Bombers raid DMZ Laos border amid artillery seizures
U S B52 bombers conducted fresh raids along the DMZ and Laos border while South Vietnamese forces recovered bodies of enemy soldiers and captured three Soviet 122 mm artillery guns. Recon patrols seized three trucks 1500 gallons of gasoline 200 mortar shells and 16000 feet of telephone wire. The drive yielded 64 North Vietnamese corpses and 29 Viet Cong killed in a separate ambush near Da Nang.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
Jaotlan
Dmz
South Vietnam
U.S
Khe Sanh
Khe Sanhad
da Nang
Arkansas Weather Sees Little Change Through Tuesday
The National Weather Service reports Arkansas will stay under a high pressure cell drifting from northern Missouri. A dry cool front moves through today with no major weather shift. Expect cool early temperatures, mostly in the 50s to 60s at night and 80s to low 90s by day.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
National Weather Service
Missouri
Shooting at Emmet Under Investigation
A 22 year old Memphis man Joseph Page was shot in a fracas about 9 30 p m Sunday at Emmet. He was treated for a 22 cal bullet wound at Prescott hospital and released. Deputy Clyde Covington said the investigation has not been completed.
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Joseph Page
Memphis
Emmet
Prescott
Nevada County
Clyde Covington
Senate takes up the draft extension amid battle lines
The Senate planned to pass a two year draft extension with a $2.4 billion military pay raise and a push to set a Vietnam withdrawal deadline. The bill broadens conscription, boosts pay, and pressures Nixon to negotiate a withdrawal timetable.
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Senate
H. L. Schwarz
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Controversy Over Busing in San Francisco Grows
Senate Takes on Page Two outlines San Francisco becoming the nations largest city to integrate public schools by court ordered busing. The plan would move 26,000 students while 20,000 walk or stay in neighborhoods. Protests circulated in Chinatown as police guarded a 130 bus fleet. Other cities face similar fights with governors and NAACP involved in court actions and investigations of police enforcement.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
San Francsco
Chinatown
School Board
NAACP
U.S. District Court
Damon J. Keith
U.S. Marshals
Pontiac
New Record for Arkansas River Run
Two Little Rock men Doyle Fulmer and James Robinson set the first official 420 mile Arkansas River run record from the Mississippi River to Tulsa in 15 hours 57 minutes aboard an 18 foot runabout powered by a 160 horsepower motor. Benton men Thomas Dons and Robert Maertens plan to attempt a record break on Monday morning.
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Doyle Fulmer
James Robinson
Arkansas River
Mississippi River
Tulsa
Oklo
Fulmer
Lock and Dam No. 1
Benton
Thomas Dons
Robert Maertens
Soviet diplomacy seeks to stop China amid shifts
W. L. Ryan reports Moscow is unsettled about China. Soviet leaders push hard to counter Beijing before Nixon’s Pek ing trip. Moscow accuses China of war propaganda, hostility to the USSR, and subversive acts while weighing covert options and a possible summit bid ahead of Nixon’s visit.
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William L. Ryan
China
Alexei Kosygin
Canada
Nixon
Peking
Moscow
United Nations
World Organization
Europe
Asia
Albania
Red China
Crop Duster Crash Claims McCrory Pilot
Edgar Allan Hughes Jr., 39, of McCrory, was killed Saturday when his single engine crop duster crashed near Urges Hall. Vice President Spiro Agnew urged Americans to end petty bickering and support Nixon’s quest for prosperity without inflation at the 63rd National Governors Conference. Farm Bureau leaders from Hempstead County gathered to discuss policy on taxation roads environment and farm labor with Troy Burson named chair of the county Resolutions Committee.
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Mccrory, Ark
Edgar Allan Hughes Jr
McCrory
Here
Walter R. Mears
San Juan
P.R
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
Mt. Olympus
White House
Farm Bureau
Hempstead
National Farm Bureau
Troy Burson
Lester Kent
Frank Clark
Robert Vandiver
Warren Plyler
County Farm Bureau
R. E. Lively
Hempstead County Farm Bureau
Hope
Ralph Montgomery
W. T. Sanders
Cecil Bittle
Autrey Wilson
Chicago
Common Market Ministers Seek New World Monetary Order
In Brussels six finance ministers pursue a plan to replace the dollar with special drawing rights as the base for international exchange. France and West Germany clash over steps toward a denationalized system while Nixon resists devaluation. Italy’s Mario Ferrari-Aggradi warns the path is delicate.
