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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1961
Page
2
Thought For The Day notes a Bulwer quote as the Arkansas-Texas Quarter Union is scheduled at Bethel AME Church on Sunday August 27 at 3 p.m. The public is invited. Rev. R. N. Thomas is pastor.
Officials weigh a $10.88 million university and college building program amid opposition to a statewide higher education board. Faubus proposed a $60 million bond repurposed from existing funds, while the Legislative Council trimmed other projects and delayed new taxes. Debate concentrates on the board idea and various construction items across state facilities.
Large top national company seeks a neat, aggressive person for full time permanent sales work in health and medical care insurance. No experience needed. must have a serviceable car. Confidential interview offered by Branch Manager at 80¢ Medical Arts Building, Shreveport LA.
In Moscow a 70 word note alleges West German interference in West Berlin and calls for curbs on air corridors into the city. It warns of blocking West German representatives and proposes screening passengers, signaling a urging for future talks and testing Allied resolve amid the Berlin stalemate.
Lawmakers consider a motion to reject the current council program and draft a new plan. Proposals include cutting agency budgets to 1900 levels and redirecting about $17 million to construction. Substitutions have little external support, and past attempts to hold the line failed. The Arkansas Education Association opposes a few items but backs the program overall.
No Increase Continued From Page One notes use of an $8.5 million reserve fund to bolster $11.7 million in surplus funds for construction needs. Faubus says the plan is a sound and workable cushion to ensure steady money flow for state needs while rejecting new taxes or smaller bond issues due to public fatigue over taxes and fear of higher debt.
The Legislative Council recommended $6 million for the State Hospital and $10.85 million to divide among seven state supported colleges, with indications lawmakers will largely follow the council. The Paris 1949 accord on Berlin transport remains a point of contention as the West accuses the barrier around West Berlin of violating agreed measures. A plan to fund the Arkansas Children’s Colony at Conway faces changes after an omnibus act was invalidated, prompting Rep. Alvis W. Stokes to propose reallocating funds from parks and livestock shows to the colony.
In Little Rock, the Cotton Belt Railroad paid 537 in a U S District Court consent judgment after trains on March 20 between Pine Bluff and Texarkana and Pine Bluff and Jonesboro operated with brakes not properly inspected. Judge J Smy Henley signed the consent judgment as the case cited power brakes lacking required inspection on two freight trains.
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