Watermelon Gains Town Fame In Mississippi Relief Drive
Hope Arkansas produces a five pound watermelon that becomes a fundraising star for Hurricane relief in Mississippi. The display at City Hall allows seed purchases via envelope donations, with $8,000 raised so far including $1,000 from a Meridian buyer who returned the melon. Bob Hope headlines the telethon as the fundraiser supporter.
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Clarions Ledger
Atg
the Star
W.A
Buck) Williams
Main St
Hope
Mississippi Capital
Ark
Mississippi
City Hall
Bob Hope
We Care
Meridian
Jackson
Nixon
Pressmen Strike Shuts McCalls Printing Plant in Dayton
In Dayton Ohio offset pressmen at McCalls Printing Co a Norton Simon unit halted work at midnight Sunday after failing to reach a new contract. About 350 Local 54 members walked out idling 6 000 workers at the world крупнейший printing facility which prints Newsweek Ladies Home Journal Readers Digest US News and World Report and Redbook. In Washington AFL CIO President Meany urged Negroes to use craft unions apprenticeship programs while Labor Secretary Shultz argues training and on the job work lead to most journeymen status.
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Dayton, Ohio
McCalls Printing Co
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union
Norton Simon Inc
Newsweek
Ladies’ Home Journal
Readers Digest
U.S. News and World Report
Redbook
Washington
AFL
CIO
George Meany
George L. Shultz
Meany
Organized Labor
Shultz
CBS Radio and Television
ABC
Rock Festivals Show Public Lovemaking At Events
Across the Pacific Northwest to the English Channel thousands gathered for rock concerts over the weekend. At Isle of Wight Bob Dylan closed a two day festival with 14 songs in two hours. A naked couple engaged in public intercourse during foam sea play. police did not intervene without a formal complaint.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
English Channel
Usten
Isle of Wight
England
Bob Dylan
Dylan
Fire Destroys House and Other Blazes Reported
Three fires were reported by the Hope Department over the weekend. A trash fire at Hopewell school caused no damage. At 406 East 6th Street Levert Thomas’s home lost three rooms to flames. On West Avenue B outside city limits Hazel Underwood’s home occupied by Willie Rateliff was completely destroyed. Origin of the blaze could not be immediately determined.
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Hope Department
Hopewell School
East 6Th Street
Levert Thomas
West Avenue B
Haezel Underwood
Willie Rateliff
Administration Would Cut Tax Reforms
The administration plans to urge the Senate to roll back some House tax cuts while not restoring the 27 percent oil depletion allowance. Treasury spokesmen call the bill a milestone yet signal that tax reductions, saving about 2.4 billion dollars annually by 1972, are favored to curb inflation. The inflation program centers on reducing money in circulation via the 10 percent income surtax, opposed by tax cuts.
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John M. Pearce
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Treasury
Empowered With Role in Episcopal Church Black Youths Riot
At Notre Dame, about 1,000 delegates gathered as black and youth factions pressed for greater church governance influence. A rump caucus formed outside after a tense exchange with the bishop and a Philadelphia pastor, while the assembly rejected immediate action on Black Economic Development Conference funding.
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Episcopal Church
George W. Cornell
South. Bend
Ind
Everett Hogg
Blacksburg
National Episcopal Student Committee
Notre Dame University
Convocation
Mohammad Kenyatta
Philadelphia
John E. Hines
Kenyatta
Paul Washington
America
Black Economic Development Conference
Brazil’s Military Seizes Power After President’s Stroke
Brazil’s military chiefs displaced President Arthur da Costa e Silva’s powers, forming a triumvirate to rule temporarily while he rests after a stroke. The move bypassed civilian Vice President Pedro Aleixo and followed a decree from the army navy and air force. Brazilians celebrated a World Cup win as the junta announced limited rule during Costa e Silva’s recovery.
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George Arfeld
Associated Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Arthur da Costa E Silva
Pedro Aleixo
Aleixo
Costa E Silva
Congress
Paraguay
Mexico
Aure- No Lyra Tavares
Italy
Rotary Takes Sonic Trip via Film
The Hope Rotary Club led a scenic highway tour of Arkansas last Friday with John M. Gray, Arkansas State Highway Department photographer, presenting color photos of state beauty and infrastructure at the Town and Country luncheon. Dennis Fairchild arranged the program. Benny Coleman read a Gulfport Rotary note of appreciation for aid after a disaster. Visiting Rotarians included Wylie Butler of Texarkana and Tom Cox of Nashville. contributions to help the club were encouraged through Roy Anderson.
