Washburn Shooting at the President Over Hope’s Shoulder
Arkansas Gazette faces criticism for a false Washington Bureau report claiming President Nixon received a 153-pound watermelon from Hope Chamber of Commerce. AP and Star reports show Nixon accepted the fruit from Agriculture Secretary Hardin in a White House ceremony.
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Alex
Washburn
Hope
Washington
Oreder
Arkansas Gazette
Gazette
Hope-Hempstead Chamber of Commerce
Lester B. Kent
Nixon
Yellow Dog
Democratic Gazette
Gazette Washington Bureau
National Press Building
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Michael J. Farrell
White House
Arkansan
Associated Press
Clifford Hardin
Ark
Star
John Paul Hammerschmidt
John Davies
U.S
Britain
Weather to Be Warmer Across Arkansas Tonight and Tuesday
The U S Weather Bureau reports a warmer trend across Arkansas tonight and Tuesday as an easterly drift of a high pressure ridge extends from Ohio to Eastern Texas. Temperatures will rise in western sections today and spread eastward tonight and Tuesday amid a dry air mass that will keep night lows on the cool side with no rain forecast. Sunday highs ranged from the upper 70s and low 80s in the north central and northeast to about 90 in the extreme southwest. overnight lows were 53 at Fayetteville, Jonesboro and Little Rock, 55 at Memphis, 57 at Pine Bluff, 56 at Texarkana and El Dorado, and 62 at Blytheville.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Ohio
Texas
Fayetteville
Jonesboro
Little Rock
Memphis
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Dorado
Blytheville
Youth on Bike Killed by Car in Arkansas Crash
Timothy McKay Hogue, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Hogue of near Little Rock, died Saturday of injuries from a bicycle collision with a car driven by Janet Ward, 18, of Benton.
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Little Rock
Timothy McKay Hogue
Fred L. Hogue
Janet Ward
Benton
Jimmy Jones, Jr
Arkansas Gazette
James H. Jones
Hope
la Paz
Bolivia
State Department
Ha Noi aims to inflict heavy American casualties in Vietnam
Reports from Saigon state a captured North Vietnamese document outlines plans to escalate fighting to force de escalation while the U S is strong. The document, seized north of Saigon on Sept. 5, calls for destroying the South Vietnamese government and expanding Viet Cong power as U S casualties rise, yet official notes say enemy activity has fallen to its lowest level in Saigon and surrounding provinces since July.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Hanoi
United States
Sai+ gon
North Vietnam
Paris
U.S
Hasno
Three Arkansans Dead in New Mexico Car Tragedy
In Tucumcari New Mexico autopsies were ordered after a Arkansas family, Myrtle Mae Parker age late 50s and grandchildren Bobby Joe Parker age 3 and Jackie Lee Parker 15 months, were found dead in a car. The parents Glen and Mrs Parker and two other children were hospitalized with four others unconscious but in fair condition. The Parkers were en route from Springdale Arkansas to Buena Park California when the car pulled off US 66 and Parker reportedly lost consciousness after stopping.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Arkansas
Myrtle Mae Parker
Bobby Joe Parker
Jackie Lee Parker
Glen Parker
David Eugene
Glenda Ellen
Parkers
Buena Park
Calif
Springdale
Ark
Parker
Popular Grove Housing Plan Opens Friday
In Phillips County Arkansas 18 families will inhabit a unique project with an occupancy charge covering mortgage, utilities, taxes and insurance. James V. Smith, national administrator of the Farmers Home Administration, will dedicate the homes Friday. the families built but do not own the units individually.
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Poplar Grove
Arkap
Phillips County
James V. Smith
Farmers Home Administration
Debates over Capitol walls extension split lawmakers
UWN MCLEOD WASHINGTON AP Most congressmen agree the historic crumbling west front walls need action but debate remains over extending the Capitol to bury them. Proponents say planning funds would push an 88 foot expansion creating space for restaurants and offices, while critics warn of erasing original artistry and history.
