Railroads pressure public sympathy over finances
The railroads claim traffic includes 46 percent meat and dairy products, 74 percent canned goods and frozen foods, 71 percent appliances, 76 percent automobiles and parts, 40 percent furniture, 86 percent pulp and paper, 78 percent lumber and chemicals. Two young postmen in Annandale Virginia were reinstated after being dismissed for shoulder-length hair, with the Post Office Board of Appeals ruling that a one-inch limit is not necessary for efficiency.
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Beaumont (Tex
Annandale
Post Office
Board of Appeals
Anderson
5.C
No Sponsor Yet for Fair Trade Bill
Arkansas Senate battles over the fair trade liquor repeal. Gov. Dale Bumpers seeks a sponsor after Sen. Max Howell bowed out. Walmsley and Wilson countered with their own repeal measure. Bumpers likely to appoint another sponsor while the House bill advances. The package also tightens liquor outlet growth limits and price advertising bans.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Max Howell
Bumpers
Senate
House
Bill H. Walmsley
Batesville
Walmsley
Sen
Nick Wilson
Pocahontas
City of Hope Judged in Development Contest
City of Hope was among five entrants in the 8000 to 25000 population bracket in the Arkansas Community Development Program contest judged Tuesday. The Arkansas Chamber of Commerce AIDC and state electrical companies sponsor the program with $5050 in cash awards to winners. Local officials and civic leaders attended the judging session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Hope
Arkansas
Arkansas Chamber of Commerce
AIDC
Chamber of Commerce
B.N. Holt
Wendell Adams
Pine Bluff
Bill Smith
Shreveport
Toby Abney
Little Rock
Hubert Thrash
Garland Medders
Fred C. Ellis
Albert M. Zimmerebner
Thomas E. Hayson
Paul Henley
Mike Kelly
J.W. Rowe
Lonnie Crow
Garbage collection fee doubled by city board
The Board of City Directors voted to raise Health Program rates to fund operations and new equipment to meet State Pollution Control Commission rules. The city must halt burning refuse at the damp ground and bury all trash, increasing digging and covering. About $80,000 in new machinery is needed, including a drag line and dozer. An extra $45,000 yearly revenue is required, pushing residential rates to $3.00 per month and commercial charges up about 50 percent. See GARBAGE (On Page Two).
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Board of City Directors
State Pollution Control Commission
City Health Department
Pollution Control Commission
Retirement Bill Passed by House in Arkansas
The Arkansas House approved a bill to raise legislator retirement benefits and set special retirement for elected constitutional officers. The Senate version called for larger increases, but the House trimmed the retroactive boost to a lower monthly amount before passing it. The Senate concurred with the House amendments, finalizing action on the measure sponsored by Sen. Q. Byrum Hurst of Hot Springs.
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Little Rock
Ark
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Q. Byrum Hurst
Hot Springs
Apollo 14 moon heroes bound for Samoa quarantine
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa, healthy after a safe lunar landing, travel aboard the carrier to Samoa for quarantine and medical checks before returning to Houston. They will transfer to Ellington Air Force Base for the 21 day isolation and lunar rock studies.
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Associated Press
WSS
New Orleans
Samoa
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
South Pacific
Space Agency
Shepard
Mitchell
Roosa
William Carpentier
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
R. H. Culberton
NASA
Pago Pago
Air Force
Ellington Air Force Base
Fra Mauro Highlands
Earth
Mare
Ussnew
Orleans
Critics Told U S to End Combat Role in War
Senator George D Aiken urged Southeast Asia nations Laos Cambodia and Vietnam to convene an Asia based peace conference with Japan Communist China and Russia. He said peace there must be by agreement among themselves not imposed by outsiders and warned against European driven solutions.
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U.S
Carl P. Leabsdorf
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
George D. Aiken
Southeast Asia
Asia
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Russia
Aiken
Vermont
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Indochina
Japan
China
Fire blight toll and spray cure for orchards
Fire blight reduces production and is unsightly says Hempstead County Extension agent Cayce B. Smith. Owners can prevent loss with timely spray schedules using a general purpose mix prepared at home with Carbary 50 Malathion 25 and Captain 5 wettable powders, applied thoroughly with no wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cayce B. Smith
Hempstead
Smith
Clinic Here for Crippled Children
The Crippled Children’s Division of the Department of Public Welfare will hold a diagnostic and checkup clinic on Thursday February 11 at the Health Unit. Invited children may register 8:30 to 11 a.m. in the Armory with Dr Charles G. Smith and Dr Betty Lowe from Texarkana serving as examining clinicians.
