Nixon proposes lighter penalties for marijuana possession
Washington AP report says the Nixon administration backs a major shift toward leniency. First time possession would be a misdemeanor with a maximum one year in jail or a $5,000 fine. Second offenses remain felonies with harsher penalties for sellers.
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Washington
Nixon
John E Ingersoll
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Senate Juvenile Delinquency Committee
John N. Mitchell
American Motors to Buy Kaiser Jeep for 80 Million
American Motors announced it agreed to acquire Kaiser Jeep Corp. for 80 million dollars. The deal includes 10 million cash, 10 million in five year notes, and 5.5 million AMC shares. Final terms depend on audits and board approvals.
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Detroit
American Motors
Kaiser Jeep Corp
AMC
Kaiser Industries Corp
American Motors Capital
Kaiser Jeep
Kalesy Jeep
Miami Targets Mafia in Miami Beach Resort Suits
Atty. Gen. Earl Faircloth has drafted 21 civil actions to drive organized crime from the Miami Beach resort industry. Richard Knight said the attorney general will file the suits today under a new state law to close illicit venues or permit replacement by legitimate operators.
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Earl Faircloth
Miami Beach
Richard Knight
Faircloth
Auorency
Injuries Fatal to Arkansan in Arizona Wreck
Larry O. Hargrove 23 of Little Rock Ark died in Flagstaff Arizona from injuries from a September 18 fall from a heavily loaded pickup truck on US Route 66 west of Flagstaff. He had just been discharged from hospital and was returning to Little Rock.
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Hope
Little Rock
Ritchie Grocery Co
Tommy Joe
Larry Wayne McKee
Virgil McKee
Near Hope
David McKee
Delton Clark
Eddie Bearden
Camden
Hnry
Flagstaff
Ariz
Larry O. Hargrove
Ark
Hargrove
Showers Predicted For Arkansas From Laurie Winds
The Associated Press reports a shift to unsettled weather as tropical Gulf storm Laurie brings moisture into Arkansas. Showers were expected to reach Southeast Arkansas by late afternoon with lows in the 60s and Sunday highs from 77 in Fayetteville to 86 in Texarkana. Overnight readings varied from 52 in Fayetteville to 64 in Memphis. No measurable rainfall was recorded across the state for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today.
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Associated Press
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Fayetteville
Texarkeana
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Blythevile
Texarkana
Harrison
Memphis
Functions of Grand Jury Discussed at Hope Rotary
A Hope Rotary Club luncheon featured Al Graves Jr presenting a comprehensive view of the Grand Jury its purpose and function Clyde Fouse arranged the program and introduced the speaker Sixteen jurors served in the latest session with high standards and confidentiality observed President Benny Coleman led the business meeting welcoming visiting Rotarians John T McRae Prescott Louis Hartung San Antonio and guest Warren Plyler
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al Graves, Jr
Hope Rotary Club
Clyde Fouse
Benny Coleman
John T. McRae
Prescott
Louis Hartung
San Antonio
Warren Plyler
Rockefeller Administration Accused of Overspending
Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller's administration faces charges of intentionally spending no more than available state revenue, aimed at political gain. House Speaker Haynes McClerkin issued the accusation during a Democratic platform committee meeting Saturday.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Haynes C. McClerkin
Democratic Party
Arkansas High Court AAR STAR Proceedings Summary
Proceedings from Arkansas high court list multiple cases with affirmations reversals and remands including Roy Wells v State of Ark Curtis Wells v State of Ark and Richard Judy v M Cy Mes, with several docket items from circuit courts. Per Curiam orders deny rehearings and petitions for dismissal, plus a notice inviting responses on adopting the ABA Code of Professional Responsibility within 30 days.
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Associated Press
Roy Wells
State of Ark
Garland Clrcutt
T. Davis
Kirby C. Seay
Anton Chy
Curtis Lee Wells
St. Francis
Affirmed
Missouri Pacific
Johnny Riley
D&r Liquor Store
Poinsett
Richard Judy
Cy Mes Daniel
Washington
Ark
State Highway Commission
Vernon E. McMillian
Hot Spring
Walter Credit
Pulaski
Robert L. Harrison
Lindell R. Collins
Walter Henry Fox
Dorothy Fox
Rosebud Junior Garden Club names officer
Officers of the Rosebud Junior Garden Club of Brookwood School are named. Pictured left to right are Bobby Frazier president David Sisson vice president Mitzi Estes secretary Barbara Hale reporter Raelaine Jordan scrapbook chairman and James Tim Arnold litterbug chairman.
