Ground-breaking set for Red River Vocational School event
Hope Arkansas marks double celebration with ground-breaking for Red River Vocational Technical School on State Highway 29 at 4 p.m. followed by a chamber banquet at 7 p.m. The project aims to boost local economy by training hundreds, giving workers like a WWII tank driver a path to skilled operation of heavy machinery.
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Red River
Hope
Southwest Arkansas
Hope Chamber of Commerce
State Highway 29
Wall Park
Fair Park
U S Bringing Back Village Blacksmith
MartinsvilleVirginia AP construction under way on a federally financed trade school to revive farriery near Martinsville next to the chestnut tree. Lu ther Ward, 54, receives a $15000 SBA loan to head a 12 week course for up to 16 students per year. Students can be men or women and will set up their own shops after completing tuition covers room board and trips to horse shows.
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Dorothy Cleal
Martinsville
Martinsville, Va
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Small Business Administration
Luther (Smokey) Ward
North Carolina
Ward
States
Canada
Improvements Made at Hope Coliseum Arkansas livestock show venue
Hope in southwest Arkansas hosts districts livestock show grounds with a 30 000 contract enabling a large meeting and event space. The Third District Livestock Show Board spans 17 counties and has rebuilt the exhibit section to seat about 1000. A P Cox serves a fifth term as president of the association.
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Hope
Arkansas
Southwest Arkansas
Dallas
Texas
Little Rock
Third District Livestock Show Board
A. P. Cox
Texarkana
First Assembly of God to Host Dr George Patti Speaker
The Rev Dr George Patti will be the guest speaker at First Assembly of God this Sunday February 6 at 7 pm. Former Rector of St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral Prince Rupert BC and Dean of Caledonia Diocese he has traveled for months promoting the Charismatic Revival and Holy Spirit baptism. Rev Willhite invites all church members especially those curious about Glossolalia.
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George Pattison
Assembly of God
Pattison
St. Andrew's Anglican
Prince Rupert
B. C
Canada
Caledonia
Willhite
Urban Renewal Grant to University of Arkansas Details
The Urban Renewal Association announced Thursday a 27060 grant to the University of Arkansas. The funds will assist Benton Clarendon Stuttgart and White Marsh in planning growth and development efforts across the area.
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Associated Press Washington
Urban Renewal Association
University of Arkansas
Benton
Clarendon
Stuttgart
White Mall
Panama U S to Sign New Canal Pact This Year
President Marco A Robles of Panama said in a televised interview that negotiations with the United States are progressing positively and that he expects to sign a new canal pact this year. The plan is to replace the 1903 treaty and recognize Panama’s sovereignty over the canal area, with ratification by the National Assembly.
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Panama
Marco A. Robles
United States
National Assembly
Robles
Johnson
Peph
Canal Area
Semester Honor Roll at Hope Junior High
Hope Junior High School lists students earning the Principal's roll for the second nine weeks or first semester. 7th grade honorees include William Dillon Joe Fuse Barbara Euler Pamela Gilbey Patricia Harris Jane Harrison Tommy Holt Pat Huckabee Delia Jordin Becky McClendon Melissa Mahon Jimmy Pruden Susan Stevens Eddie White Scott Wood Randy Wright. 9th grade lists Jimmy Alford Judy Bright Jo Ann Burke Phil Cale Lamar Cox Balinda Evans Ronnie Gibson Sharon Harrington Mary Ella Impson Mary Heth Millican Debbie Moore Ralph Routon John Spraggins Dan Stuart. Kirst Semester 7th Grade Joe Fouse Barbara Fuller Patricia Harris Jane Harrison Tommy Holt Pat ricia Harris De lia Jordan Becky McClendon Melissa Mahon Jerry Pruden Jimmy Pruden Susan Stevens Juddie White Scott Wood Randy Wright. 5th Grade Jimmy Alford Judy Bright Jo Ann Burke Phil Cato Lamar Cox Bruce Garrett Ronnie Gibson Mark Gunter Sharon Harrington Connie Hendrix Mary Elampson Mary Beth Millian Debbie Moore Ralph Routon John Spraggins Mark Stephens Dan Stuart.
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Hope Junior High School
Willaim Dillon
Joe Fuse
Barbara Euler
Pamela Gilbey
Patricia Harris
Jane Harrison
Tommy Holt
Pat Huckabee
Delia Jordin
Becky McClendon
Melissa Mahon
Jimmy Pruden
Susan Stevens
Eddie White
Scott Wood
Randy Wright
Uth
Jimmy Alford
Judy Bright
Prince Charles Endures First Day At Timbertop School
In Victoria Australia Prince Charles faced a strict initiation on his first day at Timbertop. Master Michael Hanley sternly issued rules including shoe standards and silence before meals. Prince Charles stood with 130 other boys as cold showers preceded the lecture on discipline.
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Melbourne
Australia
Prince Charles
Rugged Boys School
Timbertop
Victoria
Michael Hanley
Roth Wall
Hanley
Russia Makes Soft Landing on the Moon
The Soviet Luna 9 achieved history’s first soft lunar landing with onboard instruments intact after a three day Earth flight. Jodrell Bank reported facsimile pictures, though official Moscow withheld details. Leaders worldwide hailed the milestone, while experts debated whether it marks an overall space race lead.
