Memphis Violence Resumes After Firebombings At Tavern
Seven white individuals were burned when three homemade firebombs hit the Red Lantern Lounge in Memphis as racial violence persisted after a 3 year old black boy was killed by a police cruiser en route to a related incident. Police noted conflicting witness accounts on the attackers' race.
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Doug Stone
Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Red Lantern
John Barger
Robert Reed Jr
Barger
Reed
Mary Washington
Judge Named Head of Pay, Price Board
President Nixon named U S District Judge George H Boldt to head the Pay Board and Jackson Grayson Jr to head the Price Commission. The boards will set wage standards and price increases during Phase 2 of the anti inflation program. Meany among union leaders named to the Pay Board and corporate executives to Price Commission. Nixon urged decisions fair and supported by public backing, avoiding heavy government sanctions.
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Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
U. S
George H. Boldt
Washington State Today
Tripartite Pay Board
Jackson Grayson Jr
Southern Methodist University
Business School
Comparion Price Commission
Donald Rumsfeld
White House
The
Price Commission
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Bond votes urged to spur Hope area jobs drive
Hope residents vote Tuesday on two bond issues totaling 5.1 million dollars to back construction of a 311,000 square foot plant for Tennessee Forging Steel Inc and a panel board plant for Permaneer Corporation near the Proving Ground area. The bonds aim to create about 340 additional jobs, boosting total new employment to around 600. The projects include a 240 initial jobs plant and potential future expansions, with support from Georgia Pacific for finished panel board production. The bond issues are Arkansas Act 9 backed and secured by contracts with the involved companies, not county credit.
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Hope
Hope Foods, Inc
Spears Carpet Mill, Inc
Tennessee Forging Steel, Inc
Proving Ground
Oakhaven
Permaneer Corporation
Wynnewood Corp
Georgia Pacific
Crossett
Hope and
Hempstead County
Corn Belt Hatcheries of
Arkansas
Hempstead
Nevada
Corn Belt
Kroger Company
U.S
Kroger
Defense Pact Limits Safeguard Missile
Washington AP Conferees settle on 21.3 billion military procurement bill funding including a limited Safeguard missile defense deployment at two sites with preparations at two more. The measure also backs 801.6 million for 48 F-14 carrier fighters and keeps key arms ceiling talks ongoing. Two sites, one or two more remain under consideration amid STRATEGIC ARMS TALKS. Laos spending cap set at 350 million and a 381 million military pay raise proposed.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
U.S
Indochina
Laos
Nixon
Washington, D.C
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Grand Forks
Air Force Base
Malmstromi Air Force Base
Great Falls
Mount
Whiteman Air Por Base
Warren
Decision on Drug Law Is Sought in Arkansas Supreme Court
Assistant Attorney General Jim Guy Tucker asks the Arkansas Supreme Court to classify Act 590 of 1971 as a felony or misdemeanor for selling delivering or possessing with intent to sell restricted drugs and narcotics. He notes Circuit Judges Kirby and Adkisson have differed, causing enforcement difficulties.
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Little Rock
Jim Guy Tucker
State Supreme Court
Tucker
William J. Kirby
Richard B. Adkisson
Maine Temperance Museum Turned to WCTU
In Portland Maine the Kroom mansion once linked to Civil War Gen Neal Dow who led the anti liquor campaign has been given to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. A dedication Friday will highlight Maine WPL two day annual convention led by Duw a taney operator celebrated as the father of prohibition for helping Maine enact its first temperance law.
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Portland
Maine
Neal Dow
Womens Christian Temperance Union
Black Youth Killed by U.S. Marshal in Arkansas
In Little Rock an 18 year old black youth, Rickey Allen Henson, was shot in the back of the head by U.S. Marshal Harold T. Martin as he fled a home during an attempted arrest for four counts of mail theft. The unarmed suspect was under indictment since September 1 by a federal grand jury.
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Little Rock, Ark
U.S
Rickey Allen Henson
Harold T. Martin
Lynn A. Davis
Davis
Martin
Henson
District of
Arkansas
Angler Surrounded by Busloads in Trinity River
In Lewiston California the angler was fishing salmon when two large buses carrying the California Board of Forestry top aides and a Department of Fish and Game employee stopped. They said they intended to document the fisher for allegedly fishing in a protected spawning area and to issue a citation.