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Brussels
Common Market Commission
European Economic Community
U.S
London
Washington
International Monetary Fund
IMF
France
West Germany
Italy
Treasury
Mario Ferrari-Aggradi
Commission
Nixon
Campaign chairmen named for Breath of Life drive
Committee chairmen for the September 1971 Breath of Life campaign were named Monday by Georgia Bledsoe, campaign chair of the Arkansas Chapter of the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation. Mary Jane Reyenga, Dee Singleton, and Sandra McFarland, all from the Nike Club, head the House-to-House Industrial and Business Firms groups, while Susan Singard oversees shopping centers. Mrs Jon Leim leads the Strong addition and Mrs Dale Jones, Mrs Perry Henley, and Mrs Vance Marcum manage the downtown area.
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Georgia Bledsoe
Arkansas
National
Anthony named to Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Gov. Dale Bumpers appointed Henry Anthony of Lake Village to the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. The 41 year old farmer and banker succeeds Charles Wilgins whose term expired. Anthony runs Alice-Sidney farms, is VP and director of First State Bank, and serves on Anthony Forest Products Co. board in El Dorado.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Henry Anthony
Lake Village
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Anthony
South Arkansas
Charles Wilgins
Magnolia
First State Bank
Anthony Forest Products Co
el Dorado
Prison Raid Ends with Mass Prisoner Casualties
The report notes a violent prison operation where rebels, his hostages and convicts suffered heavy losses as police moved in. President Nixon convened cabinet members for economic program talks while AFL-CIO leader Meany planned tax relief discussions on Capitol Hill.
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Verry Anymy
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Capitol Hill
Imports surcharge hearings weigh impact on US trade
Senate Finance Committee summoned Volcker and Samuel to discuss the 10 percent import surcharge used in Nixon’s dollar-saving plan. Some members fear indefinite continuation could invite retaliation and undermine 35-year liberal trade structure.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
Paul A. Volcker
The
Treasury
Nathan Samuels
Finance Panel
U.S
Paul J. Fannin
R-Ariz
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Attica Prison Storm Ends Four Day Rebellion
Nine hostages and 28 convicts were killed as state police with helicopters tear gas stormed Attica state prison. Remaining hostages were freed with some injuries. authorities say the prison is now secured. Governor Rockefeller supported the action. outsider Kunstler condemned it amid calls for amnesty.
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Attica
N.Y
Attica State Prison
State Correction Department
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
William Kunstler
Kunstler
Oswald
Richard Clark
Clark
People’s Central Committee
State subsidy proposed for ambulance service in Arkansas
Dr. Roger B. Bost head of the Social and Rehabilitative Services Department urged a state funded ambulance system at the Emergency Health Service Conference in Little Rock. He argued funeral homes withdrawing from the business create a need for state supported service across the state.
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Little Rock
Roger B. Bost
Bost
Arkansas Highway Bid Calls and Town News
The Arkansas Highway Department seeks bids for a 5.6 mile stretch of Highway 29 from its junction with 355 north to Hope including grading drainage and asphalt surfacing. A.B.C. Emmet Association meets Sept 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Gaslite Bowl to elect officers. Whitfield Masonic Lodge plans Masters Degree on Sept 1 7:30 p.m. Hope police report 13 traffic violations last week with 7 license tickets 4 drunkenness 6 DUI 1 disturbing the peace 1 ASC authority issue and 1 failure to answer summons. Yearly auto accidents total 255 with 62 injured and 3 deaths. Southwest Arkansas Junior Miss Pageant set for Oct 9 at Henderson State College run by Heart and Key Society district includes Sevier Howard Hempstead Little River Miller Pike and Nevada counties. Mrs. Wayne Bain of Washington remains in critical condition after a freak accident when wood debris shattered her car windshield.
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Arkansas Highway Department
Hope
Henderson State College
The
Heart and Key Society At
Henderson
Sevier
Howard
Hempstead
Little River
Miller, Pike
Nevada
Wayne Bain
Washington
Four Killed on Arkansas Highways Weekend
Four persons died in Arkansas highway crashes over the weekend, including a double fatality on Saturday. Carter Raymond Carley, 41, of Marianna, and Mary Partee, 21, of Brinkley, perished on Arkansas 12 near Marianna when Carley’s car crossed the center line into a pickup. Leroy Phillips, 54, of Prescott, died Saturday night in a head-on collision at the Mabelvale west exit ramp on Interstate 30 south of Little Rock. Thomas G. Sullivan, 23, of Hammond, Louisiana, died Saturday from injuries after being struck by a car in Fort Smith.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Carter Raymond Carley
Marianna
Mary Partee
Brinkley
Carley
Leroy Phillips
Prescott
Mabelvale West
Interstate 30
Little Rock
Thomas G. Sullivan
Hammond
Fort Smith
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