Bond Bill Split Sways Rural Road Funding Also Tax Changes
Lawmakers debate separating bond measures to avoid sunk rural road funding if one fails. A half cent gas tax increase is proposed, with Bearden favoring separate bills. Senate actions include 24 hour bowling, city population thresholds, and salt water production regulation. House proposals cover highway racing penalties, petition circulation qualifications, tax return advertising bans, and liquor law reforms.
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Bearden
House
Senate
Oil and Gas Commission
Public Service Commission
Pulaski County
Glenn Walther
Sen
Nelson
Senate Agriculture Committee
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
House Rules Committee
Arkansas Supreme Court leaves Act 3 of 1965 intact
The Arkansas Supreme Court refused to invalidate Act 3 of 1965, which changes the date of municipal elections at Fort Smith and Eureka Springs. Fort Smith mayoral candidate Lee Whittaker challenged the act. It changes the election date.
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Little Rock
State Supreme Court
Fort Smith
Eureka Springs
Lee Whittaker
New Trainer for Yankees Hires NFL Star Robustelli
The New York Yankees appoint pro football star Andy Robustelli to implement a conditioning program during spring training in Fort Lauderdale. The recently retired Giants defensive end signed on Tuesday and will work with players from February 25 to March 8 at the Florida camp.
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NEW York
New York Yankees
Andy Robustelli
Robustelli
New York Giants
National Football League
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Letters to the Editor Signatures and addresses urged
Citizens respond to editorial policy with signed letters. Readers are invited to write and include a name and address for publication. Letters critique current events and share opinions on news coverage in this community newspaper.
Local Heart Fund Drive Urges February Support
Mitchell Lagrone urges Hempstead and Howard County residents to back a February Heart Fund drive addressing heart and circulatory diseases. He cites national stats including nearly 1,000,000 annual deaths and 10,000,000 affected, with 75 percent of funds staying in Arkansas for local research and services.
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Hempstead
Howard
America
United Fund
Heart Fund
Hope
Haert
Arkansas
American Heart Association
Mitchell Lagrone
Hope, Ark
Arkansas bill challenges election timing in two cities
Whittaker argues the act is unconstitutional as it affects only Fort Smith and Eureka Springs under a local government form. The Sebastian County delegation pushed the bill to hold this year's elections under the poll tax registration system, leaving no provision for the new voter registration method.
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Commission
Fort Smith
Eureka Springs
Whittaker
Sebastian County
Interstate 40 minor construction and sign projects
The work covers 3.9 miles west of Cabin Creek and 1.9 miles east of Clarksville with Southeast Construction Co. costs of 711,557.24 and 701,166.37 respectively. Forsgren Brothers, Fort Smith, bids 07,769.33 for 0.7 miles near Cabin Creek. Signs and signals at 214 miles east from Lamar by Interstate Sign Erectors Inc., Little Rock for 57,854.31. Standard Electric Co., Fort Smith installs traffic signals at three Springdale intersections for 23,753.00.
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Cabin Creek
Southeast Construction Co., Inc
Pine Bluff
Johnoon County
Clarksville
Southeast Construction Co
Johnson County
Forsgren Brothers
Fort Smith
Johnson and Pope
Lamar
Interstate Sign Erectors, Inc
Little Rock
Washington County
Springdale
Standard Electric Co
Weather Across Regions Reports Frosts And Floods
Crop warnings near Lake Ontario in upstate New York amid stormy weather. New Mexico saw showers and rain in the north Pacific coast. California enjoyed mild conditions with fog in the north. Hawaii faced record cold with 64 in Honolulu. 17,000 gallons spilled from Owawoo water tank after freezing. Kentucky topsy temperatures of 10 below shut schools in 20 counties. Tennessee and nearby districts closed due to snow and limited equipment.
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New York
New Mexico
Pacific Coast
California
Hawaii
Honolulu
Kahului Harbor
Maui Island
Owawoo
Okla
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missile Tracking Station Closure Cuts 300 Jobs
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The missile tracking station on San Salvador Island will close and 300 Air Force Eastern Test Range payroll jobs cut in an economy move. Affected are 170 Pan American World Airways employees and 130 Radio Corp of America workers. A small caretaker force will remain on the Bahamas island.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
San Salvador
Air Force
Pan American World Airways
Radio Corp. of America
Bahamas
Arkansan William McKnight Named Ad Managers Director
William McKnight, classified advertising manager of the Pine Bluff Commercial, was chosen Tuesday as a director of the Southern Classified Advertising Managers Association. He was selected during the association’s 19th annual business conference in Mobile Alabama.
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Mobile
Ala
William McKnight
Pine Bluff
Ark
Southern Classified Advertising Managers Association
McKnight
Association
Dear Abby Advice Column from a 1965 Reader Letter
A worried mother seeks guidance about a threat to her married son and his ex wife, while readers discuss long distance costs and neighborly boundaries. Abby advises the daughter to handle the situation and recommends verifying the son's marriage status and his mother's existence.
