Arkansas Prison Deaths Revealing From The Times Report
The New York Times finds that 71 of 254 deaths at Arkansas State Penitentiary and Cummins Prison Farm since 1936 were violent. Inmates killed, shot, drowned, or burned. many records cryptic, with possible unreported deaths and suspect record keeping.
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WALTER__RUGABER
New York Times
Grady
Ark
Arkansas State
Dea
Thomas
Morton
Cummins
Tucker Prison Farm
Edwin N. Barron Jr
Highway Plans For Federal Aid Nets 1970s Outlook
Congressional Quarterly reports on the Interstate Highway System as about 41 000 miles long with two thirds completed and roughly 25 000 miles open to traffic. Officials begin planning federal aid highways for the 1970s and set target dates for future milestones.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Congress
Administration
District of Columbia
Alaska
Alabama
Federal Highway Administration
HOUSE
Subcommittee On
Congressional Quarterly Inc
Bright Spot On Battlefield Medical Advances In Vietnam
A spray-on tissue adhesive stops internal bleeding in 16 cases and aids liver kidney and abdominal wounds. Helicopter evacuations reach 83 000 casualties with over 97 percent survival. Blood transfusions rise to 10 000 monthly during heavy combat. Interstate system costs rise to 56 5 billion with 90 percent federal share. Congress prepares highway hearings and debates funding beyond 1972.
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Vietnam
Journal of the American Medical Association
World Book Science
Association of Military Surgeons
Washington
D.C
Teru Matsumoto
Army Medical Corps
Bien Hoa
Frank W. Kiel
United States
92Nd Air Medical Service
Mees. White
SAF
Pacific Air Force
White
Congress
Transportation
Alan S. Boyd
TV educators win NSF grant for elementary science institutes
A group of Tennessee Valley educators secured a National Science Foundation grant of 13 620 to train elementary teachers in Decatur Cullman and Limestone County. Initial planning began at St Bernard College Cullman with Alabama A M University and University of Alabama Huntsville officials leading the project. The effort, aided by 5 000 from participating schools, aims to boost science enthusiasm and foster broader programs through TVEC which serves 24 North Alabama districts led by Dr Matthew Hall.
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Tennessee Valley
National Science Foundation
Decatur
Cullman
Limestone County
St. Bernard College
Foundation
Ralph Lee
Alabama A&m College
Huntsville
Harold Steele
University of Alabama At Huntsville
Dr. Lee
Eastwood
A. T. Abercrombie
C. S. Pettus
Cullman County
Arthur Dennis
Washington
Dr. Steele
Tennessee Valley Educational Center
TVEC
North Alabama
Matthew Hall
Decatur Schools
Ford President In Quick Shift Knudsen Joins Ford
Lemon H. Knudsen, former GM leader, photographed in a Ford car at Ford headquarters in Dearborn Michigan as he shifts to Ford. He notes not knowing when Ford will catch Chevrolet. He says he will report to work in the morning.
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New York Times News Service
Lemon H
Bunkie
Knudsen
Ford
Ford Motor ‘Co
Ford Toronto
Automobile Company
Glass House
Dearborn
Mich
General Motors Corp
Chevrolet
General Motors
G. M
Buffalo
N.Y
Dartsmouth College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William S. Knudsen
Ford Co
G.M
Knudsens
Forum 3 Feb 1968 Editor Letter on Nuclear Explosions
Awger Blackerby of Athens criticizes AEC and uranium interests for pursuing larger nuclear explosions. He warns about global fallout contaminating air water and soil while noting profits and youthful pride drive the program. He calls for accountability and condemns ongoing weapon testing.
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Decatur Daily
Atomic Energy Boys
AEC
Uranium
Awger Blackerby
Athens
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Boyce
Pital
Johnson
Outlook
U. S
Hue
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Semon
Pontiac
Allison
Detroit
Semon Knudsen
J. Knudsen
General Motor
G. M. International
Wilbur Mills
Ways and Means
Baloney
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