All Strung Out Making Rivers Navigable
A commentary about river navigation plans to make the White River navigable from Newport to its mouth, comparing costs and benefits with Arkansas and Red River projects, warning against Texarkana’s bid to divert the Red River channel and urging adherence to the original river beds. The piece cites UPI April 4 dispatches and notes the Red River Valley Association’s stance via L R Matthias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UPI
White River Flood & Navigation Association
White River
Newport
Arkansas River
Arkansas
Red River
Fulton
Denison
Texas
Quachita River
New Orleans
Mississippi
Warrior Hiver Run
Ouachita
Mississipi
Texarkana
Red
Shreveport
Houston
Hope
L.R. Matthias
Red River Valley Association, Inc
Weather Summary From Mis souri And Arkansas Reports
Weather Experiment Station notes for 24 hours ending 7 am Wednesday report high 82 low 63 in regional stations. Eastern and Southern Missouri sunny and pleasant with highs 70 to 80, fair tonight with lows in the 50s. Thursday clouds increase with showers and thunderstorms starting in the southwest and spreading through the state Thursday afternoon and night. Arkansas partly cloudy through Thursday with showers and thunderstorms north and west tonight or Thursday. High today continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Southwest
Arkansas
Man Killed in Truck Accident Near Fulton
Lamarr G. Quade 26 of near Nashville died when the truck overturned on State Highway 355 two miles north of Fulton at about 7 50 p m He was pinned for about 30 minutes before rescue. Raymond Newton 17 of Mineral Springs escaped with minor injuries. Services set for 2 30 p m Friday at Lutheran Church of Texarkana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamarr G. Quade
Nashville
Fulton
Quade
Hope
Herndon-Cornelius
Raymond Newton
Mineral Springs
Arkansas
Leon Stokes
Newton
Walter C. Quade
Dean Quade
Texarkana
Lutheran Church
Rain Lingers Across Arkansas With Local Thunderstorm
Rain fell in parts of Arkansas Tuesday but temperatures stayed above normal. The Weather Bureau noted a severe thunderstorm with large hail and damaging winds near the Walker community by Searcy Tuesday night. Forecast shows mostly partly cloudy days ahead with showers and thundershowers possible in the north and west portions, and nighttime lows ranging from the 50s to 60s across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Walker
Searcy
Arkansas Gov Faubus cuts 92 welfare jobs
Deep concern rises among welfare groups over Governor Faubus action to trim 92 positions in the state Child Welfare Division including all professional staff and the director Ruth Johnston. The Arkansas Conference on Social Welfare and the Arkansas Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers vow to monitor and defend child welfare standards.
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Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
State Welfare Department
Ruth Johnston
Arkansa Conference On Social Welfare
Arkansas
National Association of Social Workers
Reappointed to Arkansas Employment Security Board
Gov. Faubus re appoints W H Williams W Floyd Sharp and Sam Rorex all of Little Rock to two year terms on the state Employment Security Division Board of Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
W. H. Williams
W. Floyd Sharp
Sam Rorex
Orval E. Faubus
State Employment Security Division
Board of Review
Senior Play Staged by Hope High April 22 23
Hope High School will stage the three act comedy Mother Is A Freshman April 22 and 23 in the school auditorium. The Senior Class cast features Karen Cobb Carla Purtle Jacqueline Carter Kathy Thrash Brenda Hollis Sara Gordon Elaine Gunter Janet Pruden Susie Gray Andy High Charlie Beard Larry Rosenbaum Jerry Burnett Richard Land and Vince Massinelli. Between acts An nette Hatfield Sandra Camp and Glenna Hollis perform The Dreamers in pantomime as the Troubadors Tommy Rexroat Tommy Bright David Grimmett and Ricky Stone appear.
