Hurricane Fern fades as it hits coast with floods and damage
Hurricane Fern struck the Texas coast bringing drenching rain and winds near hurricane force. Thousands evacuated Galveston area as Fern moved inland after offshore approach. Two tornadoes felled trees and damaged homes. fires sparked by lightning destroyed six houses on Galveston Island. Edith, Fern’s sister, battered Honduras with 175 mph winds then weakened inland amid heavy rains and looming flash floods. Coast Guard hunted a distressed shrimp boat and tied up a Panama-registered motor vessel foundering offshore.
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Associated Press
Fern
Texas
Edith
Honduras
Galveston
Gulf of Mexico
Freeport
Matagorda Peninsula
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Galveston Island
Gulf of Honduras
Guatemala
British Honduras
Coast Guard
Eleanor
No Reprisals Riley to Speak Here
Six Charged in Pontiac Bus Bombings. Twelve more details follow as the Pontiac case unfolds with FBI-informer led infiltration and a conspiracy charge tied to school integration efforts.
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Riley
Pontiac
Stephen H. Wildstrom
Associated Press
Detroit (Ap
FBI
Mich
Robert E. Miles
Howell
Michigan
William Hanger
U.S
Paul Komives
Pontiac School Board
Nixon Stakes Future in Politics on New Policies
AP reports President Nixon, pushing a 1972 campaign with new economic and foreign policies, leads Muskie in polls as he seeks bipartisan support for tax measures and wage-price controls. Critics warn of risks if bipartisanship fails, while labor and conservatives react negatively to the plan.
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Nixon
Guwalliann N. Mears
Washington (Ap
Congress
China
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Peking
George McGovern
South Dakota
Hubert H. Humphrey
McGovern
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Precipitation Outlook For Arkansas This Weekend
Weather forecast notes increasing chances of rain in Arkansas due to Hurricane Fern and a slow moving front. Fern will supply moisture while a cold front extends from North Dakota to Nevada and nears northern Arkansas by late Saturday. Shower probabilities rise from very slight to about 50 percent by late Saturday.
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Associated Press
Fern
Arkansas
North Dakota
Nevada
Showers Enter Forecast For California Arkansas Game
A chance of showers appears in the forecast for Saturday night's football game between California and Arkansas in Little Rock. Otherwise the National Weather Service calls for mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid 70s and easterly winds around eight to 12 mph.
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Little Rock
California
Arkansas
National Weather Service
Rights Violation Claim Over Beebe School Hair Rule
Mrs Lula Huckaby of Beebe sues Beebe School District in Little Rock federal court alleging her ninth grade son Jerome Huckaby was denied classes due to hair length. The complaint names Supt Bill Hefner Principal Darrell Hall and the Beebe School Board, cites First and 14th Amendments and asks for immediate admission pending suit.
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Little Rock
Lula Huckaby
Beebe
U.S
Jerome Huckaby
Beebe High School
Bill Hefner
Darrell Hall
Nixon teams with labor chiefs on wage freeze fate
Nixon summoned key union leaders to the White House to hear organized labor’s views on what should follow the wage-price freeze. Labor officials indicated the administration has not closed its mind to retroactive pay for negotiated hikes held up by the freeze and future increases due under current contracts.
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Nixon
White House
Organized Labor
Secretary of Labor
J. D. Hodgson
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Labor Department
Labor
Hodgson
Asst
W. J. Usery
United Steelworkers
I. W. Abel
Joseph A. Beirne
Communications Workers
Afl-Cio
George
George Meany
U.S. Acknowledges Troops Back South Vietnamese DMZ Drive
The U.S. Command confirmed 1500 to 2000 American troops directly supporting a South Vietnamese drive south of the DMZ near Laos with air and artillery fire. Fighters attacked antiaircraft sites in North Vietnam while escorting a reconnaissance plane for the operation.
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U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
Richard Gardner
North Vietnam
Reconnaisance
Dmz
Gardner
Republic of Vietnam
Nix
Vietnam
USS
Nixon
South Vietnam
All Around Town and Local Club Notes
Mrs. Vicki Speck of Memphis appointed by Kentucky affiliate for demonstration and counseling in speech therapy. Boy Scout Trip to Narrows Lake set for Saturday with lunch. Seven States Invitational Art Festival invites 72 artists from six states in Horseshoe Bend Arkansas. Texarkana College offers an eight week non credit arts and crafts course starting Sept 14 with 25 dollar fee. Emmet Men’s Bowling Assn meets Sept 13 at Gaslite Bowl. Monday Classic League begins fall season at 7:30.
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Vicki Speck
Memphis
Vicki Connell
Hope
University of Kentucky
Special Education
Hope High School
Speck
Henderson State Teachers College
University of New Mexico
Memphis State University
Memphis State
Wiley R. Mills
Texas
Seven States
Horseshoe Bend
Arkansas
Texarkana College
Emmet Men’s Bowling Assn
Gaslite Bowl
Nixon Faces Pressure to Outline Post Freeze Plans
President Nixon must tell Congress quickly how he will replace the wage price freeze expiring November 13. He urged bipartisan support for a new economic policy after saying the full freeze would not be extended and that broad consultations would shape post freeze measures. Some Democrats pressed for sanctions and tax relief details while Republicans backed bipartisanship.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
George P. Shultz
A. Shultz
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
U S and Japan seek to mend deep monetary rift
In Washington AP Spencer Davis reports the United States and Japan held a second session to ease the rift over monetary trade and China policies. Rogers urged yen revaluation while Fukuda insisted Japan’s balance of payments is sound and called for domestic measures to curb inflation, promising cooperation if all major powers share the burden. The surcharge on imports and dollar realignment loomed as pivotal steps.
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Spencer Davis
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Japan
China
State Department
William P. Rogers
Takeo Fukuda
London
Rogers
Fukuda
U.S
Nixon
Northwest Arkansas growth area designated for highway funds
Gov. Dale Bumpers announced that Northwest Arkansas would be designated as a growth area under the federal Highway Safety Act. The move allows access to federal funds for highway development, with the law permitting three growth areas per state. Arkansas’ share of the $50 million program is not yet known, according to officials. The aim is to alleviate traffic on US 71 through four cities in the region.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Northwest Arkansas
Bumpers
Arkansas
Ken Riley
Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission
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