Poverty program critique targets Florida venture failures
The editor questions a Florida poverty program, Coastal Products, Inc., begun in 1963 to hire unemployed people. Six years later the woods factory sits idle with a No Help Wanted sign, while a loan bailout and a conflict of interest by a congressman and stockholder involvement suggest political motives over aiding the poor. Taxpayers face a 2.3 million loss to a debt-ridden government's social ventures.
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Florida
Coastal Products, Inc
Blounts
Florida Panhandle
Texas in Turn Helps Mississippi Refugees
Port O Connor recreation association starts a drive to raise 3000 dollars to aid Mississippi Gulf coast refugees from Camille. Ken Clark notes Gould farmers previously sent 3037 dollars to Port O Connor in 1961 as thanks for crop generosity.
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Gould
Port Cconnor
Pollution Is No 1 Threat to Water
Morriston Ark AP pollution becomes top risk to the nation s ground and surface water supply says Charles F Luce and Carl L Klein at Winrock Farms seminar They urge legislation for a legal mechanism to manage ground water resources while noting ocean water may increasingly replenish fresh water and pollutants will endure longer in groundwater
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Morriston
Ark
Charles F. Luce
New York
National Water Commission
Asst
Interior
Carl L. Klein
Washington
Ground Water Resources Institute
Winrock Farms
Winthrop Rockefeller
Institute
Luce
Death Poses New Crisis in Belfast Violence
A Protestant gunman killed a 23 year old man during a gasoline bomb attack on a Catholic home in west Belfast. British troops patrolled, tear gas fired at a Protestant crowd, and barricades grew near City Hall as both communities faced mounting tensions and disrupted bus service.
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Colin Frost
Associated Press
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Army
Jack Todd
Joseph McKeague
Shankill Defense Association
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Cuban expels AP correspondent from Havana in two hours
The Cuban government ordered Fen ton Wheeler and his wife to leave within two hours after objecting to his reporting. The expulsion follows Wheeler's Friday report accusing a Mexican Embassy staff member of spying for the CIA. Wheeler and his wife planned a morning flight to Mexico City, leaving only Edward Kuri of the Mexican news agency as a non Communist observer in Havana.
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Havans Jar
Fenton Wheeler
Associated Press
Havana
Fidel Castro
Wheeler
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Foreign Ministry
Mexico City
Edward Kuri
Hope Police Week End Report Summary
Hope Police Dept reports weekend tally: one traffic violation, three license violations, two drunk charges, three DWI and one disturbing the peace. Total accidents count listed as 216 with no year provided.
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Hope
Agnew Hints at Break in Vietnam Cease-Fire
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew suggested progress toward peace in Vietnam amid a Hanoi cease-fire debate. He spoke on Meet the Press about a sensitive stage and possible implications of censorship. Harrisman called for observing the three day pause. Ford urged humane POW treatment and slowed enemy actions before any extended truce.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
Agnew
Mate Ter
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Gerald Ford
Michigan
North Vietnam
United States
Ford
ABC
134 Pints of Blood Donated Here
Hope and Hempstead County residents donated 134 pints of blood last Tuesday at First Baptist Church. Hempstead Memorial Hospital staff and M D T A School students tied with 14 donors each. Oakhaven contributed 7. Hope City Police 5. The county exceeded its goal of 110 pints for the visit, toward a year total of 510. Next Blood Mobile visit is October 21–22 aiming for 250 pints. Donors listed include Eugene Blake and many local residents.
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Hope and Hempstead County
First Baptist Church
Hempsted Memorial Hospital
M.D.T. A. School
Joe Stover
Oakhaven
Hope City
Hempstead
Jerry K. Miller
Ruvell Davis
Earl Rayford Jones
Louis Williams
David R. Bryan
Matthew Robinson
Gary Juris
Loretta Nicholas
Gary Formby
C.L. Crass
Linda Thompson
Edith M. Nix
Mattie May Formby
Ernest Duffy
Rachael Turner
Vursee Reed
Junita Alford
Mary Lynn Stuart
Sue Kidd
Jack McClendon
Nolen T. Clark
Bro
Gordon Renshaw
William Sullivan
Troy Buck
Rey
Gerald W. Trussell
Mae C. Kind
Sandra Sue King
Elmer Smith
Denver Daughtery
Autry Wilson
Ralph Lehman, Jr
Gus Moses
Joe McCulley
Mildred Galloway
Ophelia Logan
Grady Bell Garland
Murrray D. Smith
Devane L. Hendrix
Barnam B. Wright
Haskell Jones
Wayne Russell
Carolyn See
U S Envoy Liberated in Brazil After Kidnapping
U S Ambassador C Burke Elbrick was freed after four days in captivity by masked assailants who held him for the exchange of 15 Brazilian political prisoners. The attackers identified with National Liberation Action and MR 8. Elbrick reported being pistol whipped and learning of motives only in vague terms. Police pursued arrests as Brazilian security forces searched the area.
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Saac Flores
Associated Press
Rio DE Janeiro
U.S
C. Burke Elsbrick
National Liberation Action
Ernest Che Guevara
Bolivia
Elbrick
Three Arkansans Die in West Texas Crash
A fiery two vehicle crash two miles east of Pecos killed four people including James M. York and his wife Edna Verlene York of Little Rock Carl Nakula of North Little Rock and Douglas A. Ussery of Odessa. Ussery drove east in a westbound I 20 lane colliding with York. All victims were burned.
