Arkansas Vocational School Opens Session With Hayes McClerkin
Hayes McClerkin, Speaker of the Arkansas Vocational Technical School, addressed about 215 students at the opening session last week in Arkana. Students come from 18 counties across four states and Red River ties noted. Ellen Croom photographed with Star camera.
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Bethel A. M. E. Church to Observe Women's Day
Correction announces Bethel A M E Church will observe Women’s Day on Sunday October 12 1969 replacing October 19th. Willie Cooper son of Charles and Jane Cooper of 613 South Walnut Hope Arkansas a junior at Arkansas Tech has been chosen as a leading featuer twirler for the Tech marching band performing with Denise Girkle. Cooper twirls since age four and is a Wilson High School graduate where he was drum major and twirler. Obituary notes long time Hempstead County resident Dave Hightower died September 14 1969 survivor list includes six relatives and siblings with funeral arrangements to be announced by Hicks Funeral Home.
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Tech Band
Willie Cooper
Charles Cooper
Walnut Street
Hope
Arkansas
Arkansas Tech
Cooper
Gene Witherspoon
Fine Arts of Tech
Oklahoma
Denise Girkle
Tech
Fort Smith
Wilson High School
Malvern
Dave Hightower
Hempstead County
James Harold Hightower
New York City
Janet Reed
Richmond
California
Ethel Muldrow
Anna Williamson
Josephine Hightower
Maggierre Shaw
Berkeley
Ed Hightower
Hicks Sere] Home, Inc
Trade barriers ease for Soviet bloc. Japan slows China shift
The United States and 14 allies will relax exports of strategic goods to the Soviet bloc while keeping munitions embargo. China Albania and other Asian Communist states remain barred. The Coordinating Committee negotiating in Paris aims to curb Soviet and Chinese military buildup amid improving East European ties. Japan influenced to keep China ban intact as industry seeks access to its market.
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Associated Press
London (Ap
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Albania
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North Vietnam
North Korea
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Paris
Coordinating Committee
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Iceland
Japan
Red China
Bikini Atoll Residents Cleared to Return Home
The Atomic Energy Commission says Bikini Atoll is less radioactive than the U.S. mainland after years of testing. About 167 Bikinians evacuated in 1948 will gradually return, joining cleanup by DoD and AEC teams on Enyu and nearby islets. Coconut farming plans and a coconut nursery aim to restore livelihoods as residents resume life on the atoll.
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Associated Press
Bikini Atoll
Atomie Energy Commission
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AEC
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McCraw
Hawaii
Atoll
Kili
Marshalls
Germantown
Abukiraru
Enyu
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Internet Department
Defense Atomic Support Agency
Enya
DASA
Trust Territory
Bikini
Nakanishi
Rally Goes on But Without Sweet Willie
Forrest City Arkansas AP report details a freedom rally led by Lafiie Sweet Willie Watson that proceeded without Watson, who was arrested briefly in Little Rock on disorderly conduct after disembarking a plane. The incident follows tension with authorities and promises of future actions including a Mule train march through Eastern Arkansas.
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Returning islanders to receive new homes and public buildings
The U.S. government plans to build a school, a community house, and a warehouse for the Bikinians on Enyu. A refurbished chapel is in use, and 60 three bedroom homes are planned. Bikinian leaders request solid cinderblock construction with aluminum roofs, seeking permanency.
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