Shrub Barriers Planned for Interstate 30 Texarkana to Fulton
A Texarkana to Fulton shrub planting program for Interstate 30 aims to reduce headlight glare and improve safety. Officials outline hedge choices including privet Amur River varieties and Photina evergreen, with experiments on I 30 using bamboo and honeysuckle on wire fencing. The plan mirrors a prior program on I 55 and seeks funds to extend south from Texarkana.
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Texarkana
Fulton
J. B
Ben) Hogan
State Highway Department
Missouri Line
Blytheville
West Memphis
Hogan
Bryan Davis
Little Rock
Amur River
Texarkana-Fulton
Interstate 30
Nurses Attend Clinic at Little Rock
Eight practical nursing students from Red River Vocational Technical School attended a one day OB-GYN clinic at University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock. Instructor Hazel Underwood called the program excellent. Attendees included Betty Haltom, Loraine Lambert, Wynne McKinley, Sue Pollock, Mary Richey, Diane Stiffler, Snell Trott, and Eileen Womack.
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Red River Vocational Technical School
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Little Rock
Hazel Underwood
R.N
Betty Haltom
Loraine Lambert
Wynne McKinley
Sue Pollock
Mary Richey
Diane Stiffler
Snell Trott
Eileen Womack
Commission to Hear Delegations Before Highway Commission
State Highway Director Ward Goodman said six delegations are scheduled to appear Wednesday afternoon before the Highway Commission. The commission will hear them after a move to open bids on highway and bridge construction jobs Wednesday morning.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ward Goodman
State Highway Commission
Movn
Appreciated That Ticket From Wyoming Police Department
A Wyoming AP dispatch reports a man sent a $1 bill to the police department with a note praising the department's efficiency. He said he received the overtime parking ticket while at City Hall paying another fine. The incident highlights a quirky act tied to public parking enforcement.
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Senate
Wyo
Lara+mile
Nationwide telephone strike stalls as injunction tests
Hopes for renewed wage talks fade as about 200000 CWA workers strike across 40 states. Alabama injunction targets 8000 local strikers, while federal court actions surface in Mobile and Kentucky. Company spokesmen report service largely intact as legal maneuvers unfold.
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Neil Gilbridr
Washington
Alabama
Afl-Cio
Kentucky
James Gordon
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Southern Bell
Western Electric Co
Bell
Bell Telephone System
Hunger counties named in Arkansas and surrounding states
A 100 page report classifies four Arkansas counties as hunger counties citing chronic hunger and malnutrition. The list includes Crittenden Lee Mississippi and Stone counties in Arkansas along with numerous counties across Georgia and Mississippi.
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Washington
Arkansas
United States
South
Southwest
Crittenden, Lee
Mississippi
Stone
Georgia
Draft call could exceed 1969 figures by up to 100000
AP report shows Draft chief Hershey testifying before Congress that the 1969 draft call may exceed the Pentagon request of 240000 by as much as 100000, and likely approach 297000 if the Vietnam war continues. He links 1967 induction of 297000 to 1969 needs, notes two year terms, and cites June and May calls for 29500 and 45900 with Marine assignments.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Congress
Pentagon
Selective Service
House Appropriations
Hershey
Defense Department
Marine Corps
Army
Dame Edith Evans Still Vivid At 80 Says Living Is Her Hobby
New York AP profile of Dame Edith Evans, celebrated English actress, who at eighty insists life is her hobby. She rejects retirement, plans to work while people want her, and recalls a career spanning stage and film, including The Whisperers and Tom Jones. Her rise from millinery shop to stage fame is noted, with reference to honors and near Oscar outcomes.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Edith Evans
Dane Edith
Order of the British Empire
Hollywood
Pame Edith
London
Noel Coward
Edith
Fence Encloses City Dump Ground with Limited Hours
The City Sanitation Department completed a new fence around the Sanitary Landfill and installed gates to lock the site. A machine operator will staff the dump six days a week to assist residents and enforce hours from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Outside haulers face new permit and fee plans, while in city residents may dispose of trash at any time during staffed hours.
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City Sanitation Department
Sanitation Department
Sane Station Department
Nixon Poll May Defy Democratic Unity Says Javits
AP dispatch from Washington reports Senator Javits challenges a Gallup poll showing Nixon could beat three top Democratic nominees. He argues the results do not prove Nixon could defeat a united Democrat and notes Rockefeller’s push to run. Nixon aides welcomed the poll as showing strength against multiple opponents.
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Jack Bhll
Washington (Ap
Respublican
Jacob K. Javits
Richard M. Nixon
Javits
New Yorker
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Gallup
Feild Seeks Re election to State House District 34
The Hope Star announces Rep Talbot Feild Jr seeking reelection for district 34 Hempstead County He is married to Carlene Bruner with a daughter Cathy a Hope High senior He is a Hope High and University of Arkansas Law graduate WWI veteran attorney and judge advocate for the American Legion Arkansas He serves on multiple bar associations and key committees and is a former chair of Constitutional amendments Revenue Taxation Roads and Highways He is expected to be next speaker of the House and is listed on page 10 of the bulletin.
