Two Arkansas lawmakers study school aid bills and more
OLEN HENDRIX explains both the governor's and Sen Clarence Bell's proposals on minimum foundation aid for public schools. He notes Bell's bill has committee support and is on the Senate calendar while the governor's bill awaits action. He also discusses litter fees, a gasoline tax bill, nursing home funding, and an anti strike measure.
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Little Rock
Clarence Bell
Parkin
Bell
Senate Education Committee
Senate
Senator Bell
Arkansas
Highway Department
Rotarians hear talk about county roads
Hempstead County Judge Wayne Bohanon spoke at the Hope Rotary Club in the Sheraton Inn on February 10. He reviewed the county road program focusing on state aid roads, noted 2,200 miles of roads, and announced the county has moved from red to black and begun blacktopping. He urged cooperation to solve remaining road challenges to attract industry.
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Hempstead
Wayne Bohanon
John Robert Graves
Hope Rotary Club
Sheraton Inn
Columbus
Cecil Bittle
Lester Sittes
America
Yancey Reynolds
R.W. Murry
Prescott
Authorities suspect deputy murder in Arkansas case
Garland County deputy Linda Edwards 29 was missing since August 22. Skeletal remains found near Hot Springs are identified as her. Officials expect the death to be ruled a homicide pending medical examiner findings.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Garland County
Linda Louise Edwards
Roy Smith
Miss Edwards
Miss
Crash Kills Daughter of Evangelist in Kansas Spirit Landings
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board examine a light plane crash that killed Rebecca Roberts Nash, 37, daughter of Oral Roberts, her husband Marshall Nash, and four others near Anthony Kansas amid heavy rain. The cause remains undetermined, with ice on the airfoil, turbulence, or structural failure as possibilities. The crash occurred Friday over the Kansas Oklahoma border. the pilot Louis Taylor, 39, and his wife Carol, 38, also died.
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del Valle
National Transportation Safety Board
Valle
Kansas
Kansas- Oklahoma State Line
Rebecca Roberts Nash
Tulsa
Marshall Nash
Marion Buzzard
Mary
Grove
Ohio
Louis Taylor
Carol
Oklahoma City
Winter driving basics from snow to safe motion
Tips from Louise Cook advise starting slowly to keep tires from spinning and using appropriate gears. If stuck, rock the car in reverse and then forward, checking manuals for automatic transmission safety. Maintain long distance, use engine braking when possible, and respond to skids by easing off brakes or accelerator while steering into the skid.
Two Teens Die From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Near Manila
In Manila Arkansas two teenagers, Terrie DeHart 17 of Manila and Paula Henry 14 of Blytheville, were found dead in DeHart's car on a levee about two miles east of Manila. Authorities say the ignition was on but the engine not running and the tank empty, suggesting carbon monoxide poisoning. An autopsy was ordered.
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Manila, Ark
Mississippi County
Terrie DeHart
Manila
Paula Henry
Blytheville
Charles Dye
Mississippi County Sheriff's Office
DeHart
Veterans face retroactive refunds for dropping GI bill courses
Veterans enrolled under the GI bill face retroactive refunds of VA payments if they drop courses and fall below required hours. The rule, effective Dec 1, targets overpayments tied to reduced class loads, with refunds possible for current and future terms and guidance to coordinate with school veterans affairs offices.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Veterans Administration
Congress
Veterans Affairs Office
Youth held in 3 killings in Kansas farm home
A 15 year old Pawnee County youth is in custody on juvenile delinquency charges after the weekend killings of grain farmer Joe Wurm his wife Diane and their son Jim 9 at their 1100 acre farm near Larned Kansas Sheriff Atteberry said each victim was shot and several guns were found at the scene with Michael Wurm 15 questioned about his whereabouts during the slayings.
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Larned
Kan
Pawnee County
Joe Wurm
Diane
Jim
Michael
Macksville
Cliff
Teberry
Jerry Lawson
Atteberry
Leonard
Leonard Wurm
Lucy
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