Porter Gets Tough With Viet Cong
Ambassador William J. Porter told Hanoi and the Viet Cong they were in no position to dictate peace terms to the United States. He noted their military position was weak, and urged realism in negotiating terms while pressing for civilized treatment of American prisoners. Dinh Ba Thi warned Nixon of consequences if Thieu remains in power, calling Thieu’s regime fascist and an instrument of oppression.
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Michael Goldsmith
Associated Press
Paris
Nixon
Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
South Vietnam
William J. Porter
Porter
U.S
Viet Cong
Dinh Ba Thi
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Thi
Thieu
Weather Station Report for Arkansas Forecast
Weather experiment station report notes 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Thursday with a high of 91 and a low of 66. Forecast mostly fair and warm through Friday with daytime highs in the 80s to low 90s and nighttime lows in the 60s to 70s.
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Arkansas
Guard Failed to Recognize Jackson
San Quentin California AP reports George Jackson was shot in the back from 271 feet by a guard unaware he was confronting the famed black revolutionary convict during a prison break attempt on August 21. Three guards and two inmates died in the incident.
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San Quentin
Calif
George Jackson
Louis Nelson
Jackson
Nelson
Los Angeles Times
Marin County District Attorney's Office
John Larry Spain
Stephen Bingham
White House Enters Labor Dispute Over Dock Strike
The Nixon administration entered a labor dispute threatening a midnight dock strike that could shut most East and Gulf coast deep sea ports. Officials pressed for settlement as 45 000 dockworkers faced expiring contracts while possible Taft Hartley injunction loomed.
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Tom Crane
Associated Press
New York
Nixon
Gulf
Asst
W. J. Usery Jr
Maritime Administration
Andrew E. Gibson
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
Washington
Taft-Hartley
Independent International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
West
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes
Defection of Soviet Agent Oleg Lyalin Hits London
The Foreign Office identified Oleg Lyalin, 34, of the Soviet Trade Commission in London, as the defector whose case prompted expulsion orders for 90 Soviet officials and visa refusals for 15 others. A drunken driving charge tied to a court appearance added to the intrigue as reports circulated from the Daily Express and other papers.
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Anthony Collings
Associated Press
London
Foreign Office
England
Soviet Trade Commission
Oleg Lyalin
Lyalin
London Daily Express
Linline
KGB
Great Marborough St. Court
Daily Express
the Express
Vladimir Pavinovy
Lialine
Oleg
Express
Moscow
Britain
Lockheed Blunders C5A Costs And Threats Quietly Rise
Former Lockheed production manager Henry M. Durham testified before a congressional committee detailing management blunders on the C5A transport that he said added millions to costs. He said he and his family faced death threats after going public, alleging Air Force collusion or blindness to uncompleted work. Lockheed vice president H. L. Poore denied the charges and noted focus on one man with incomplete facts.
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Washington (Ap
Lockheed
Henry M. Durham
Air Force
Durham
H. L. Poore
Witham Proxmaire
D-Wis
Kiwanis program at Hope High School highlights drug abuse education
Hope Kiwanis club hosted Gordon Renshaw who introduced Mrs Helen Clark and three students Karen Britt Patricia Pree and Dolores Norris. Rev Renshaw led drug abuse seminars with small student groups and educational films for about two hundred Hope High School students. The students thanked the Kiwanis for their interest.
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Hope Kiwanians
Gordon Renshaw
Helen Clark
Hope High School
Karen Britt
Patricia Pree
Dolores Norris
Clark
Renshaw
Kiwanis Club
12 000 Men to Be Called This Year
The draft may call up to about 12,000 men in October through December, aiming to set quarterly calls and reduce uncertainty for 19 year olds. The move seeks an all volunteer force by mid 1973, with induction start mid October and high lottery numbers potentially receiving notices.
