Holiday Toll Reaches 402 After North Carolina Crash
The Labor Day holiday toll climbed to 402 with seven killed in a head on crash near Burgaw North Carolina. Victims include Lillie C Servance 45 Cleveland Mathis 45 Arthur L Matis 59 Dorothy G Moore 30 Mamie L Jenkins 37 Dorothy Goodman 53 and James T Jenkins 3. A separate car train collision near Tipton Indiana claimed four elderly Elkhart residents Hawdy Lichtenberger Fay 74 Goldie Shoup 78 Edna Shoup 70. A number of additional fatal accidents were reported Saturday.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Burgaw
N.C
Lillie C. Servance
Cleveland Mathis
Fay
Goldie Shoup
Edna Shoup
Norfolk & Western
Japs Seek Ways to Improve Trade Relations
Tokyo reports say Japan will propose several measures in Washington to ease U.S. Japanese economic tensions. Fukuda will head the delegation to the U.S. Japan Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs as talks begin. Reports claim Tokyo may offer a 6 percent yen revaluation if the United States raises gold prices, a move seen as dollar devaluation. Finance Ministry officials declined comment. The yen rose 64 percent since floating on August 28 and has traded around 338 to the dollar.
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Tokyo
Takeo Fukuda
Washington
Fukuda
United States
Finance Ministry
Workers Are Praised by President on Labor Day 1971
President Nixon, broadcasting from Camp David on Labor Day, praises rank and file workers for backing the wage price freeze. He cites productivity and competition as paths to prosperity, notes mixed reactions from labor leaders, and mentions a Texas state employee letter about salary surprises. Texas Governor Preston Smith defies the freeze for state workers but a legal challenge is averted. Louisville ranks 39th in city population but second in buying 100 proof bourbon, per the Bourbon Institute, with Chicago first and New York third.
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Thurmont
Nixon
Camp David
Texas
Preston Smith
Crawford Martin
Smith
Louisville
Bourbon Institute
Chicago
New York
Kentucky
Salvatore Camelio
Massachusetts State Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Stanley L. Johnson
Illinois
Miles Stanley
West Virginia Labor Federation
Michigan
William Marshall
Trusty Killed at Prison Farm in Arkansas
Terry Starain nineteen from Russellville, a trusted inmate at Cummins Prison Farm, was killed by a stabbing in the dairy barn. State Police CID will complete an investigation before any charges are filed. Starain was serving a ten year sentence from Sebastian County for forgery.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Terry Starain
Russellville
Starain
Criminal Investigation Division
State Police
Sebastain County
Warm Humid Weather Grants Arkansas Brief Thunder Showers
Most of Arkansas was expected to remain warm and humid with scattered showers and thunderstorms. A weak cold front from the Great Lakes to Oklahoma would drift little and lie stationary across Missouri and Oklahoma. Northwest Arkansas would see more clouds and showers, while radar showed no activity in the state this morning. Temperatures ranged from 87 in Fayetteville to 93 in Texarkana. The outlook called for partly cloudy skies and little temperature change through Wednesday to Friday with a slight shower chance on Thursday.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Great Lakes
Oklahoma
Missouri
Fayetteville
Texarkana
Bomb found in Buffalo home basement shocks owner
John G Burgio discovered a World War I era bomb in the basement of his newly bought house in Buffalo. Police removed the device for demolition after Burgio spotted its fins in a box. Assistant Detective Chief Robert Gavin noted the address has long been a target for officers. Burgio had also found old grenades in the attic earlier. the house was once owned by a retired Army colonel after World War I and later rented by a single woman since 1929.
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Buffalo
John G. Burgio
Burgio
Robert Gavin
Gavin
Man Fatally Struck Near Hope by Relative in Domestic Incident
George Willis, 42, was struck at his home on Old Highway 67 east near Hope. Ulysses May Young, 33, Willis’s sister in law, is questioned after a sequence of arguments. Willis died at a local hospital from a .22 caliber injury. Sheriff Henry Singard confirmed the event.
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George Willis
Prison Head Resigns at Tucker Intermediate Reformatory
Tucker Arkansas AP Larry McGuire has resigned as superintendent of Tucker Intermediate Reformatory for personal reasons. Correction officials said no replacement had been found, and reports claimed the resignation followed a request for a preferred successor. McGuire had been appointed by former commissioner Robert Sarver, who was removed earlier this year.
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Tucker Intermediate Reformatory
Ark
Larry McGuire
Correction
Terrell
Don Hutto
Hutto
McGuire
Tucker
Robert Sarver
Dale Bumpers
Raid Results in Arrests of Four Persons in Perryville
Four people were arrested after a raid on a Little Italy house in Perry County. Renter Earl Woodall, 24, faces charges of possession of dangerous drugs and marijuana and possession with intent to sell. Also charged are James L. Craddock, 18, Roy A. Miller, 18, both of North Little Rock, and Miss Bobbie Diane Voss, 18, of Brockton, Massachusetts, with possession of dangerous drugs and marijuana.
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Perryville
Ark
Little Italy
Perry County
Earl Woodall
James L. Craddock
North Little Rock
Roy A. Miller
Bobbie Dianne Voss
Brockton
Mass
Typhoon Rose Devastates Hong Kong and Mainland China
Reports from AP indicate Typhoon Rose, which killed about 130 in Hong Kong on August 17, also caused widespread damage in adjacent mainland China. One report tallies hundreds of villagers and soldiers dead and many fishing junks sunk.
