Slight warming trend to occur Wednesday
A cold arctic air mass pushed temperatures to the reord rOdegree mark at Harrison and Fayetteville as early today, with several major reporting stations recording low temperatures on the first full day of the period.
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Associated Press
Harrison
Fayetteville
Fort Smith
el Dorado
Canada
Mexico
Little Rock
Texarkana
Memphis
Jonesboro
Navy Seaman Apprentice Thomas completes recruit training
Seaman Apprentice Jim E. Thomas, son of Mr. Jimmy E. Thomas of Route 3, Box 331, Nashville, Ark., has completed recruit training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego. The eight week cycle covered general military subjects to prepare him for further academic and on the job training in one of the Navy's 85 basic occupational fields.
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NAVY
Jim E. Thomas
Jimmy E. Thomas
Route 3
Box 331
Nashville
Ark
Naval Training Center
San Diego
DOG PUP READY FOR TRAINING PEN AND HOUSEHOLD MISCHIEF
The Star editor’s fourth thoroughbred puppy whelped on August 23 1976 arrived in Texarkana weighing 19 pounds. From Adelegg Kennels in Valencia Pennsylvania the Boxer pup is expected to weigh 70 to 80 pounds as an adult. The pup posed in a Purina training pen built by Gene Allen and Ward’s Sign Co staging a lighthearted scene before the breed’s breakage of routine.
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Star
Texarkana
Wittsburgh
G.A. Jeuther
Adelegg
Valencia
Purina Co
Gene Allen
Star Mechanical
Ford Ward
Ward's
Sign Co
Obituaries feature multiple regional deaths and services
Obituary notices list Barbara Baker, Nal Terry, Charles Wager, Homer Archer, Mack Atkins, and Dovie Waters with survivors and service details across Arkansas and California. Churches, funeral homes, and cemeteries named. dates and burial sites provided. The Bank of England reference notes Threadneedle Street’s nickname as Old Lady.
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Barbara Smith Baker
First United Methodist Church
Gene Baker
Jerome Smith
Hope
Herndon Chapel
Ralph Hale
Jerry Westmoreland
St. Paul Cemetery
Oran
Herndon Funeral Home
Mack C. Atkins
Hempstead County
Texarkana
Rehkopf Mattress Company
Rose Hill
Texarkana Funeral Home
L. H. Coleman
Hillcrest Cemetery
The
Bank of England
Old Lady of
Threadneedle Street
Pryor revises plan halting Turnback funds by 1979
Governor Pryor unveils changes to his Arkansas Plan delaying Turnback funding stopping June 30 1979 and shifting federal revenue sharing amounts for local governments. He cites Legislative Council budget talks and Road Needs Study calls for $60 million highway funding with mixed reactions from lawmakers and university officials.
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Pryor
Legislative Council
Road Needs Study Commission
Highway Department
Knox Nelson
Pine Bluff
Bill Beaumont
Little Rock
Bias suit targets Mobil Waste Control of Pine Bluff
The EEOC sues Mobil Waste Control of Pine Bluff for civil rights violations alleging racial discrimination against Shirly Smith. The action seeks reinstatement and back wages. A separate Labor Department suit accuses Cuerden Sign Co. of Conway and president J S Burton of violating minimum wage and overtime rules. Also noted is the 1960 execution of Daryl Chessman at San Quentin.
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Little Rock
Federal
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Mobil Waste Control
Pine Bluff
Shirly Smith
U.S. District Court
Federal Labor Department
Cuerden Sign Co
Af Conway
J. S. Burton of
Conway
State council approves teacher pay raises and higher ed funding
The Legislative Council approved average teacher raises of 600 dollars a year for two years covering about 22,000 teachers. It also backed a 5 percent budget increase for Arkansas colleges and universities for the next two fiscal years, despite Pryor setting a 2 percent ceiling and rejecting construction funding.
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Carl Willoch
University of Arkansas
Pryor
Little Rock
State Legislative Council
David Pryor
Clarence Bell
Parkin
Lloyd George
Danville
Steve Clark
Bell
Council
State Higher Education Board
Santa visits in Moscow as city program aids children
In Moscow a state run Santa and Snow Maid program plans to visit over 20,000 homes using a black Volga. Citizens cannot hire privately and families pay about four dollars before New Year and 2.10 after January 1. Snow Maid keeps 60 percent of the fee as Santa preps by collecting toys and learning about each child.
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Moscow
Valentina Lebedeva
Russia
Soviet Union
Santa
Snow Maid
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Barbara Baker
Nal B. Terry
Latimer Funeral Home
Gene Stacks
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Terry
Dierks, Ark
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Weyerhauser Company
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Billy Spears
Norman Burt
de Queen, Ark
Charlie White
Linda Terry
Prescott
Susie Terry
Ashdown
Ed Terry
Springfield
Ore
Andrew Terry
Foreman
Odis Terry
Hooks, Tex
Ellison Terry
Murfreesboro
Joe Terry
Mary Hockaday
Charles Wager
Walcott
Carolyn Wager
Pat van Lare
Sodus
N.Y
Grace Anstee
Allen Wager
New York City
Homer M. Archer
Sacramento
Calif
Bessie Archer
Wayne Archer
Joyce
Virginia Archer
California
W. C. Adney
Jim Hogan
Dover
Lambert Funeral Home
Roseville
Manteca
Mrs
Dovie Waters
Dovie Morehead Waters
Tex
Nevada County
United Methodist Church of
Willisville Church
Bill Stancil
Stancil
Daryl Chessman
San Quentin Prison
Sophia Loren
Angela
Montreal
Bill Walmsley
Batesville
Morriss Henry
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Public Service Commission
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