Wilderness bill passes the House and related actions
The Wilderness Bill cleared the House 88 to 5 sending to the Senate while a jail standards bill passed 28 to 0. A companion compromise on child care facilities eases state regulation for religious groups meeting safety standards. Rep. James Linder returns to work after a beating in Little Rock.
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Associated Press
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API
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Dale Bumpers
Max Howell
Jacksonville
Harold King
Sheridan
Darrell Johnson
van Buren
Department of Correction
State Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services
James L. Linder
West Helena
State Capitol
Linder
Baptist Medical Center Hospital
Proxmire proposes a counter budget plan alternative
Sen William Proxmire D Wis unveiled a counter budget totaling a 10 billion cut from Nixon 2687 billion proposed for the next fiscal year with 6 billion redirected to domestic programs Defense would shed 5 billion including Vietnam War savings base closures carrier and weapons cuts Foreign aid trimmed by 3 billion while highways gain 1 billion Space would lose 500 million by ending the space shuttle slowing Skylab and cutting manned missions Public works trimmed 500 million in flood control and public buildings Proxmire suggested shifting 6 billion of the cuts to housing aid farmers mass transit training and environmental programs in a Senate speech Meanwhile Arkansas Regional Medical Program faces termination under Nixon budget pressure with plan due by March and full program cut by June 30 1969 thousands in federal funds used for kidney disease control and health personnel training may be affected
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William Proxmire
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Nixon
Proxmire
Senate
House-Senate Joint Economic Committee
Little Rock
Arkansas
Chares W. Silverblatt
AMP
Silverblatt
Weather Elsewhere Project Details Health Education Effort
A joint program with the state Health Department and Extension Service educates on disease prevention and healthcare access. Tele-lectures from the University of Missouri train physicians, nurses, and other health workers. Nursing home staff get courses on heart disease cancer stroke care. A cardiac rehabilitation center functions as the state's only facility. A refresher course aids medical technicians at Baptist Medical Center. KMP funds small projects including neighborhood indigent clinics.
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Agricultural Extension Service
University of Missouri
Baptist Medical Center
KMP
Obituaries for Roy Barnica and Edgar VanSickle
Roy Curtis Barnica 18 of El Dorado died Feb 4 in a Shreveport hospital from injuries in an auto crash. Born Nov 15 1954 in Julesburg Colo he was a El Dorado High School student and Church of Christ member. Funeral Feb 7 at Young Funeral Home with burial at Memory Gardens Hope. Edgar C VanSickle 85 former Arkansas Weight and Standard Division employee died Feb 2 in a Ft Smith hospital. Survived by two daughters, a son and a brother with services Feb 3 at Fentress Chapel Ft Smith.
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Roy Curtis Barnica
el Dorado
Shreveport
Julesburg
Colo
Robert Carroll
ElVera Leeward Barnica
el Dorado High School
Church of Christ
Lynn Barnica
Edgar C. Vansickle
Arkansas Weight and Standard Division
Ft. Smith Hospital
Hope
First Presbyterian Church
Vera Brooks
Ft. Smith
Geraldine Limberg
Prescott
Wallace VanSickie
Natchitoches
Emmet VanSickie
Arkansas Weather Summary for 24 Hours Ending Tuesday
Experiment station report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Tuesday notes high 70 and low 45. State forecast calls a partly cloudy and cooler tonight with increasing clouds and cooler Wednesday and a chance of rain in the north. Lows tonight range from the 30s in the north to the 40s in the south and Wednesday highs reach the mid 40s north to the mid 60s south.
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Arkansas
Medical centers named in veteran health network list
A list of U S military and civilian medical facilities appears, including David Grant AF Medical Center Travis AFB Fairfield University based facilities, U S Naval Hospital Great Lakes, Scott AFB Wright-Patterson AFB and others. The items reference multiple military hospitals from various locations, indicating a broad network.
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David Grant
Travis Afb
Fairfield
Condition of Stennis termed grave after surgery
Sen John C Stennis, 71, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, remained very seriously ill after a second surgery at Walter Reed. Doctors had operated 45 minutes for a suspected small intestine blockage, finding none. prognosis remains grave as FBI and police investigate the holdup shooting last Tuesday.
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John Stennis
Washington
John C. Stennis
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Frank Garland
Stennis
Garland
Coy
John Hampton Stennis
Margaret Syme
FBI
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