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Hong Kong
China
Vietnam troop cuts prompt freeze and controls plan
The U S command reports a 60 percent drop in Vietnam strength from a 543 400 peak to 216 700 with 170 400 Army 95 700 Air Force 10 000 Navy 500 Marines and 100 Coast Guard. A Nixon timetable targets 184 000 by Dec 1 and as low as 175 000 by November while the 7th Air Force deactivates the 31st Tactical Airlift Squadron.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S. Command
Vietnam
Coast Guard
Nixon
7Th Air Force
Phan Rang
Porte
Mekong
Khanh Hoa
Demiliarized Zone
Khe Sanh
Millions Flock to Resorts for Labor Day Fun
Labor Day closes summer with parades picnics and ceremonies across the nation. President Nixon planned a Camp David radio address on working class contributions while labor leaders criticized the wage price freeze urging broader sacrifice.
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Associated Press
Nixon
National Safety Council
Midwest
Rocky Mountains
Camp David
Reunion Ends in Tragedy at Arkansas Family Gathering
In Fayetteville area, an estranged wife entered a family reunion and killed her husband, three relatives, and herself. Victims identified include George Basore Sr., 71, his wife Wilma Basore, 70, George Basore Jr., 49, and Obie Harmon, 49, with Harmon noted as a son-in-law from Oklahoma City. Authorities say the event occurred at a Basore residence about 20 miles east of Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
Ark
George Basore Sr
Bill Long
Washington County
Basore
Wilma
George Basore Jr
Alaska Airlines crash kills 111 in Alaska mountains
Officials said bad weather hindered recovery efforts for two days after an Alaska Airlines 727 struck a 3500 foot ridge near Juneau. Lt. Harry McLaughlin led winch operations to lift bodies to a plateau for helicopter removal as 104 passengers and seven crew members were confirmed dead.
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Robert Mottram
Associated Press
Juneau
Alaska
Alaska Airlines
U.S
Federal Aviation Administer
National Guard
Richard Adams
Redmond
Wash
Juneau Municipal
Motorcycle crash claims life near Ellington Missouri
Milton Hendrickson, 20, of Blytheville Arkansas, died Sunday on a county road near Ellington after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing. Investigation by local police cites rider error as the cause.
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Ellington
Missouri
Milton Hendrickson
97Th Air Force Base
Blytheville
Ark
Here
Uree
Proxmire cites productivity growth impact on wages and prices
AP reports Sen William Proxmire says a 4 percent annual productivity rise could lift wages 5 percent and prices 1 percent, while Nixon hails wage and price freeze during Labor Day address urging dedication without inflation. Aviation wreckage and 11 deaths reported after Alaska Airlines crash. Ireland’s Lynch meets Heath to halt Northern Ireland bloodshed. Oregon woman dies in outdoor survival school graduation setting.
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Washington
Senate House Economic Committee
Nixon
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Bend
Ore
Oregon
Man Drowns in Arkansas River Near Pine Bluff
Jefferson County officials report Leon Summers twenty of Pine Bluff drowned in the Arkansas River near Pine Bluff Saturday as he grew exhausted while swimming from a sandbar toward the bank.
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Pine. Bluff
Ark
Jefferson County
Leon Summers
Pine Bluff
Arkansas River
Here
Motor Bike Accident Kills Youth in Hope
Dennis Irving Buckley, 1, of Hope, killed when his motorbike hit the rear of an auto on Highway 67 near the Arkansas State Police station. Terry Smith, 14, escaped serious injury. Roger Maass of Phoenix, driver of the auto, left turn. Services Monday at 2 p.m. at Herndon Funeral Chapel. burial in Friendship Cemetery.
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Dennis Irving Buckley
Hope
Highway 67
Arkansas State Police Station
Terry Smith
Roger Maass
Phoenix
Arizona
JoAnn Buckley
Ralph FE. Buckley
Covina
Calif
Victor
Donald
Ralph Buckley Jr
Susan
Donna
Judy Buckley
Troy Buckley
Donard Garner
Arkadelphia
Herndon Funeral Chapel
C.C. Truitt
Friendship Cemetery
Herndon
Seven Die On Arkansas Highways Over Labor Day Weekend
Seven persons lost their lives on Arkansas highways during the Labor Day weekend. The fatalities include two children, Shirley Best and Roy Robert Wilson, plus six other youths and adults from Benton, Hope, Pine Bluff, Star City, Camden, and Jacksonville. Authorities reported multiple crashes from Friday night through Monday midnight, with dozens injured.
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Associated Press
Bobby J. Ragains
Lowell
Benton County
Bobby E. Rapains
Buren Storts
Shirley Best
Altheimer
Roy Robert Wilson
Benton
Arkansas 5
Dennis Irwin Buckley
Hope
U.S. 67
Allan JL. Watkins
Pine Bluff
Arkansas 8
Star City
Woman Falls to Death From Plane in Arkansas
In Little Rock, State Police said they would continue searching Monday for traces of Christine W. Griffin, 44, of Helena, who fell to her apparent death from an airplane on Saturday. An earlier aerial search by police the day after failed to locate her. the incident involved her former husband, Frank Griffin Jr., a Helena farmer. The door opening is cited as the moment she apparently fell from the aircraft.
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Little Rock
Christine W. Griffin
Helena
Russellville
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Paul A. Volcker
Treasury
Margaret Scherf
Wisconsin Democrat
Proxmire
George Meany
ABC
Meany
Sue Dure
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Mary
AP News Digest
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
London
Jack Lynch
Ireland
Edward Heath
Northern Ireland
Lynch
Dublin
Kenneth Lewis
Camden
Arkansas 7
Stephen Barnard
Jacksonville
Arkansas 294
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