mail, the Post Office concedes the ad can be obscene to some. A Presidential Commission warns that color television sets may spontaneously combust, ruling out red hot programming.
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North Carolina
Judicial-Bar Committee
Bar Committee
Ashville
N.C
Roger Staples
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Staples
Philip A. Hart
Post Office Department
Norfolk
Presidential Commission On Product Safety
Savannah
Evening Press
Black Thanksgiving and Black Christmas boycott planned
In Forrest City Arkansas Negro readers say a new boycott named Black Thanksgiving and Black Christmas is planned to press for more Negro employment in city and county offices. Rev E A Williams says no Negroes are currently employed in City Hall or the St Francis Courthouse and helped organize prior actions to win more positions for Negroes.
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Forrest City
Ark
E. A. Williams
Committee For Peaceful Coexistence
Forrest City City
St. Francis Courth
Lottery on Draft Now Seems Sure
Associated Press writer Carl P. Leabsdorf reports Senate approval of President Nixon's draft lottery plan appears nearly certain as reform allies drop opposition under Armed Services Committee ultimatums. Final action could come within two weeks, with hearings and possible action next year still possible.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Senate
Nixon
Armed Services
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
House
Subcommittee On
Robert H. Finch
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Stennis
Congress
Chilean Airliner Hijacked to Cuba
Two young men hijacked a Chilean jetliner with 62 aboard, ordered it to Cuba, but it landed in Antofagasta for refueling with mechanical issues preventing takeoff. Twelve passengers, including Lufthansa Chile manager, disembarked. unsure if rear engine malfunction can be fixed.
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Antofagasta
Chile
Cuba
Santiago
West Germany
Lufthansa
Antofa
Rasta
Astronauts Relax Before Apollo 12 Moon Mission
Apollo 12 crew Charles Conrad Jr Alan Bean and Richard Gordon planned sunbathing and leisure days before launch while Conrad tested aerobatics in a T38 jet. Weather forecasters predicted partly cloudy skies with mild winds and a 60 degree temperature for Friday’s Saturn V liftoff at Cape Kennedy. President Nixon and Vice President Agnew were among the expected spectators.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Welter
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Charles Conrad Jr
Alan L. Bean
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Conrad
Space Agencly
Weathsr
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Weather Bureau
Ex-Con Shot as Jewelry Heist Fails
In a downtown Houston department store shootout, ex convict Frank D. Dick 38 wounded four officers and a clerk after robbing Aaron Wolfson Jewelry Store and fleeing with diamonds worth about 290000. Dick, hit in the stomach, is in critical condition. four others are listed in satisfactory condition. Police say Dick previously survived a September supermarket robbery and is charged with multiple counts of assault to murder and armed robbery. Astronaut Frank Borman observed the scene as ambulances arrived.
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Houston
Tex
Frank D. Dick
Aaron Wolfson
Foley’s Department Store
Frank Borman
Mediacine
Leo L. Michna
Kenneth Waycott
R. E. Carver
Ela Narvaez
Foley
Plainview Man Dies in Perryville Home Fire
Perryville Arkansas. Tom J. Jones of Plainview Perry County died Tuesday in a house fire that destroyed his home. Deputies say two deer hunters found the blaze but could not approach due to intense heat.
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Perryville
Ark
Tom J. Jones
Plainview
Perry County
Jones
One Ton Bronze Statue Honors Legendary U S Cowboy
Artist Seviver Scriver carved a two year life size likeness of Bill Linderman, famed Montana rodeo rider, in bronze using 2000 pounds of metal. Commissioned by the Rodeo Cowboys Association, the statue portrays the hard riding blunt speaker of the Old West, destined for the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.
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Steve Moore
Associated Press
Browning, Moat
Seb Scriyer
Bill Linderman
Montana
Denver
Linderman
Seviver
Browning
Scriver
Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Cowboy Hall of Fame
Oklahoma City
Panel Okays Safeguard deployment money in 1st bill
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $1.45 billion military construction measure that funds Safeguard ABM deployment. It includes $16.6 million to begin Safeguard deployment, $2.5 million for an underground Rocky Mountains command center, and $14.1 million to develop Kwajalein Island for full scale tests. Tests would fire ICBMs from Kwajalein from California by mid 1970 and interceptors to shoot them down, with sites in Montana and North Dakota.
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Jim Adams
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
House Appropriations Committee
Rocky Mountains
Iwajalein Island
Pacific
Kwaja- Jein
California
Appropriations
A. D. Starbird
Safeguard
Montana
North Dakota
Starbird
U.S
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Arms Meet Won’t Hurt Nuclear Use
West Germany’s Foreign Minister Walter Scheel said the Soviet Union assured Bonn that the nuclear arms treaty will not hinder peaceful nuclear research by signatory states. He noted a Soviet written interpretation and said a UN pledge not to use force against nonnuclear states also applies to West Germany, though it is not a UN member and has no nuclear weapons.
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BOMN
Soviet Union
West Germany
Walter Scheel
Bonn
Bundestag
Scheel
U.N
United Nations
Zodiac Claims Seven Victims In San Francisco Murders
AP reports the Zodiac killer, who signs letters as ooliae, now says seven victims, not five, in notes to police and the San Francisco Chronicle. He claims seven killings through October, taunts police about lying, and hints he will disguise future murders as routine robberies or accidents.
