What About Hope's Old Post Office
Opinion piece criticizes a federal building and post office in Hope, arguing the new facility is unpaid and burdens taxpayers. Calls for selling the old post office to private buyers to restore tax revenue and curb government debt. The author notes local petition support and a past election outcome.
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Hope
Washington
Oren Harris
Harris
Hempstead County
City of Hope
Yridge
Hempstead
Doctor Quits Lush Area for Small One
Dr. Walter A. Mendyka, 42, leaves Cleveland to practice in Machias Maine, seeking greater use of his skills. He moves with wife and four children after Christmas, drawn by a 36 bed hospital and local need. The family will endure leaving relatives for the chance to help.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Walter A. Mendyka
Machias
Maine
John XXIII
Mendyka
Mendykas
St. John's Hospital
Teir
Architects to Meet at Spa in Hot Springs Arkansas
William J. Conklin of New York will be the featured speaker at the 15th annual Gulf States Regional Conference of the American Institute of Architects in Hot Springs Arkansas on April 13. Conklin designed Reston Virginia a city with about 75000 residents.
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Hot Springs
Ark
William J. Conklin
New York
Gulf States
American Institute of Architects
Conklin
Reston
Barbra Streisand Announces 20 City U S Concert Tour
New York AP reports Barbra Streisand plans a fall concert tour of 20 U S cities, with a total take expected above $1 million. A spokesman says her salary will exceed $50 000 for each show, reflecting the star's 23 years in the business.
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New York
Barbra Streisand
U.S
Miss Streisand
Faubus Silent on Secret Pay Raises
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus refused to discuss the Highway Commission action declaring independence from his office after a weekend meeting. The panel fired assistant director Y W Whelchel amid accusations of illegal secret pay raises, with the former director Mack Sturgis and others offering varied comments.
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Little Rock
Orval Faubus
Arkansas Highway Commission
Commission
Faubus
Mississippi
Mack Sturgis
Highway Department
Y. W. Whelchel
Whelchel
Highway Commission
Whethher
Wayne Hampton
Insurance Man to Run for Governor
Jess P. Odom, a Little Rock insurance executive, says he is definitely interested in a bid for Arkansas governor. He reports over 300 letters and many calls after newspaper ads urged readers to support him.
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Little Rock
Jess P. Odom
Little Rock Insurance
Odom
Youth Shot Fatally in Texarkana Front-Yard Incident
Timothy Murphy, 16, of Texarkana, died from a shotgun wound to the chest after a homemade firing pin discharged during a tin can shoot in the family yard. Sheriff Richard Birtcher said the accident occurred as Murphy and his brothers used a shotgun at their home. he died about 15 minutes later at a Texarkana hospital.
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Thaarmnana
ATK
Timothy Murphy
Texarkana
Miller County
Richard Birtcher
Sdvel Ee
Charlie Murphy
Birtcher
Young Murphy
Official Killed in Hot Springs Sewer Shaft Collapse
Lloyd John Halliburton, 55, superintendent of the Hot Springs municipal sewer system, was killed when a hole at the Reynolds Metals Co. plant in Jones Mill caved in. Witnesses said he was inside an 11-foot shaft dug to inspect sewer lines at the site.
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Associated Press
HOT
Ruling Made in Texarkana Plant Case
Arkansas Supreme Court rules that a factory building contract financed by Act 9 bonds is a public contract. The decision roots from actions by Weldon Edison and Woodrow Smith against National Surety Corp over a Cooper Tire plant in Texarkana with bond approval in 1963. Also notes other appellate actions involving Worth James Construction, Guarantee Trust Life, and a child custody case. Eisenhower to end winter vacation in Palm Desert between April 27 and May 1.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Weldon Edison
Woodrow Smith
National Surety Corp
Miller Circuit
Edison and Smith
Cooper Tire and Rubber Co
Texarkana
Edison
General Millwright and Rigging Corp
Smith
Supreme Court
Cooper
Texarkansa
Worth James Construction Co
P. B. Price Construction Co
Baseline Sewer
James
Price
Arkansas
Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Co
John B. Koengi
Koenig
Orville Tubbs
Tubbs
Huron
Mich
Pine Bluff
Joseph Morrison
Palm Desert
Calif
Dwight D Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Mamie
Shen
Gettyaburg
Coal Miners Strike Across Six States Before Talks
Pittsburgh AP reports miners walked out in soft coal operations across six states including Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Illinois Kentucky and Alabama hours before renewed contract talks with the United Mine Workers Union and operators. UMW spokesman said no sanction for the walkouts and the dispute with Bituminous Coal Operators Association remained unchanged from Friday. UMW President Boyle had said the union felt free to strike at any time.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers Union
