Arkansas Proclaims February Vocational Education Week
Gov David Pryor Mayor Mel Thrash and County Judge Wayne Bohanon proclaim February 6 12 1977 as Arkansas Vocational Education Week in Hope Hempstead County urging citizens to learn about Vocational Education programs by visiting Red River Vocational Technical School in Hope. The proclamation bears official signatures dated February 2 1977.
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Arkansas
David Pryor
Mel Thrash
Hope
Wayne Bohanon
Congress of the United States
State of
American Vocational Association
Representative Assembly
Arkansas Vocational Association
Arkansas Vocational Education
City of Hope
Hempstead County
Red River
Opposition outdraws Gandhi 2 1 in rallies
In New Delhi opposition crowds outdrawed Indira Gandhi's supporters with nearly 200000 at the Delhi fairgrounds on Sunday. Critics urged democracy over dictatorship as Jaiprakash Narayan recalled the emergency and Jagjivan Ram blamed a small clique within the Congress party for the leadership crisis and Sanjay Gandhi's rising influence.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Mrs. Gandhi
Pet rock creator opens Carry Nation saloon in California
Gary Dahl, creator of the Pet Rock, has earned millions from the fad and opened his first bar dedicated to Carry Nation. He plans a national chain while noting the Pet Rock’s peak year was 1975. Dahl says the Pet Rock is gone but hints at a future revival as a novelty trend observer.
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Los Gatos
Calif
Gary Dahl
San Francisco
Emporium
Elizabeth Thom
Dahl
Carry Nation
Seattle
Spokane
Wash
Gloria Emerson
Suspect in Searcy County shooting captured in Marshall
Jerry Horton, 26, wanted for questioning in the Sunday night shooting of his wife Kelly Horton and her grandmother Helen Webster, was arrested by Searcy County deputies and State Police on a road near Buffalo River Flooring Mill in Marshall. Both victims were shot in the head and are in critical condition at Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri.
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Marshall, Ark
Searcy County
Jerry Horton
Buffalo River
Marshall
Horton
Kelly J. Horton
Helen Webster
Cox Medical Center
Springfield
Farm product prices in Arkansas rise since 1967
Arkansas farm product prices as of Jan 15 reached 198 percent of the 1967 base, up five points from December and 16 points or nine percent higher than a year ago. Gains were reported for broilers, corn, grain sorghum, hay, hogs, oats, soybeans and wheat.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
New Zealand Capital Wellington at North Island Tip
Wellington serves as the capital of New Zealand positioned on the extreme southwestern edge of the North Island. The description notes its geographic location and status as the country's capital.
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New Zealand
Wellington
North Island
Train crash replay shows motorman had clear view
NTSB led a Chicago Loop crash replay with the mayor aboard and found the motorman Stephen Martin had a clear view of a stationary train before impact. Simulation showed no window obstruction. CTA says warning system worked but controller contact may have been missed.
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Chicago
National Transportation Safety Board
Michael Bilandic
Carter
Washington
Chicago Transit Authority
Bilandic
Loop
Kay Bailey
NTSB
CTA
Stephen Martin
James
McDonough
Martin
Elmer Garner
Citizens National Bank reports 1976 prosperity and 1977 plans
The Citizens National Bank held its annual shareholders meeting with Albert Graves presiding. President Mitchell LaGrone announced assets rose by 62 million to over 47 million and loans up about 3 million. Directors were re elected and Dennis Ramsey named operations officer. A stray line about northern English fishermen and hares appears.
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Citizens National Bank
Albert Graves
Mitchell LaGrone
Citizens
Albert Graves, Jr
John Robert Graves
Joe Hawkins
Henry Haynes
Dale Jones
Frank McLarty
Jewell V. Moore, Jr
Ned Ray Purtle
George W. Robison
William R. Routon
William E. Butler, Jr
Cecil J. O’steen
William M. Reinhardt
June C. Reynolds
Marie D. Jones
Louis C. Jordan
E.Z. Buster
Dennis Ramsey
Ramsey
Hope Water and Light Co
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Jayaprakash Narayan
Mohandas Gandhi
Jagjivan Ram
Congress Party
Sanjay
Pet
F. Edward Herbert
Congress
White House
Theodore Sorensen
Rolls Royce
George McGovern
D-S.d
William B. Saxbe
America
Ark
Jim Harris
Ray Turner
Hope Auto Company
Ford Society of Professional
Turner
Hope Auto
England
the Board of Directors
Charles R
Dick) Moore
Patty
Rocky Mound Road
Kay
Houston
Bill
University of Arkansas
Snoop
East Third Street Hope
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