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San Francisco
Ooliae
San Francisco Chronicle
Zodiac
The
Chronicle
Hail Rakes Southern Counties in Arkansas
Hailstones the size of eggs fell across parts of South Arkansas on Tuesday night per the U S Weather Bureau. Sparkman Arkadelphia and Hope reported hail with some farmers saying crops were damaged while no widespread damage was recorded. A severe thunderstorm watch covered 44 southern and western counties from 6 p m to 10 p m.
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Associated Press
South Arkansas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sparkman
Arkadelphia
Hope
Arkansas
Paving Ordered on Edgewood Street
The Board of City Directors approved blacktopping Edgewood Street from 13th to 6th Street. The city bought right of way to connect Edgewood from 6th Street to Shover Road and cleared and graded to lay gravel. A through route from 3rd Street to the High School will open after completion of curbwork between 13th and 16th streets.
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Board of City Directors
Edgewood Street
13Th
6Th Street
Edgewood
Shover Road
16Th Street
Bruner
Very Handle Co
Peace Group Front in Vietnam War Demonstrations
A fragmented coalition of moderates liberals pacifists radicals and communists plans the largest antiwar protests in U S history The New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam faces internal strains yet aims for three days of marches from Washington to San Francisco and beyond with hundreds of thousands expected to participate.
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KEN Hartnett
Associated Press
Wester Washington
Vietnam
Washington
San Francisco
Indira Gandhi expelled from Congress leadership row
New Delhi AP The Congress Working Committee expelled Prime Minister Indira Gandhi accusing her of spreading indiscipline. The move aims to force a new prime minister as Parliament nears a winter session with Gandhi facing a split party and a fragile majority.
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New Delhi
India
Congress Party
Indira Gandhi
Congress
Congress Working Committee
Siddayanalli Nifaline Gappa
Gandhi
Pal Losonczi
Airline mergers forecast reshape industry outlook
AP reports that airlines expect fewer but larger carriers as profits lag and jumbo jet costs rise. Northeast to merge into Northwest signals consolidation, with DOT guidelines due in about two months. Mergers promise equipment and staff savings amid rising jet support costs.
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Jack Lefler
NEW York (Ap
Wall Street
Northeast Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Walleet
Department of Transportation
United
Civil Aeronautics Board
American
Eastern
Secor Browne
CAB
Hope High Homecoming Parade Set for Friday Afternoon
All Around Town reports Hope High School will hold its annual homecoming parade at 3 30 Friday November 14 in downtown Hope with floats from each class and the homecoming royalty. The parade will follow the usual route starting on East Second Street through downtown. The First United Methodist Church sponsoring a church wide family potluck supper Tuesday November 18 at 1 p m in the Century Bible Class room, inviting all church families to bring a vegetable salad or dessert while the church provides meat bread and drinks. Dr Jim McKenzie and Dr C Lynn Harris leaders of the Hempstead County Medical Society among the 1400 member Arkansas Medical Society will meet in Little Rock November 23. Dr Harris represents the local society to the House of Delegates of the Arkansas Society. The Columbia County Audubon Society will show an outstanding conservation film So Little Time at Southern State College Fine Arts Auditorium Sunday November 16 at 2 30 p m per Sterling Lacy Jr president. Rev Perry Purtle former Hope resident now pastor of First Baptist Church Spring Hill La will be the speaker on Your Pastor Program on Channel 12 at 6 50 a m from November 17 21. Brownie Troop 166 held Rededication and Investment Service Monday November 10 at the Little House with 25 guests and 16 Brownies. Mrs Robert Cash is president. St Michael Hospital Texarkana room 410 reports Mrs Cash scheduled for surgery Wednesday.
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Hope High School
Hope
Wil
East Second Street
Membership and Evangelism Commission
First United Methodist Church
Century Bible
Jim McKenzie
C. Lynn Harris
Hempstead County Medical Society
Arkansas Medical Society
Little Rock
Harris
Columbia County Audubon Society
Fine Arts
Southern State College
Sterling Lacy, Jr
Hempstead County
Lacy
Perry Purtle
First Baptist Church of
Spring Hill
Channel 12
DDT to Be Outlawed in Two Years
Washington reports that Welfare Secretary Robert H. Finch plans to announce a recommendation to curb DDT use over two years. Undersecretary Veneman cites possible administrative action, with Hardin and Hickel receptive, pending legal feasibility. California Arizona and Michigan already limit DDT use.
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Washington
Robert H. Finch
John “Veneman
Finch
Clifford M. Hardin
Interlee
Walter J. Hickel
Hardin
Jeneman
Mrak Commission
California
Arizona
Michigan
Veneman
Juveniles Denied Jury Trial by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court refused to extend the right to a jury trial to juveniles accused of serious crimes. In an unsigned ruling the court dismissed Nebraska youth’s appeal, noting his case began before the recent decision granting jury trials to adults. Justices Black and Douglas dissented, arguing the juvenile deserved the right and criticizing prospective application.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Nebraska
Hugo L. Black
William ©. Douglas
Douglas
Black
Fighting in Vietnam Is Minor
Saigon reports scattered clashes across South Vietnam with 69 enemy and three American deaths. One South Vietnamese militia member also killed. 13 Americans wounded, two missing. A crash on the central coast near Nhon killed eight South Korean officers. three were colonels promoted posthumously. Weather hindered reporting. strongest action occurred near 28 miles northeast of Saigon.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hear Nhon
Igon
Vision
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Earth
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Litetie House
Robert Cash
St. Michael Hospital
Texarkana
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