County Roads Critic Sees Hempstead Roads In Decline
Otis Blackwood of Fulton writes to the editor from Hempstead County noting that county roads are the worst across eight southwest Arkansas counties. He cites his rural mail carrier wife and plowing winters as proof of persistent neglect and laments promises from the county judge that rarely materialize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Arkansas
Fulton
Ark
Otis
Blackwood
P.O. Box
Fulton, Ark
Robert Taylor Battling Lung Cancer At Age 57
Hollywood star Robert Taylor, known for his screen presence and TV work, is battling cancer in his right lung. His wife Ursula Theiss said the illness has been known for some time, following surgery on October 8 to remove most of the lung due to valley fever. He remains at home in Mandeville Canyon and is being treated after an infection complicated recovery.
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Hollywood
Robert Taylor
Ursula Theiss
Taylor
St. Paul’s Hospital
Miss Theiss
Acress
Barbara Stanwyck
Mandeville Canyon
Spangler
Arlington Brugh
Filley
Neb
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Will Rogers
Greta Garbo
Jean Harlow
Ava Gardner
Elizabeth Taylor
Myrna Loy
Irene Dunne
Joan Rea Hedylamarr
Lananer
Katherine Hepburn
Detective
Tighter Mine Safety Laws in Making
In the wake of an explosion killing 78 miners near Mannington West Virginia coal country lawmakers plan to introduce stronger federal mine safety bills early next year. Reps Ken Hechler and John Dent say the current act has many loopholes and urgent calls for tightening come after the Mountaineer No 9 disaster and a year that raised mine deaths to 260 nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Sharbutt
Associated Press
Washington
Ken Hechler
West Virginia
John Dent
Pennsylvania
Mannington
W. Va
Hechler
Dent
Mountainseer Coal Co
Texas
W. A
Tony O’ Boyle
United Mine Workers
Mountaineer Coal Co
No. 9
Twestigy
Charles Lanman
Bureau of Mings
Lanman
Safari After Tiger That Killed Marine
In Quang Tri Vietnam a joint safari of US Marines and a Vietnamese hunter heads into a jungle valley to kill the tiger that killed Marine Pic. Baldino on Nov. 14. Brig. Gen. Carney leads the hunt with 20 volunteers while Maj. Gen. Davis orders the effort and Phan Xuan Sang the veteran hunter guides the team without pay.
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Robert D. Ohman
Associated Press
Quang Tri
Vietnam
Robert B. Carney Jr
3Rd Marine Division
Pic
Francis Baldiio
Ashland
South Vietnam
Baldino
Raymond G. Davis
Carney
Fone
Phan Xuan Sang
Quang Tri City
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the Star
P. O
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Var
Frank King
Lions Club
Gerald Trussell
Christ
Roy Chatham
Lowell Harris
James Morrow
Eva
Boston
Herve Filion
Suffolk Downs
Filion
Suffolk
Eddy Freundt
Germany
Épeppin
Washington, D.C
Safari
Tiger
Marine
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