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Uwn McLeod
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
United States Capitol
Capitol
House
Troney
Stephen Young
D-Oufo
John, W. McCormack
D-Mags
Montreal Mayor's Home Bombed In Early Morning Attack
A terrorist bomb exploded at Mayor Jean Drapeau's home in Rosemount Montreal at 5:15 a.m. The blast shattered the two-story house in Cite Jardin, with police reporting the device equaled ten sticks of dynamite. Mrs Drapeau and her 21 year old son Michel were unharmed and the mayor said the house likely must be demolished.
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Montreal
Jean Drapeau
Brandt Eyes Coalition as SPD Gains in German Vote
West Germany election results show the Social Democrats with 42.7 percent, SPD leader Willy Brandt announcing plans to form a coalition and seek the chancellorship. CDU falls to 46.1 percent, FDP drops to 5.8 percent. SPD may ally with FDP to replace Kiesinger’s CDU in government.
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Associated Press
Bonn
Willy Brandt
Social Democrats
West Germany
I Ts
Brandt
Bundestag
Gustav Heinemann
Free Democratic Party
Kurt George Kiesineger
Christian Democrats
Kiesinger
Social Democratic Party
SPD
CDU
Walter Scheel
FDP
Convention Subject of Club Meet at Hope Rotary
Washington delegate BU Etter summarized provisions of Arkansas new constitution at the Hope Rotary Club meeting last Friday in Town and Country. Introduced by Al Zimmerebner he reviewed five prior constitutions adopted in 1836 1861 1864 1868 and 1874. The delegates draft a document of necessity and seek public input before January reconvening.
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BU Etter
Washington
Hope Rotary Club
al Zimmerebner
Etter
Arkansas
State of
Benny Coleman
Warren Butler
Farm Bureau
Former Tucker Prison Farm guard faces plea change in brutality case
William C. Morgan of near North Little Rock, a former Tucker Prison Farm trusted officer, is set to appear in U S District Court Wednesday for a possible plea change. He has pleaded innocent to five charges alleging he passed electrical currents through inmates in 1964 1965 and 1966.
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Little Rock
William C. Morgan
Near North Little Rock
Tucker
U. S. District Court
Morgan
Firms Merge at Ft. Smith in Arkansas
AP report says DeSoto Inc of Des Plaines Illinois and Ward Furniture Manufacturing Co have merged. Ward makes bedroom furniture and employs about 1 600 at two Fort Smith plants and one at Russellville Arkansas.
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Fort Smith, Ark
DeSoto Inc
Des Plaines, OL
Ward Furniture Manufacturing Co
Ward
Fort Smith
Russellville
Dubcek Purged as Czechoslovakia Cleans House
Soviet aligned purge topples reformist Aleksander Dubcek from the Presidium and the National Assembly presidency as 29 Dubcek backers exit the Central Committee. CTK reports Husak announced sweeping party shakeups amid a broader government and social organism overhaul.
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Gene Kramer
Associated Press
Brague
Aleksander Dubcek
Comitionist
Czechoslovany
Prague
Slovakia
Bohemia
Communist Party
National Front
Czechoslovakia
Laiviir Svoboda
Cable. Net
Dubcek
National Assembly
Josef Smrkovsky
Six Escapees Still Sought by Officers
LITTLE ROCK AP Authorities continued the hunt for six of seven Pulaski County Jail escapees who fled Saturday using hacksaw blades to cut bars and a window. One escapee, Thomas Dunn 24 of North Little Rock, was captured at home. The six at large were Kenneth Qiom 80 North Little Rock burglary and stolen property. Steve Rounsavall 25 North Little Rock federal prisoner. Donald Bruce Stewart 22 federal prisoner. Joe Nelson 27 College Station robbery. Carl Frank Davis 22 Little Rock grand larceny.
