Two 4-H Girls Enter Dress Revue at Four States Fair
Vivian Louise Washington of Hope and Mary Ruth Hendrix of Fulton, both 4-H members, modeled in the School Dress Division at the Four States Fair Dress Revue in Texarkana and competed in County Dress Revue Activity Day. Washington won third in the School Dress Division. leaders Mrs. Jessie McGhee and Mrs. Eddie Walden guided the clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Vivian Louise Washington
Daylon Washington
Hope
Hopewell
Jessie McGhee
Vivian
Mary Ruth Hendrix
J. B. Hendrix
Fulton
Guiding Star
Group Charged With Bringing Race Trouble to Arkansas
Walter Carruth, Republican nominee for governor, accused the Arkansas Council on Human Relations of fueling racial trouble since 1954. He claimed funding from Ford and Rockefeller foundations supports the council and cited Elijah Coleman’s Arkansas State University trustee role as evidence. Carruth urged a law redirecting public funds to state treasuries and criticized the proposed new constitution and mandatory busing for racial balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Walter Carruth
Lexa
American Party
Arkansas Council On Human Relations
Carruth
KARK
Ford
Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller
Dale Bumpers
Elijah Coleman
Arkansas State University
Coleman
Arkansas Am&n College
Pine Bluff
Questioning Starts in Massacre Case at Fort Hood
At Fort Hood Texas attorneys begin today questioning officers chosen as prospective members of a court martial board for S Sgt David Mitchell the first defendant to reach trial in the My Lai massacre case. A minimum of five officers must be picked for the court and a panel of ten was named initially. Each side may strike one member without cause and challenge for cause. If more are needed the commanding general of the 1st Armored Division will appoint additional officers. The defense seeks to shape the panel through questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Heard
Associated Press
FT. Hood, Tex
David Mitchell
My Lai
1St Armored Division
Mitchell
William Desobry
1St Armored
George R. Robinson
Erwin R. Brigham
Richard G. Trefry
Edward Lassiter
Army
Youth Day and Obituary Notices Echo Lonoke Church Events
Calendar items list events for October including Youth Day at Lonoke Baptist Church with named participants and roles. BeeBee C.M.E. Church fish fry. Altar Guild meeting. Silver Tones circus appearance. revival at Pentecostal Church. and travel notices. Obituary notes Miss Mace Donna Warren, 83, of Hempstead County, died October 2 1970. services at Antioch Baptist Church Emmet Arkansas with Hicks Funeral Home handling burial. Also coverage of a military court-mmartial panel dispute involving Mitchell case and related judge and defense motions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mace Donna Warren
Hempstead County
Arkansas
J.B. Warren
Prescott
Queenester Boozer
Los Angeles
California
Lana Langston
San Diego
Antioch Baptist Church
Emmet
Antioch Cemetery
Hicks Funeral Home, Inc
Hope Star bids on highway projects and updates
Hope Star reports bids to be taken on highway projects in Hope Arkansas. Also notes Luella Ragland, daughter of Ella Ragland, completed a two year radiology technology program at St Marys School Kansas City MO and will take the state boards in November. In Washington AP Strom Thurmond and wife Nancy, Miss South Carolina 1965, expecting first child next spring. Thurmond now 67, Nancy 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOPE
ARK
Luella Ragland
Ella Ragland
St. Mary’s School of
Washington
Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Nancy
South Carolina
Nancy Moore
Aiken
S.C
Arkansas bids set for I 430 bridge approach and 13 projects
The Arkansas Highway Commission will open bids October 28 for the south approach to the Interstate 430 bridge over the Arkansas River at Little Rock. The project is estimated at $6 million, with a total of 13 projects valued at $9 million on the slate. Separate county listings detail surfacing and bridge work with estimated costs for Baxter Fulton Boone Calhoun Craighead Chicot Faulkner and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Commission
Arkansas River
Baxter and
Fulton
Arkansas
Henderson Ferry
Viola
Boone
Arkansas 7
Arkansas 14
Calhoun
Arkansas 167
Hampton
Craighead
Arkansas 1
Jonesboro
Chicot
Arkansas 35
Dewey
Faulkner
Semifinalists named in State Fair Queen Contest
Vickie Lynn Smith age 18 of Fordyce and Brooks Oliver age 17 of Stuttgart were announced Tuesday night as semifinalists in the State Fair and Livestock Show Queen Contest. Also listed are several Arkansas highway projects with estimated costs ranging from fifty one thousand to four hundred fifty thousand dollars across Greene, Jefferson, Poinsett, Randolph, and Saline counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vickie Lynn Smith
Fordyce
Brooks Oliver
Stuttgart
Rockefeller says Bumpers losing votes due to indecision
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller said Dale Bumpers is losing votes faster than he gains them as undecided voters dwindle since the Sept. 8 Democratic primary. He spoke at Henderson State College in Arkadelphia and critiqued Bumpers while noting Agnew’s Arkansas visit and campus unrest remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkadelphia
Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
Dale Bumpers
Rockefeller
Bumpers
Henderson State College
Daniel Grant
Ouachita Baptist University
Spiro T. Agnew
J. William Fulbright
Henderson
Agnew
Fred Watson
Hot Springs
Arkansas
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Vivian Washington
Mrs. Alphonse Denham
Mary Hendrix
Ester Hicks
Daniel Webster
Cotillion Federated Club
Charles Cooper
South Walnut Street
BeeBee C.M.E. Church
Lonoke
Lonoke Baptist Church
Raymond Williamson, Jr
Margo Ross
Deborah Flenory
Thomassa Jordan
Howard Ross
Karen Bradley
Teressa Cole
Deborah Collins
Stroughter Sisters
Ella Robinson
Neva Carmichael
Walter White
BeeBee Memorial C.M.E. Church
Ola Graham
Shreveport
Louisiana
New Testament Pentecostal Church of Jesus
Walker and
Dairy Streets
J.C. White
Pentecostal Church of God
North Sherman Street
J.T. Gilmore
Jesse Graves
Viola Turner
Gary
Indiana
Mose Yerger
Thurmonds
Conway
Greene
Paragould
Randolph
Davidsonville State Park
Bryant
Maurice
Mootsie
Britt
Marion
Sauk
Cly
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