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Abby
Marcia
Marica
NAACP Branch Chartered in Phillips County Arkansas
L C Bates announced the charter of an NAACP branch in Phillips County Helena with about 200 Negro adults and 85 youths. Jack Bryant of Helena is president. National NAACP membership includes about 9 000 adults and 2 500 youths with branches in 14 other Arkansas cities. Bates noted membership is rising after a recent decline.
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Little Rock
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Phillips County
L. C. Bates
NAACP
Helena
Jack Bryant
Bates
Arkansas
West Memphis
Blytheville
Forrest City
Gould
Holly Grove
Brinkley
Pine Bluff
Camden
el Dorado
Magnolia
Texarkana
Hot Springs
Malvern
Fort Smith
Hearing Postponed in Little Rock Death Case
Circuit Judge William Kirby postponed until March a hearing for Paul Lewis Staggs charged with first degree murder in the beating death of his deaf mute stepson. Staggs pleads innocent and insanity. his attorney cites ongoing psychiatric examination. Prosecutor Jernigan accuses Staggs of beating the four year old with a hairbrush.
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Little Rock
William Kirby
Paul Lewis Staggs
Staggs
John T. Jernigan
Southern Club Reopens at Hot Springs Before Oaklawn Racing
The Southern Club, once shut by Gov. Faubus order against illegal gambling, was chartered Tuesday as a private club in Hot Springs, Ark., and will open before Oaklawn Park’s horse racing season. It was incorporated by leading hotel figures.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Oaklawn Park
Southern Club
Leading Hotel and
Hot Springs Opens Private Club Amid Gambling Crackdown
In Hot Springs, motel operators and a closed gambling venue, The Va pors, reopen as a private club as authorities push a revival effort to restore the town’s allure. Oaklawn racing will commence on February 13.
Weather outlook for Arkansas regions
Central Arkansas sees fair skies tonight with increasing clouds and a slow temperature rise through Thursday. Lows tonight in the mid 20s and highs Thursday in the upper 40s. Southeast and Southwest Arkansas expect clear to partly cloudy conditions, with tonight’s lows around 24 to 32 and Thursday in the 40s. Northeast and Northwest Arkansas remain not so cold Thursday with highs in the 40s and overnight lows in the 20s.
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Central
Arkansas
Arkansas Louisiana Weather Forecast Brief
Arkansas clears tonight with near steady cold. Thursday brings partly cloudy north and mostly cloudy south with a warmer day. Lows range from the 20s in the north to the mid 30s in the south. highs reach mostly the 40s. Louisiana remains mostly cloudy and cold through Thursday with rain near the coast tonight and in the south. lows from 30 to 36 north and 36 to 42 south. highs generally in the 40s.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Sun Observatory to Be Launched
The space agency plans a Delta booster rocket launch between 11 36 a m and 12 23 p m EST to place an orbiting solar observatory 350 miles up. The mission aims for the most extensive study yet of how the sun's thermonuclear activity affects Earth and the solar system.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Earth
Phone Co Wars on Starlings in Albuquerque
In Albuquerque the Mountain State Telephone Co fights starling roosts on its building after a Health Department order. An armed guard roams with cleanup crews and a diluted poison is applied to roosting spots. Officials report disappointing early results as birds perch while patrols collect any dead birds.
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Albuquerque
City Health Department
Mountain State Telephone Co
Governor Pushes Road Bond Plan Amid Tax Split
Governor Faubus seeks a state road bond issue while lawmakers delay on a fuels tax. Senators Nelson and Hurley propose tying a seven cent gas tax increase to the bond vote. Faubus says he opposes amendments and wants the half cent gas tax as requested, with the bond issue and tax to be handled separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox Nelson
Pine Bluff
Joe B. Hurley
el Dorado
Faubus
Ambsace Meaning in Dice Lore as Bad Luck
The term Ambsace refers to double aces in dice, noted as the lowest throw and associated with misfortune in historical gambling lore.
Mutiny in Laos Provokes Evacuations and Shelling
Souvanna Phouma called the Vientiane incident a misunderstanding as Lycassie forces hold the radio area and a stadium while 300 troops secure an air port north of the capital. Civilians flee, shells hit the embassy and dispensary, and Thai reports confirm embassy damage and casualties as refugees cross the Mekong.
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U.S
Bangkok
Vientiane
Mekong River
Thailand
Senate to Hear Trade With Red Nations in Feb Hearings
Senate Foreign Relations Committee schedules hearings February 24 to 26 on trade with Communist nations of Eastern Europe. Chairman J William Fulbright says the committee began study last year but did not finish.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eastern Europe
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
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