Ten children die on Arkansas highways over Labor Day weekend
The Associated Press reports ten people died on Arkansas roads during the three day Labor Day weekend ending Monday midnight. Victims include nine aged 21 or younger and J H Lobings 68 of Little Rock killed near the city. Others were Michael B Ford 21 Munster Indiana Terry A Hoerner 21 Walla Walla Washington Bobby Ragains 15 near Lowell Shirley L Best 9 near Altheimer Roy R Wilson 18 near Benton Dennis I Buckley 14 Hope Kenneth Lewis 4 near Camden Allan L Watkins 19 Pine Bluff Stephen Barnard 11 near Jacksonville.
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Dennis I. Buckley
Hope
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Kenneth Lewis
Camden
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Allan L. Watkins
Pine Bluff
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Jacksonville
Cambodia Terrorists Fail in Bid to Kill American Ambassador
Ambush near Phnom Penh targets U S Ambassador Emory C Swank as he travels to work. A guard and police investigate a bicycle rigged with a plastic explosive weighing 10 to 20 pounds. Swank unharmed. alert raised hours later.
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Associated Press
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Second Degree Murder Charge Filed in Hope Shooting
Ulysses May Young, 33, charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of George Willis, 42, of Hope. She is free on a $2000 bond per Sheriff Henry Singard. Willis was shot with a .22 rifle at his Old Highway 67 East residence and died shortly after at a local hospital.
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Regional Fire School Starts Here
The 18th Regional Fire School opened with White Murphy directing and instructors Elmo Anderson Gene Hendrix and Ralph Scantlin. Training occurs monthly statewide and this summer session is hosted in Hope with representatives from Ashdown Murfreesboro Prescott Mineral Springs Gordon Texarkana and Hope. Fire Chief James Cobb praised the kickoff.
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Youth, 10, Suffocates on Farm Manure Vat Near Sheridan
Sheridan Ark AP Grant County officials said Larry D Holt ten son of Mr and Mrs Leon Holt of Little Rock suffocated Sunday when he fell into a vat of chicken manure on a farm near here.
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Man Charged in Fatal Shooting of Wife in Little Rock
George A. Brown, 59, of Little Rock, is charged with fatally shooting his wife Bernice Brown, 40, at their home on Sunday. The case hinges on police reports and statements from investigators as prosecutors pursue charges.
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Shortage of School Buses Hinders Desegregation Rollout
Across the South courts ordered desegregation prompts busy busing plans. Nashville shares 700 routes serving 49,000 of 96,000 pupils while Jacksonville and Columbus extend hours and start times. Norfolk delays openings as a private bus firm seeks higher rates. Duval County on Page Two.
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Protesters Oppose Mandatory Busing Plan in Pontiac
In Pontiac Michigan a large crowd marched to oppose court ordered school busing and announced plans for private Freedom Schools. Elsie Bigger led an antibusing rally at Madison Junior High and described volunteer taught classes in churches homes and storefronts. The plan aims to serve about 9000 students until legal appeals are resolved while noting some in the black community may support the schools. Ten school buses were destroyed in prior week vandalism at a bus storage yard.
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Man Charged With Attempt at Burglary
Bobby Joe Harrington 27 of North Little Rock arrested after tip he was at a Saline County residence. Harrington and James M. Sipes 31 were charged with possession of burglary tools after an alleged burglary attempt at a Little Rock restaurant. Three Little Rock police fired after allegedly beating Harrington and Sipes during arrest. Both men forfeited bond after missing Heber Springs court on traffic charges.
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Poultry Group Plans Meeting With Guest Speaker
Poultry growers are urged to attend a Wednesday night meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Farm Bureau Office conference room Hempstead County Farm Bureau president R E Lively says Embry Raley of Little Rock will be the guest speaker. Attendees will hear about the poultry business outlook.
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Coalition Directors Named to Rural America Group
Former Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller and Dr. Lawrence A. Davis president of AM&N are named directors of the Coalition for Rural America. The group will meet in Washington Tuesday to plan how to secure more equal federal funding for rural and urban communities.
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Lawrence A. Davis
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Coalition For Rural America
Washington
President Nixon taps top advisers on trade talks
Washington and El Dorado reports frame a week of high level economic policy discussions. A Japanese delegation is due to press for tariff and import curb repeal while U S ministers prepare for annual talks. Proxmire hints at wage price controls after a 90 day freeze and productivity board. Arkansas sent about 55000 to the national muscular dystrophy drive broadcast from Little Rock.
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Anti-American agitation stirs Puerto Rico amid governors conference
In San Juan activists urge a mass protest timed to the national governors conference. They predict 15,000 participants and expect world media coverage while warning of possible police overreaction. Officials tighten security as rumors of sabotage and past terrorist acts by Independence groups loom over the four day event.
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Associated Press
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Summertime Weather Expected to Continue in Arkansas
A weak cold front from Southern California to Eastern Montana will move southeastward, raising rain chances in Northwest Arkansas Wednesday afternoon and evening. Highs Wednesday expected in the low to mid 90s, with overnight lows in the mid 60s to mid 70s across Fayetteville Harrison Jonesboro Pine Bluff Texarkana El Dorado Memphis Little Rock and Fort Smith.
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Rock Festival Turns Into Big Brawl
In Watsonville California a rock festival ended in a violent clash among motorcyclists Mexican American youths and surfers using knives chains clubs and bottles. One motorcyclist Peter Michael Montero died from stab wounds and several others were injured as authorities detained about 150 people for questioning after the weeklong event drew up to 6000 attendees.
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Long Beach
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San Francisco
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Community notices and local events roundup
A town calendar lists a Great Books Foundation meet at St Mark s Episcopal Church Leonard House tonight at 7. Whitfield Masonic Lodge schedules a regular meeting on Sept 7 at 7 30. Whit police report 10 traffic violations last week including 6 license violations 4 drunkenness 8 DWI 4 disturbing the peace 2 assault and battery 1 assault with deadly weapon 1 overdraft 1 obscene call 3 shoplifting 2 fail to answer summons. Millwood Lake opened for commercial fishing at noon Sept 7. A diabetics club plans a meeting Sept 13 at the Douglas Building 720 Texas St at 2 pm. Miss Jennifer Lynn Rhodes selected for Harding College A Cappella Chorus. Mack McLarty to chair Arkansas State Council on Economic Education fund drive supporting the Wel-72 program to aid state science education.
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Hope City
Congress Returns to a Shifted Economic Agenda
Washington AP Congress returns from a month long recess to a rewritten agenda from President Nixon focusing on a tax package wage and price controls and delaying welfare reform and revenue sharing. House hearings begin Wednesday with a package possible by October while critics warn of pro big business tilt. Welfare reform has the best chance of passage as Social Security provisions gain pressure. Federal reorganization faces strong bipartisan opposition and little momentum this session.
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Suspect Held in Slaying in Little Rock
Little Rock police held a suspect Monday night in the fatal shooting of Queen Lynch, 43, of Little Rock. No charge had been filed at the time.
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News Quiz Helps Students Prepare for Current Events
Nationwide study programs push students to review newspapers weekly. The Hope Star features the News Quiz on page 4 with answers on page 3, part of the Living Textbook Program sponsored by Anderson-Frazier Insurance Agency and local schools.
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