British Labor plans eyed in U S British policy talks
American businessmen and bankers await Harold Wilson's visit for clues on how Britain's Labour government will align industry and trade with austerity measures. The aim is to stabilize the pound, trim imports, boost exports, and shift management and labor practices toward greater competitiveness amid a weak export pace.
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New York
Harold Wilson
United States
Britain
Pound
Wilson
Channel
United Kingdom
London
San Jacinto Monument Tops U.S. Heights
The San Jacinto Monument near Houston stands 570 feet tall making it the nation’s tallest monument. It rises 15 feet higher than the Washington Monument, a concrete and limestone shaft structure.
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San Jacinto Monument
Houston
Tex
United States
Revival services begin at First Baptist Church
Revival services start Sunday at 5 39 p m with Rev Roine McMurry of Siloam Springs in the pulpit and Jim Palmer of Dulles in charge of singing. Morning services run 7 30 to 8 a m daily with nursery. Doughnuts coffee and milk served. night services at 7 30 with nursery provided.
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First Baptist Church
Roine McMurry
Siloam Springs
Jim Palmer
Dulles
Honor Graduates at Plevins High School Named
Delaine Bonds is valedictorian at Plevins High School daughter of Mr and Mrs Doaie Bonds of Blevins. Ronald Sweat is salutatorian son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Sweat of McKaskill. Bonds active in yearbook Beta Club FTA FHA Hornet Staff Librarian and Kiwanis Minstrel singer. Sweat presides senior class and FFA member of Beta Club Hornet staff.
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Valenctorian
Plevins High School
Delaine Bonds
Doaie Bonds
Blevins
Ronald Sweat
Clarence Sweat
McCaskill
Miss Bonds
Beta Club
FTA
FHA
Hornet
Kiwanis Minstrel
Siage
Ronald
FFA
Aleys
Nashville
Boys’ State
Government spends big on presidential limousine
The piece traces the $325,000 appropriation for a presidential automobile and $197,000 for a Secret Service car, explaining why a modern armored limousine costs so much. It notes the Lincoln Continental used for Lyndon B. Johnson required heavy modifications by Hess Eisenhardt, producing a car weighing about 2.5 tons with a 590 horsepower engine and bulletproof features.
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Ashington
Henry Ford
James Trond
Lyndon B. Johnson
Secon
Johnson F. Kennedy
Hess & Eisenhardt
Cincinnati
Williard Hess
Hess
Conway native named state education official
Earl Willis of Conway will join the State Education Department staff July 1 as superintendent of instruction. Education Commissioner A W Ford announced the move on Monday. Willis told the Drew Central School District board he intends to resign to take the $8 400 a year post.
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Little Rock
Earl Willis
Conway
F Education Department
FE Deattion
A. W. Ford
Ford
Willis
Drew Central
Fee Hike Cuts Clerk Income in Arkansas City
Fort Smith Arkansas AP City Clerk Carl Atkins says Act 171 of 1965 raised filing fees for vital statistics but Act 471 bars salaried officials from being paid as local registrars. Atkins earned 932.50 last year from recording births and deaths and will keep working until the law is clarified. The fee rise funds an old Health Department building project.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Carl Atkins
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Atkins
J. T. Herron
Cable Cars Return After Three Week Refurbish Layoff
San Francisco cable cars resume service after a three week pause for refurbishment. Diesel buses temporarily ran the routes but struggled to climb the city’s steep hills and deliver transit. The city noted preservation of the historic fleet remains a priority.
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San Francisco
Rinkydinks
U.S
Battle of Helena 1863 Bloodiest Fight in Arkansas
The Battle of Helena fought on July 4 1863 marked the bloodiest action of that year in Arkansas with heavy casualties reported on both sides and significant military engagement at Helena along the Mississippi River.
