Man Sought in Fatal Blytheville Shooting
A warrant was issued for Gene Cornnell in the fatal shooting of Carter Williams, 37, during a protest at Ray's Grocery in Blytheville Arkansas. Williams was among Negro demonstrators picketing the store when he was killed, triggering regional unrest. Cornnell’s partner Ernest B Ray has already been charged with murder. Sheriff Berryman said Connell and his family moved to Memphis and would be pursued upon return.
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Blytheville
Ark
Gene Cornnell
Carter Williams
Cornnell
Ray
Grovery
Ernest B. Ray
Graham Partlow
Connell
Mississippi
William Berryman
Memphis
Berryman
America
American Party Denies Back Wages Owed
Connie Alber sues the American Party in Arkansas for 6000 dollars claiming she was promised 100 dollars weekly as executive secretary. Party officials deny a signed contract and say 400 dollars paid was unauthorized. Alber contends funds exist now from filing fees to settle wage claims.
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Little Rook
American Party
Arkansas
Connie Alber
Alber
APA
Certfain
Democratic Party
Johnson
UN General Assembly Opens Its 25th Session
The UN General Assembly meets in New York to discuss expanding powers for enforcement in peacekeeping and to address weaknesses in the organization. Delegates from 126 member states arrive as a White House commission cites deep seated flaws and suggests strengthening the UN in peacekeeping narcotics control environmental protection and anti hijacking efforts.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
White House
Washington
United Nations
Obituary notes and Urban Renewal talk in Hope
Obituaries for Kelly Walton 63 longtime Hope resident owner of Continental Bus Station and several relatives are listed with service details and burial plans. Charles Thomas Rogers 78 longtime Hope resident dies with survivors and service details. Emma C. Allen 94 dies in nursing home with services and interment. Mary Etta Green 8 dies in Ozan with church ties and funeral plans. Urban Renewal program discussion at Hope Rotary Club outlines federal state local roles, project timeline, and emphasis on rehabilitation over demolition. Guests included Corky Carlton Jesse Duckett and Starling Aaron.
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Kelly Walton
Hope
Continental Bus Station
Church of Christ
Beatrice Walton
Nina Dare Butler
Rocky Mound
Patricia Gail Moore
Springdale
Dwight Walton
Gary
Clifton Formby
Patmos
Ferris Formby
Robert Walton
V. Walton
John Walton
California
Virginia Mayton
Houma
Lois Hollis
Irene Powell
Petal
Cornell Staton
Herndon Funeral Chapel
M. H. Peebles
Memory Gardens
Herndon Funeral Home
Charles Thomas Rogers
Billy Rogers
Perrytown
Sgt
C. T. Rogers
Arthy
Vietnam
Monroe Cason
Spring Hill
H. P. Reeves
el Dorado
Rose Hill Cemetery
Emma C. Allen
Hempstead
The
Baptist Church
Sardis Union Church
Chester Daniels
W. R. Burkes
New Hope Cemetery
Oakcrest Funeral Home
Mary E. Green
Mary Etta Green
Ozan
Sardis
Federal
Mike Kelly
Hope Rotary Club
Project Area Committee
Citizens of Hope
Harold Eakley
C.R. “Dick” Moore
Roy Anderson
Memorial Hospital
Pryor Says Passing Arkansas Constitution Will Be Hardest Mile
U S Congressman David Pryor told supporters the proposed Arkansas constitution faces the hardest mile to voter approval in November. He traced a 10 year drive, saying the draft was made by the people and must return to them. Attending were Gov Winthrop Rockefeller Dale Bumpers Sid McMath Maurice Britt and others.
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Little Rock
Hep
David Pryor
D-Ark
Pryor
Winthrop Rockefeller
Dale Bumpers
Charleston
Sid McMath
Arkansans
Maurice Britt
Bumpers
Rockefeller
Guerrillas and Jordan Troops Clash as UN Opens
Palestinian guerrillas and Jordanian soldiers fought near the Israel cease-fire line with 12 guerrillas and 2 soldiers killed. The battle follows a cease-fire and precedes United Nations General Assembly debates on Middle East tensions. Washington and the UN monitor hopes for resuming talks amid Israeli Nixon meetings and Meir attendance.
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Associated Press
Middle East
U.N. General Assembly
Israel
al Fatah
Palestine Liberation Army
Iraq
Tel Aviv
Radio Baghdad
Syria
Palestinian Central Committee
Jordan
United Nations
Golda Meir
Washington
Nixon
United States
Egypt
Suez Canal
Arkansas Weather: clouds and thundershowers linger
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with scattered thundershowers across the northwest tonight and widely scattered thundershowers elsewhere. Increasing clouds Tuesday with more numerous thundershowers by afternoon, remaining warm then cooling northwest Tuesday afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s to low 90s, lows tonight in the upper 60s to low 70s.
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Arkansas
Tastes Arise From Dissolved Chemicals In Liquids
The article explains that taste and smell stem from chemicals dissolved in liquids near the sense organs. A dry sugar or salt piece cannot be tasted until some dissolution occurs.
