Supreme Court considers 1970 voting rights law clash
The Supreme Court hears challenges from Oregon, Texas, Arizona and Idaho to the 1970 federal voting rights law. The administration defends the 18 year old voting age, literacy test ban, residence requirement limits, and absentee ballot mandate. The court’s fast review could affect about 17 million votes and voting eligibility in upcoming elections.
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Barry Schweid
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
U.S
Oregon
Texas
Arizona
Idaho
Nixon
Justice Department
High Court
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Georgia
Kentucky
Alaska
North Carolina
Weather in State to Be Cooler
The Associated Press reports Arkansas will see cooler, stable weather with partly cloudy skies and a chance of rain. Temps rise Tuesday with sun, possible showers mainly in the east on Wednesday, as a long running cool spell continues. Temperatures Sunday ranged from 51 at Harrison to 66 at Little Rock with overnight lows listed across several cities. Rainfall in the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. included traces to .26 inch in various locations.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Harrison
Little Rock
Fayetteville
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Dorado
Memphis
Fort Smith
Hidden Fund Raising Groups Use Secret DC Committees
Hundreds of thousands in campaign money were routed to U S senators via hidden DC committees allowing secrecy. Notable lawmakers including Senate leaders Mansfield and Scott head lists, with contributions from labor groups and various industries. The DC committees exploit a District of Columbia loophole with scant disclosure requirements, attracting funds from restaurants, coal, cable TV, steelworkers, shipping, and more.
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U.S
James R. Polk
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Sen
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Harrison A. Williams
D-N.j
Senate Labor
D.C
District of Columbia
Congress
Winston L. Prouty
GOP
Philip H. Hoff
Joseph M. Montoya
Dn.m
Frank E. Moss
Utah
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Ralph T. Smith
Ill
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Carson & Barnes Circus to visit Hope October 21
Dick Moore of the Hope Athletic Booster Club announces the Carson & Barnes Five Ring Wild Animal Circus will perform Wednesday, October 21, with shows at 4 30 and 8 00 p m. Advance tickets earn the booster club up to 50 percent and save buyers 50 cents per ticket. Tickets available at local banks, cafes, and shops, with sales ending 8 pm October 20.
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Carson & Barnes
Dick Moore
Hope Athletic Booster Club
America
People of Hope
Moore
Citizens National Bank
Diamond Cafe
First National Bank
Vic Massanelli
Laha Cleaners
Anderson- Frazier Insurance Agency
Cambodians Hit Stiff Resistance
Cambodian troops pressed to reopen 20 miles of Highway 2 south of Phnom Penh after ambushing a North Vietnamese unit and reporting 7 enemy killed. Government forces suffered 15 wounded as three battalions push south to link with units advancing from Takeo, while Laos reported progovernment gains near the Plain of Jars.
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John T. Wheeler
Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Takeo
Kiri Rom
Elephant Mountains
Taung Kauh
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Laos
Plain of Jars
Burglar hits Saenger Theater Here
The Saenger Theater was broken into Sunday night with $38 taken from a filing cabinet. Police said the burglar attempted to break the safe but failed. the safe was damaged. Entry was gained through a window beside an alley.
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Saenger Theater
Nixon Campaigns Hard In Heartland For Votes
President Nixon presses a broad national push to win votes with a softer law and order line. He travels to Ohio North Carolina Tennessee Vermont and Indiana as Agnew extends the campaign to counter civil unrest. The Midwest stop in Ohio boosts Taft's Senate bid while Grand Forks faces a tight Kleppe Burdick race over farm policy.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Nixon
Heartland
Spiro T. Agnew
Columbus
Ohio
Grand Forks
N.C
Kansas City
Senate
Johnson City
Tenn
Asheville
Ft. Wayne
Ind
White House
Agnew
Teterboro
Lancaster
Burlington
America
Robert Taft Jr
Taft
Thomas Kleppe
Quentin N. Burdick
Syria's Assad cracks down on Palestinian guerrillas
Beir ut AP Syria's new military ruler Gen Hafez Al Assad has closed the Damascus Saika guerrilla HQ and urged the Palestine Resistance Movement to suspend membership. Guerrillas returning from Jordan are disarmed and sent to detention in northern Syria. Assad forced Noureddin Alassi to resign. Maj Gen Salah Jadid reportedly fled the country. Jordanian forces and Palestinian guerrillas clash in northern Jordan as Ramtha to Irbid supply routes are disrupted.
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Hafez Al-Assad
Syria
Damascus
Saika
The
Palestine Resistance Movement
Jordan
Assad
Baath Socialist Party
Noureddin Alassi
Salah Jadid
Baath Party
Lebanon
Jadid
Israel
Iraq
Ramtha
Irbid
Amman
Amrawa
King Hussein
Yasir Arafat
Beirut
Four Killed on Arkansas Highways
Four people died in weekend traffic crashes across Arkansas. Judy McDonald, 20, of Routze Texas, died on I-40 near Forrest City when a tire blew and her car overturned. Karen Tyner, 22, of Victor Texas, injured in the same crash. Edith Mize, 57, near Waldr0n, killed on Arkansas 10 in Danville after her car hit a bridge abutment. Scottie Shirley, 27, of Delaplane Greene County, killed on Arkansas 34 north of Walnut Ridge. Fred Johnson, 50, of North Little Rock, died when his car collided head-on with a Continental Trailways bus on U.S. 70 near North Little Rock. Bus passenger had minor injuries.
