Census final tally shows U S population 204765770
The Census Bureau released final 1970 census figures placing the United States population at 204,765,770 as of April 1 including overseas personnel. California gains five House seats, New York loses two, others gain or lose accordingly. shifts take effect January 1973. Margaret Herrick resigns as executive director of the Academy for health reasons.
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Ruling Tilts To Soldier In Vietnam Duty Land
Arkansas Supreme Court holds six month limitation on damage suits does not apply to personnel on foreign duty. Abraham Lopez filed suit in Clark County after a 1967 wreck injured his wife and child. Waldrum's widow creditors were published Sept 14 1967. The court says Lopez can sue for his property damages while wife and child claims are barred.
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Arkansas Supreme Court
Abraham Lopez
U.S
Vietnam
Lopez
Clark County
James B. Waldrum
Waldrum
United States
Supreme Court
John A. Fogleman
Governors Push Welfare and Revenue Sharing Debate
Governors at Southern Pines clash with Milton Shapp over welfare reform and federal revenue sharing at the National Governors Conference prep. AMA to consider reversing its ban on doctors accepting federal funding to boost private practice in ghettos and improve poor access to care.
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American Medical Association
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Chicago
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Sarver Sees Clemency for Slayer Walker
Correction Commissioner C. Robert Sarver said James Walker should receive consideration for executive clemency on a purely correctional basis. Walker, serving a life sentence for the 1963 slaying of a North Little Rock policeman, has shown genuine effort in prison.
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Little Rock
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Holiday Death Toll in State Reaches Eight
An Associated Press tally shows eight people killed on state highways during the four day Thanksgiving weekend. The latest victim Ruth Piosso, 60, of Chicago, died when a car hit a farm tractor near Lake Village. Also killed was Dana Hooker, 8, of Earle, struck by a car on Arkansas 118 near Toronzo. Other victims include William Hannebaum, 23, of Alton, Illinois, and Kathryn Williams, 62, of Rogers, in separate crashes. Additional deaths reported: Ronald Burgin, 19, near Des Arc. Hugh Streete, 21, of Jonesboro. Robert Doyle, 73, of Strawberry. Mary Jo Kimbrell, 19, of Mayflower.
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Piosso
Chicago
U.S. 165
Lake Village
Kenneth Piosso
Dana Hooker
Earle
Arkansas 118
Toronzo
Poinsett County
William Hannebaum
Alton
Arkansas 11
Stuttgart
Kathryn Williams
Rogers
Ronald Burgin
Near Des Arc
Hugh Douglas Streete
Jonesboro
Robert Doyle
Steawberry
Lawrence County
Mary Jo Kimbrell
Mayflower
Faulkner County
Israel Names Dayan for Peace Talks
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan told a Labor rally Israel is ready for unconditional peace talks with the Arabs while demanding to keep the Golan Heights Gaza Strip and the western shore of the Tiran Strait. He said negotiations would discuss ending the fighting with no preconditions for Arabs to sign in advance.
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Holiday Accident Toll 623
Accidents on the four day Thanksgiving holiday weekend killed 623 people nationwide. Nine deaths occurred in a three car crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Slick highways and poor visibility raised the fatality rate in parts of the country. California set a new holiday record with 91 deaths, eclipsing the previous high of eight in 1964. The National Safety Council had forecast 670 to 770 deaths from 6 pm Wednesday to midnight Sunday. Motorists were killed at a record pace in 1968 with 764 fatalities per NSC data.
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California
National Safety Council
Pope Paul VI Arrives in Australia for Historic Visit
Pope Paul VI became the first Roman Catholic pontiff to visit Australia amid large crowds in Sydney. Premier John Gorton welcomed the pontiff after a 20 hour journey from Manila via Samoa, with tight security and a peaceful reception despite traffic fears. The pope spoke of church unity in Australia as he began his program, visiting St Mary’s Cathedral and the papal nuncio’s residence after a Town Hall ceremony.
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Arms Cache Found Near Birmingham Revealed by County Sheriff
Authorities uncovered a large arms cache in a 45 foot van near a trailer park in Bessemer, on Birmingham's west side. Sheriff Mel Bailey said the cache could fuel a minor war or major guerrilla action and included rifles, mortars, grenades, dynamite, fuses, Molotov cocktails, and other weapons. Investigators seek a man who parked the van over a month ago and visited the site twice. The cache was found by children who pried a padlock off the door.
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Mel Bailey
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Nixon to Gently But Firmly Nudge Unions to Cut Wage Demands
AP reports President Nixon will gently but firmly push labor unions and big business to reduce wage demands and prices amid an uneasy economy. An inflation alert due this week will single out wage settlements like GM UAW and discuss costs passed to consumers.
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Priests Denied Innocence in FBI Bombing Plot Claim
Rep. William Anderson of Tennessee says two Roman Catholic priests, Daniel and Philip Berrigan, imprisoned in Danbury are innocent of involving in a bombing and kidnapping plot Hoover described. Anderson met them two hours and urged grand jury testimony and possible congressional inquiry. The brothers, jailed for destroying draft records, demand prosecution or retraction.
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Hoover
Daniel
Philip Berrigan
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Two Escape Plane Crash Near Smackover
Ouachita County authorities say two men escaped injury when a single engine 1946 plane piloted by Marvin Colvin lost power in a pasture north of Smackover during a pleasure flight. Frank Humphreys of Smackover accompanied Colvin, with both men unhurt.
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Ouachita County
Smackover
Marvin Colvin
el Dorado
Frank Humphreys
Colvin
Court of Honor planned by All Around Town Boy Scout troop 91
Scout troop 91 schedules a Court of Honor at 7 p.m. Monday inviting all parents as Scoutmaster Olen Overturf urges attendance. Also noted are military movements from Ft Riley to Germany, deer hunting reports in Hempstead County, local police activity, the Hempstead Rescue Unit’s Christmas banquet, and nursing pinning event at Southern State College with 29 candidates.
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Hempstead County Rescue Unit
WOW Hall
Southern State College Department of Nursing
Cynthia McCormack Crews
Hope
Lloyd Pollock
Prescott
U S Planes Hit North Vietnam in Self Defense
U S fighter bomber conducted a night self defense strike on an antiaircraft position six miles north of the DMZ after radar tracked the aircraft. The mission, part of Laos Cambodia strikes support, ended with unknown results and no damage to U S planes.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
George Esper
Associated Press
United States
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Mild Weather With Showers Across Arkansas
Mild weather with scattered thunderstorms continues in Arkansas as a Pacific cold front nears, bringing clouds and evening showers. Northwest temperatures will dip Tuesday morning with highs mainly in the 60s to 70s, while dense fog reduces visibility in many areas.
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Harrison
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Dorado
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