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Robert A. Dobkin
Associated Press
Washington
Pentagon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Jerry W. Friedheim
Nixon
Selective Service
Hampton Demands Apology From AIDC Leader
State Rep. Wayne Hampton of Stuttgart demands a public apology from Herbert McAdams, chair of the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, to Maurice Smith of Birdseye, a Highway Commission member, after criticism that the commission acts like a little kingdom. Hampton says the AIDC will shrink under current management and recalls Smith’s cooperation on a multimillion highway project in Jonesboro. John Harsh, Highway Commission chair, defends relations with the AIDC and emphasizes road building to attract industry if finances permit.
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Little Rock
Wayne Hampton
Stuttgart
State Highway Commission
Herbert McAdams
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Commission
AIDC
Hampton
McAdams
Maurice Smith
Birdeye
Highway Commission
Smith
McAdama
Jonesboro
John Harsh
Harsh
Publicity blamed for AM&N enrollment drop in Pine Bluff
Dr Lawrence A Davis AM&N College president blamed lower fall enrollment on adverse publicity and late registration. Enrollment this year 2962 vs 3534 in 1970. Legislature approved 1.5 million supplemental appropriation to pay debts. Six employees indicted over a 92000 cash shortage. Sam Anderson reelected board chair. Mareen Williams vice chair. York Williams secretary. Davis received vote of confidence. SALT talks in Helsinki and Vienna discussed without specifics.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Lawrence A. Davis
Arkansas Am&n College
Davis
Amen Board of Trustees
Am&n
Church Women Sponsor Lunch at First United Methodist
The First United Methodist Church hosts a Tasting Luncheon on October 7 starting at 11:30 a.m. Proceeds fund a new church building. Tickets are $1.50 each and recipes will be sold for 10 cents. The public is invited.
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First United Methodist Church
Obituary James Boyd Smith Dies in Texarkana Ark
James Boyd Smith aged 9 died at home in Texarkana Arkansas after living in Hope. He was a member of Faith Gospel Tabernacle Church. Survived by parents James T. Smith and Mrs. Smith of 915 East 14th Texarkana one brother Mickey Lynn Smith paternal grandfather Ed Smith of Patmos maternal grandparents W H Elledge of Texarkana and great grandmother Eddis Smith of Russellville. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Pentecostal Church in Waldo with Rev Clyde Hill officiating burial in Columbia Cemetery Waldo. Arrangements by Herndon Funeral Home.
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James By YC Smith
James Boyd Smith
Texarkana
Ark
Hope
Faith Gospel Tabernacle Church
James T. Smith
915
East 14Th
Mickey Lynn Smith
Ed Smith
Patmos
W. H. Elledge
Eddis Smith
Russellville, Ark
Pentecostal Church
Waldo
Clyde Hill
Columbia Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home
Suite Filed in Death of Prisoner in Arkansas Case
The estate of Nathan Smith Jr. sues the Mississippi County Penal Farm and officials in U S District Court at Jonesboro over his Aug. 6 death. Plaintiffs Ben Mosley Jr. and Nathan Smith Sr. seek exhumation and damages up to 1250000 if willful misconduct is proven, or 25000 otherwise.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Mississippi County
U.S. District Court
Nathan Smith Jr
Keiser
Mississippi
A. A. Banks
Dan Blodgett
Ben Mosley Jr
Smith
Nathan Smith Sr
29 Americans Killed in Vietnam In Last Week's Combat
Saigon AP reports 29 U.S. combat deaths in the past week, first time in 11 weeks over 20. Six previously listed as missing or wounded now dead due to admin changes and delays in reporting. Wounded in action total 47, while six died from accidents and illness. South Vietnamese command claims 263 government troops killed and 615 wounded. allied forces total 1,331 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed. Overall war toll: United States 45,543 killed, 301,747 wounded. South Vietnam 123,617 killed, 289,250 wounded. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong 773,768 killed.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Richard Gardner
United States
South Vietnam
Farmer Says No Negro On Ticket
James Farmer, former assistant secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and head of the Congress of Racial Equality, said Tuesday there is no chance a Black will be nominated for vice president or for either party's ticket in 1972 in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
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