Why Isn’t Malvern to Arkadelphia Link of 30 Open
Our Daily Bread notes delays in Interstate 30 completion in Arkansas. Local section near Malvern and Arkadelphia reportedly won't finish for years while riverbank erosion hinders the Quachita River bridge approach. The piece calls for a formal response from state and federal authorities.
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Alex. H. Washburn
Malvern
Arkadelphia
Arkansas
Here
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Arkansas Highway Commission
Malvern- Arkadelphia
Quachita River
Malvern-Arkadelphia
Hippe
Prescott
Burglars Hit Fulton and Washington Stores and Post Office
Overnight burglaries struck Fulton and Washington with several stores and the Washington Post Office robbed. Etter Hardware and Dudney’s Store reported cash and merchandise taken. much recovered from one Fulton store. Jolly Stuart’s Drug Store and Ian Logan’s Station also hit. hidden loot recovered or missing items presumed scattered. State Police Investigator Travis Ward, Sheriff Jimmie Griffin, and a U.S. Postal inspector leading the probe.
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Washington
Fulton
Etter Hardware
U.S. Post Office
Dudney
Jolly Stuart
Ian Logan
Travis Ward
Jimmie Griffin
U.S
Humphrey to Speak at U A Commencement Address Set
In Fayetteville Arkansas AP Dr David Mullins president of the University of Arkansas announced that Vice President Hubert Humphrey will deliver the spring commencement address on June 1. He will address 950 seniors and graduate and professional degree candidates while considered a top Democratic presidential nominee. In Morque ro New Mexico parishioners at St Joseph Roman Catholic Church voted 28 1 against removing an old windmill blocking the priest’s view. Rev Wilford Savard was the sole vote to remove it.
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Fayetteville, Ark
David Mullins
University of Arkansas
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Morquero
N.M
St. Joseph’s
Wilford Savard
Civil Rights Bill Passage Urged by LBJ
President Johnson pressed congressional leaders for swift action on his civil rights bill urging prompt passage and open housing provisions. Johnson and Gen Westmoreland toured the capital after violence, while Ford signaled possible early action but sought House resolution and a conference review. Also pressed were housing and anticrime bills in the wake of Memphis King assassination and urban unrest.
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Sterling F. Green
Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
Baltimore
Chicago
Congress
House
Senate
Gerald Ford
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Saigon
Ford
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
John W. McCormack
Memphis
Martin Luther King
Tucker
IAP
Pittsburgh
Martin Luther King Jr
Dr. King
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Atlanta
U.S. Army
Cites
Westmoreland
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Richmond
Ind
Indiana Blast Kills 39 in Richmond and 33 Missing
A massive explosion in downtown Richmond Indiana devastated the Marting Arms Co store area. Forty-four thousand residents watched as three buildings burned and two dozen cars were destroyed. Fire, gas leak theories, and gunpowder at the store are being investigated as hundreds search the rubble.
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Richmond
Ind
Indiana
Marting Arms Co
Fred Klotz
FBI
Leo Collins
Collins
Kenneth &. Paust
Indiana National Guard
Sergent
Paust
Sporting Goods
National
Washington Braced by Riots After King's Death
Rioters devastated the capital as 11,600 troops with unloaded rifles patrolled deserted streets. Four deaths and 961 injuries were reported, with 4,800 arrests and 751 fires since the violence began after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Curfew and curfew enforcement continued as officials planned a return to normal hours.
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Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
Walter Washington
Military Deploys 20 000 Troops to Quell Riots Across Nation
Army has about 20 000 regular troops in the fight against riots with another 22 000 ready, 11 brigades on alert and many specially organized for riot control. Air Force transports ring the country. 96 reserve planes have aided emergency air lift. Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, Fort Hood, and Fort Carson units, plus armored cavalry, MPs, and support troops, are in use or awaiting action.
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Fred 8. Hoffman
Washington (Ap
Army
U.S
Fes
Pentagon
Air Force
Air Roe
Fort Benning
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Ft. Hood
Tex
Ft. Carson
Cole
Ft. Benning
Sige
74 Persons Placed in Work Here
Teddy Jones, Manager of the Hope Office of the Employment Security Division, said today that 14 persons were hired by area employers during March, slightly above March 1967. The office received 149 new applications, 162 less than February. Plaswood Inc.closed then reopened April 1, affecting unemployment claims. Continued claims totaled 348 in four counties and 50 in other states. Jones expects lower unemployment in April with full employment and favorable weather and asks employers to consider summer hires for out of school youth.
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Teddy Jones
Hope
Plaswood, Inc
Plaswood
Hempstead
Howard
Nevada
Lafayette
Jones
Education focus urged to solve poverty says Rockefeller
Rockefeller told a Little Rock audience that improving education is more fundamental than private job creation. He argued employment alone cannot solve poverty without adequate schooling and proper orientation.
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Little Rock
Anthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Thousands to March at Memphis in King's Honor
Thousands of mourners and civil rights leaders march in Memphis to honor slain Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a front row with a vacant space where he would have stood. The march supports his legacy and a separate push to resolve the garbage workers strike prompting his visit.
