Interstate Road Bids Sought Across Arkansas
Arkansas Highway Commission invites bids February 26 for 4.6 million dollars of road work. Projects include three miles of Interstate 40 near Palestine, 1.1 miles of Interstate 55 from U S 65 to the Missouri line, and long surface and bridge work around Missile Site districts in Conway, Cleburne, and White counties plus numerous county projects spelling wide construction and resurfacing across many counties.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Titan IT
Palestine
L'Anguille River
St. Francis County
Blytheville
Missouri Line
Judsonia
Arkansas
High Way
Humphrey
Chicot
Clay Bayou
Epen
Haley
Clark
Amity
Crawford
Fayetteville Avenue
Alma
Drew
Monticello
Faulkner
White
Hamlet
Searcy
Lincoln
Star City
Madison
Hindsville
Mississippi
Marshall
Woodruff
Patterson
McCrory
Intervention Sought in Jackson Miss by Pine Bluff Leader
Rev. Ben Grinage, chair of the Pine Bluff Movement, sent telegrams to President Johnson and Attorney General Kennedy asking for immediate federal intervention in Jackson Mississippi. He cited police brutality and referenced the shooting of two Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee members as part of a pattern of civil rights abuses in the South.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Ben Grinage
Johnson
U.S
Robert Kennedy
Jackson
Miss
Grinage
South
Indoor Humidity Affects Comfort
Indoor humidity impacts comfort across regions with low levels causing dry skin respiratory issues and plant droop. LA saw record lows under one percent while Chicago reports air drops to six percent when heated. A humidifier using urethane foam pads and controllable settings aims to keep indoor humidity near comfortable levels.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Scott Industrial
Many Towns Cut Off by Snowstorm in Southwest
A near blizzard swept five southwestern states, isolating numerous towns as 6 to 25 inch snowfalls created 100 foot drifts. Gov. Connally activated the National Guard in Texas. four deaths in New Mexico and three in Texas were blamed on the storm. Tornado near Eagle Lake caused injuries. hail and foggy conditions reported. livestock feed concerns and light losses anticipated as temperatures stayed above freezing.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandles
John Connally
Amarillo
National Guard
Borger
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Liberal
Kan
Eagle Lake
Houston
Chesterville
Taft Backer Thomas E Coleman Dies at 70
Thomas E Coleman age 70 of Maple Bluff Wisconsin, longtime Republican leader and 1940s state party chairman, died of cancer. He backed Sen Robert A Tafts bid for the 1952 GOP nomination and helped in Wisconsin Republican campaigns since 1928.
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Madison
Wis
Thomas E. Coleman
Robert A. Taft
Coleman
Maple Bluff
Walter Kohler Sr
Wisconsin
GOP
Fire Hits Waldron Lumber Co in Arkansas
A fire at Waldron Lumber Co in Waldron Ark caused about 75000 dollars in damage. Owner T M Works said the planer mill and boiler room were destroyed as strong winds hampered firefighting. It marked the third lumber products firm in Scott County to burn in three months.
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Waldron, Ark
Waldron Lumber Co
T. M. Works
Works
Scott County
Father Image Towers Over Two Chinas
ROY ESSOYAN reports from Taipei on how aging leaders Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong dominate the two Chinas. Both are past their prime yet refuse to yield, with successors likely to inherit a system resistant to change. Analysts foresee Red China remaining rigid, while Nationalist China leans on the United States as aid wanes. The future leadership hinges on who follows these towering figures.
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Roy Essoyan
Taipei
Formosa
France
Red China
China
Chiang Kai - Shek
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Chiang
Hong Kong
United States
U.S
Chou Enlai
Forest losses from 1963 fires to haunt Ouachita decades
The Ouachita National Forest faces a 50 year recovery from 1963 fires that destroyed timber worth about 1 million dollars. Fires cost 400000 and were 89 percent man caused. The largest blaze north of Mena burned 13000 acres, with 200 million board feet lost.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Ouachita National Forest
John T. Koen
West
Arkansas
East Oklahoma
Couny
Koen
National Forest Service
Mena
Personalized Plates Could Cost Motorists Extra Fee
Alaska lawmakers consider a bill adding a 50 fee to the usual license tax for personalized vehicle plates. Applicants could choose seven characters forming names initials or slogans. Separate note: the Athens Greece item covers royalty and Chinese leaders in a different brief context.
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Juneau
Alaska
Senate
Anti-U S Picketing Protested In Ghana Embassy
The United States protested to Ghana over anti-American demonstrations outside the U S Embassy in Accra. G Mennen Williams issued the protest to Ambassador Miguel A Ribeira. reports say the embassy flag was dragged down but an attaché, Adger E Player, recovered it.
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Washington
United States
Ghana
U.S
Accra
G. Mennen Williams
Miguel A. Ribeira
Adger E. Player
Denver
Colo
Ing
State Department
William P Mahoney Jr
Kojo Botsio
Arkansas Senators Back Two Year Capital Gains Relief
In Washington, Senators J William Fulbright and John McClellan joined the majority to approve an amendment removing a proposed cut in capital gains tax rates for assets held longer than two years. The measure related to the House passed tax cut bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Arkansas
J. William Fulbright
John
McClellan
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