GEO Passes Big Test Smiling Jr
The federal antipoverty agency expands in scope and budget after House action. A two year extension funds ongoing programs and adds a major day care initiative for children of working mothers, moving beyond babysitting to education and health services amid divided votes and fiscal debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon A. Guidey
Associated Press
Washington Tap
Federal Antipoverty Agency
House
Office of Economic Opportunity
Nixon
Ferald Ford
Michigan
Ford
Seergant Health, Education
Besho Richardson
Senate
He Ford
Richardson
Re. Durward G. Hall
R-Mo
Edith Creen
D-Ore
Helpi
Arkansas Weather Summary for Friday and Weekend
Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. Friday notes partly cloudy skies and warm days in Arkansas. Forecast calls for fair, mild nights through Saturday with highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s and tonight’s lows mostly in the high 60s to low 70s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Vietnam VP Appeals to People
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky urged voters to boycott Sundays one man presidential election and told police and soldiers not to suppress the people's legitimate desires. He said Thieu's unopposed candidacy was unconstitutional and urged not to vote or participate in the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Igon AP
Nguyen Cao Ky Toda
Boycot
Nguyen van Thieu
People's Congress
Air Force
Thien
Bascott
Thieu
Red China Courting Britain at Shanghai Legation Exhibit
British visitors walk into the Chinese legation to tour a Photo Exhibition on China’s achievements in socialist construction. Mao is extolled as a great thinker while the exhibit shows acupuncture and anesthesia cures. Comments favored the venture three to one, with critics joking about lacking a bottle opener.
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Colin Frost
Associated Press
London Iap
Legation
Shanghai
China
Tts
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Chairman Mao
Piao
Liu
Chou Er-lai
Peking
White Leads Ark Shoats to Victory Over SMU
Fullback Marsh White scored three touchdowns powering the Arkansas Shoats to a 28 to 7 win over SMU in a Southwest Conference freshman game. White’s runs covered 3, 4, and 10 yards as Arkansas racked up 257 rushing yards and built a lead before the fourth quarter surge.
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Texarkana
Tex
Marsh White
Arkansas Shoals
SMU
White
Shotas
Arkansas
Shoats
John Booty
Matt Morrison
Booty
Razorback
Joe Ferguson
Shreveport
Two Arrested in Spa Bank Robbery in Hot Springs
FBI says federal bank robbery charges will be filed today against two Hot Springs men for the West Side branch holdup at Arkansas First National Bank. The manager, Leonard Brazil, was briefly held. $12,376 was taken and not recovered. Brazil described a gunman forcing him to drive to Lake Hamilton and back.
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Hot Springs
Ark
FBI
West Side
Arkansas First National Bank
Lake Hamilton
Leonard Brazil
Brazil
Hot Springs to Host Witnesses
The Hope Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses plans a three day circuit assembly in Hot Springs October 22 to 24 drawing over 4800 delegates from Southwest Arkansas. The Watchtower Society will send the principal speaker with a Sunday 2 0 p m session titled Can You Live Forever Will You. The public is invited and the program features Bible lectures and demonstrations on how the Bible guides modern life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Congregation
Jehovah's Witnesses
Hot Springs
Eugene Shuster
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York
Arkansas
Watchtower Society
Nigeria Rebuilding After War
Nigeria celebrates 11 years of independence as Maj. Gen. Gowon leads postwar recovery. While unity grows and Eastern Nigeria rebuilds, critics warn inflation, corruption, unemployment, and housing shortages persist amid rapid spending and a large armed force.
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Larry Heinzerling
Associated Press
Lagos
Nigeria
Africa
Yakubu
Jack
Gowon
Biafra
Mission program set for Haynes Chapel Baptist Church
The annual Mission program will be held at Haynes Chapel Baptist Church Sunday October 3 at 7:30 p.m. Rev Floyd Topps of Common Hill Baptist Church will preach. Rev W M Carroll, Pastor. Mrs Mary Bee Rhodes of Hope died October 1 1971 in a local hospital. She leaves nine children and multiple grandchildren with funeral arrangements pending Hicks Funeral Home.
