Mansfield Seeks Six Month Vietnam Withdrawal Deadline
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield again pushes for a six month deadline to withdraw U S forces from Vietnam as an amendment to a 21 billion defense funding bill. He notes White House timing could precede his proposal, which earlier passed the Senate but stalled in the House amid opposition.
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Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
U.S
South Vietnam
Nixon
Mansfield
House
White House
Indochina
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Man Charged With Harboring a Fugitive
PARAGOULD Ark AP Winfred Johnson 28 of Campbell Missouri was arrested by Paragould police on FBI charges of harboring a fugitive. Johnson allegedly harbored Marvin Grissom of McDougal after Grissom and Jackie Neal Smith robbed the Ash Flat bank of about 25000. Smith captured May 25 and in Sinois state penitentiary. Grissom killed Sept 16 in a gunbattle with FBI agents at Marietta. Police said tip linked Johnson to Kennett Missouri and taxi ride before arrest at a Paragould roadblock.
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Paragould
Sinois State Penitentiary
Grissom
FBI
Marietty
Bob Bratton
Johnson
Kennett
Judge orders exhumation in 15 year old Blytheville death case
Mississippi County Judge A A Banks ordered the exhumation of Nathan Smith Jr. and convening of a grand jury to probe his death at the Mississippi County Penal Farm on a work detail. Officials say he drowned. coroner’s report cites accidental drowning dated August 5, body recovered August 6.
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Blytheville, Ark
Mississippi
A. A. Banks
Nathan Smith Jr
Smith
Mississippi County
Oscar Fendler
Blytheville
Double Talk and Hidden Thoughts In Everyday Speech
HAL BOYLE examines how saying one thing while thinking another fuels social tact. Many examples show women’s double talk, contrasting spoken politeness with internal judgment, ending with a cliffhanger note about ongoing discussion on page two.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Justice Black Buried At Arlington After Washington Cathedral Service
Former Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery beside his first wife after a 2 p.m. service at Washington Cathedral. Presidents, lawmakers, and fellow justices attended the simple ceremonies as Nixon ordered Capitol flags at half mast. Survived by his second wife Elizabeth DeMeritte and three children from his first wife, Josephine Patterson Foster predeceased him in 1956.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo la Fayette Black
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington Memorial Cemetery
House
Senate
Black
Nixon
Elizabeth DeMeritte
Josephine Patterson Foster
Water Tank Collapse Kills Six at Texarkana Site
Six workers died and 13 were injured when a 97 foot water tank collapsed during cement work in Texarkana. The tank burst open, sending water and steel into a pit intended for another tank. Witnesses described a crashing, destructive moment with wreckage and mud everywhere.
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Texarkana
Tex
W. R. Jeffers
W. C. Stacks Jr
International Paper Co
Six Killed Congress Has Own Group for Protection
CARL C. CRAFT WASHINGTON AP Ralph Nader paced the corridor as the House Government Operations Committee delivered, without a change, its own bill to create a consumer protection agency. The panel approved the measure 24 to 4 with three members voting present, despite Nader’s objections and efforts to win amendments for a stronger agency.
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Carl C. Craft
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Ralph Nader
House Committee
Consumer Protection Agency
House
Government Operations Committee
Nader
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Kafka
Calloway Sues Pine Bluff School Board Over Nonrenewal
Miss Sarah Calloway of Pine Bluff files suit in U S District Court alleging she was not renewed as a teacher due to race. Supported by the Arkansas Education Association's Professional Rights and Responsibilities Committee, the suit cites white parents' objections and claims the board cited inefficiency.
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Little Rock
Sarah Calloway
Pine Bluff
U.S
Miss Calloway
Arkansas Education Association
Eugene R. Warren
AEA
Parade Opens the Third District Livestock Show Week
The annual Third District Livestock Show began with a Monday parade and continues through the week. Tonight a Queen contest crowns the district’s winner to advance to the state show. FFA day drew around two thousand participants led by Troy Buck. Events include shows, rodeo nights, and school days with discounted rides. A $204,537 grant arrives Nov. 1 for Washington County Economic Opportunity Agency.
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Troy Buck
Nashville
Hope
Willisville
Cale
Bodean
Jayceettes
Prescott
York Chapel
Howard County
Girl Scout Troop 63
Guernsey
Stephen Smith
Tom Hayes
Wing Ranch
Bogota
Texas
Washington
Economic Opportunity Agency of
Washington County, Inc
Vietnam Protests Rise as Thieu Campaign Drags On
Saigon and Da Nang see clashes as students and disabled veterans hurl firebombs and grenades amid pre election turmoil. Police fire tear gas while a progovernment march passes peacefully in Saigon. Thieu cancels zoo visit, security tightens, protests continue five days before election.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Saigon
da Nang
Tinh Hoi
Nuyyen van Thieu
Thieu
Independence Palace
Jury Is Due To Get Selb Case Today
The two week trial of Harry Bass Jr., 56, of St. Louis, charged with conspiring to defraud the government by placing unauthorized welds in F 111 parts, is set for a jury verdict today. Bass, president of Selb Manufacturing Co. of Walnut Ridge, subcontracted parts from General Dynamics of Fort Worth. Townley, a former General Dynamics QA supervisor from Hurst, Texas, testified and was acquitted in a prior trial.
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Little Rock
Harry Bass Jr
St. Louis
Bass
Selb Manufacturing Co
Walnut Ridge
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Tex
U.S
James L. Townley
Hurst
Townley
Selb
General Dynamics
Army Privates Complete Training At Ft Polk In Louisiana
All Around Town notes two Hope area soldiers Marion Monroe and John Hampton finishing nine weeks of advanced infantry training at Ft Polk Louisiana. Monroe and his wife Janey reside in Hope while Hampton and his wife Pamela live in Hope. Also reported are county sales figures for U S Savings Bonds with Hempstead Howard Lafayette and Nevada counties and a note that Connie Hendrix, daughter of Lloyd and (unreadable) Hendrix and a Hope High sophomore, is named secretary of the University of Arkansas Press Club.
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Marion M. Monroe
Wallis F. Monroe
Hope, Ark
Ft. Polk
Janey
Peach St
Hope
Vietnam
John T. Hampton
Thomas E. Hampton
Rt. 4, Hope
Fort Polk
Hope High School
Pamela
Rt. 2
U.S
Hempstead
Howard County
Lafayette County
Nevada County
Connie Hendrix
Lloyd Hendrix
U of A
U of A Press Club
Heavy casualties as North Vietnamese attack border fronts
Casualties on both sides mount as North Vietnamese forces launch a three day offensive along the South Vietnam Cambodia border. Saigon reports about 400 total casualties with 230 North Vietnamese killed and 27 Saigon troops dead. US and ARVN air and artillery strikes hit targets including Pace base and Tay Ninh West Base Camp. Helicopter crewmen die as OH6 helicopter is shot down in U Minh forest amid renewed fighting.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Cambodia
Saigon Command
U.S
Pace
Finemy
Tay Ninh West
Krek
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
News Quiz promo in Hope Star page tease
The passage promotes a weekly News Quiz in the Hope Star tied to First National Bank's Living Textbook Program. It notes the quiz appears on Page 4 with answers on Page 3 and invites readers to test their understanding of national and international events influencing Americans.
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VEC
First National Bank
Hope Star
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