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John Weyland
Moscow
Earth
Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory
England
Johnson
Nikolai Podgorny
U.S
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Kentucky senator refuses adjournment vote for warmth
Kentucky State Senator Pleaz Mobley defied the roll call on adjournment, saying he found a warm spot and preferred to stay. With 19 other senators voting to adjourn, Mobley stayed in chambers describing the warmth as his preferred spot.
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Frankfirt
Jap-Tt
Kentucky
Som J
Han
Pleaz Mobley
Chambers
General Assembly
Mobley
Lash
Open House Sunday at Grade School
Open House will be held in Fulton Hopewell Shover Street and Verger High School Sunday February 6 from 2 to 5 p.m. to show instructional materials and equipment purchased under the Elementary and Secondary School Act. About 45000 dollars spent on equipment supplies and textbooks for instructional improvement. All citizens, White and Negro, are invited to visit and see how materials may be used in instruction demonstrations by teachers.
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Fulton
Hopewell
Shover Street
Verger High School
Hempstead County
NEA Report Disputed by Rozzell in Arkansas
Rozzell of the Arkansas Education Association challenged an NEA report claiming 40 Negro teachers in Arkansas and 452 in the South lost jobs due to desegregation. He called it shoddy research and questioned evidence and motives. Bent of the University of Arkansas defended the NEA task force findings as focused on job history and credentials rather than reasons for dismissals.
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Little Rock
Forrest Rozzell
National Education Association
NEA
Arkansas
South
Rozzell
The
Arkansas Education Association
R. K. Bent
University of Arkansas
Bent
State liquor tax revenue forecast for 30 counties
LITTLE ROCK AP The state Revenue Department announced Thursday that liquor sales in 30 counties should produce more than 7.5 million dollars in taxes this year The state collected 7.3 million dollars in fiscal 1964 on beer liquor and wine taxes
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Little Rock
State Revenue Department
Romanian Group Visiting Britain Arrives in London for Eight Day Visit
A Romanian delegation led by First Deputy Premier Alexandru Birladeanu arrived in London for an eight day visit. The trip is part of Britain’s policy to increase contacts with Eastern Europe and boost relations between the two governments.
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London
Alexandru Birladeanu
Major Space Firsts lineup at Space Center Houston
The Space Center Houston presents a lineup of space firsts from Sputnik 1 in 1957 to planned Apollo milestones. It chronicles Sputnik 1, Explorer 1, Yuri Gagarin, Shepard, Voskhod 2, Grissom, Young, Ko marov, Feoklistov, Yegorov, Leonov, White, Gemini 6 and 7, and Moon landing attempts with Soviet and American milestones.
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B.B. Yegorov
Voskhod
United States
Soviet Union
Leonov
Air Force
Edward H. White II
Jets Increase Intensity Yet Two Aircrews Lost Over Vietnam
U S jets renewed strikes on North Vietnam as casualties rose with two American planes confirmed lost and a helicopter downed in South Vietnam. The air war expanded under Operation White Wing while ground actions in the south diminished to scattered clashes with Viet Cong units.
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Thomas A. Reedy
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
U.S. 1St .Cavalry
Airmobus
North
Viet Nam
ASA
Thurday
Vinh
Hanoi
Chu Lai
All Around Town Happenings And Local Notes
Emmett Lewallen of Hot Springs hospitalized after a heart attack this week. Spates Furist moves to 8 Main St across from the Presbyterian Church, expected by February 15. Doctors attended regional optometric conference in Camden. Little League schedule set at Jones Field House. Freeda's Angus Farms recently sold an Aberdeen Angus bull. Arkansas State Police report December highway wrecks in Hempstead County with one fatality. counts by counties noted. Region 1Y Senior High Band Clinic draws 250 players from Hope, Lewisville, Prescott and others. Phyllis A. Martin of Hope is one of eight coeds on the Southern StatePBX staff for Springs semester. she is a sophomore business major at Hope High School.
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Henderson State Teachers College
Hope
Lewisville
Prescott
Phyllis A. Martin
J. E. Martin
Hope Rt.a
PBX
Southern State
Hope High School
Tri, Civic and Commerce Club
Women's Recreation Association
Plane Carrying 133 Persons Lost Off Japan
A Boeing 727 operated by All-Nippon Airways carrying 133 aboard disappeared near Tokyo Bay during approach to Haneda Airport. Officials say it almost certainly crashed, with fuel exhausted after being overdue by over two hours. The jetliner from Chiba to Tokyo had 126 passengers and seven crew.
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Eugene Levin
Tokyo
Tokyo Bay
All-Nippon Airways
Chifase
Japan
All-Nippon
Earliier
Air France
Paris
International
Boeing
Maritime Safety Board
Coast Guard
Lunar Luna 9 landing proves Soviet moon test successful
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The Luna 9 soft landing shows the Soviets can explore the moon, pressuring the US Surveyor program which aims for May. Scientists debated surface risk until contact proved the craft survived, aiding future manned lunar designs and space rendezvous efforts.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Surveyor
United States
Soviet Union
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