Battles Color Life Of Arkansas Lt Governor Hopeful Footsie Britt
Mau rice Britt of Little Rock, a 46 year old former football player and war hero, won the Arkansas lieutenant governor race as Republicans gain in November. He holds the Medal of Honor, Silver Star, and Distinguished Service Cross from World War II and faces early Senate pushback as he prepares to take office.
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Arkansas
Britt
Senate
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Gordon
University of Arkansas
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Pilkinton
Fort Smith
Alfred Tech dean to join Army may defer students
Robert E Brown assistant dean of students at Alfred Tech will be drafted this spring and report to Fort Dix New Jersey for two years in the U S Army. College students may be deferred from the draft if deans are not available.
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Alfred Tech
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Money-hungry bandit robs Albuquerque service station
A robber at an Albuquerque service station on Monday stole 50 dollars, a box of crackers, and a bologna sandwich. The attendant said the cash was placed in the thiefs lunch bag as he fled the scene.
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Albuquerque
Professors Back UC Chancellor In Student Fuss
In Berkeley, professors mostly supported Chancellor Roger W Heyns as he stood firm against a student boycott of classes. Regents prepare for a special meeting while the Student Strike Committee pushes for on campus politics and open hearings.
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Three Injured In Mt. Holly Wreck Near Center Line
Union County deputies say a late Monday wreck half a mile south of Mt. Holly left three injured. Mrs Vernon Whitten Mrs Earl Whitten and Abberton Lewis were taken to W B Ellis Clinic Poe with leg injuries a head injury and a laceration. Investigators note both cars crossed center line in a head on collision as Lewis attempted a left turn.
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Middlebrooks
Arkansas News Briefs And Miscellany From North Little Rock
North Little Rock fire kills Larry Eugene Smith age 3 and Carolyn Jean Davie age 1, with police saying a cook stove started the blaze. The children were left alone by their mother at a nearby grocery store. In Little Rock, Mark Woolsey is reappointed to a six year term on the Workmans Compensation Commission by Gov. Faubus. Also in Little Rock, a deed presenting the Lost Valley State Park in Newton County was given to Faubus by the Parks Commission. Paragould Sheriff Woodrow Davidson reports Clemon Moss, 21, captured near the jail escape site. In Paragould police search for a hit-and-run driver who killed Edith A Harp, 66, of Delaplaine along Arkansas 74. In Russellville a Beech Bonanza single engine plane crashed 27 miles north of town. the lone occupant, 44 year old Oyd of Houston, Texas, perished. In Little Rock, AFL-CIO protests proposed auto insurance rate hikes as excessive and discriminatory. hearing set for December. In Little Rock May Joseph Jones Quo of Late Rank A F Base underwent emergency open heart surgery at Arkansas Baptist Medical Center. transferred to ICU in critical condition. doctors report few successful cases of this procedure.
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Arkansas Education Chief Urges Upgrade of Public Schools
Education Commissioner A W Ford told about 200 school officials in Little Rock that Isag must improve public education and that Arkansas bears responsibility for quality. He warned no Arkansas school has a 1970s level program and urged faster upgrades. Superintendent James Martin of Beetleville, speaking for the Rural Education Association, said districts with lower ratings should have five years to raise their standards.
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Copters Supply Non-strikers At Ohio Plant
Non-strikers at Union Carbide Metals Co in Ashtabula Ohio are fed inside by helicopters while mass picketing continues. Union says workers inside can leave but would face the line. The strike by 850 members since August targets wage safety pensions and insurance.
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