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Little Rock
Pulaski County
Thomas Dunn
North Little Rock
Kenneth Qiom
Steve Rounsavall
Donald Bruce Stewart
Joe Nelson
College Station
Carl Frank Davis
Postal Reform Critics Are Blasted
U S Postmaster General William E Blount blasted critics who claim reform requires closing small post offices He spoke to 3500 National Association of Postmasters members in Hot Springs Ark arguing mass closings waste time and he urged returning authority to postmasters to improve service
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Hot Springs
Ark
U.S
William E. Blount
Blount
National Association of Postmasters
Washington
First Negro Mayor of Cleveland Faces Reelection Challenge
Carl B. Stokes the first Black mayor of a major city seeks reelection in Cleveland. He faces Robert J. Kelly in the Democratic primary Tuesday as white supporters work to maintain racial harmony amid a tense campaign in the West Side Ukrainian National House crowd.
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Ken Hartnett
Cleveland (Ap
Cleveland
West Side
Carl B. Stokes
U.S
Stokes
Robert J. Kelly
Stamp plan to hit snag in House
AP report from Washington on the food stamp liberalization debate as the Senate approves a plan exceeding Nixon’s proposal by over 2 billion dollars. House opposition centers on the Agriculture Committee with key figures Foley and Poage expressing doubts. The measure would expand eligibility to families under 60 dollars a month and raise annual outlays to 1.25, 2.0, and 2.5 billion dollars.
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Robert A. Hunt
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Thomas S. Foley
D-Wash
House Agriculture Committee
W. R. Poage
D- Tex
Nixon
George McGovern
Senate Agriculture Committee
Foley
McGovern
Hope High installs student council leaders at assembly
Hope High School formally installed its Student Council with Principal Joe Barrentine stressing school unity. Elected were Jimmy Alford as president, Robert Jones as vice president, Malinda Aings as associate secretary, Lamar Coy as secretary, and Tina Martin as treasurer.
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Hope High
Joe Barrentine
Jimmy Alford
Robert Jones
Malins da Aings
Lamar Coy
Tina Martin
Murder Charge Against Green Beret Dropped
Washington AP reports murder charges against a Green Beret accused of killing a supposed double agent in South Vietnam were dropped. The case hinged on disputed testimony and evidence linking the serviceman to the 1960s Vietnam era incident.
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Green Beret
Washington
Green Berets
South Vietnam
Monday Comics Misplaced in Star's Shop
Comics were misplaced in the Star's shop causing them to be missing from this issue. They were reordered by telephone to Cleveland Ohio and New York City but some did not arrive. The Star hopes they will be here in time to be run Tuesday.
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Cleveland
Ohio
New York City
The
Star
One Killed on State Highways
An Associated Press count shows one person killed on Arkansas highways during the 54 hour weekend. The victim, Rebecca Causey, 21, of Crogsett, was killed Saturday when a car hit the rear of a motorcycle she rode. The accident occurred about two miles east of Magnolia on a county road.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Rebecca Causey
Crogsett
Magnolia
McNamara urges broad program to tackle world poverty
World Bank President Robert McNamara says only a broad program of advice can help solve hunger underfunding and overpopulation in developing regions. He notes his trips to Latin America Asia and Africa confirm the need for policy guidance alongside financial aid and stresses employment urbanization and industrialization as essential targets.
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Rlease
Washington
World Bank
Robert S.mcnamara
Osce
John M. Pearce
Atte Press
Weshington
Financial World ‘Bank
McNamara
Notsey
Defense
Latin
America
Asia
Africa
Bic En Bank
Hag
Hospital Visiting Hours Changed
The Board of Governors and Medical Staff of Hempstead County Memorial Hospital set a new visiting policy effective October 1, 1969. No morning visits except immediate family of the critically ill. visits limited to two family members at a time. afternoon hours 2 to 4 and evening hours 6 to 8. cards control access. policy intends to ease patient and staff disruption.
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Board of Governors
Hempstead County Memorial Hospital
Omr Hospital
Ima
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