Americans Move to Aid S Vietnam In Major Push
American infantry have entered two forward fire bases to relieve South Vietnamese troops for a major drive near the Laotian border. U S Air Force F4 fighters struck inside North Vietnam while B52 bombers struck around Khe Sanh to soften positions for a Lam Son offensive. About 200 American helicopters support the South Vietnamese, with forces aiming to cut North Vietnamese troop and supply routes from Laos to the DMZ. Cambodian forces also pushed north along Route 1 toward Rosknor and Chamcar Andong with no resistance reported so far.
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Arkansas Weather Report Notes Warm, Scattered Thunderstorms
Weather experiment station reports for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Tuesday show a high of 94 and a low of 69. Forecast for Arkansas calls for partly cloudy skies with widely scattered mainly afternoon thundershowers today and Wednesday. Little change in temperature expected.
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Prison Death Probe Finds No Charges in Stabbing
Cummins Prison officials said the Arkansas State Police completed its investigation into the death of trustee Terry Strain, 28, fatally stabbed in the dairy barn. No charges were filed, but several inmates remain confined in connection with the incident.
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Insurance Discussed at Hope Rotary Luncheon
The Hope Hotary Club luncheon at Town and Country Friday September 3 featured a program on No Fault Insurance. George Frazier introduced guest speaker Richard P Herget of Cattle Rock Executive VP of the Arkansas Association of Independent Insurance Agents who explained the Actna Insurance Company film on the proposed accident insurance. Guests included Mary Lyon Claiborne Little Rock Public Relations Director AAITA and Jus Hogan.
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Actna Insurance Company
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Little Rock
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Hale Roberts
Leaders search for peace as Northern Ireland violence grows
London meeting between Prime Ministers Edward Heath and Jack Lynch aimed to ease Northern Ireland unrest after the 100th death. Betsy of Bayside, Londonderry, a 14 year old girl, was shot during clashes between British troops and gunmen. Protests erupted outside the Irish Embassy with injuries reported among police and demonstrators.
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Bombs fail to detonate in Cambodia as ambassador attacked
AP reports terrorists pressed bomb laden bicycle at Emory Swank but it bumped the car and did not explode. The incident marks the fifth attack against embassy staff since Indochina spread to Cambodia. Also noted: Nixon reshapes policy amid economic woes, school bus desegregation issues, Northern Ireland violence hits 100th victim, and Alaska Airlines Flight 727 crash toll at 111.
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Two Held in Hit-Run Death Near Fort Smith Ark
Fort Smith police detained two men after a hit-run crash in which Floyd Haney of Waldron, 50, died. Authorities said the suspects fled the scene Friday, prompting the investigation. Haney’s body was found Sunday in a remote Franklin County area, five miles north of Branch.
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Concerned Vets Clean Cemetery in Colma
A Labor Day cleanup by about 50 Veterans of Foreign Wars members and their families at Olivet Cemetery Colma California restored access to 900 graves amid a workers strike. They mowed, weeded, watered, and plan to resume memorial services next Sunday.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Holiday Death Toll and Bombing Ties Highlight 1960s Tensions
The Labor Day period saw 591 traffic deaths nationwide far below preweekend estimates. Separately, a failed bombing targeted an American ambassador in Saigon as Cambodian police pursued a youth linked to the incident. The bomb threat outlined a detonator set to explode on contact with Swank, a diplomat with a career in Shanghai and Moscow, born in Frederick, Maryland.
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Funds For Arkansas Jobs Aid Allocations
The U S Labor Department’s Manpower Administration appropriated 5 35 million for Arkansas public service work. Jefferson County receives 245000, Pulaski County 154800, Sebastian County 94200, Little Rock 101000, with the state overall getting 4538000.
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Lead in city air shows little change in 15 years
A National Research Council summary finds lead levels in major cities have barely shifted over 15 years despite more leaded gasoline use. It notes urban lead is 20 times higher than rural areas from gasoline additives, but most lead exposure comes from food and drink. The report, for EPA, suggests potential health risks in central cities and notes possible federal restrictions on lead additives.
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National Research Council
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Lead exposure risk from urban dust cited in study
A study notes that blood from inner city children is sufficient to cause biochemical changes though not enough to cause clear lead poisoning symptoms. Researchers warn environmental lead exposure remains a concern in city areas with aging housing and industrial contamination.
Coalition Plans Meet With Federal Officials in Earle
About 14 members of the Delta Coalition of Eastern Arkansas will meet with federal officials and the Arkansas congressional delegation on Tuesday. Elder Ezra Greer of Earle said the group hopes to discuss equal employment police brutality abuse of civil rights welfare and education.
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Delta Coalition
Arkansas
Ezra Greer
Earle
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