Arkansas House rejects shift of school control to Welfare Dept
Arkansas House votes 4 to 56 against moving four state training schools under the Welfare Department. A sanatoriums merger between McRae and Booneville passes 94 to 0. Senate approves driver education funding. other tax and wage measures also move forward as lawmakers address highway safety and public works.
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Robert L. Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas House
Welfare Department
McRae
Booneville
Uberculos
Senate
House
G. W. Turner Sr
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Super Board
Turner
John Bethell
Des Are
Paul Bates
Alexander
Vaus
Doug Brandon
Harry Carter
Leon Halsted
North Little Rock
Brandon
McRae Sanatorium
George Nowotny
Fort Smith
Nowatny
U.S
Wilbur D. Mills
Kensett
Gayle Windsor
State Revenue Department
Chadd Durrett
No Locker in Gym for the Lady Lawmakers
Rep Patsy Mink and two other congresswomen pressed for access to the House gym locker room arguing for space for women lawmakers amid a male majority oppose. They and gym director Herbert Batts confronted the situation during a raid into a gym anteroom led by Rep Charlotte Reid.
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Tom Stewart Washington
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
Escapees Recaptured After High Speed Chase in Arkansas
Three Tucker Prison Farm escapees were tracked by state and local police after a 115 mph pursuit, breaking through roadblocks near DeValls Bluff and Keo. They hijacked a car from Elree and Mrs. Wilson, then fled toward DeValls Bluff before Brinkley officers forced them into a ditch west of Brinkley. Individuals named: Ernest Clinton Tunstill, Billy Ray Marvel, James Russell Smith. No injuries reported. car damaged.
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Brinkley, Ark
Tucker Prison Farm
DeValls Bluff
Denints Atwood
Elree D. Wilson
Wilson
U.S. 70
Atwood
White River Bridge
Brinkley
Ernest Clinton Tunstill
Ray
Billy Ray Marvel
Pine Bluff
James Russell Smith
Blytheville
Local boy nets 542 pound bass from stock pond
Last Saturday David Allen Sisson son of Mr and Mrs Hare ley E Sisson of 313 Spruce caught a 542 pound bass in a stock pond. He had bought fishing gear only the day before.
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David Allen Sisson
Hareley E. Sisson
No Shift in Attitude Toward War
Lawrence Malkin reports in London that Prime Ministers Kosygin and Wilson opened talks with no change in the Soviet stance on Vietnam. After three hours at No 10, officials said they were occupied but no progress was shown toward a peace process, amid a news blackout.
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London
Vietnam
Alexei Kosygin
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Kosygin
Britain
No. 10
Downing St
Moscow
United States
North Vietnam
Johnson
U.S
Washington
Kosyagin
Downing Street
Scotland Yard
Engagement and community notices in Hope arkansas
The calendar lists a Bethel A M E Church mass meeting on Sunday February 12 at 7:30 p m. sponsored by the NAACP with Dr. Jerry D. Jewel L. C. Bates and John Walker as speakers plus music from local churches. Also announced is the engagement of Alice M Shaw to C F Reeves with wedding planned in spring and obituary for Mrs Gladys Baker noting survivors and funeral arrangements.
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Mary Ann Bader
Hendrix College
Staples Auditorium
Mary Ann
Steve Bader
Bethel A. M. E
NAACP
Jerry D. Jewel
Naacp of Arkansas
L. C. Bates
Arkansas
John Walker
Hope
ReBee Memorial C. M. E
Lonoke Baptist
Garrett Chapel Baptist
W. T. Keys
Prairie View College
Prairie View
Texas
U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory
Gladys Baker
Texarkana Hospital
St. John Baptist Church
Grandview
Texarkana
Ollie Bakes
Frank Charles
Gussie Charles
Levester Charles
Kansas City
Kansas
Hicks Funeral Home
Father and Son Fly Coast Guard Together
Ensign Steve Goldhammer who turned 22 wins wings and a father son flight with Lt Cmdr Walter Goldhammer, a 27 year Coast Guard veteran, at Floyd Bennett Field. They may be the only father and son on active Coast Guard flight duty.
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George Esper
NEW York
Steve Goldhammer
Coast Guard
Steve
Cmdr
Walter &. Goldhammer
Goldhammer
Goldhammers
Floyd Bennett Field
Brook
Weather Outlook Arkansas and Louisiana Snow Rain Mix
Weather forecasts indicate increasing cloudiness across Arkansas from west to night with cold conditions easing east. Arkansas expects rain or snow by late Wednesday, mainly in the southeast half, with tonight’s lows in the upper teens to upper 20s and Wednesday highs around the 30s to near 40. Louisiana remains cloudy with rain starting late tonight and light snow in the north Wednesday, continuing cold. lows 26-32 north and 32-38 south, highs 30-35 north and 35-45 south.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Lyn
New York
East Meadow
Long Island
Steve
Floyd Bennett Field
Cmdr
Goldhammer
Coast Guard
Miami University of Ohio
Johnson names Arkansan to national libraries panel
Washington AP Johnson appoints Mrs Merlin M Moore of the Arkansas Education Department staff to the National Advisory Commission on Libraries. The move adds a regional educator to the federal advisory body.
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LBJ
Arkansan Washington
Johnson Monday
Merlin M. Moore
Arkansas Education Department
National Advisory Commission On Libraries
Funds for Two State Colleges
HUD announced a loan reservation Monday totaling 1 million dollars for two Arkansas colleges. Arkansas State College at Jonesboro receives 500 thousand dollars for dining facilities while Henderson State College at Arkadelphia gets 500 thousand dollars for a student union addition.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Arkansas State College
Jonesboro
Henderson State College
Arkadelphia
Arkansas State
Henderson
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