Terms Ticket in November a Nightmare
Walter Carruth of Lexa called the Democratic ticket a nightmare at an Arkansas APA convention. He criticized Dale Bumpers and Dr. Bob Riley as a dream ticket and aligned the party with northeastern conservative ideas. John Warnock urged caution over the proposed new constitution citing potential federal intervention. John Wells labeled the University of Arkansas event controversial, criticizing Kunstler’s invite and accusing the council of racial agitation.
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Little Rock
Walter Carruth
Lexa
Arkansas
Carruth
APA
Democratic Party
Charles Matthews
Dale Bumpers
Charleston
Bob Riley
Arkadelphia
Winthrop Rockefeller
Sterling Cockrill Jr
United States
Bumpers
Rockefeller
John Norman Warnock
Camden
John F. Wells
Lite Rock
Arkansas Council On Human Relations
Wells
Warnock
University of Arkansas
William Kunstler
Five Die On Arkansas Highways In Weekend Crashes
Five persons lost their lives in weekend traffic accidents on state highways. Stephen F. Foti, 69, of Pine Bluff, died in a two car crash Sunday night. Willie B. Robinson, 23, of Pine Bluff, survived. two more victims were a 41? angle ton Tex. driver Charles Murphy and 18 year old Eugene Young of Ratio. Albert Wilson, 20, of Benton, died Saturday in a one car crash near Little Rock and Debra Ann Tankershey, 7, of North Little Rock died Friday in a Mishap on Arkansas 39 near Fair Oaks.
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Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Foti
Willie B. Robinson
Robinson
Charles Murphy
Angleton
Tex
Interstate
Malvern
Eugene Young
Ratio
Arkansas
Helena
Albert Wilson
Benton
Little Rock
Debra Ann Tankershey
North Little Rock
Fair Oaks
Arkansas High Court Proceedings Snapshot
Proceedings in Arkansas high court list numerous motions and oral argument notes from Circuits and Districts across the state. Cases include Johnny Harper v State of Arkansas Osceola Benton and others, with motions to file briefs and transcripts, dismiss appeals, and consolidate submissions.
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Arkansas High Court
Associated Press
Johnny Harper
State of Arkansas
St. Francis Circuit
B. Frank Campy
Mississippi Circuit
Osceola Dist
Glenn Allen Jackson
Benton Circuit
E. L. Brewer
Et al
Marlin Hawkins
Conway Chancery
Motion of Appellee
Ford Motor Co
Robert L. Reid
White Circuit
Motion of Appellees
Harshel Long
Ruth Henderson
Jackson Circuit
James R. Long
Leo Mabry
Pulaski Ciy
Henry Higgins
General Motors Corp
Pulaski
Appellee
General Motors Crop
Leonard Brummett
Lloyd Miller
Bobby Glenn Ferguson
Martha Ferguson
Sebastian
Ft. Smith
Billy Thompson
Washington National Insurance Co
Dwight S. Meeks
Quachita
Primaries Spark Democratic Runoff and Clergy Candidates
In Oklahoma Tulsa lawyer David Hall leads a four man Democratic field toward a governor runoff with Bryce Baggett. Massachusetts area clergy Rev John White Rev Robert Drinan and Rev John McLaughlin vie in other races as campaigns note national attention and uphill fights amid war era recalls. The piece also covers Cambodia Laos and Vietnam military actions with bombardments sieges and a drop in U.S. troop strength to 396,200 as cutbacks continue.
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Tulsa
David Hall
Bryce Baggett
Oklahoma City
John White
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Louise Day Hicks
Boston
Robert F. Drinan
Boston College Law School
Philip J. Philbin
John J. McLaughlin
Rhode Island
Phnom Penh
Kompong Thom
Cambodia
O'Reilly
South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Laos
Plain of Jars
Security moves urged after hijackings and piracy threat
Monday September 14 UN MISUSED commercial airliners by Pate tinian guerrillas complicating the Mideast situation he added We are especially concern over the relatively new threat world order created by army groups beyond the centrol national governments by menace and sabotage interna tonal cooperation by criminal acts of kidnapping and destruction The commission recommended stronger peacekeeping machinery tougher Internationa laws on hijackings and action against criminal traffic drugs and the abuse of narcotics.
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Pate Tinian
Mideast
Centrol
Halbert Promoted to Results Engineer at AP&L Nuclear Plant
Charles A. Halbert 34, a mechanical engineer from Hope, Ark., has been promoted to results engineer and transferred to Arkansas Nuclear One Steam Electric Station near Russellville. A 1967 AP&L hire, he studied at Polytechnic Institute and is a member of engineering societies. He is married to Dana Cunningham with three children and attends First Baptist Church of Russellville.
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Little Rock
Ark
Charles A. Halbert
Arkansas Power & Light Company
Lake Catherine
Arkansas Nuclear One
Russellville
Halbert
Ap&i
Texas
Arkansas
Hope
Or Polytechnic Institute
Arkansas Society of Professional Engineers
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