A Courageous Public Servant in Public Toll Bridge Battle
The piece honors O. A. Graves 92 who fought for a publicly funded toll bridge over Red River at Fulton. It recalls his roles as attorney banker and public school ally, and highlights his key stance against a private toll bridge, shaping regional effort toward public ownership.
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Hope
A. Graves
Arkansas
Mr. Graves
Graves
Clyde E. Palmer
Texarkana
Palmer
Red River
Fulton
Charles M. Conway
Fulton Ferry
Mr. Palmer
Thay
Conway
Hempstead
Charmettes Plan Holiday Ball Dance at Verger High Gym
The Charmettes Social Club sponsors a holiday ball at Verger High School Gym in Hops Arkansas from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. The Grand Prees from Wrightsville Arkansas provide music. Presale tickets are 1.00 with 1.50 at the door. Tickets available through Charmettes members.
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Charmettes
Verger High School
Hops
Arkansas
Boys Industrial School
Wrightsville
Ark
Chars Meties
Hempstead County Manufacturers & Processors Formed
Industrial group names officers including Jerry Winer Harold Eakley Guy Basye Bob Moers and Jim Pruden not pictured at a Wednesday noon organizational meeting in the Chamber of Commerce office. President Jerry Winer says the organization aims to make the voice of industry heard in community affairs.
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Jerry Winer
Harold Eakley
Guy Basye
Bob Moers
Jim Pruden
Hempstead County Manufacturers & Processors Association
Chamber of Commerce
Nixon taps bipartisan cabinet with strong men
President elect Nixon announces an all new cabinet composed of Republicans and independents rather than Democrats. He describes the picks as strong, compassionate and good men, saying they will bring an extra dimension to handling national problems. The lineup draws from Republican governors and prominent business and education leaders.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Nison
AP News
Little Rock Board Weighs Merger With University of Arkansas
The Little Rock University Board of Trustees meets to discuss merging with the University of Arkansas. Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller backs the plan, tying merger approval to creating a community junior college in Pulaski County.
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Little Rock
Little Rock University Board of Trustees
University of Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Pulaski County
Congressmen to Be Honored at Arkansas Luncheon
Arkansas congressmen will be honored in Little Rock at a December 17 luncheon sponsored by the state’s school superintendents. The event includes the Advisory Council on Police for Titles I, II and I, a group of 38 superintendents representing over half the state’s school population, which will present a position paper on federal aid to education.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Advisory Council On Police
Confused Times Views on Sexes Spark Debate
HAL BOYLE writes from New York on how gender roles blur in modern society. The piece lists satirical tests to guess a person’s sex by behavior and habits, then hints at a clash between old fashioned views and changing norms as readers await page two.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Wolve
Fender Gale
Ture
War Dead in Vietnam Tops 30,000 In Combat
Saigon AP reports U S command records 192 American combat deaths in Vietnam last week, raising total combat dead to 30,057 since January 1, 1961, and enemy fatalities to at least 422,979 over seven years. Wounded reach 189,269. 1,110 Americans hospitalized.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Final Rites Friday for Oscar A. Graves, Local Attorney
Final rites for Oscar Augustus Graves, 92, Hope attorney who died Wednesday, will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at First Methodist Church with the Rev. Everett Vinson officiating. Burial follows in Rose Hill Cemetery. Graves began practice in 1902, chaired Citizens National Bank, was lifelong Methodist, Mason, active in WOW and bar associations. Survived by wife Jel Black Graves and several children.
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Oscar Augustus Graves
First Methodist Church
Everett Vinson
Rose Hill
Herndon Funeral Home
Graves
Hope
Citizens National Bank
Methodist Church
Mason
WOW
Hempstead
Arkansas
American Bar Associations
Jel Black Graves
Libert Graves
Sisefers
B.P. Barlow
Grover Milford
Texarkana
Patmos District Receives $7 529 Title I Approval
The Patmos School District was notified by the State Department of Education that its Title I expenditure of 7 529 has been approved. Associate Commissioner Wm H Moore announced the approval noting possible minor final adjustments next month. Overall Title I funding is down about eight percent nationwide due to an ESEA cutback, with some districts seeing increases from formula readjustments. Patmos will gain 1 624 more than last year and its eligible children will include programs in instructional activities and supportive services such as clothing and medical care.
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Patmos
State Department of Education
Wm H. Moore
Moore
ESEA
Plans Course in Negro History in Arkansas University
Dr. Robert E. Reeser, chair of the History Department at the University of Arkansas, says the department was asked to offer a course in Negro history for the 1959-60 school year.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Robert E. Reeser
University of
Nixon Cabinet Strives for Unity With All-Rep Cabinet
President elect Nixon named an all Republican cabinet marked by business conservatism and caution. Key picks include William P. Rogers at State, Robert H. Finch HEW, John N. Mitchell as attorney general, Melvin R. Laird defense, and Maurice H. Stans at Commerce. The slate contains no Democrats or Negroes and emphasizes longstanding trust and party loyalty.
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Walter Mears
Associated Press
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
William P. Rogers
State Department
Rogers
Robert H. Finch
California
Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
White House
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Michigan
George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Defense
Maurice H.stans
Commerce Department
Senior Class Play Scheduled at Hope High Friday Night
Susan McCain and Junanne Reynolds head the business committee for the annual Hope High School senior play a three act comedy farce Quit Your Kidding Curtain time 8 o'clock Friday night Admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for students Other committee members include Sarah Vinson Butch Reeves Nancy Martin Dale Jan Herring Janet Foley Larry White
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Susan McCain
Junanne Reynolds
Hope High School
Sarah Vinson
Butch Reeves
Nancy Martindale
Jan Herring
Janet Foley
Larry White
Two Masters Degrees to be conferred at Whitfield Lodge
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No 239 will confer two Masters Degrees at 7 p.m. Friday December 13. Phillip Ballard of Hope earned an Honor Scholarship at Henderson State College for top ranking in his high school class, with four-year renewal possible as long as a B average is kept. Don Freelang and Dr. Emmett Thompson attended a Southern Optometric Society meeting in Camden. Hempstead County Singing Convention is set for Sunday December 15 at Friend Sip Methodist Church. A Country Music Jamboree with the Dom Quartet and Santa Claus will take place December 14 at the Patmos School auditorium with no admission.
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Whitfield Masonic Lodge
Evergreen Lodge
Phillip Ballard
Hope
Hendersson State College
Roland Balard
Don Freelang
Emmett Thompson
The
Southern Opimetric Society
Camden
Chris
Patmos
Cdom Quartet
Santa Claus
Fighting Heavily In DMZ Marines, North Vietnamese Clash
U S Marines and North Vietnamese troops clashed for about 12 hours with heavy fighting spilling into the DMZ. The U S command reported twelve Marines killed or missing and many wounded, as air and artillery barrages pounded fortified positions along the southern DMZ edge. The weekly U S casualty tally surpassed 30,000, with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese losses listed at over 422,000 killed since 1961.
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Sy George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Mas. Yines
Us’ Command
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North Vietnam
Gone
Ammur
Hope
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