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Hope Star
Talbot Feild, Jr
Hempstead
Department of Arkansas
Hempstead County
Southwest Arkansas
Arkanyas Bar Associations
House
Senate
My. Feild
House of Representatives
Enemys toll on U.S. aircraft in ground war hit
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler tells senators the enemy destroyed or damaged about 132.5 million dollars of U S aircraft on the ground in Vietnam. He notes shelters could have limited losses to about seven million and cites 122 aircraft destroyed and 590 damaged in 1964-66. The Pentagon seeks 17.3 million to build 60 steel and concrete shelters at NATO bases in Europe.
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Bob Horton
Washington (Ap
Earle G. Wheeler
U.S
Vietnam
Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
South
NATO
Europe
Richard M. Nixon
Saigon
Washington
Riot Commission
Martin Luther King Jr
United States
Western Week in Hope Celebrates Western Dress
This week in Hope is Western Week with the FFA awarding prizes for best Western dressed students across 30 classrooms on Thursday April 25. Winners receive certificates to march in the FFA Rodeo Parade Friday at 4 pm and rodeo tickets. Rodeo performances occur Friday April 26 and Saturday April 27 at 8 pm in the third district coliseum. Merchants of Hope offer Western Week specials.
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Hope
FFA
Merchants of Hope
Avenue B Work to Start Again
Calvin Carter Construction Company of Texarkana resumes West Avenue B street contract work after a winter hold up due to rain and soil conditions. Mayor Parker notes criticism during stoppages while the board and engineers were called in at the time.
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Calvin Carter Construction Company
Texarkana
West Avenue B Street
Donal Parker
Avenue B
Local honors list of Magnolia college enrollees
All Around Town lists 63 local students attending Southern State College at Magnolia with 32 men and 31 women. Names span Ble vins Ble and surrounding towns, detailing majors from business to elementary education, accounting, agriculture, veterinary science, engineering, arts, and medicine, including Florence Ledbetter Thomas Ledbetter Linda Stephens Brenda White and many others across Ble vins Nashville and nearby areas.
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Southern State College
Magnolia
Blevins
Florence Ledbetter
Thomas D. Ledbetter
Linda S. Stephens
Brenda K. White
Emmet Stuents
David B
Waddle
Margaret J
Hope
Lorena N. Arrington
David T, Barwick
Thomas L. Bright
Howard F. Byers
Susan Cobb
Jimmy L. Cowart
Brenda Gall Cross
T. Gayle Dixon
Brenda S. Evans
Lee Fenwick
John Foster
Harry Ray McMahon
Betty J. Mc~ Neil
Ronald L. McWilliams
Greg A. Martin
Phylis A. Martin
Vincent Massanelli
Frieda
Freida Middlebrooks
Ann Mitchell
Harrold W. Moses
Patricia A. Moses
Lloyd P. Powell
Brenda K. Ratelift
Linda K, Reece
Jerry B. Reese
Susan D. Rogers
Belinda K. Ross
Bobble N. Scoggins
Charlie L. Scoggins
Ruth A. Thornton
Michael W. Turner
Brendac, Underwood
Joe Cathy Verge
Richard Watkins
Brenda G. Williams
Gayle Willams
Kenneth L. Willis
McCasidyt
Lavon R. Flaherty
Jerry M. Portersfield
Ronald E. Sweat
Seve R
Sweat
Nashville
Mary E. Tollett
Francis I. Wilson
Ogan
Otto
Another Expensive Plane Lost In Vietnam War Update
Reported crash of a U S Air Force fighter bomber off to or from a bombing mission against North Vietnam with two crewmen believed down in Thailand. It is the third crash among advanced planes since March. Military says no further details. prior crashes led to grounding and replacements flown from Nevada. In ground war, 125 Viet Cong reportedly killed 20 miles south of Saigon with 7th Infantry Division engaging in Mekong Delta. no large offensive near capital. Three American paratroopers died and 22 wounded when 105mm howitzer rounds fell short near Phuc Binh. B52s pounded North Vietnamese positions in A Shau Valley west of Hue. Rockefeller Dinner Saturday honoring the governor. speaker Senator Howard Baker. entertainment by The Sound Generation from John Brown University. Tickets $35. details from local contacts.
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Lewis M. Simons
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Thailand
America
Vietnam
Thaiiland
Nevada
Red U S
Fllrs
North
Monda
Mekong
U.S
Phuc Binh
A Shau
Hue
Rockefeller
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Feild
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International
Six Heart
Peru
United Methodist Church
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Barstow Coliseum
Howard Baker
Tennessee
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Siloam Springs
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Pruden
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