Poultry Plants Drive Hope Area Economic Surge 1971
Talbot Feild Jr. notes Hempstead County leads Arkansas in per capita income rise 1960 to 1969 with $2,646 and 132.9 percent. Kroger and Hope Foods plan large poultry plants near Nashville, prompting 3 million dollar investment and big job growth. Southwest Arkansas embraces poultry industry gains with 1970 solid year and upbeat 1971 prospects.
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Talbot. Feild, Jr
Hempstead
Arkansas Gazette
Arkansas Business & Economic Review
Arkansas
Talbot
Florida
South Arkansas
Nevada
Calhoun
Pike
Sharp County
North
Paul H. Jones
Star
Hempstead County
Kroger Company
Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Ramwood Products
Southwestern Proving Ground Reservation
Hope Foods, Inc
Kroger
Hope
Partly Cloudy Skies for New Years Weather Outlook
The National Weather Service predicts partly cloudy skies for New Years with mild temperatures mid 20s to mid 50s. Arkansas saw light rain and snow overnight with up to two inches in the Ozarks. temperatures across cities ranged from 32 to 52 lows and 39 to 48 highs.
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Associated Press
National Weather Service
Arkansas
Weather Service
Ozark
Jonesboro
Texarkana
Fayetteville
Harrison
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
New Year Celebrations Trim Costs Face Mixed U S Response
Europeans book heavy at Continental venues despite inflation while U S venues see mixed results. West Coast clubs in Los Angeles and San Francisco report strong reservations, Boston Dallas Seattle cut prices by up to ten dollars, Chicago Pump Room lowers to thirty three dollars, Waldorf Astoria keeps price steady. Guy Lombardo to perform on a televised New Year’s Eve, Times Square ball drop planned, Central Park party with music bell ringing and fireworks.
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Associated Press
Rome
New York
United States
West Coast
U.S
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Boston
Dallas
Seattle
Wash
Chicago
Waldorf-Astoria
Guy Lombardo
Times Square
Central Park
Senate House group presses plan to end SST stalemate
Negotiators in the Senate and House again try to settle subsidies for the SST while social security benefits face a stalled bill. Mansfield and Scott urge adjournment, amid possible pocket veto risk as Congress nears its term end in 1971. Kennedy notes 22 unsigned bills awaiting action.
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Senate-House
Pentagon
Lockheed
Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Mansfield
Nixon
White House
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Way of Life Takes a Lot of Giving Up to Make a Better Man
HAL BOYLE lists resolutions for 1971 in a humorous column. He pledges to give up various habits and vices while lampooning social norms and personal foibles. The piece hints at deeper reflections on self discipline and public life.
38 Bodies Recovered From Mine
SY RAMSEY reports 38 miners killed after a blast at Finley Coal Co in Hyden Kentucky. Rescue teams found two more bodies as snow hid remains. Mine closed until Saturday for federal inspectors to review safety violations. One survivor hospitalized with minor injuries. Coincident details cite possible dynamite use or a blown electrical cable as causes.
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SY Ramsey
Associated Press
Hyden
Finley Coal Co
H.N. Kirkpatrick
Charles Finley
Finley
Kirkpatrick
Everett Bartlett
Hazard District
Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals
Louisville Courier- Journal
Jobless Rate Below Nat s Average in Arkansas
Arkansas unemployment in November ran below the national rate for the first time this year. The Arkansas Employment Security Division placed the state at 5.6 percent while the national rate stood at 5.8 percent. Gov elect Dale Bumpers cautioned the full impact of the nationwide recession had not yet been felt in Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
ESD
Dale Bumpers
Bumpers
East
Midwest
Jury Selected in Cantrell Murder Trial at Little Rock
Jury selection wrapped up in the first degree murder trial of Ruth Ann Cantrell of Little Rock for the July 22 shooting death of her husband Raymond H. Cantrell 48 a security officer at the State Hospital unit in Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Ruth Ann Cantrell
Raymond H. Cantrell
State Hospital
New Year's Eve rites buoyed by champagne and song
AP dispatch notes New Year rituals underway with champagne noise makers and Auld Lang Syne. Moscow reports lifeline for two Jews in Len ingrad hijack plot with five year labor camp terms and reductions for others. Coal mine blast remains under safety review with no link to cited violations. Saigon observes 24 hour cease fire as casualties rise after Christmas truce. U.S Senate faces SST and Social Security disputes amid waning Congress. Nixon pocket veto challenge emerges over doctor training bill. Madrid marks New Year with Franco clemency for six Basque nationalists amid foreign praise.
