Extradition fight over Angela Davis in New York
Angela Davis refused to waive extradition to California where she faces kidnapping and murder charges tied to a Aug. 7 San Rafael courthouse shootout. Judge Dickens scheduled a Nov hearing after defense request, Davis remanded without bail, and FBI arrested her October 14 with a male companion.
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New York
Angela Davis
California
Miss Davis
State Supreme Court
Thomas Dickens
John J. Abt
Plane tragedy witness cites scenic route remark
Wichita State University football player Dave Lewis testified that copilot Ronald G. Skipper told passenger Tom Reeves he would "try to show us the scenic route" before the plane crash that killed 30 people. Skipper, president of Golden Eagle Aviation, was aboard as copilot. Thirteen Shockers and 17 others were victims. the Denver departure, Denver to Clear Creek Canyon route, left the plane overweight by about 3,600 pounds.
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Lew Ferguson
Associated Press
Wichita, Kan
Wichita State University
Dave Lewis
Ronald G. Skipper
Tom Reeves
Wichita State
Skipper
Golden Eagle Aviation, Inc
Oklahoma City
U.S. Generals Held After Soviet Border Incursion
The U S Embassy urged the Soviet Union to permit interviews with Maj. Gen. Edward C D Scherrer and Brig. Gen. Claude M McQuarrie Jr both held incommunicado after a U S military plane strayed 12 miles into Soviet Armenia during bad weather Also in custody were Maj. James P Russell and Turkish Col Deneli The Soviet Foreign Ministry said all four are in good health and the case is being investigated Tass reported the plane violated Soviet airspace.
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Michael Johnson
Associated Press
Moscow
U.S
Soviet Armenia
Edward C. D. Scherrer
Turkey
Claude M. McQuarrie Jr
Soviet Union
U.S. Army
James P. Russell
Piney Woods
Miss
Col
Deneli
Tass
Showers Predicted Across Arkansas Tonight
The Associated Press reports a low pressure area will bring showers and thunder showers across Arkansas tonight with eastward spread then ending from the west by Saturday. Warmer temperatures early tonight followed by cooler, drier air. A University of Arkansas Wichita State game in Little Rock is forecast partly cloudy with around 60 degrees and northerly winds. Also noted are regional highs and overnight lows, plus 24 hour rainfall totals including Fayetteville 0.52 inches, Texarkana 0.08, Fort Smith 0.59.
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Associated Press
U.S. Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
University of Arkansas- Wichita State
Little Rock
Harrison
Texarkana
Fayetteville
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Memphis
Fort Smith
Maddox faults Agnew visit hurting Republicans
Democratic Gov. Lester Maddox criticized Vice President Agnew’s Georgia trip for taking over the Capitol, saying the visit could hurt Republicans. Maddox did not attend and noted he is running for lieutenant governor on the Democratic ticket. Agnew planned to back GOP nominee Hal Suit in Albany, where Suit had invited Maddox to participate.
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Atlanta, Ga
Lester Maddox
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Georgia
Maddox
Agnew
Albany
Ha! Suit
Suit
Autumn Memories and Indian Summer Life Reflections
AP reports a nostalgic meditation on memory and bygone America. The piece weaves anecdotes from past decades, from roosters signaling dawn to farmers towing cars from mudholes, wartime pinups, barber shop invasions, and daily life markers. It laments fleeting time and celebrates opportunity as the creed.
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New York
America
Police
Suspect Held in Slaying of 5 Persons
A young auto mechanic identified as John Linley Frazier, 24, was arrested about a half mile from the hilltop murder scene in Santa Cruz California. He faces five counts of murder for killings at a hilltop mansion. Authorities say a note left at the scene hinted at environmental motives and tarot symbolism. Frazier’s estranged wife was questioned and placed in protective custody as investigators released details of the case.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Manson
John Linley Frazier
Frazier
Peter Chang Jr
Chang
Victor M. Ohta
Virginia
Derrick
Taggart
Ohta
Dorothy Cadwallader
Fire damages house on Hickory Street
A house at 508 Hickory Street was badly burned Friday. Firemen reported the back room heavily damaged and the small frame structure with total losses. a neighbor said smoking meat sparked the blaze.
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Hickory Street
Bobby Jean Tarentine
Faubus Aide joins Carruth in campaign shift
AP dispatch reports Bob Troutt longtime campaign aide to former Governor Orval Faubus has become a public relations aide to Walter Carruth the American party gubernatorial nominee. The move marks a new alignment as Carruth seeks broader support in the race.
