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Fragmented OCR text shows a brief local notice with unclear directions and numbers. Readable elements include a reference to a location near 205 North and an eleven o'clock time, but essential details are missing.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1969
Page
2
Fragmented OCR text shows a brief local notice with unclear directions and numbers. Readable elements include a reference to a location near 205 North and an eleven o'clock time, but essential details are missing.
In Southwest Arkansas, Columbia County had only one highway accident in October while Montgomery County finished 31 days without a crash. Statewide, 946 accidents were investigated, and by October 31, 1969, 480 people died on Arkansas highways, 87 fewer than in 1968. Drivers urged to adjust for winter driving.
Washington AP President Nixon plans a weekend in the capital with public tours possible Friday and Saturday closed due to expected protests. A bipartisan congressional delegation backs Nixon Vietnam policy, with House cosponsors reported at 300 and Senate activity ongoing.
Indira Gandhi won overwhelming support from over 300 Congress members in Parliament while 310 accepted a resolution declaring her expulsion invalid. Many old-guard leaders were repudiated as she eyes steady reinforcements from the Communist parties and independents.
Three gunmen stole about 1.37 million from Wells Fargo in a daylight heist at Aqueduct Race Track receipts. Police praised the “most professional job” as guards were bound and the robbers fled in a stolen car. The NYRA said the loss was insured. The raid occurred while the crew headed to Morgan Guarantee Trust in Manhattan.
About 150 state department heads and travel supervisors were told the state can tolerate no cheating in expense accounts. Robert Faulkner said public confidence demands adherence to regulations after spot checks found abuses, though not widespread. The meeting aimed to boost morale and curb improper supplementing of salaries while salary reforms are pursued.
Imperial wizard Robert M. Shelton of the United Klans of America will be freed from the Texarkana Federal Correctional Institute Monday due to good time earned. Revenue Commissioner Bob Scott said as of July 1 state cars will display licenses for easy identification, likely white letters on red with SP for state property and Official Business Only. The article notes a group selling poppies in downtown Hope for Veterans of Foreign Wars, naming several individuals in the scene.
Sgt Kouma, a 31 year old Knox game preserve defender and former tank commander, plans to retire from the Army in six years and hopes to teach. During a 1950 Korean engagement he stayed to delay 500 North Koreans after his tank was surrounded, firing a Caecet gun until ammo ran out and fighting on with a pistol and grenades. The incident earned a Medal of Honor for valor amid heavy combat.
A Brazilian airliner was hijacked over the Amazon but the pilot and crew regained control. In a separate Chilean diversion attempt, hijackers tried to force a Chilean jet to Cuba before the plane landed safely in Santiago. Two plain clothes detectives were wounded when a gunman fired in a parked car near the Chilean landing site.
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