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AP News Digest
Associated Press
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Franco
Draft deadline urged for registrants with high lottery numbers
Little Rock state Selective Service director Col Willard Hawkins urged registrants with lottery numbers above 195 to contact local draft boards in writing by midnight tonight to seek Class 1A status for 1970. Hawkins said this could reduce vulnerability in 1971 and following years.
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Little Rock
Willard Hawkins
The
Selective Service
Hawkins
Russian Court Commutes Sentences of 2 Casualties Increase During Truce
The piece reports that Christmas truce holds with U S and South Vietnamese forces noting higher casualties last week while enemy losses fell. American deaths reach 41 weekly, wounded 141, totals 44 208 killed and 293 224 wounded. allied ceasefire extends to Friday. Saigon reports Viet Cong broke its 72 hour cease fire with a hamlet raid near Saigon killing 19, including home guard and militia members. In Laos, air raids target Ho Chi Minh trail. Australian forces claim 21 Viet Cong killed with no own losses. Arkansas inaugural parade to be among the largest, with 45–40 floats and 25 beauty queens, led by Gov elects Bumpers and Riley.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
U.S. Command
People’s Self-Defense Force
Home Guard
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Air Force
Soviet court commutes deaths in Leningrad hijack case
The Supreme Court of the Russian Republic commuted the death sentences of Edward Kuznetsov and Mark Dymshits to 15 years in a labor camp. It also reduced terms for three other defendants while upholding six sentences. Six confinement sentences were upheld. The clemency followed Franco's similar action on Basque militants.
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Moscow
Supreme Court
Leningrad
Michael Johnson
Associated Press
Supreme Court of the
Russian Republic
Edward Kuznetsov
Mark Dymshits
Francisco Franco
Spain
ALC Rejects Prison Budget and Seeks New Request
Arkansas Legislative Council refused to approve the current prison operation budget and ordered Correction Commissioner C. Robert Sarver to submit a revised, detailed budget by 10 a.m. Monday. The department sought 3.27 million for the next year and 3.45 million the following year, with 394 employees requested versus the current 157. Gov elect Dale Bumpers proposed 2.24 million and 2.60 million in general revenue for fiscal years 1972 and 1973 to fund more guards and continue phasing out the armed trusty system. Senators Olen Hendrix and Virgil Fletcher voiced positions.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Legislative Council
Correction
C. Robert Sarver
Department of Correction
Dale Bumpers
Olen Hendrix
Prescott
Virgil Fletcher
Ben- Lee
Alc
Town observes New Year with mixed closures and events
In Hope Arkansas many stores close Friday January 1 for New Year observances while most businesses reopen Saturday January 2. Hope Post Office and mail delivery follow Saturday schedules. The Star prints Friday noon to cover bowl games. Hope Public School resumes January 4. University of Arkansas Dance Workshop January 7–9 features a Greek chorus from The Bacchae choreographed by Clifford Langford. Fishing licenses for 1971 go on sale with trout permits required after January 4 for anglers over 16. Airman First Class Danny L. Ashbrook of Prescott, Arkansas, promoted in the U S Air Force. he serves as a communications operations specialist at Goodfellow AFB Texas.
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Hope Post Office
The
Star
Hope Public School
University of Arkansas Dance Workshop
Eleanor King
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Danny L. Ashbrook
D.A. Ashbrook
W. Elm
Prescott
Ark
U.S. Air Force
Ashbrook
Goodgellow, Afb
Tex
Keesler Afb
Miss
Prescott High School
Debbie
Bill Hooks
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Mae West
Phyllis
Dillee
Sturgis Miller
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