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Bob Gilbert
Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Percy Sutton
Manhattan
N.Y
Charles Cogin
American Federation of Teachers
Jerry Wurt
American Federation of State
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Memphis
James Reynolds
Johnson
Henry Loeb
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Special Grant for Education Classroom Construction Approved
James H. Jones announced that the State Department of Education awarded the Hope School District a special grant from ESEA I funds for a two classroom facility at Beryl Henry Elementary. The building, for exclusive special education use, will mirror the existing architecture and serve as a Magnolia Service Center ESEATE lab for teacher training. Construction should be ready for occupancy by early summer, ahead of the fall school opening.
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James H. Jones
State Department of Education
Hope
Esea I
Beryl Henry
Magnolia Service Center
Eseate
Wife Held in Mate Slaying Near El Dorado
Margaret Steele, 29, of Caljon Union County, is held on $5,000 bond after the slaying of her husband Charles Douglas Steele, 37, at their U S 167 home north of El Dorado. He died from a .22 caliber chest wound. Arraignment pending.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Margaret Steele
Caljon
Union County
Charles Douglas Steele
U.S. 167
Here
Violence erupts in city after King assassination
In the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s murder, Pittsburgh’s Hill District endures three days of arson, looting, and violence. National Guard and state police remain on duty as authorities claim the situation is under control but uncertain about permanency.
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Doug Bailey
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Contol
David W. Craig
Memphis
Martin Luther King Jr
National Guard
Hill District
Final Rites for Dr. King in Atlanta
Thousands from across the nation gather in Atlanta to honor Martin Luther King Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church before his burial at South View Cemetery. Delegates travel by plane, car, bus, and train as families offer shelter and support amid the nationwide tribute.
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Dr. King
Atlanta
Kun Speer
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Martin Luther King Jr
Mississippi
Hollywood
Congress
Ebenezer Baptist Church
King
South View Cemetery
Final Rites Car Hits Pole Injuring Three
Late last night Wade Bradford Jr. lost control at 5th and Edgewood colliding with a pole. Three passengers J W Armstrong Lucille Muldrew and Vickie Flerce were treated and released from a local hospital. City officers Shirley and Neal investigated and Bradford faces reckless driving charges.
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Wade Bradford Jr
5Th
Edgewood
J. W. Armstrong
Lucille Muldrew
Vickie Flerce
Shirley and
Neal
Bradford
Westmoreland: U.S. militarily in best relative position in Vietnam
General Westmoreland told White House reporters after two days of talks with President Johnson and officials that militarily the United States is in better relative position in South Vietnam. He said the offensive spirit is prevalent, aided by the enemy’s weakened military condition. He spoke before flying to California to brief Eisenhower and then to Saigon.
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Freds. Hoffman
Washington (Ap
William C. Westmoreland
United States
North Vietnam
Westmoreland
Johnson
White House
South Vietnam
Vietnam
California
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Saigon
All Around Town local police and education notes from Hope
Sgt Earl Orr of the Arkansas Highway Patrol completed training at East Camden and is now stationed in Arkadelphia. Sgt Reid Clark of the Hope Police Department, a Blevins High School graduate, has served since 1957 and is married to Charles Orr of McCaskill with a daughter 17. Hope High Student Council elected vice president at a statewide Arkansas Association meeting in West Memphis with Hope attendees. Local group plans activities for next year. Attendees at Little River Laymen's Fellowship banquet in Ashdown included Milton Mosier and others. Whitfield Masonic Lodge to confer Entered Apprentice degree April 9 at 7 30 pm. Hope Safeway Store opened in its new building behind First Methodist Church with a grand opening planned soon.
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Earl Orr
Arkansas Highway Patrol Division
Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy
East Camsden
Ark
Blevins High
Hope Police Department
Lyslene Burke
Vicki
Ricky
Orr
Arkadelphia
Reid Clark
The
East Canden
Charles Orr
McCaskill
Susan Gail
Ell
Arkansas Association
West Memphis
Hope
Debbie Watson
Charlotte Moore
Jimmy Tuvener
Crit Stuart
W. A. Williams
U S Tightens Vietnam Air War Bounds Says North Mounts Limits
U S sources report President Johnson set off limits above the DMZ to 19th Parallel with option to extend to 20th. Publicly the March 31 order stands. Air forces doubled strike missions into the North Vietnamese panhandle while targeting supply lines and gun positions amid weekend fighting that left 700 plus Viet Cong and North Vietnamese dead.
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George
Esper Associated
Saigon
Johnson
North Vietnam
U.S
Dmz
Washington
White House
Tom Johnson
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
High Court Reverses Conviction in Securities Case
Arkansas Supreme Court overturned Lee Circuit Court verdicts against J Ernie Gaskin on 14 counts of violating the Securities Act, ordering a new trial. The court held the record could support a misdemeanor conviction only, and noted potential proof that securities were offered to more than 25 persons.
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Little Rock
Arkanaa Supreme Court
Lee Circuit
J. Ernie Gaskin
High Court
Caskin
Elmo Taylor
Secretary On State
Ie Wasry
Americanna Motor Inn
Lea County
Qj Caskin
Supreme Court
Chancery Court
John Jernigan
Winthrop Rockefeller
Gama’ and Fish Commission
Ce Rockefeller
Republican Party
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South Walnut
Hope High School
Couns
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Milton Mosier
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Bill Mudgett
Royce Weisenberger
Dale McKinney
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239
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