Highway glass breakage debate stirs Arkansas roads
Editor cites Hope Star editorials criticizing Arkansas Highway Department methods for asphalt seal work and glass breakage. Officials defend costs and practices, noting hot mix overlays are costly and seal methods vary. Insurance firms consider limiting 100 percent glass coverage, raising public concern about road safety and windshield damage.
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Ditor the Star
Hope Star
State Highway Department
Ward Goodman
J.E, Lowder
Arkansas Hy
Dept
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Highway Department
J.O. Taylor
Hope Tan
Police Plan Crackdown on Drunk Driving During Holidays
LITTLE ROCK AP State Police plan a special crackdown during the holiday period to keep intoxicated drivers off highways. Director Ralph Scott said troopers will visit taverns to urge operators to refuse sales to intoxicated persons and will monitor drivers for signs of intoxication.
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Little Rock
Ralph Scott
Ceasefire Near War Slows Some In Vietnam Action
In Saigon and northern Vietnam, U S and North Vietnamese forces clash as a Christmas cease fire nears. A UH-1 Huey was shot down during unloading near Hue and eight Americans were killed with two wounded while paratroopers of the 101st Airborne repelled an ambush southeast of Hue. Air Force bombers hit infiltration routes from Laos near the Laotian border. A second helicopter was shot down northwest of Saigon with three crew wounded. The total U S helicopter and plane losses since 1961 reach 6 230. Hundreds of enemy casualties were reported in several actions across the country. President Nguyen Van Thieu.
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Geueue Esper Associated
Saigon
A. U.8
U.S
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
101St Airborne Division
Air Force
Laos
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
Quan Loi
An Xuyen
101St Airborne
Hue
Nguyen van Thieu
Arkansas Winter Brings Snow and Rain Across State
Beginning Sunday, winter arrived in north Arkansas with three to four inches of snow by late afternoon while central and southern areas saw up to one inch of rain. High pressure brings milder temps today, but a cold front and more precipitation are forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday. 24 hour totals include .86 inch rain and one inch snow in Jonesboro, .43 rain and three inches snow in Blytheville, with lighter amounts elsewhere.
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Ue Associated Press
Arkansas
Jonesboro
Blytheville
Fayetteville
Harrison
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Nixon Veto Threat Reinforced by Senate Leaders
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott backs President Nixon’s veto threat on a large education and health budget boost amid a Christmas recess push. The Senate debates a $21.4 billion package, with $19.9 billion kept in custody during a potential temporary lapse, while fights over the Philadelphia plan and foreign aid complicate adjournment.
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Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Congress
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Tennessee
Gore
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Labor
Agency For International Development
Lan
Philadelphia
House
Scott
White House
House Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
John W. McCormack
Associated Ppresy
Sens
Arkansas Wildlife Federation opposes convene proposal
The Arkansas Wildlife Federation opposed Sunday a proposal that would send a constitutional convention to consider rules for game and fish management. Spokesman Bob Apple of Dardanelle warned the measure would curtail the Game and Fish Commission’s authority and give the legislature power to set game and fish policies.
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Uttle Rock
Arkansas Wildlife Federation
Bob Apple
Dardanelle
State Game and Fish Commission
Wreck Injuries Prove Fatal in Arkansas Crash
Magnestine Allen, 25, of Waldo, died from injuries after a one vehicle wreck five miles east of Waldo. State Police said her car overturned after leaving the paved portion of US 82, throwing her from the vehicle.
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Magnolia
Ark
Magnestine Allen
Waldo
SEC Plans Crackdown on Oil Game
The SEC suspended trading in seven shell companies including X1 Productions Inc Universal Coverage Corp and Trans-Pacific Enterprises as part of a crackdown on assetless firms. Lawsuits planned against two firms with continuing investigations and warning to brokers before resuming trading. In a separate vote the House passed a 19.1 billion labor health and education budget bill, defying a veto threat by President Nixon.
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The
Securities and Exchange Commission
X1 Productions Inc
Beverly Ills
Calif
Universal Coverage Corp
Beverly Hills
Reit Industries Inc
Chatsworth
Consolidated Smelting and Refining Corp
Michelle Enterprises, Ltd
Long Beach
Trans
SEC
Senate
Washington
House
Nixon
White House
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Sweeping Tax Reform Bill Moves Closer to Test in Congress
AP reports the broad tax reform bill advances toward final congressional test as GOP leaders show cautious optimism for presidential approval. The compromise would cut some taxes by 9.1 billion and raise others by 6.6 billion, with exemptions rising to 750 over three years and key social security changes set for 1973 deployment. The measure also trims oil and gas depletion from 25 to 22 percent and extends a 5 percent income tax surcharge through June 30.
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Congress
AP News Digest
Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House
Senate
Nixon
Kennedy
Cotton Belt Train Derailed in North Little Rock
Eight cars and the engine of a Cotton Belt freight train derailed Saturday afternoon on Arkansas 130 in eastern North Little Rock. None was injured. Other front page items note Nixon veto threats over education spending, Congress education and health funding, and a Supreme Court nomination discussion by women in Congress. Also reports on SEC actions, Vietnam war updates, a North Vietnam gifts mission, Arab states conference on Israel, Israeli peace proposal strains, and a Nha Trang airliner crash with many dead.
