Tax Exempt Bonds Ended Hit Arkansas Industry Decline
The editorial notes a bill overruling the IRS and ending tax-exempt industrial bonds by next Jan 1, warning the move will curb new industry in agrarian Arkansas. It cites 227 plants aided locally, cites potential for Three aluminum projects in Oregon Louisiana and Georgia, and mentions hopes for paper industry and tax credits to offset higher costs. It laments regional harm to Little River Hempstead and nearby communities while noting national shifts in industrial financing.
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Internal Revenue Service
House
Senate
Arkansas
Washington
Wall Street Journal
Northwest Aluminum Co
Oregon
Gulf Coast Aluminum Co
Louisiana
Copper Ragon Co
Southwire Co
Georgia
Little River County
Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co
Ashdown
U.S
United States
Champion Papers
McNab
Hempstead
No Law Prohibits School Land Sales Without Bids
LITTLE ROCK AP The Attorney General's Office ruled there is no law prohibiting school board members from selling school land without public bids. The opinion went to School Supt. James Patterson of Me Rae.
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Little Rock
Attorney General's Office
James Patterson
Rae
Ruling Appealed in Labor Case in Arkansas
A ruling by the Arkansas Employment Security Division that Oltenheimer Brothers Manufacturing Co. workers in Little Rock were not eligible for unemployment benefits was appealed in circuit court. In Batesville, 76 year old C A Brown died after being struck by a car driven by Connie Barber of Sulphur Rock while crossing a street in Independence County.
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Little Rock
State Employment Security Division
Oltenheimer Brothers Manufacturing Co
Lite Rock
Batesville, Ark
C. A. Brown
Batesville
Connie Barber
Sulphur Rock
Independence County
Saturn V flight loses two engines but reaches orbit
NASA officials report the Saturn V lifted a 264,055 pound satellite including the unmanned Apollo 6 ship into orbit but 100 miles high and off by a large margin. Maj. Gen. Samuel Phillips says the data will be studied for days to decide if the next Saturn V will be manned.
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Howard Benedict Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Samuel Phillips
Phillips
Space Agency
NASA
Tornadoes Kill 6 in Arkansas
AP reports six people dead and many injured as tornadoes and high winds strike Southwest and Northeast Arkansas. Lincoln County areas suffer five deaths including Pine Bluff residents Donald and Sherry Richardson. Gould and Paragould victims noted, with injuries at DeWitt and Paragould plants. Police guard towns after looting fears.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Lincoln County
Star City
Gould
DeWitt
Donald Richardson
Sherry
Pine Bluff
Woman dies in car train collision at Arkansas crossing
Mrs. Blance Taylor, 65, of Gentry, Arkansas, was killed when her car was struck by a Kansas City Southern freight train at a crossing inside Gentry city limits. She was alone at the time of the accident.
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Siloam Springs
Ark
Blance &, Taylor
Gentry
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Gentry City
Some Remarks Seem to Be Woefully Weary to Anyone on a Diet
HAL Boyle collects quips about dieting from readers in New York AP fashion. Jokes touch on fad plans, inflated claims, emotional strain, and comic misreadings of weight loss. The items lampoon diet chatter with wit and light sarcasm across many family scenes.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Marines Advance Toward Khe Sanh As Siege Quiets
Advance elements of a large relief force moved through light enemy artillery and mortar fire to within about a half mile of the besieged Marine base at Khe Sanh. U S officials expected some of the 20,000 men to join the 6,000 Marines inside by nightfall, while sporadic fire continued from positions west of the base. Soviet informants in London claimed North Vietnamese forces were lifting the siege as peace talks began.
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Ay George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Khe Sanh
London
U.S
AP News
Vietnam
Johnson
Hawaii
South Vietnam
Thieu
Indiana
Oregon
Robert F. Kennedy
Nebraska
California
Humphrey
Monster storm sweeps midcontinent causing deaths and damage
The monster storm plowed through the midcontinent ripping through the Mississippi Valley. Eight killed and many injured as tornadoes struck Arkansas and Tennessee. Heavy rain raised flood fears in northeastern Arkansas. Snow, winds, and blizzards paralyzed Wyoming Colorado Nebraska as crews prepared at daybreak to help stranded motorists.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Arkansas
Tennessee
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Supreme Court weighs freedom of choice in desegregation cases
The justices heard four hours of arguments on Gould Ark Jackson MS and New Kent County plans. LDF argues dual racial system persists while DOJ seeks to overturn freedom of choice. Gould and Fields schools contrast accreditation and integration with 300 white students at Fields nearby. Light and Walker presented the districts defense amid broader desegregation stakes.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Gould, Ark
Jackson
New Kent County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Justice Department
Brown
The
Board of Education
Gould School
Fields School
Jack Greenberg
New York
LDF
War Claims Arkansan dies in Vietnam action
Washington AP reports Army Pt. Jack M. Jones of Beatles ville Jackson County Ark was among 76 servicemen listed by the Defense Department as killed in action in Vietnam.