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Lewiston
Calif
Trinity River
California Board of Forestry
State Department of Fish and Game
Trinity Hiver
Governors Return From Russia and Romania Tour
A group of American governors completed a two week visit to the Soviet Union and Romania and departed for Western Europe and New York. They spent eight days in the Soviet Union and five in Romania meeting officials including Soviet Premier Kosygin and Romania President Ceausescu. The delegation was led by Gov. Warren Hearns of Missouri and included Marvin Mandel Dale Bumpers William Milken John Love David Hall Stanley Hathaway and Luis Ferre.
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Bucharest
Soviet Union
Romania
Europe
New York
Alexei Kosygin
Nicolae Ceausescu
Warren H. Hearns
Missouri
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
William G. Milken
Michigan
John A. Love
Colorado
David Hall
Oklahoma
Stanley K Hathaway
Wyoming
Luis A. Ferre
Puerta Rico
Economy slows in third quarter says Commerce Dept
Washington AP reports the nations economy grew at a 3 percent annual rate in the July September quarter with GNP rising by 16 billion dollars. Inflation eased to 3.3 percent the lowest this year as steel inventories corrected.
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Washington
Commerce Department
GNP
Department
Food Cost Dip Slows Rise in Living Costs
A government report shows September CPI rose slowly as food prices fell one percent and auto prices declined, moderating overall inflation during Nixon price freeze. The CPI reached 122.4, costs per $10 of base-period purchases. Average weekly earnings slipped 27 cents to 128.76 across about 45 million workers.
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Washingsun
Nixon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon's Supreme Court Picks Surprise Senate
President Nixon named Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist to the Supreme Court. Powell, 64, from Richmond, and Rehnquist, 47, an assistant attorney general, are pitched as judicial conservatives. Republicans praised the selections while some Democrats voiced limited objections, noting qualifications amid retirement vacancies.
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John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Senate
Congress
Powell
Richmond
Massachusetts
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Bayh
Rehnquist
John M. Harlan
Hugo L. Black
All Around Town notes local holiday and staff updates
Mrs. Diane Lauterback announces Hempstead County Revenue Office closure Monday Oct 25 for Veterans Day with noon hours now available. Henderson State College Student Government posts Richard Sallee as 1971 72 president Carol Williams secretary Hope. Army Private Alvin W Sanders Jr completes eight weeks basic training at Fort Polk La. Ki Metain has eye surgery at Missouri Pacific Hospital Little Rock. Hempstead County AM&N alumni plan meeting Oct 25 in Hope Park Center to discuss homecoming. William Reinhardt of Hope among 45 criminology class members visiting Federal Correctional Texarkana. Veterans Day observed by banks and state offices but public free parking.
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Diane Lauterback
Hempstead
Richard Sallee
Little Rock
Henderson State College
Carol Williams
Hope
Army
Alvin W. Sanders Jr
Rt. 2
Hope, Ark
U.S. Army Training Center
Infantry
Fort Polk
Arkansas Am&n College
Pine Bluff
Hope City Park Center
Hempstead County
William Reinhardt
Southern State College
Federal Correctional At
Texarkana
W.M. Reinhardt
Elm
Hope High School
Sorth B. Conn
Arkla Insists Rate Increase Necessary
Arkla Insists rate increase necessary for adequate gas supply to Arkansas customers. Company seeks about 20 percent average rise for industrial rates to fund pipeline to Anadarko Basin fields in Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle, with PSC hearing set for October 26. Arkla argues higher earnings are needed to borrow for the pipeline.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
State Public Service Commission
Arkla
PSC
Arkansas
Anadarko Basin
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Cold Front Moving Into Arkansas
The Associated Press reports a new cold front moving through Arkansas tonight bringing a few showers in the northeast. Saturday should bring clear skies and cooler temps with highs in the 70s. Overnight lows range from the mid 50s to low 60s in listed cities including Fayetteville 50 Harrison 54 Jonesboro 61 Pine Bluff 62 Texarkana 50 El Dorado 37 Little Rock 62 and Fort Smith 60.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Fayetteville
Jonesboro
Harrison
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Dorado
Little Rock
Fort Smith O
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