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Haynes Chapel Baptist
Floyd Topps
Common Hill Baptist Church
W.M. Carroll
Mary Bee Rhodes
Hope
Haynes Chapel
Mardline Barnes
Lee Rhodes
Peoria
Minois
Earnestine Dotson
Irene Ford
James Edward and
Lee Junior Rhodes
Detroit
Michigan
Nellie Louise Stoney
Ethopia
Ethel Mae Jackson
Albert Rhodes
Viola Burton
Sheppard
Osie Bell Hill
Ed Brown
Illinois
Hicks Funeral Home, Inc
Bingham and Inmates Indicted Over San Quentin Outburst
A Marin County grand jury indicted attorney Stephen M. Bingham and six San Quentin inmates on murder counts connected to the prison riot that killed George Jackson and five others. Indictments named Bingham, 29, and five inmates after an early morning session.
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San Rafael
Calif
Stephen M. Bingham
San Quentin Prison
George Jackson
Marin County
Bingham
Salem
Cuno
Hugo Pinel
John Spai
Fleéta Druga
Lows Talamanvez
David Johrisui
Wale
Obituary for Charles F. Gwinup Jr of Denver Colorado
Charles Franklin Gwinup Jr 41 of Denver Colo died Friday September 29 in Denver. He served in Korea and belonged to First Baptist Church Pocahontas Ark. Survived by wife Helen Dixon Gwinup Denver daughter Janet Faye Gwinup Flint Mich mother Nola M. Gwinup Pocahontas Ark brother Paul D. Gwinup Jonesboro Ark sister Lilla Mae Ellis Pocahontas Ark and several nieces and nephews. Services 2 p.m. Saturday Herndon Chapel Rev E Clay Polk officiating burial Corinth Cemetery Herndon Funeral Home Washington NC.
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Charles F. Gwinup
Charles Franklin Gwinup
Denver
Colorado
Colo
First Baptist Church of
Pocontas
Arkansas
Helen Dixon Gwinup
Janet Faye Gwinup
Flint
Michigan
Nola M. Gwinup
Pochontas
Ark
Paul D. Gwinup
Jonesboro
Lilla Mae Ellis
Herndon Chapel
E. Clay Polk
Corinth Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home
Miners’ Contract Expires as Talks Break Down
Negotiations for 80,000 soft coal miners continue after the old pact lapsed at midnight. Operators blame the wage-price freeze and Phase 2 uncertainty for slow progress while more than 20,000 miners walk off in several states. In Jenkins Kentucky 1,000 Beth Elkhorn workers did not report for shift and 1,750 at Robena Mine Uniontown Pennsylvania joined the walkout. A union spokesman had said earlier that no strike has begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Gilbride
Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Jenkins
Beth Elkhorn Corp
Steel
Robena
Uniontown
Boundaries Set and Union Wage Talks Extend
Friday, October 1, 1971 notes county and community committeemen to take office January 1, 1972 with around 9,000 farmers serving on county committees nationwide. National Union of Mine Workers calls 125 member policy committee to a New York meeting Monday, signaling no contract settlement before then, while considering a possible extension. The union seeks to raise top daily wage from 37 to 150 and increase welfare and retirement fund contributions, with a 40-cent-per-ton royalty unchanged.
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UMW
New York
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
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Walker Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Co
Main - Hope - Pho
Red China
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Washington-Peking
Huang Hua
Canada
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Henry Kissinger
Ottawa
Ester Hicks
N.C
Morehead City
Insurance Information Institute
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Atlantic
Bellhaven
Pungo
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Swan Quarter
Red Cross
National Guard
Belhaven
National Guardsmen
Bob Scott
The
Highway Patrol
Charles Clifford Price
Washington, D.C
Kidd’s Supermarket
East Second St. Hope, Ark
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Liberty Tale Spinners
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