City urged to sue railroad over aging Hervey Street underpass
Our Daily Bread editor urges Hervey Street underpass action after nearly 30 years of delay. He recalls a wartime pledge with Missouri Pacific for double tracking and underpasses on both sides of town, noting wood construction and impending changes with Highway 204 access. The editor argues for a final city demand and potential court action to secure a modern underpass.
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Alex. W. Washburn Hervey
Railroad
Hervey St
Albert Graves
Missouri Pacific
Northside group pushes Highway 29 to Interstate 30 upgrade
A Northside Improvement Committee meeting with Hope City Board on December 14 urged highway department action to improve Highway 29 north to Interstate 30 and North Hazel from Greenwood to downtown. Spokesman Arthur Stretch cited traffic checks showing 30 to 50 percent more vehicles on Highway 29 than Highway 4 and noted potential new development awaiting road and sewer access. The Board indicated willingness to assist, noting possible right of way needs from Greenwood to Dairy, while the 1972 budget was approved with a 6 percent salary rise and a $676,010 revenue, $636,114 expenditure plan and a $76,896 unappropriated balance.
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Northside Improvement Committee
City Board of Directors
Arthur Stretch
Highway Department
Highway 29
John Tallant
Greenwood Street
Stretch
Hazel
Dairy Street
City of Hope
Dairy
Devaluation Will Ease Money Crisis
President Nixon agreed to a dollar devaluation for the first time since 1934, aiming to settle the global monetary crisis. An 8 percent change was discussed as a possible figure, potentially lowering import costs and boosting U.S. exports, with a formal communique released ahead of meetings of finance ministers and central bankers.
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Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Azores
United States
U.S
Treasury
John B. Connally
NBC
Washington
Bill Forc es Able Bodied on Welfare to Take Jobs
Congress passes the tougher half of the welfare reform plan forcing able bodied recipients to work or train. The measure attaches to a minor bill and prompts Trumpet-like debate over Nixon's broader proposal for a guaranteed income and earning protections.
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Margaret Gentry
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Congress
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House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Russell B
Long
D-La
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Major Quake Could Cause Tidal Wave Off Kamchatka
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake off Kamchatka Peninsula was reported by Palmer Observatory. An early watch for a Pacific sea wave covered Alaska's Aleutian chain, but officials in Palmer doubted a Pacific tsunami. The quake centered about 1,700 miles west of Anchorage and not felt in Alaska. Japan issued its own wave warning for Northern Japan. Seismographs also note a prior 7.3 tremor on November 24 in Kamchatka.
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Siberia
Kamchatka Peninsula
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Kamchatka
National Weather Service
Hawaiian Islands
Anchorage
Japan
Meteorlogical Agency
Pacific
Washington
Kamachatka
Funds Released for Millwood Lake Recreational Projects
Congressman David Pryor announced $90400 in federal funds released to the Tulsa District Corps of Engineers for Millwood Lake recreational facilities. The Corps is planning improvements and work is expected to start next spring.
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David Pryor
The
Star
Tulsa
Corps of Engineers
Millwood Lake
Norphlet Man Is Electrocuted
El Dorado Arkansas AP reports Joe Allen Burns age 22 of Norphlet was accidentally electrocuted late Tuesday when a television antenna he was working on touched a high voltage power line.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Joe Allen Burns
Norphlet
Alaska natives to receive 962 million and 40 million acres
President Nixon is expected to sign a bill granting Alaska natives 962.5 million dollars and 40 million acres in settlement of aboriginal land claims. The compromise, shaped by a Senate House conference panel, follows two decades of consideration and includes 560 million dollars in royalties from mineral production. Most of the land would expand native villages in Alaska.
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John Kamps
Associated Press
Washington {Ap
Nixon
Alaska
Russia
Senate
House
Wuld
Dozen Hurt as Storms Cross State
Dozens injured as tornadoes and severe storms sweep across the state. Five hurt in Flippin and other injuries reported in Everton England Hackett Stuttgart. four missing at Marianna then found unharmed in Harrisburg. Fort Smith bears major damage. churches suffer fire and wind damage. power and phones out statewide. eight funnel clouds observed. all counties at some point under watch or warning.