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Washington
Army
Jack M. Jones
Beatlesville
Jackson County
Ark
Defense Department
Acton
Vietnam
Honor Roll Students at Hope High
Hope High School names its principal honor roll for the last nine weeks. Sth Grade students include Barbara Fuller Pat Harris Jane Harrison Tommy Lavender Nancy McMillen. 10th Grade lists Jimmy Alford Lay nette Arrington Jo Ann Burke Judy Croom Kathy Dexter Benda Evans Kenneth Fincher Bruce Garrett Ronnie Gibson Shayyon Harrington Connie Hene drix Mary Ella Impson Mary Beth Mullican Ralph Routon David Rowe. Uth Grade recipients are Lee Almond Robyn Galloway Susan McCain Brenda Rosenbaum Sue Russell Cayla Turner. 12th Grade honorees include Larry Alford Carol Anthony Martha Bader Linda Britt Alan Clark Susan Clark Kay Coleman Cathy Feild David Fincher Betty Gaines Mantle Garner Candy Harris Debbie Holmes Twila Hunt Gene Jones Bitsy Morris David Morris Cynthia Trout Jimmy Turner Charles Ward Mary Nels Williams.
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Robyn Galloway
Susan McCain
Brenda Rosenbaum
Sue Russell
Cayla Turner
Larry Alford
Carol Anthony
Martha Bader
Linda Britt
Alan Clark
Susan Clark
Kay Coleman
Cathy Feild
David Fincher
Betty Gaines
Mantle Garner
Candy Harris
Debbie Holmes
Twila Hunt
Gene Jones
Bitsy Morris
David Morris
Cynthia Trout
Jimmy Turner
Charles Ward
Mary Nels Williams
B&PW Spring Workshop Here Sunday
The Ar kansas Federation of Business & Professional Women Club will hold a spring workshop at the Hempstead County Court House in Hope with Mrs. Joe Mae Clark as program coordinator. The event, Sunday April 6, begins at 9 with registration and features leaders from Hot Springs Texarkana Waldron Rogers and Magnolia. theme Unite Share and Act. delegates will cover Allegiance to the Flag Welcome and Response and program workshops start at 10.
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Joe Mae Clark
Arkansas Federation of Business & Professional Women Club
Hempstead County Court House
Hope
Clark
Arkansas Business & Professional Women Clubs
Little Rock B& PW
Caroline Miller
Hot Springs
Ellene Johnson
Texarkana
LaVeta Mouser
Hope Club
Marie Gallaway
Ashdown Club
Hope Career Girls
Hervey Holt
Ruth
Parma
Rogers
Ing
Ana May
Waldron
Treble Shaw
Magnolia
Peace Talks Move Forward As Johnson Plans Hawaii Trip
Soviet informants say preliminary Vietnam peace talks should begin in Moscow next week and Hanoi has assured no major offensive if bombing ends. Johnson to Hawaii to direct contacts with U S and North Vietnamese envoys. talks expected to span months with possible sites Moscow or Paris and a key issue is U S withdrawal from South Vietnam.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Hawaii
Sai- Ran
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi-Washington
Moscow
Vientiane
Laos
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Washington- Hanoi
Louis Nevin
Associated Press
London
Vietnam
United States
Khe Sanh
Korea
Peking
North
Paris
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
House
NIH awards 341846 planning grant to ARMed Pro gram
The Arkansas Regional Medical Pro gram received a 341,846 planning grant from the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday to continue developing a program aimed at combating heart disease cancer stroke and related illnesses.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Regional Medical Program
National Institutes of Health
Hope Junior High Science Club Meeting Friday
Hope junior high students will gather Friday April 5 at 12 10 p m in the 8th grade science room for a guest talk by Haskell Jones. Other 1968 notices include Blytheville Jaycee board appointment Webb Laseter, Mrs Phillip Carruth taking a college post in Memphis, and a Hempstead County meeting on Day Care and Day Camps with speakers Elizabeth Alstadt and Sam Sanders.
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Hope Junior High
Haskell Jones
Webb Laseter
Blytheville
Hope
Blytheville Jaycee Board of Directors
Phillip Carruth
Edwina Whitman
Christian Brothers College
Memphis
all+mate Catholic school
Tor
Arkansas State Board of Health
Sam Sanders
The
Arkansas Assn
Hempstead
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Alex. H. Washburn
Florida
Madge
Harry
Supreme Court
Wis Greenberg
John W. Walker
Robert W. Light
Court
Arkansan
Hope High
B&pw
State Printing Committee
John L. McClellan
Air Force
National America
International Justice
Pierre Trudeau
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Liberal Party
Daft Cil
Ways and Means
Star
Elizabeth Alstadt
Coordina
Millwood
Otis K. Higginbothan
John B. Gardner
Sigma Pi Fraternity
University of Arkansas
Jack Gardner
East 14
Hopa
Snell Cemetery
Emmet
Flora Pierce
Ophelia Thompson
Otis Townsend
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