Leadership fight brews as McCormack nears exit
AP report from Washington details a looming leadership struggle in the Democratic House as Speaker John W. McCormack nears possible retirement. Majority Leader Carl Albert is seen as front runner, with moderates seeking a change and conservatives backing Mills, while timing hinges on McCormack's decision.
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John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Congress
Carl Albert
Albert
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Prague Reform Split Faces Fresh Purge After Invasion
In Prague a purge unfolds as Dubcek and reformers are ousted from the Central Committee and government roles. Husak's report labels errors by Dubcek before the Warsaw Pact invasion while conservatives gain control. Elsewhere in Arkansas, Cecil Patchell, 66, former state representative, dies at Heber Springs after a career in wholesale groceries.
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CTR
Smikovaky
Jiri Hajek
Central Committee
Frantisek Viasak
Josef Kempny
Dubcek
Kemeny
Husak
Warsaw Pact
Presidium
Svoboda
Oldrich Cernik
Heber Springs
Ark
Cecil H. Patchell
Bartlett Found Guilty on 26 Counts of Fraud
Ernest A. Bartlett Jr. was convicted on 28 counts of federal antifraud violations in the Arkansas Loan and Thrift case. The verdict, returned by an 8 woman 4 man jury in Fort Smith after 18 days of trial, found him guilty on 26 counts as two were dismissed.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Ernest A. Bartlett Jr
U. S
Sar Sexton Jr
Bartlett
Arkansas Atty
Bruce Bennett
Al&t
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Hoyt Borum
Booneville
Securities and Exchange Commission
Fort Smith
U. S. District Court
John E. Miller
Miller
Harris
Betty Moulton
Carl Brent
Brent
Sexton
Brother of Grid Star Hurt Fatally
Mooty 36 of El Dorado dies after two car head-on crash on U S 82 three miles east of El Dorado. His brother Jim Mooty, All American at Arkansas, also linked to the incident as a football star. Four others injured, three in Mooty car en route to work in Crossett. Mrs Willie Gill suffers critical injuries. Police report details and hospital status update.
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Ark
Mooty
U.S
University of Arkansas
LSU
Jim Mooty
Arkansas
Crossett
Dallas Ward
Earl Yarbrough
Benny Bubisky
el Dorado Hospital
Willie Gill
Strong
U S Judges Assigned to Ease Arkansas Docket
Two U S District Court judges were temporarily assigned to the Eastern District of Arkansas to ease Judge J Smith Henley's crowded docket. Richard M Duncan, senior judge for Missouri, will serve Oct 6 25, and Edward J McManus of the Northern District of Iowa will serve Oct 27 Nov 8. The docket pressure follows the death of Judge Gordon E Young of Little Rock.
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Little Rock
U.S. District Court
Arkansas
J. Smith Henley
Richard M. Duncan
Missouri
Edward J. McManus
Iowa
Gordon E. Young
Mother Opposes Autopsy in Kopechne Case Near Court
In Wilkes Barre Pa attorney for Mary Jo Kopechne’s parents urged dismissal of a Massachusetts petition for exhumation and autopsy saying there must be proof of a crime and that an autopsy can prove or disprove guilt. They noted an inquest and pending appeals. Dinis argued against dismissal. The hearing follows a July 18 1969 Chappaquiddick death.
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Associated Press
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
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Pechie
Edward M. Kennesdy
Joseph F. Flanagan
Kopechne’s
Massachusetts
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Berkeley Heights
Common Pleas
Bernard C. Brominski
Flanagan
Dist
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Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Miss Kopechne
Chappaquiddick Island
Dinis
Armand Fernandes
Dukes County
Kopechnes
Brominski
Kennedy
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Athletic Solons Chicago
House of Representatives
Congress
Commerce Clearing House
Robert B. Mathias
Calif
Wilmer
Vinegar Bend
Mizell
N.C
Morris K. Udall
Ariz
Denver Nuggets
Mollie Burns 86 dies after Patmos residency
Mollie Burns aged 86 and longtime Patmos resident died Friday. She was a Church of Christ member and is survived by three sons Eldridge and Olen of Lewisville Elisha Burns of Patmos two sisters Liza Burns of Patmos and Mrs. Catry King of Carey Texas. Services were Sunday at Central Church of Christ with burial in Central Cemetery by Herndon Funeral Home.
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Patmos
Church of Christ
Eldridge
Olen
Lewisville
Elisha Burns
Liza Burns
Catry King
Carey
Texas
Central Church of Christ
Central Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home
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