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Little Huck
Bob Troutt
Orval E. Faubus
Walter Carruth
Minor Accident Investigated in Willisville Area
An afternoon collision at East Third and Laurel streets involved Richard J. Miller of Willisville and Ronald Ray Frazier of Hope with minor damage. City Officers Haltom and Lingard charged Frazier with failure to yield the right of way.
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East Third
Laurel Streets
Richard J. Miller
Willisville
Ronald Ray Frazier
Hope
Haltom and
Lingard
Frazier
Chile Under Tight Army Security
Chilean troops and police enforced the tightest security in 13 years after an assassination attempt on the army chief. Roadblocks ring Santiago, a nightly curfew was imposed, and the armed forces remained on maximum alert as Allende supporters blamed ultraright groups and foreign elements seeking to derail his presidential installation.
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William F. Nicholson
Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Allende
Nixon Appeals to UN for live and let live stance
President Nixon delivers a General Assembly address at the United Nations as part of a live-and-let-live approach toward the Soviet Union and global public opinion following a lengthy White House talk with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. The two-hour, 35-minute meeting appeared cordial, contrasting with Cold War tensions and criticism over Middle East and Cuba policies.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
United Nations Today
Soviet Union
U.N
General Assembly
Andrei Gromyko
White House
Gromyko
Middle East
Cuba
Ronald L. Ziegler
Green Revolution transforms global hunger hopes
The Green Revolution, led by Norman Borlaug, introduced dwarf high yield wheat and rice varieties allowing heavy fertilization and wider climate adaptability. In five years it boosted Asian cereal output by about 20 million tons, with India rising from 12 to 21 million tons between 1965 and 1970 and West Pakistan becoming a grain exporter.
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Associated Press
Common
Lester R. Brown
Brown
Norman B. Borlaug
Iowa
Mexico
Turkey
Paraguay
Asia
India
West Pakistan
Tech School Group Going to State Meet
The Post Secondary vica Club of Red River Vocational Technical School will send officers and delegates to a state meeting in Little Rock October 26. Delegates will elect new officers and attend leadership workshops. Attending will be sponsor and adviser David Normington, President Jan Copeland, Vice president Darrell Walker, Treasurer Dennis Walters, Reporter Bill Chism and Delegates Thomas Biddle, Jerry Clark and Sammy Milligan.
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Vica Club
Red River
U S Retiring 19 Ships Now in Vietnam
Nineteen ships of the U S 7th Fleet ranging from aircraft carriers to tugs are set to retire from active service and return home as part of President Nixon’s Southeast Asia force reduction. Key ships include carriers Bon Homme Richard Shangri La and destroyers Buck Perkins Knox with America and Oriskany to provide continued air support.
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Saigon
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Vietnam
U.S. Navy
George Esper
Associated Press
7Th Fleet
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Navy
Hon Homme Richard
Shangri la
Buck, Perkins
Knox
Bon Homme Richard
America
Oriskany
Laos
Benewah
Peacock
Persistent
Paricutin
Virgo
Tillamook
Mahopac
Holmes County
Hunterdon County
Jennings County
Page County
Par Couny
Pitkin County
Wexford County
U.S. Command
U.S. Air Force
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Lower
Panhandle
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Hue
Quebec Kidnaping Stalemate Deepens as Leads Dry Up
Montreal AP reports police on a stalled search for FLQ separatists who abducted British Trade Commissioner James Cross and Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte. Laporte’s body was found. Cross’s fate remains unknown. Police say they must rely on tips and public information as they raid blind.
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Montreal
Quebec
Quebec Liberation Front
FLQ
James Richard Cross
Pierre Laporte
Laporte
Cross
the Front
Cel
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Reds
Lee Nixon
AP News Digest
Armenia
Tucson
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American Lutheran Church
Kent S. Knutson
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Chamber of Commerce
Hope B & PW Club
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Collier Furniture
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Marlbrook Baptist Church
J.C. Howell
Veterans Hospital
Roosevelt Road
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J. Rex Taylor
W. O. Beene
Olin Purtle
Bennett Wood
Hempstead County
American Cancer Society
Ashdown
This County
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Little River
Pike and
Sevier
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Robert Q.Q. Trout
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