Hope I Homepage Traffic Debate Signals Merit Bill Clash
Hope Arkansas lawmakers clash over a merit system bill amid House Senate feuds with Rockefeller. Debate features Republican denouncements and Democratic defences, with calls to end party barriers and push job classifications, salaries study, and constitutional revision talk. The Senate approves several non merit measures while House advances bills on records destruction and tax exemptions. Chief Willis reports 1966 Hope traffic arrests near 775 with 158 drunk driving cases and reveals radar use and four way stops to improve safety. Kiwanis Minstrel planning proceeds with April 14 tentative date and fundraising efforts for Hope youth programs.
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Alvin Willis
Hope Kiwanis Club
Willis
Hope
City Hall
Charles Bishop
Bill Waldridge
Rick Matthews
Tom Neece
Arthur Street
Leonard Ellis
Insects in Space Craft May Be Dead
Washinston AP reports a NASA biosatellite with a 280 pound capsule carrying wasps flour beetles fruit flies bacteria frog eggs and plants may return to Earth tonight or Wednesday eight weeks late Most or all organisms are believed dead after failing systems and erratic orbits since launch from Cape Kennedy on December 14.
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Washingson
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Adminisratin
Cape Kennedy
Biosatellite
West Memphis approves $28.5 million industrial bonds
West Memphis voters approve a $28.5 million industrial bond issue to finance facilities for Southwest Chemical Corp. Construction starts within 60 days on a 14 acre tract. The plant will employ 125 people with a $1 million payroll and manufacture farm fertilizer. Bond approval 607-140.
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Wrest Memphis Are
West Memphis
Southwest Chemical Corp
Senate Bill Again Aimed at Governor
Arkansas Senate Judiciary Committee backs a do pass on a bill to restrict merit system transfers or demotions without consent until review by the merit system council. Introduced by Sen. Carl Sorrell, it targets Gov. Rockefeller's patronage. Other measures include training school administration changes, grand jury investigations for elections, and a budget plan reallocating funds under the Revenue Stabilization Act of 1953. Public schools and universities could keep surpluses, while other agencies would not.
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Charles Davis
Springdale
Reb
Thomas Sparks
Forsdyce
Demos
Democratic Party
Ray S. Smith Jr
Hot Springs
House
Rockefeller
Department of Administration
George Nowotny
Fort Smith
House of Representatives
Cal Ledbetter Jr
Lite Ne Rock
Bob Douglas
Texarkana
Senate
Allen
Arkansas
Carl Sorrels
Atkins
Legislative Council
Russell Elrod
Siloam Springs
Little Rock
Judiciary Committee
Arkansas Senate
Winthrop Rockefeller
Merit System Council
Carl Sorrell
State Welfare Department
Ben Allen
Pine Bluff
Joint Budget Committee
Julian Hogan
Surprise Birthday Party Honors Mrs Vertie L Joe
The surprise party for Vertie L Joe was hosted by Mesdames S E White Bennie C Jamison and Lula Gamble on her birthday Saturday February 11 1967 at her Hope Arkansas home Twelve guests attended and gifts were given Refreshments were served The Negro Community notes the event in a local column.
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S. E. White
Bennie C. Jamison
Lula Gamble
Vertie L. Joe
Joe
Legion
Auxilary
American Legion Post
Auxilary Post 427
Bro
Dandy Taylor
Sis
Mattie Hill
Linda S. Hicks
Rone
C. G. Carmicheal
Linda Gamble
Defeated Democrats Return to Federal Posts in Johnson Era
Washington AP reports many defeated Democrats from the 1964 and 1966 cycles have returned to federal work. Some land high posts or ambassadorial roles, others serve as executives, consultants, or in state offices. Counts show 17 with federal jobs, 5 seeking, 4 awaiting line placements, while the rest resume private careers or plan to return home. Johnson’s fiscal reorganization aims to merge Commerce and Labor into a broader economic department, with talks of including related agencies and the fate of the Food and other agencies under review.
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Washington
David S. King
Utah
Johnson
U.S
Malagasy Republic
Africa
Congress
Clair Callan
Nebraska
House Agriculture Committee
Joseph R. Coyne
Commerce and Labor Departments
White House
Department of Business and Labor
Department of Commerce
Department of Labor
Johnse
Hossiily
Prope Department
Federal Medition and Conciliation Service
National Mediation Baty
Small Business Administration
Fer Nea i Opportunity
Hive
Department , Health, Education and Welty
Birds show brighter female plumage in some species
Quiz facts remind that in belted kingfishers and phalaropes, females outshine males in color. Indonesia in 1965 became the first country to withdraw from the United Nations. Also notes Hawaii’s Ka Lae as the southernmost point of the U.S. states.
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United Nations
Indonesia
South Cape
Island of Hawaii
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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