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Helena
Arkansas
Revival at Unity Baptist Church Planned for April 1825
The revival at Unity Baptist Church is planned for the week of April 18 25 with Rev Arlis Downs pastor of Shower Springs Baptist Church as evangelist. Services will be held twice daily at 10 am and 7 30 pm. Pastor Rev Gordon Renshaw extends invitation to all.
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Unity Baptist Church
Arlis Downs
Shower Springs Baptist Church
Gordon Renshaw
Health care proposal affects age sixty five and beyond
AP reports the House backed social security health legislation with a hospital plan for those 65 and older and optional national medical insurance. It details costs, tax increases, and benefits including extended hospital and nursing home coverage and survivor provisions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
One-Man Jury By Stephen Ransome
A fragment from Stephen Ransome’s piece shows Howie avoiding danger while Myra’s manipulation and fear drive a desperate drive north. Diane weighs options as Howie grows dizzy and intoxicated in a motel parking lot before a planned overnight trip.
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Stephen Ransome
Howie
Extradition Delay Denied in Williamson Case
Gov. Edmund Brown refused to delay extradition of Bob E. Williamson 23 of England Arkansas to Arkansas where he faces charges of escaping Tucker State Prison Farm. Williamson was arrested in Ventura by FBI agents in December.
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Ventura
Calif
Edmund Brown
Bobby E. Williamson
Arkansas
Tucker State Prison Farm
Williamson
England
Ark
FBI
Collision Fatal at Hot Springs
Mrs. Arthur R. Noe, 68, of Hot Springs was killed Tuesday when her car collided with a truck driven by Hamp Williams, also of Hot Springs, Garland County Sheriff Duffie Searcy said.
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Hot Springs, Ark
Arthur R. Noe
Hot Springs
Hamp Williams
Duffie Searcy
Garland County
Highway bids total over 7.2 million dollars in Arkansas
The Arkansas Highway Commission opened 13 bids totaling 7,288,477 dollars. T. L. James Construction Co. of Ruston, Louisiana, submitted the apparent low bid of 2,035,322 dollars for nine miles of Interstate 30 from Gum Springs to Arkansas 26 in Clark County. Other apparent lows include D. F. Jones 659,509 dollars for the Wycamp-West Helena road and McGeorge Contracting Co. plus Mississippi Valley Contractors 1,286,092 dollars for Interstate 40 work.
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Arkansas
Ashley County
Mississippi Valley Contractors
Paragould
Arkansas 1
Lagrue Bayou
DeWitt
D.F. Jones
Little Rock
Bayou Meta
Mill Bayou
Moro, Inc
Warren
POLK
U. S. 71
Quachita River
Mena
Acorn
Forsgren
Interstate and road contracts across Arkansas listed
The Arkansas highway program awarded multiple contracts with firms such as CRAWFORD Construction Fort Smith and CLARK Construction Pine Bluff. Projects include 9.6 miles of I 40 540 easterly from the state line and 9 miles of I 30 near Gum Springs, plus 3.4 miles of I 40 southeasterly from near U S 64 and 3 miles of US 71 near Springdale with a railroad underpass. Additional bids cover Arkansas 16 21 Pettigrew Edwards Junction road work and a 0 2 mile Chicot Portland Road span.
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Pettigrew and
Fallaville
Carter Lawn and Tree Service
Dardanelle
Chicot
Chicot-Portland
Arkansas 159
Robbie A. Sims Co
Farmerville
95-Year-Old Ella Walrath Elected to 65th Term Leader Role
Ella May Walrath, who turns 95 on Friday, has been elected to her 65th term as president of a women in St. Johnsville Mohawk Valley club. She also starts a seven year stint as library trustee, set to end when she is 101.
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ST. Johnsville
N.Y
Ella May Walrath
Mohawk Valley
Walnut Ridge Named for Local Walnut Trees
Walnut Ridge earned its name from the walnut trees that bordered the town during the original survey. The designation reflects early settlers and the landscape that influenced settlement naming.
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Walnut Ridge
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