Smokey the Bear remembered as ad master 26 years
A column honors Smokey the Bear who died at 26, likening him to Walt Disney figures and tracing his rise from a burned cub in New Mexico to national fame at the National Zoo. The piece notes a monument in New Mexico, a successor at the Zoo, and the role of a California agency in making Smokey a symbol of forest protection.
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Smokey the Bear
Walt Disney
National Zoo
Washington
Smokey
New Mexico
Lincoln National Forest
California
St. Louis
Junior
Pryor says he twice refused Park campaign funds
Gov. David Pryor says he rejected offers of campaign money from South Korean businessman Tongsun Park in 1972 and 1974. He cited Park's mysterious income and denies any gifts orTalk with Park about legislation. Pryor described their relationship as personal but not political and noted no office was known to him for Park.
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Little Rock
David Pryor
Tongsun Park
Park
Pryor
Washington
U.S. House of Representatives
Justice Department
Tongsun
Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Gulf Oil
Korea
George Town Club
Officials warn oil price rise would hurt world economies
U S diplomats warn that a 15 percent oil price hike by OPEC would lift the American oil bill by about 5 5 billion, push inflation from 6 to 7 percent, and slow growth from 4 to 3 4 percent. OPEC meets December 15 in Qatar while OECD forecasts a world recession in the second half of next year.
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Washington
U.S
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Qatar
Persian Gulf
Shah
Iran
Financial Times of London
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Japan
State Department
Robert Funseth
Funseth
High Administration
Henry A. Kissinger
Israeli U S clash after Security Council Jerusalem stance
Foreign Minister Yigal Allon condemned the United States for joining a Security Council statement denouncing Israeli settlements in occupied territories and any action challenging Jerusalem's status. Ambassadors and reporters witnessed Allon's sharp rebuke as U S envoy Toon attended talks with 12 congressmen in Israel.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Yigal Allon
United States
Security Council
New York
Jerusalem
Moon
U.S
Washington
United Nations
Chaim Herzog
Council
U.N
Stockmen Gather for Last Hurrah at Chicago Stock Yard Inn
More than 600 livestockmen attend a final dinner at the Stock Yard Inn before its demolition. The event honors a historic Tudor style hotel once part of the Chicago Stock Yards complex and features a $12 plate menu in the Saddle and Sirloin Club. Joe Gregory, 73, recalls early days in hog pens and large daily runs, noting records for cattle, sheep, and hogs from 1908 to 1924.
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Chicago
Stock Yard Inn
Swift
Armour
Morris
Wood Prince
Potter
Joe Gregory
Old Stock Yard
Iowa Livestock Commission Co
Gregory
Crewmen Await Rescue After Carnelian-1 Sinks
In Pacific storm seas described as the year's worst, crew from the Carnelian-1 scavenged floating logs and awaited rescue. Six salvaged by the freighter Wisteria, two aboard Hunter, others seen on life rafts as panicked relief efforts continued 1,400 miles northwest of Honolulu.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Hunter
Honolulu
Coast Guard
Alaska
Wisteria
National Weather Service
Bank fire spares vault in Batesville
A bank vault at First National Bank of Batesville suffered minor damage from a Wednesday night fire that burned sacks of pennies and paper boxes, but the time-locked vault remained intact and opened at 7:30 a.m. after Veterans Day closure.
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Batesville, Ark
First National Bank of
Batesville
Miss your Star paper delivery notice
City subscribers urged to call 777 8841 during set hours to arrange delivery if the Star is not received. Do not call outside the posted times for service requests.
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Times
United Way Appeals for Hempstead County Gifts
Those not contacted by a United Way volunteer may mail tax deductible contributions to United Way of Hempstead County P O Box 250 Hope Ark 71801 Donors may make checks payable to United Way.
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United Way
United Way of
Hempstead County
P.O
Hope
Ark
Convicted dentist to provide free care for elderly in unusual sentence
A drunk driving crash killed two people. Judge Al Yencopal sentenced Dr. Edgar Mays to one day weekly for a year of free dental work for elderly patients, including dentures, worth up to 35000 dollars, and ordered ongoing abstinence during four years probation. Mays must publicize the program to Tri-Cities senior groups.
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Prosser
Wash
Benton County Superior Court
al Yencopal
Edgar Mays
Washington
Mays
Fred
Dixie Hanses
Talks in Paris Hint Little Progress with Vietnam
In Paris talks, U S and Vietnam show little or no progress before January. Major decisions on relations hinge on President elect Carter’s inauguration. Hanoi aims to redefine policy at its Hanoi congress next month and seeks full accounting of 800 missing U S servicemen as a precondition for progress.
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Paris
United States
Vietnam
U.S
Jimmy Carter
Vietnamese Communist Party
Hanoi
Ford
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