The Ozarks land of wild beauty and contrasts
The Ozarks span southern Missouri, northern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. The region is a plateau with ridges and deep valleys, springs, clear streams, and vast woods. Despite being called mountains, it remains a rugged, scenic land praised by travelers though not widely voted the prettiest in the nation.
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Sy Arthur Edson Pruitt
Ark
Highway 7
Ozarks
Missouri
Arkasias
Oklahoma
Everglades
Rockies
Springs
United States
Ozark Beauty and Poverty Along the Buffalo River
A portrait of the Ozarks blends scenic lakes, springs, and wildflowers with stark poverty in Newton and Benton counties. Tourists canoe the Buffalo and White rivers while locals like Pearl Holland recall generations tied to the hills. The piece notes population decline and the tension between untouched nature and development.
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Ozarks
Signa
Benton County
Illinois
Jack’s Fork
Eleven Points
Roaring River
Pearl Holland
Youth curfew violators risk license forfeiture in Ill.
Gov Otto Kerner signed a bill that allows suspension or forfeiture of a driver license for teenagers violating the statewide curfew. Curfew hours are midnight to 5 a.m. on weekends and 11 p.m. on other days. The governor also made it a misdemeanor to flee or attempt to elude police when ordered to stop.
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Plea Of No Contest In Tax Case
Dr Thom as L Lucas of 2304 King St Alexandria entered a no contest plea to tax evasion charges. Indicted in February for income tax evasion over 1953 to 1961, he originally pleaded innocent on Feb 12 and later changed to no contest in U S District Court. He is a former president of the Virginia Academy of General Practice. The charges involve understating income for four years and failing to pay the full tax due.
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Thomas L. Lucas
King Sr
Lucas
U.S. District Court
Virginia Academy of General Practice
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