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The
Hope Rotary Club
Arkansas
John M. Gray
Arkansas State Highway
Mr. Gray
Dennis Fairchild
Benny Coleman
Gulfport
Miss
Rotary Club
Roy Anderson
Wylie Butler
Texarkana
Tom Cox
Nashville
Syria frees Israeli women from hijacked jet in Damascus
The Syrian government says four Israeli women aboard the Trans World Airlines jet hijacked to Damascus are being released and will fly to Rome. The two Israeli men remained in custody as possible exchange leverage. The other 95 passengers and 12 crew have been released, with most heading to Athens or Rome. Capt. Dean Carter and a TWA engineer stayed in Damascus for the plane’s checkout amid overall investigation. The hijackers, a Arab man and woman tied to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, were not confirmed as released.
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Associated Press
Damascus
Rome
Syria
Israel
Trans World Airlines
Athens
TWA
Dean Carter
Caridad Schaller
Leonardtown
Far East
Carter
Ree
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Paris
International Federation of Airines Pilots Association
Ola Forsberg
Hurricane Francelia Grows As It Drifts West
Hurricane Francelia moves slowly over warm Caribbean waters with no clear landfall course. National Hurricane Center director Dr. Robert Simpson warns on uncertain path and potential intensity. At dawn its center lay about 675 miles south of Miami and 220 miles east-northeast of Jamaica with top winds near 75 mph as offshore rigs pause operations. The sixth major storm of the Atlantic season affects Gulf of Mexico activity and festival observers in Morgan City move to rigs.
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Miami
Francelia
Caribbean
Franelia
Robert Simpson
National Hurricane Center
Morgan City
Gulf of Mexico
Governors Seek Federal Aid To Ease Fiscal Strains
Governors across states urge Congress and President Nixon to boost revenue sharing and consider federal takeover of welfare costs. A Rockefeller led panel backs federal funding for welfare, while Democratic governors push for broader relief amid soaring state tax demands and budget squeezes.
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Walter R. Mears
Pras
Colorado Springs
Colo
Nixon
U.S
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Robert &. McNair
Congress
Becker Still Critical of Convention
Becker, president of the Arkansas State AFL-CIO, denounces the state Constitutional Convention in a Labor Day message. He attacks including the right to work provision as a monumental failure disrupting labor relations and poverty, and he criticizes removal of the 10 percent interest rate limit as practically erasing it. He condemns a public be damned attitude reflected by the convention's actions.
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Becker
Arkansas
Afl-Cio;s
All Around Town Includes Meeting at Hammons Stadium
A series of small town notes recounts a final meeting for Robettess joiners at Hammons Stadium at 5 30 pm Tuesday and mentions local residents including John Homer Schooley a discharged airman moving to Dallas, Lonnie L Watts Jr training duties at Fortneyets, a quiet weekend with a house fire and a destroyed home, W J Bil Jackson recovering after an auto crash, Whitfield Lodge set to meet, and the Hope Bobcats anniversary efforts and contact calls for former team members.
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The
Robettess
Hammons Stadium
John Homer Schooley
Homer Schooley Sr
Hope
Air Force
da Nang Air Force Base
South Vietnam
John
Judy O'Neal
Dallas
Facemaker Distributing Co
Hope High School
Army
Lonnie L. Watts Jr
1Ith
Army Training Center
Fortneyets Hs
Raining Watts
Son Watts
Lonnie
Hugh D. Clark
Greenbrier Biota Bobcat
Eotiope Bobcats
Ae Hope
Canyons
Spencer
Clyde Puller
Dean Barton
Earl O'Neal
Army Seizes Control of Libya in Libyan Crisis
BEIRUT AP says Libyan army moved to quell revolt, taking control of the oil nation. Idris I distant in Turkey as Benghazi Radio reports airports and ports closed and a curfew imposed. Telephone and cable service suspended while the army vows to protect foreigners and eliminate corrupt elements.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Libya
Gantared
Benghazi
Idris I
Turkey
Hejhad
U.S
Tripoli
Radio
North Africa
Viet Nam War Drawdown and Bombers Ring Saigon
U S forces redeploy from Dong Tam as 9th Division withdraws under Nixon cutback. 25th Division assumes control of the 3rd Brigade. In North Vietnam allied air strikes press infiltration corridors near Saigon while two fierce clashes erupt in Tay Ninh. US 1st Cavalry reports 28 North Vietnamese killed. four Americans dead and three wounded.
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Vietamize
Dong Tam
Mekong
Detta
Republic’ of Vietnam
Vietnam
Nixon
25Th Infantry Divi
Keates
Saigon
North Vietnam
Tay Ninh
U.s.1st Air Geavalry Division
Program Approved by Colleges Amid Exchange Plans
American exchange program gains approval from eight state colleges. Academic deans and college representatives to meet in Seattle to discuss campus implementation at each institution. An extra instructor may be added. earlier approach rejected by the Department. Motorcycle rider hurt at Third and Hervey Streets.
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Beall Educa O ~ Aoe Ag
Tog Ros Tpore Eeekal Talance
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Bil) Jackson
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