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Marion County
Everton
Boone County
England
Hackett
Sebastian County
Stuttgart
Marianna
Harrisburg
Fort Smith
Continental
First Lutheran Church
First Presbyterian Church
National Weather Service
Texarkana
Hot Springs
Wester Grove
Newton
de Queen
Rowe
Monroe County
Brinkley
Arkinkinda
Little River
Weather Service
Motion for New Trial in Graham Murder Case
Fayetteville in Circuit Court Daniel L. Graham 32 seeks a new trial after a first-degree murder conviction for the June 18 Springdale supermarket slayings which led to a July 4 death sentence in the electric chair. The motion cites prejudicial pretrial publicity and trial errors plus a possible state Supreme Court appeal if denied. Civil Defense offices in Conway survey flood damage statewide, contacting county judges for estimates as full impact awaits receding water.
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Isam Pinkerton
Umpire
Howard County
Herbert Parton
Pinkerton
Parton
Fayetteville, Ark
Daniel L. Graham
Fayetteville
Graham
Gene Franco
Springdale
John Lineberger
State Supreme Court
Conway, Ark
Civil Defense Headquarters
India Says Pakistani Commander Requests Ceasefire
Indian government said Lt Gen A A K Niazi asked Gen Sam Manekshaw for a cease-fire. Manekshaw replied he would order one once Pakistanis surrender to advancing Indian troops. New Delhi reported forces nearing Dhaka with heavy shelling on targets in the city.
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A. A. K. Niazi
Associated Press
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Chittagong
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West Pakistan
Khulna
Hints Nixon May Not Visit Russia
The White House ties Nixon Moscow trip to the India Pakistan war. Kissinger briefed reporters on the Azores trip while Moscow vetoes at the UN. Officials say no cancellation of the summit is planned, but the situation could alter relations if the war continues.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
White House
Nixon
Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Washington Post
Henry A. Kissinger
Post
Kissinger
Azores
Georges Pompidou
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
United Nations Security Council
China
Security Council
Ziegler
India
Russia
All Around Town Highlights And Local News From Hope
Hugh Reese returns home from a Little Rock hospital after surgery. Cotton Bowl tickets available at 777-5742. Hope Roundup Club names new officers for the coming year. Pug Goodner as president, Glen Ford vice president, Mrs. D.J. Goodner secretary. Trail bosses John Hampton and Lester Fincher. Directors Emery Jones, Mrs. Glen Ford, L.A. Lingard, Jim Stuud, Dale Goodner. Army Private Grady J. Randle, 26, assigned to Fort Hood, Texas, with Company B, 2nd Battalion 67th Armor. He entered service in May 1971 and was last at Fort Eustis, Va. Ouachita Baptist University E E E club elects new officers with three from Hope. Phyllis Wiggins of Hope plans to earn a bachelor of science in education at Southern State College in spring. Graduation December 17 ends fall work. Mrs. Wiggins, wife of George Wiggins, is a 1965 Hope High School graduate, daughter of J.F. Martin Route 4. She formerly studied at Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, Florida.
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Hope Roundup Club
Third District
D.J. ‘Pug’ Goodner
Glen Ford
D.J. Goodner
John Hampton
Lester ‘Doc’ Fincher
Emery Jones
L.A. Lingard
Jim Stuud
Dale Goodner
Gayle Dixon
67Th Armor
Fort Eustis
Phyllis Wiggins
Hope
Southern State College
Wiggins
George Wiggins
Hope High School
J.F. Martin
Route 4
Pensacola Junior College
Pensacola
Florida
Arkansas River Reopened After Heavy Rains
The Amy Corps of Engineers announced navigation on the Arkansas River resumes today. Pleasure boaters and underpowered commercial craft should avoid the river until water levels drop after last Friday's torrential rains closed navigation.
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Little Rock
Amy Corps of Engineers
Arkansas River
Corps
Elderly Woman Robbed of $500 in Batesville Area
Nora Shevill of Battle Hill, Ark, was robbed of about $500 Tuesday when she returned home from Christmas shopping. deputies said a man forced her to the floor, placed a bag over her head, and stole money she had hidden, then fled.
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Batesville, Ark
Nora Shevill
Battle Hill
Walker Wood
Independence County
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