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Arkansans
Texas
Pecos
Tex
Inclding
Arkansas
James M. York
Little Rock
Edna Verlene York
Carl Nakula
North Little Rock
Douglas A. Ussery
Odessa
Texas Department of Public Safety
Ussery
Sanitation Strike at L A Delayed
Local 994 of the AFL CM E plans two extra weeks of talks with Little Rock officials before deciding on a strike. About 300 city employees, including sanitation and parks staff, voted Friday to strike over wage demands and a written working agreement. The postponement was decided in a Sunday closed door meeting.
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Little Rock
American Federation of State
Sanitation and Parks and Recreation Departments
Public Works Division
Not Man Named on City Docket in Court Listing
The Star states that Jackie White listed in last Thursday's court docket is not the Jackie White of Rosston Road who works for the telephone company.
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Jackie White
Rosston Road
Telephone Company
Masonic Degree to Be Given Tuesday at Whitfield Lodge
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No 239 will confer an Entered Apprentice degree Tuesday September 9 at 730 pm.
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Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239
Dirksen Honored by Senate in Brief Obsequy and Tributes
The Senate mourned 28 year old Dirksen in a 12 minute session adjourning for sorrow. A rotunda wake will run 24 hours, casket closed, as burial plans proceed in Pekin Illinois. Majority Leader Mansfield lauded Dirksen as a legendary Senate man and showman who shaped minority power through two Democratic administrations.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Ivereett McKinley Dirksen
Senate
Dirksen
National Presbyterian Church
Pekin
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Manfield
Hugh Scott
GOP
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Nixon
House
Rotunda
Mansfield
Dunois
Death Sentence for Rape handed to 15 year old
Little Rock news reports Carl Jackson a 15 year old Negro was found guilty of rape of a 44 year old white woman during a December 4 1968 robbery at a Little Rock building supply firm. A Pulaski County Circuit Court jury fixed his punishment at death in the electric chair after deliberating three hours and 45 minutes. The charge carried automatic death under first degree rape.
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Little Rock
Carl Jackson
Pulaski County
Jackson
Everett Dirksen Remembered as a Powerful American Orator
Washington AP tribute recalls Everett McKinley Dirksen as a compelling and persuasive U S leader whose speeches blended biblical cadence and patriotic fervor. The obituary notes his mastery of rhetoric, his era defining presence, and his place in American political history.
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Harry F. Robenthal
Washington
England
William _ Jennings Bryan
Pekin
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Ex Bishop Pike Found Dead At Cliff
Former Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike, 56, was found dead after an apparent fall near the Dead Sea. Israeli pathologists cited multiple possible causes including heat, thirst, exhaustion, heart attack, or head injury. Police ruled out foul play. burial planned at St. Peter's Cemetery in Jaffa after wife Diane, 31, coordinated with relatives.
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Ronald Thomson
Associated Press
Jerusalem
James A. Pike
Episcopal
California
Tel Aviv
Institute of Forensic Medicine
Pike
Dead Sea
St. Peter’s
Jaffa
Diane
Jim
Pikes
Holy Land
Christ
Jesus
United States
Cool Spell Forecast for State
The Associated Press reports mild weather across Arkansas through Tuesday with clear skies and cool nights. Lows tonight mid 50s to mid 60s and Tuesday highs mainly in the 80s with no rain. Statewide overnight lows varied from Fayetteville 61 to Little Rock 70 and rainfall totals included El Dorado 0.03 inches Fort Smith 0.26 Harrison 0.42 and Fayetteville 1.22 inches.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
U.S
Buyreau
Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonesboro
el Dorado
Fort Smith
Pine Bluffee
Kosygin Leads Talks With Hanoi After Ho Chi Minh Death
Soviet Premier Kosygin met North Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi after laying a wreath at Ho Chi Minh's bier. China’s leaders were absent, while Red China opposed the talks. The Kremlin funds Hanoi about 1 billion dollars yearly and supports the Paris peace talks as mourners gather for Ho’s state funeral with delegations from eleven nations attending. Prince Norodom Sihanouk traveled to Hanoi for the funeral.
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Tokyo
Alexei N.kosygin
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
China
Kremlin
Chou Enelai
Kosygin
Paris
Tass
Red China
Vietnam
VNA
Norodom Sihanouk
Haenol
Four candidates named for federal judgeship post
UIT KUCK AP The state Republican Executive Committee recommended four men for appointment to the federal judgeship left vacant by the death of Grodon E Young of Little Rock. The nominees are Odell Pollard of Searcy Ronald May of Little Rock Henry Britt of Hot Springs and G Thomas Eisele of Little Rock Pollard and May are ERG members. A committee announcement said they did not participate in the discussions or the decision.
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UIT Kuck
Republican Executive Committee
Grodon E. Young
Little Rock
Republiccan
Odell Pollard
Searcy
GOP
Ronald May
Henry Britt
Hot Springs
G. Thomas Eisele
Winthrop Rockefeller
Pollard
May
Cease-fire talk amid renewed fighting in South Vietnam
The joint communique notes that past operations and a cease-fire depend on enemy actions. US B52 raids shifted to North Vietnamese trails. South Vietnamese reports cite multiple attacks near Da Nang, including a mine incident killing civilians and soldiers, with several wounded. American forces engaged two moving enemy groups near Saigon.
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Clower
da Nang
South Vietnam
Mander
Saigon
Man Killed in Blast at Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff Ark AP Jeo Brooks 50 died in a plant explosion at Paper Co. Two other workmen James Norsworthy and J B Bennett were hospitalized or treated. Officials opened an investigation into the cause and details of the blast.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Jeo Brooks
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