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North Little Rock
Ark
US and Soviet plan full scale SALT talks move forward
Helsinki and Vienna will host the next round as the United States and the Soviet Union reach a compromise site choice. A joint communique signals agreement on general topics to be exchanged and steps toward curbing the strategic arms race through future negotiations led by Se menov and Smith after a secret start in Smolna Palace.
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John-Weyland
Prese Weite_ HELSINKS
United States
Soviet Union
Tata
Vienna
Helsink
Helsinki
U.S
Vladimir S. Se«menov
Gerard C. Smith
Smith
Smolna Palace
Semenov
Sewgs
State workers deemed underpaid by Rockefeller study
A report to Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller by the Labor Standards Committee found that low salaries caused poverty living standards, an exodus from state jobs, and record low morale among nearly 1000 state employees. Rockefeller plans a possible late February special legislative session to address wages.
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Little Rock
Gav
Winthrop Rockefeller
Labor Standards Committee
Governors Commission On the Status of Women
Rockefeller
Forrest City Housing Bids Put Low Bid Forward
Forrest City Arkansas AP Con-Ark Builders Inc of Cane Way submitted an apparent low bid of 2 310 000 for construction of 200 low rent housing units in Forrest City. The bid is more than 350 000 below the next lowest bid and must be approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Forrest City
Ark
AP Con-Ark Builders Inc
Caneway
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Man Held In Fatal Shooting In El Dorado
Authorities held a 41 year old El Dorado man Sunday night in the fatal shooting of Albert C. Nute a 38 year old resident. Nute was shot three times Sunday in El Dorado according to officers.
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el Dorado, Ark
el Dorado
Albert C. Nute
Nute
Enrollees From Hempstead County Hit 1969 Southern State tally
Ninety four Hempstead County residents are among 2,243 students enrolled for the 1969 fall semester at Southern State College. The student body includes entries from 54 Arkansas counties, 20 states, and several international locations. Registration for the spring term is set for January 29 and 30 with classes beginning February 2. Mr and Mrs V N McKee celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on December 23.
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Southern State College
Arkansas
el Salvador
Hong Kong
Tran
Libya
Paraguay
Thailand
Hope
Hoyett Almond Jr
Bobby Barham
Terry Heard
Larry Bradsford
Jenny Callicott
Susan Cobb
Jimmy Cowart
Sherry Jean Crank
Cynthia Crews
Berenda Cross
Douglas Cross
Joan Davis
Martha Flowers
Martin Ford
Vickie Frank
Gary Golden
John Greene
Charles Gunter
Diane Hatfield
Charles Latham
Donald McAdams
Helen McCorclle
Paul McCormack
Frederick McMannus
Ken McMillan
Betty McNeil
Clayton McNeil
Greg Martin
Larry Mussanelli
Sandra May
Donald Middlebrooks
Ann Mitchell
Wayne Moses
Patricia Moses
Marthy Mosley
Janelle Odom
David Poole
Lloyd Powell
Martha Pugh
Linda Kay Reece
Danny Reyenga
David Rider
Gerald Roberts
James Rogers
Sharon Rogers
Susan Rogers
Phillip Ross
Timothy Ross
Gary Rowe
Michael Russell
Jimmy Single
Kenneth Mulelins
Brenda Rosenbaum
McCas
Charles Adair
Lavon Flasherty
Wendell Hoover
Jerry Porterfield
David Sweat
Ronsald Sweat
McNab
Dale Cheatham
Johnnie Lee Morris
Qtan Dale Dougan
Linda Harris
R. R. Nashville
Deborah Castleberry
Virginia Tolett
Patmos
Linda Cummings
Rocky Cummings
Richard Jackson
Bryant Lafferty
Wanda Williams
R.R. Prescott
Sue Montgomery
Washington
Amelia Jo Haris
Sprf
Southern State Colege
V.N. McKee
Matthews Denies Steering Party Aid for Primary Candidates
Charles D. Matthews of North Little Rock, chair of the state Democratic party, denies running party business to favor preferred primary candidates including Attorney General Joe Purcell. He says neither he nor the committee will support any candidate, and he distances Assistant Attorney General Thomas Glaze from the computer program to track voters and workers. Purcell is viewed as a leading gubernatorial contender.
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Little Rock
Charles D. Matthews
North
State Democratic Party
Atty
Joe Purcell
William R. McDonald
Matthews
State Committee
McDonald
Thomas Glaze
Sram
Mattews
Glaze
Purcell
Uicety
Arkansan Rhodes Scholar Named From Arkansas
NEW ORLEANS AP Charles Engles 22 of Batesville Ark a senior at a state university has been named a Rhodes Scholar winner. Engles was among four applicants from the Gulf States District to win one of two year scholarships to study mathematics at Oxford University in England, where he will pursue advanced math studies.
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New Orleans
Charles Engles
Bateseville
Ark
Rieg University
Engles
Gu States
Udya ¢ University
England
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