De Queen Remains Focused On Millwood And Local Water Conflicts
A De Queen column recaps a Southwestern Arkansas Water District meeting in Hope about a Millwood water plan powering five counties including Columbia. It notes upstream dam battles over Cossatot and Gillham, famed Millwood’s growth as a bass fishing lake, and local figures like Judge Oren Harris and Swampy Graves in long running debates over reservoir size and impact.
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Southwest Arkansas Water District
Hope
Millwood
Columbia
de Queen City
Horatio
Broken Bow
Pine Creek
Gillham
de Queen
Dierks
Magnolia
Dierks Forests, Inc
Ashdown
Oren Harris
U.S
Swampy Graves
Nashville News
Texarkana Gazette
Vietnam airlift on full scale at Clark Air Base
Thousands of Americans and Vietnamese dependents crowded a tent colony as the South Vietnam evacuation airlift shifted to round the clock operations. About 3,000 evacuees on 40 U.S. Air Force planes were due to land at Clark at 30 to 45 minute intervals, bringing total evacuations from Saigon to 6,500 since April 4. Officials said fewer than 2,000 Americans remained in Saigon, while Vietnamese dependents awaiting evacuation could not be estimated. Tents housing 5,000 were erected as gymnasiums and barracks filled, prompting complaints from evacuees and concerns from Col. Paul Wragg who warned the logjam must break or trouble would grow. Four chartered aircraft with 1,200 seats were set to depart Clark on Wednesday for U.S. destinations.
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Clark Air Base
The
Philippines
South Vietnam
Saigon
Paul Wragg
Tampa
Fla
Wragg
Clark
United States
Costs rise slightly in March as food slows CPI
Washington reports March consumer prices up 0.3 percent, the smallest gain in nearly two years. Food costs fall for the first time in eight months led by beef eggs and sugar while many nonfood items and services increase at a slower pace. The March rise matches the July 1973 level when wage price controls were in effect.
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Washington
Labor Department
Upstream Dam Delays Reveal Political Clout in Projects
A resident recalls a compromise plan that split schedules among Gillham Broken Bow Pine Creek and De Queen with Oklahoma enjoying extra influence. Dams there finished years earlier, highlighting uneven progress and a noted remark that Cassator River proved ideal for canoes amid the dispute.
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Broken Bow
Pine Creek
de Queen
Oklahoma
Cassator
Ford seeks evacuation permit amid Vietnam talks
President Ford says a ceasefire would allow evacuation of Americans and many South Vietnamese, warning a broader pullout could require a large U.S. military commitment. Congress debates evacuation aid and arms packages as Thieu's fate and the Vietnam crisis dominate the news. The interview notes U.S. options in the Middle East and Kissinger diplomacy as a backdrop to a fluid Saigon situation.
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Ford
United States
Vietnam
U.S
CBS
Senate
House International Relations
House Appropriations Committee
Frederick C. Weyand
South Vietnam
House Armed Services Committee
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
White House
Walter Cronkite
Eric Sevareid
Bob Schieffer
Hopebands Lead Annual Concert and Picnic Event
The Hopebands present their annual concert and picnic on Tuesday April 22 at 6 p.m. Bands from Hopewell School Yerger Jr. High and Hope High School will perform a wide variety of music at Fair Park. The band department invites the public to bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the music.
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Hopebands
Hopewell School
Yerger Jr. High
Hope High School
Fair Park
Final House action on farm bill faces veto risk
Washington supporters and opponents anticipate the House approving a farm bill seen as costly and extendable to 1975 prices. President Ford is expected to veto, with Foley predicting an uphill override, while Butz and the White House cite $1.83 billion cost and broader consumer impacts.
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Thomas
Foley
Dash
House Agriculture Committee
House
Farm Editors of America
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Ford
Senate
Butz
Congress
Ford Administration
Thieu hands over power as Huong prepares transition
Thieu meets his successor President Tran Van Huong as ailing 71 year old begins talks on a peaceful handover. Mrs Thieu orders porcelain packers at Independence Palace while evacuation of Americans accelerates amid retreat on Highway 1 and roads to Hanoi.
Retreat and battles as Xuan Loc changes hands in Vietnam
SAIGON AP reports South Vietnamese troops completed a retreat from Xuan Loc 40 miles east of Saigon amid heavy fighting on highways 4 and 22. Viet Cong claim control of Long Khanh and Ham Tan, while government forces defend key positions. Shelling hits Bien Hoa air base. Nam Yit island militiamen repel six boats.
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South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Independence Palace
Xuan Loc
Mekong Delta
Tay Ninh
Viet Cong
Kuan Loc
Long Khanh
Ham Tan
Binh Tuy
Bien Hoa
Nam Yit
Spratly Archipelago
South China Sea
Song Tu Tay Island
Spratlys
Return of Eagle and Heath in Grudge Wrestling Match
Tonight at Fair Park Coliseum at 8 p.m. Johnny Eagle and Ted Heath return to face the Masked Pro and Hippie Boyette in a three out of five falls grudge match. The event was moved from Friday to Tuesday after Channel 9 announced an earlier date.
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Johnny Eagle
Ted Heath
Hippie Boyette
Fair Park Coliseum
Channel 9
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