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Department of Public Welfare
Armory
Charles G. Smith
Betty Lowe
Texarkana
Inez Merritt
Little Rock
Max G. Kitchen
PHN
Prescott
Delphine Lester
Lewisville
Edith Murph
Hope
Mary Turner
Elaine Hoelscher
Nashville
Arch Wylie
Alma Knox
J. T. Still
South Vietnamese push deep into Laos near Sepone base
South Vietnamese troops reported reaching Sepone inside southern Laos, 26 miles from the North Vietnamese border. About 2,000 more troops crossed into Laos, raising total Saigon forces in Laos to more than 10,000, as Ky urged possible cross into North Vietnam to hit bases. Casualties across Route 9 fights were 33 North Vietnamese and six South Vietnamese killed, 17 Saigon wounded.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Sepone
Laos
Nguyen Cao Ky
North Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam Press
17Th Parallel
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Route
Lang Vei
California Quake: 42 Dead as Dam Cracks and City Shaken
A massive Southern California earthquake left 42 dead, hundreds injured, and vast property damage. A cracked Van Norman reservoir dam prompted evacuations for up to 80,000 people in the San Fernando Valley while rescuers continued combing collapsed Veterans Administration hospital buildings for survivors and bodies.
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Associated Press
LOS Angeles
California
Veterans Administration Hospital
San Fernando Valley
van Norman Lakes
Los Angeles County
Ronald Reagan
Robert E. Noel
Welcome warming trend expected in Arkansas this week
A warming trend began this morning in Arkansas and is expected to continue through Thursday as highs rise from the mid teens to the 40s and 50s. Thursday may reach the low 60s with no precipitation through Thursday and a chance of rain by Sunday.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
All Around Town Notes From Hope Longview Area
Robert L. Hyatt resigns as associate Presbyterian minister in Longview to lead Ashdown Presbyterian Church and serve as Supply Minister for Washington Church. PAC Area B delays meeting to Feb 11. next date TBA. Country Music Jamboree Feb 13 at Patmos school auditorium features The Country Edition Brenda Jessie and the Country Lads Edna and the Misfits and Red Goodner. admission free. Kerr Foundation hosts Fish Farming Conference Feb 26 in Poteau with Arkansans Buford Tatum and Paul Oller. Oller speaks on Catfish Marketing. Southern State College judging team places 6th at Fort Worth Exposition. alternate Timothy Ross of Hope. Hempstead Independent Basketball Assn holds 8 team tourney at Guernsey Gym Feb 17. entry deadline Feb 14. Brint Odom listed. DaCapo Club of Southern State College presented contemporary American Music. Amelia Harris of Washington assists host reception as historian.
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Patmos School
Brenda
Jessie
Country Lads
Edna & the Misfits
Red Goodner
Hempstead Independent Basketball Assn
Guernsey
Brint Odom
Southern State College
Amelia Harris
Washington
C of C Board to Visit Industries Tour Planned
Hope Chamber of Commerce aims to visit all local industries in 1971 with two or three tours monthly. The first trip in February will visit the Young American Homes Plan, with lunch at Diamond Cafe at noon and tours to follow. All Board of Directors urged to participate.
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Hope Chamber of Commerce
Thomas E. Hays Jr
Young American Homes
Diamond Cafe
Ige Mediately
Board of Divo
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Alex. H. Washburn
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Economic Development Administration
Kansas Board For
Ozark
Fhong Kong
Edgar Snow
Communist
AP News Digest
Susan Atkins
Sharon Tate
Malibu
Charles Manson
Tate
Nguyen Cao Kyu
The
Star
Robert L. Hyatt
B.C. Hyatt of
Longview
Texas
Ashdown Presbyterian Church
Washington Presbyterian Church
Austin College
Sherman
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
PAC
Buford Tatum
Arkansas Tech
Russellville
Kerr Foundation
Poteau
Okla
Paul Oller
Arkansas Fish Farms, Inc. of
Arkansans
Oller
Fort Worth
Timothy Ross
C of C
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