Bids Taken on Local Road Work
Government road and bridge projects valued at 16.2 million dollars face bid openings August 25 across Arkansas counties. Projects include surfacing on US 71 and Arkansas 160, and work on highways 29 71 18 37 15 225 4 63 and other routes near Newport Keo and Pine Bluff. Local marriage notices and unrelated letters follow in the same column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Miller
Arkansas
Texas State Line
Doddridge
Louisiana State Line
Hempstead
Hope
Sebastian
Waldron
Greenwood
Polk
Sevier County
Cove
Montgomery
Pencil Bluff
Garland
Celburne
U.S. 70
Pulask
Arkansas River
Litthe Hock
Pine Street
Lattle Rock
Dennison Street
Columbia
College Road
Ouachita
Cash Avenue
Camden
Boone
U.S. 62
Harrison
Harrison Gheene
Paragould
Clay County
Fontaine
Laght
Cranhhead
Trumann
Arkansas MD
Unity Baptist edges Liberty Baptists 10 to 9 in softball
In Tuesday night softball action Unity Baptist defeated Liberty Baptists 10 to 9 with Harvey Fullerton and Kenneth Stone earning wins for Unity while Tommy Overton belted a round trip for Liberty. Calvary won by forfeit from Providence in the other game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Baptist
Liberty Baptists
Harvey Fullerton
Kenneth Stone
Tommy Overton
Liberty
Calvary
Providence
Hebicoples
Tenicher
Thaity Kitehets
Ord Ether Weis
Mississippi Votes Waller Sullivan in Democratic Gubernatorial Runoff Race
Mississippi Democrats Charles Sullivan and Bill Waller led the field of seven whites in the primary as returns neared a half count. Sullivan held about 40 percent, Waller about 27 percent, with 1,264 of 2,063 precincts reporting. The runoff is set for August 24 if no candidate gains a majority. Evers called for blacks to back Swan, but most Negroes saw this as a joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Saggus
Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
APY
Charles Sullivan
Bill Waller
Charles Evers
Sullivan
Waller
Hope
Ark
Star
Jimmy Swan
Roy Adams
Ed Pittman
Marshall Perry
Andrew Sullivan
Evers
Swan
Eagles find sanctuary as home builder halts work in Florida
A Bald Eagle family nests near Sterling Park in Orlando as Dick Bonds, president of the developer, declares the site a sanctuary. The nest hosts two adults and a fledgling, with an estimated life span of 25 to 35 years. Audubon advises a 660 foot wild-land radius. Bonds designates 32 acres around the nest as protected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
Dick Bonds
Sterling Park
Bonds
Audubon Society
Nixon seeks to curb busing in Austin desegregation case
President Nixon announced backing away from a HEW busing plan in Austin and directed that funds from Congress be kept from paying for busing. Attorney General Mitchell said the Justice Department would appeal Judge Roberts’s ruling and disavow the HEW plan while minimizing busing as required by law. Senator Tower criticized the action as inadequate while Treasury staff note worn-out currency worth 25 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Austin
Nixon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
HEW
Elliot L. Richardson
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
U.S. Dist
Jack B. Roberts
Roberts
Supreme Court
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
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Norma J. Gulley
John Harvey Harris Jr
ElDorado
Jessie Mae Gulley
Harris
George Eilot
Engish
John Harvey Harris Sr
Trenton
New Jersey
Gulley
Verger High School
Red River Vocational Technical School
Phi Beta Lambda
ElDorado High School
Kroger’s
EMC
Lonoke Baptist Church of Hope
Mississippi
Waller, Sullivan
Florida
Mitchell
Sen
John Tower
Rtex
U.S
Treasury
Hope, Arkansas
GROUP
Ete Olu
Mann
West
Bank Americard
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