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Hope High School
Karen Cobb
Carla Purtle
Jacqueline Carter
Kathy Thrash
Brenda Hollis
Sara Gordon
Elaine Gunter
Janet Pruden
Susie Gray
Andy High
Charlie Beard
Larry Rosenbaum
Jerry Burnett
Richard Land
Vince Massinelli
Annette Hatfield
Sandra Camp
Glenna Hollis
Dreamers
and the Troubadors
Tommy Rexroat
Tommy Bright
David Grimmett
Ricky Stone
Reapportion Case Before High Court
Arkansas Supreme Court takes up a case over who must reapportion the legislature. Pulaski County Chancellor Williams said the Board of Apportionment holds the duty, not the legislature. A federal order requires action by June 15 to comply with the one man one vote ruling. Governor Faubus, a board member, says action waits for a May 24 special session.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Pulaski County
Guy Williams
State Board of Apportionment
United States Supreme Court
Orval E. Faubus
Job Corps Center in San Marcos Aims for Johnson Attendance
Officials of the new Job Corps Training Center in San Marcos hope President Johnson will attend the dedication ceremony Saturday. Dr. Otis Singletary and Gov. John Connally will speak. The center at Camp Gary houses 300 students now and aims for 2,500 by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
Otis Singletary
National Job Corps
Office of Economic Opportunity
Gov
John G. Connally
Camp Gary
Pre Easter Meetings Planned Here at Presbyterian Church
The annual Pre Easter Meet begins Sunday with 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. services at the Presbyterian Church. There will be nightly services Monday through Friday at 7:30 p.m. The week emphasizes reverent services, candlelit sanctuary, memory hymns, and elder distributed communion emblems. Members abstain from social engagements during the period. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Those Who Give Up a Bad Habit Pangs Public
New York AP notes a social bother when quitting a vice. People feel compelled to publicize withdrawal pangs and brag about progress, while Boyle’s Law suggests substitutions occur and talk dominates conversations. A tongue in cheek plan proposes a daily schedule of abstinence to gain small victories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johnson to address Viet Nam policy in nationally televised speech
President Johnson will give a major foreign policy address on the Viet Nam issue from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Earlier, Defense Secretary McNamara, Acting Secretary Ball, and Bundy will brief reporters on background, with remarks to be on the record for potential TV and radio use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Johnson
White House
Robert S. McNamara
George W. Ball
McGeorge Bundy
George E. Reedy
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Reedy
McNamara
Ball
Bundy
Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Minister Testifies to Spa Jury in Hot Springs Arkansas
Reverend Norman Carter of Gardner Methodist Church testified for about 45 minutes before the Garland County Grand Jury about illegal gambling in private clubs where slot machines were said to operate this year. The jury, also told to investigate Oaklawn Park, the new $1.2 million municipal auditorium, and cab franchising needs amid prostitution rumors.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Garland County
Grand Jury
Norman Carter
Gardner Methodist Church
Carter
Oaklawn Perk
P. E. Dobbs
John Cella
Dobbs
Municipal
John Robert Harrell
University of Arkansas
Garland County Grand Jury
Orval E. Faubus
State Welfare Department
Senate to Take Up Johnson Education Aid Bill
The Senate moves to consider the Presidents proposal to grant 1.3 billion dollars in federal aid to elementary and secondary schools. House action tightened language ensuring aid goes through public schools and extended coverage to relief families.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Mike
House
Rules Committee
GOP
Labor Department
James B. Carey
International Union of Electrical Workers
Paul J. Jennings
Japan
Nutrition Course at Spring Hill
A Spring Hill home economics cottage hosts a Nutrition course starting April 9 at 7:00 PM. Enrollment is Friday April 9 at 7:00. Four additional classes follow April 12 13 14 and 16 all at 7:00 PM.
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Spring Hill
Ec Cottage
Johnson outlines new Vietnam war policy tonight
A broad AP digest notes President Johnson will reveal a major U S policy statement on the Vietnam war. Air power in Vietnam claims notable military gains while Vietnamese authorities report a significant victory in the Mekong delta. A House debate begins on a 6 billion bill for elder care and Social Security increases.
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Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
Community notes thank donors and club updates
The Melonville neighborhood girls thank Arch Wylie for a donated refrigerator and Bud Collier for delivery. John M. Cox aided with water cutoff for freezing weather. Fay and Fay James cleaned church flags. Cookie Chairman Mrs. Birkett Wylie reports 272 cartons or 3 264 boxes sold in Hope. Troops and cheerleaders named. roundups and clubs schedule events. families thank donors after a fire. Hope Auto Co. sales awards. SW Dist FFA contest details. K&PW Club meets with a fine arts program planned.
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Melonvile
Girl Scouts
Arch Wylie
Bud Collier
John M. Cox
Fay James
Presbyterian Church
Birkett Wylie
Hope
Texarkana
Cindy Snyker
Betty Ruth Honeycutt
Junanne Reynolds
Mindy McElroy
Judy Petit
Shirley Singard
Vickie Laudermilk
West German Parliament Meets Under Air Show Threat
Four Soviet MIG19 jets fired cannons and buzzed air corridors as West Germany's parliament gathered in Berlin. Police found no hits while witnesses described near supersonic passes over Congress Hall and Tempelhof Airport activity in the U.S. sector.
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Berlin
West Germany
Congress Hall
West Berlin
Tempelhof
U.S
West Berlin meetings amid Communist road and air pressure
West Germany moves to hold Parliament and government meetings in West Berlin despite East German harassment of road and air traffic to the Red surrounded city. The third day of East German closures continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bundestag
West Berlin
George Arfeld
Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
Printers approve early AFL CIO pact easing New York strike
Negotiators for the AFL CIO Typo graphical Union and seven New York daily newspapers reached a contract early today, averting another city strike. The package raises pay by 12 dollars a week over two years, above earlier offers, pending ratification by the printers. The seven papers employ about 17 000, with ITU representing 2700 printers.
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New York
Afl-Cio Typographical
Newspaper Publishers Association of
New York City
Daily News
Times
Herald Tribune
Journal-American
World-Telegram & Sun
Long Island Daily Press
Long Island Star-Journal
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Herm Albright
Legion Magazine
THE
Associated Press
Mexico City
Lbj
Talkers
Mark Twain
Spa
AP News Digest
Tina Martin
Lamar Cox
Mary Beth Millican
Linday Wray
Pat Westbrook
Donna Connelly
Jan Herring
Janey Seamans
Charles F. Batson
Golden Age
Ray White
Edgar Tyler
al Bennett
Hope Auto Co
Ford
Hotel Peabody
Memphis
Willie Fugitt
A. T. Johnston
Jack Arnette
FFA
Southern State
Howard
Lafayette
Little River
Miller
Nevada
Hempstead
K&pw
Diamond Cafe
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