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Rosebud Junior Garden Club
Brookwood School
Bobby Frazier
David Sis
Rail Safety Study Is Started By Nixon Admin
The Nixon administration proposes the first comprehensive federal railroad safety legislation after citing rising rail accidents and hazardous shipments. The plan would authorize the transportation secretary to set minimum standards for tracks rolling stock and loading, based on a task force report. Senate bills by Hartke and Ribicoff wait in committee as rail derailments and accidents with hazardous materials have spiked since 1961.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nixon Administration
Congress
Transportation
John Volpe
Volpe
Secretary of Transportation
Sens
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Kennedy Case Hearing Resumes In Exhumation Petition
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania the Kennedy death case returns to court after delays caused by the Kopechne family. A petition filed August 14 seeks exhumation for an autopsy on the secretary who died in Edward Kennedy's car remarks suggest possible drowning inconsistency.
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Wilkes-Barre
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Bernard C. Browdinski
Common Pleas Court
Dist. Atty
Edmund Ainis
New Bedford
Mass
Storm Laurie Could Become a Hurricane
Tropical storm Laurie swept across the Gulf toward Louisiana with winds near 50 mph. Forecasters warned intensification is likely and Laurie could reach hurricane force by early today, triggering a hurricane watch from Galveston to Pensacola.
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Laurie
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Yucatan Peninsula
Air Force
Galveston
Tex
Pensacola
Fla
United States
Pancake Supper Before Hope Magnolia Football Game
Kiwanis Club hosts a Friday pancake supper at Hope High School Cafeteria starting at 5 with pancakes butter syrup sausage and milk or coffee. At 7 30 Hope Bobcats face Magnolia Panthers in Hammons Stadium as part of Kiwanis Youth Activities fundraisers.
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Kiwanis Club
Hope High School
Hope Bobcats
Magnolia Panthers
Hammons
Hope Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
First Kidney Transplant Dies in Arkansas History
POCAHONTAS ARK AP The first person to receive a successful kidney transplant at the University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock has died at age 42. W Rogers of Pocahontas passed away at a Pocahontas hospital after suffering a heart attack, more than five years after the surgery.
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Pocahontas, Ark
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Little Rock
Ht. W. Rogers
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Hospital
Sees Cutback in Defense Sector Since 1965
Since 1965 defense buildup has slackened with lower procurement of aircraft weapons and electronics. Gross obligations are the lowest in three years and subcontractor activity appears at its weakest since September 1965. Unfilled orders and employment in defense products industries also reach low points into 1967.
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Sitter Steptemins
Defense Products Industries
Weather Outlook for Arkansas Cloudiness Increases
Increasing clouds today with mostly cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday. Chance of showers northwest today and rain possible south late this afternoon and tonight and mainly southeast Tuesday. Little temperature change today and tonight with cooler conditions on Tuesday. highs largely in the upper 70s to 80s and lows tonight in the upper 50s to 60s.
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Arkansas
On the Road in Arkansas Fall Festival Listings
Readable fragments describe events in Arkansas towns from October to December. Activities include annual festivals, outdoor art shows, operetta choirs, a skeet shoot, auctions, parades, Christmas programs, and civic celebrations with locations like Mountainburg Winslow Hot Springs Bentonville Camden and Usencia.
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Mountainburg
Winslow
Hot Springs
Bentonville
Camden
Nixon urged to declare unilateral cease fire in Vietnam
A White House source says Nixon may announce a U S initiated unilateral cease fire during his Vietnam address or signal rejection by not mentioning it. Advisors reportedly see such a move as a full withdrawal of U S troops. discussions followed with Rogers, Laird, Mitchell and Kissinger at the Maryland retreat. Muskie and Harris urged faster troop withdrawals and a political settlement under U Thant. Palme defended Sweden’s aid to North Vietnam and said the NLF may be more representative than Saigon’s junta.
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John N. Mitchell
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Librarian Hermione Embry to Speak at Genealogical Society
Mrs. Hermione Dunlap Embry of Nashville a genealogical reference librarian for 24 years will headline the Arkansas Genealogical Society meeting at State College of Arkansas in Conway next Sunday. The gathering notes 347 doublets in the United States in LUGS.
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Conway, Ark
Hermione Dunlap Embry
Nashville, Tenn
Arkansas Genealogical Society
State College of Arkansas
Conway
Supreme Court to Hear Third Draft Challenge Case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Toussie v draft registration arguing that continuing registration violates self incrimination rights and that without it the five year statute of limitations would start at 18. The Brooklyn businessman was convicted in 1967 for refusing to register. The case mirrors the 1968 Marchetti ruling and is part of three major attacks on draft laws this term.
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Supreme Court
Robert I. Toussie
Brooklyn
Toussie
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Marchetti
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District Court
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