Arkansas Nat Geographic feature highlights Buffalo White Rivers
The March Nat Geographic issue spotlights Arkansas tourism with 16 pages and 18 color photos on the Buffalo and White Rivers. Harvey Arden writes the piece. Matt Bradley photographs, with Meagers Edwards contributing an aerial shot of the confluence. The writer recalls a 1965 float trip to Buffalo City and updates recollections of local sites and a future river trip from Mountain Home to Cotter.
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National Geographic
Arkansas
America
Harvey Arden
Matt Bradley
L. Carter Johnson
Star
Johnson
Town & Country
Mountain Home
Cotter
Buffalo
Hope
Stuart
Stewart
E.P. Young, Jr
John Barrow
Helena
Ark
Bull Shoals
White River
Buffalo City
Power firms file for rate increase in Arkansas
The Arkansas Municipal Power Association and Arkansas Power & Light announce a $5.4 million wholesale rate increase filing with the Federal Power Commission in Washington. AP&L seeks new rates effective May 2, with further retail schedule adjustments to align after the Arkansas Public Service Commission's March 15 decision. The AMPA includes Conway Corporation, Benton Municipal Light & Water Works, Hope Water & Light Plant, and North Little Rock entities.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Municipal Power Association
Arkansas Power & Light Company
Federal Power Commission
Washington, D.C
Ap&l
FPC
Arkansas Public Service Commission
Conway Corporation
Benton Municipal Light & Water Works
Hope Water & Light Plant
North Little
James H. Brewer
Fire destroys Rust College administration building
The Rust College administration building in Holly Springs Mississippi was gutted by arson during a protest over President W A McMillan’s reappointment. Five gasoline can findings and rags were reported, with $500000 in damage and student records lost. Police issued warrants later withdrawn at McMillan's request.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Rust College
Rust
W.A. McMillan
Mississippi
Sam Coopwood
McMillan
Hanafi Leader Held After Hostage Siege and Bets Revenge
Police charge Hanafi Moslem leader Hamaas Abdul Khaalis after he held over 100 hostages in Washington. Federal prosecutors say his reference to a fourth phase signals more violence as authorities arrest his son-in-law and search homes for weapons. Khaalis faces jail for threats and violated release terms while 11 followers remain jailed on armed kidnapping charges.
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Washington
Hamaas Abdul Khaalis
Khaalis
U.S
Earl J. Silbert
Silbert
Harold Greene
D.C
Abdul Aziz
Surburban Kensington
Hyattsville
Warren McConnell
Treasury Department
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Nhaalis
Ing
B'nai B'rith International
NBC quotes newsman on Dallas plot behind Kennedy killing
NBC says Willem Oltmans will testify that Lee Harvey Oswald was hired by a Dallas conspiracy of oilmen and anti Castro Cubans to kill President Kennedy. He cites de Mohrenschildt as a conspirator and claims payment promised to Oswald for the act.
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New York
NBC
House
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Willem Oltmans
George de Mohrenschildt
Oswald
Palm Beach
Fla
Oltmans
de Mohrenschildt
Intruder scale fence at White House prompts arrest
President Carter and Rosalynn were at the White House when a 26 year old woman Delores I Bauer of Bakersfield California scaled the eight foot fence and was arrested for unlawful entry. White House police seized her minutes before the presidential sedan entered the grounds.
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Washington
Carter
Rosalynn
White House
Delores I. Bauer
Bakersfield
Calif
Secret Service
Carters
Arkansas Legislature weighs return to session over prison crisis
Rep. Larry Patterson says the House and Senate must decide if lawmakers return or adjourn. a governor call or two thirds vote could trigger action. He cites a federal court order to reform the state prison system, with August 1977 as a likely deadline, and notes 27 000 inmates and lack of new buildings or adequate facilities.
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House
Senate
Larry Patterson
Hope
Arkansas
Patterson
General Assembly
Little Rock
Georgia
Jobless rate dips as March adds half a million jobs
The unemployment rate falls from 7.5 to 7.3 percent in March as 513000 jobs are created and employment reaches 89.5 million. Unemployment declines mainly among adult men, with gains from factory recalls and construction. White, blue collar shifts shown. overall outlook remains for stimulus despite improvement. Labor data align with higher orders, spending, and production.
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Washington
Labor Department
Carter
Congress
Hempstead County Court Meets Tuesday April 5
The Hempstead County Court will convene on Tuesday April 5 at 9 a.m. in the large courtroom for a regular session. The agenda includes revenue sharing proposed budget letters from social service and the Arkansas Association of Quorum Courts Inc. changes to constables' salaries and county fire prevention.
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Hempstead
Arkansas Association of Quroum Courts Inc
James Luck
Hearing on permit motion set
The Arkansas Supreme Court in Little Rock will hear a motion at 9 a.m. Monday on whether liquor permits should be temporarily restored to 90 private clubs in dry areas while appeals proceed. Boone County residents argued restoring permits would be unseemly and noted clubs have faced over 30 days of interrupted operations.
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Little Rock
State Supreme Court
Boone County
Karen Jones
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Thomas A. Martin Jr
Jasper
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Liv Ullmann
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John F. Kennedy Center
Mstislav Rostropovich
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