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Il Hois
Kentucky
Alabama
UMW
George Titler
Traffic in State Takes Six Lives
An Easter weekend toll in Arkansas claimed six lives in separate crashes. Verna Bailey 62 Wenonah Health 39 Lillie Heath 13 all of Paris Robert Burnett 65 of Van Buren Eunice Brasel Letterman 43 of Fouke died Saturday when struck by a Cotton Belt freight train nine miles south of Genoa Miller County Guy Lewis Lee 21 of Delight died from injuries after a Friday night car overturn near Antoine, Murfreesboro area.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Bloomer
Verna Bailey
Wenonah Health
Lillie Heath
Paris
Robert Burnett
van Buren
Eunice Brasel Letterman
Fouke
Genoa
Miller County
Guy Lewis Lee
Delight
Antoine
Murfreesboro
Insurance Men Hold Meeting in Arkansas Convention
The Arkansas Association of Mutual Insurance Agents hosts a two day meeting beginning Thursday. Keynote speaker is Chester H. Lauck creator of Lum and Abner. Lauck is an ex seed with Continental Oil.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas Association of Mutual Insurance Agents
Chester H. Lauck
Lum
Abner
Lauck
Continental Oil 0
Viet Nam Buddhists press demonstrations to oust regime
The AP digest reports Buddhist leaders vow to continue protests in South Viet Nam until the military government withdraws. Other items note Dominican Republic’s Juan Bosch potential reentry, Easter events, Pope Paul VI urging peace, lunar mission optimism, party primaries next month, cancer vaccine research, a doctor leaving practice for town service, law review offices redecorated, and Sally Katzen, 23, as a new irritant.
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Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Juan Boschscott
Dominican Republic
Paul VI
Soviet Union
Ashington
Law Review
Sally Katzen
New
Hays Waiting Before Any Commitment
Washington AP Brooks Hays former Arkansas congressman says he will wait for encouragement and supporters to decide if he will enter the Arkansas gubernatorial race. He expects to announce within 10 days and notes his past moderating stance on Little Rock desegregation and later cordial ties with Gov Faubus.
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Washington
Arkansas
Brooks Hays
Hays
Capitol Conversation
Little Rock
Dale Alford
Orval Faubus
Little Rock Central High School
Congress
Southern Baptist Conference
Rutgers University
Johnson
Hope Rotary plans tourist information booth at Highway 67
A Friday Hope Rotary Club meeting outlined plans to erect a tourist information booth near the city limits on Highway 67. The item follows a busy local notes section including resignations, hospital visits, hunting reports, and a Republican rally in Town & Country with Lt. Governor candidate Maurice Britt leading a panel.
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Hope Rotary Club
Highway 67
Maurice L
Footsie) Britt
Republican Party
Town & Country
Nam Buddhist monks vow to keep Vietnam turmoil alive
In Saigon premier Ky’s government braces for more street violence as Buddhist leaders vow demonstrations until the U.S. backed junta quits. The monks call for civilian rule and form the Viet Nam Buddhist Forces to oppose the regime and push for peace with the Communists. Thich Thiert Minh, leader of the Viet Nam Buddhist Forces, says the group will persist in its militant stance.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
Thich Thiert Minh
Caleader
Buddhist Youth Movement
Christians Celebrate Easter Across Faithful Gatherings
Readying for Holy Week, Christians from Jerusalem chapels to major cathedrals joined Easter Sunday services. Pilgrims prayed at rock sites near Jerusalem, Lutherans held rites on the Mount of Olives, and Pope Paul VI urged peace in St. Peter's Square. In Fredericksburg Texas, President Johnson attended St Barnabas Episcopal services with family. Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent attended a Roman Catholic service amid peace marches in England and New York.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Mighty
Mount of Olives
Church of Mary Magdalen
Garden
Gethsemane
Jesus
Via Dolorosa
Calvary
St. Peter's Square
Rome
Paul VI
Christ
Fredericksburg
Tex
Johnson
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Luci
Pat Nugent
England
New York City
Arkansas Delegation to Biloxi Meeting Planned
Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas is to travel to Biloxi Mississippi on April 30 to discuss a proposed six state cooperative program with Mexico to boost education trade and tourism. Governors from Arkansas Louisiana Tennessee Alabama Florida and Georgia were invited by Mississippi Gov. Paul Johnson to meet with ex Mexican president Licenciado Miguel Aleman. Jarence R Thornbrough said Arkansas would send delegations from education industry and recreation to the meeting.
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Kansas
Orval Faubus
Biloxi
Miss
Mexico
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Licenciado Miguel Aleman
Jarence R. Thornbrough
Faubus
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