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Associated Press
Judy McDonald
Routze
Tex
Interstate 40
Forrest City
Karen Tyner
Victor
Edith Mize
Waldron
Arkansas 10
Danville
Scottie Shirley
Delaplaine
Greene County
Arkansas 34
Walnut Ridge
Fred Johnson
North Little Rock
Continental Trailways
U.S. 70
Johnson
Policeman Shot and Killed by Suspect in Cordele
In Cordele Georgia Sgt Hiram Watson 45 a veteran officer was fatally shot with his own pistol after arresting a Negro selling an out of state newspaper The Muslim Program without a license. The gunman fled the patrol car as witnesses saw him jump from the vehicle. Statewide dragnet launched for one of two suspects in the incident.
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Cordele
Hiram Watson
The
Muslim Program
Black Cordele
Quebec Kidnapping Case Spars With War Memories
Montreal reports a massive hunt for a taxi driver and a school teacher suspected in kidnapping two government officials. One official Pierre Laporte was found dead while James Cross remains missing. Police claim to have located Laporte’s hideout as trials in the U.S. voting rights case unfold and Nixon campaigns focus on law and order amid Vietnam tensions.
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Associated
Fnass Montreal
Pierre Laporte
James Cross
Laporte
Slaying of Laporte Shocks Montreal Area
Police traced the likely FLQ kidnapping hideout to a frame bungalow in St Hubert eight miles south of Montreal where police removed booby traps before finding Laporte's body half a mile away. Montreal authorities pursued 319 suspects in a Quebec wide manhunt after the War Measures Act.
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Montreal
Pierre Laporte
St. Hubert
Laporte
Albert Lisacek
Quebec
James Cross
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Quebec Liberation Front
FLQ
Canada
Allpoints
Marc Carbonneau
Pail Boyd
Quebec City
Sherbrooke
Hull
Roge
Perce
Gaspe Peninsula
Abner Biard
James Richard Crags
Cuba
Algeria
Wrecks Investigated for Minor Damage Over Weekend
City Police investigated two Saturday accidents with minor damage. Pearlean Cheatham of Fulton backed into Inez Monk of Hope in the 100 block of South Main and was charged with failure to yield. At 4th and Hazel Streets Nona Brown and Gilbert Brown Jr collided with minor damage as officers Edwards and Clark investigated.
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South Maina
Pearlean Cheatham
Fulton
Inez Monk
Hope
A. C. Lingard
4Th
Hazel Streets
Nona Brownin
Gilbert Brown Jr
Edwards and
Clark
Real Estate Tax Resurrected by Arkansas Supreme Court
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to allow continued collection of the real estate transfer tax while striking down the appropriation provisions as unconstitutional. The court previously held the entire Act 239 of 1969 invalid for non severability. Revenue Dept has collected $2,187,564 since August 1969 and invested $2,108,360 in U.S. government bonds earning $63,620 through September 1970.
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Bill Simmons
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
State Revenue Department
Revenue Department
Auust
U.S
Air Workers Set Strike for Tuesday
NEW YORK AP Stewardesses and pursers at Trans World Airlines have scheduled a strike starting 12:01 a.m. Tuesday over a contract dispute. The airline said it would keep service running with supervisory and management staff to cover the walkout.
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New York
Trans World Airlines
All Around Town Highlights From Hope Area
Mrs Dick Watkins left Hope by ambulance plane for Houston to enter St Luke's Hospital. A $20 anonymous donation supported the Hope Babettes. Connie Hendrix, a U of A freshman and AWS rep for Futrall Hall, writes for The Arkansas Traveler. Ward of the Month for October named McWilliams, McDavitt, and the Ellises. Night classes resume at Red River Vocational Tech School Monday at 7. Police reports show multiple violations with several arrests and a total of 252 accidents this year, 49 injuries and one death. Marine Cpl Jerry W Sanders, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Sanders Jr, reported for duty with the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron at Marble Mountain Air Facility near Danang. Miss Mainie Belle Holt underwent surgery at Wadley Hospital in Texarkana, room 625.
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Dick Watkins
Hope
Houston
Tex
St. Luke’s Hospital
The
Hope Council of Garden Clubs
E. M. McWilliams
McDavitt
Leonard Ellis
Red River
Marine Cpl
Jerry W. Sanders
Albert Sanders Jr
West Avenue C
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
Marble Mountain Air Facility
Danang
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Liberation Front
AP News Digest
Midwest
Law and Order
New York Times
South Vietnam
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Star
Boosters
Hope Babettes
Connie Hendrix
Lloyd Hendrix
U of A
AWS
Futrall Hall
Arkansas Traveler
Mainie Belle Holt
Wadley Hospital
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