You Can't Equate Water in Terms of Money
Our Daily Sheets editorial argues Hope must abandon deep-well drilling and build a major pipe line to Millwood Reservoir to secure an adequate water supply. The piece recalls a 20 year push involving Senatorial hearings, Louis Graves, and a failed link between water and finance, warning the wet cycle will end within a decade.
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Ales. W. Weshearn
Hope
Millwood Reservoir
Senate Rivers and Harbors Committee
Washington
Millwood
Nashville
Senate
Louis Graves
Nashville News
Louis
Pasadena Plan to Integrate Far Reaching
Pasadena public schools await a federal judge's review of a government plan described by the district attorney as the nation’s most far reaching. The 8 page proposal calls for mandatory student seating by race, a single high school, and heightened minority teacher recruiting, in response to a court order for racial balance by next September. Pasadena includes 30,602 students across 27 elementary schools, five junior highs, and three high schools.
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Los Angeles
Pasadena
U.S. Dist
Manuel L. Real
John A. Miller
Nixon veto standoff over budget boost sparks clash
A heated dispute centers on Nixon’s veto power as Congress debates increased spending for HEW and two departments. The Appropriations Committee raises the funding, from 814 million in revised terms, challenging Nixon’s stance and threatening another potential override vote. Robert H. Finch warns of possible veto, stressing the political clash over federal spending.
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Nixon
Congress
Hla
Appropriations Committee
HEW
Robert H. Finch
Mac
Endorses Stand Against Wells in Hempstead County
Bill Routon writes in The Star urging Hope city to seek municipal water from Millwood Lake rather than drill more wells. He warns continued well drilling jeopardizes agriculture, livestock, poultry and property values as the water table drops. He argues rural Hempstead County should pursue lake water to protect the local economy.
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The
Star
Hempstead
Millwood Lake
Wlr. Routon
Wide Chasm Separates Superpowers
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan notes a widening gap between the United States and the Soviet Union as they prepare to resume SALT talks in Vienna on April 16. Nixon urges cautious optimism amid mutual distrust and Middle East tensions, warning against false optimism about prospects for reducing mass destruction weaponry.
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William L. Ryan
Nixon
Middle East
Vienna
Cold Front to Hit Arkansas Friday Morning
A cold front centered over Kansas this morning will likely reach Arkansas Friday morning with no precipitation. Skies will stay clear to partly cloudy for days ahead. Wednesday highs ranged from 63 in Fayetteville to 76 in El Dorado and Texarkana. overnight lows varied from 16 in Harrison to 36 in El Dorado. No precipitation was reported in the past 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. today.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Fayetteville
Dorado
Texarkana
Harrison
Fort Smith
Jonesboro
Little Rock
Memphis
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Amendments on school sensing enforcement pass by vote
A legislative note records amendments proposed by Sait, John and others on school enforcement measures. The vote result shows a 6 to 36 outcome with the amendments passing.
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Sait
John Onmhe
Judge Calls Arkansas Prison System Dark and Evil
In Little Rock on Wednesday Judge Henley ruled Arkansas' penitentiary system unconstitutional calling it a dark and evil world where convicts face deadly risk and degrading conditions. He ordered the state to fix conditions at the two state prisons to constitutional tolerability or close them.
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Little Rock
Smith Henley
Arkansas’ Penitentiary System
Henley
Sea State
South Would Eliminate Court Power to Order Busing
Southern senators won a major civil rights victory by approving a Stennis amendment for a national desegregation policy while opposing federal court orders to bus students. The measure, part of a large education bill, aims to curb federal court power and pressure the North to accelerate integration, though critics warn it delays true desegregation and preserves dual systems.
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South
Sob Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Dixie
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
John Stennis
Dmisa
North
Ervin
Stennis
Finish Column Best of Garbage Writer's Wife Yells
Writer HAL BOYLE notes readers and a spouse quip about column life. Various jokes reflect fatigue with overheard questions and the grind of writing. The piece frames humor around critiques, ideas, and the gap between professional writers and domestic life.
Fire destroys Parts EX change Inc in Fort Smith
Fire gutted the Parts EX change Inc building in downtown Fort Smith, Ark. Authorities estimate $50,000 in parts and equipment lost in the one story brick structure. No injuries were reported.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Parts Exchange Inc
Fort Smith
Bombers Renew Attacks in South Vietnam From Laos Diversion
U S bomber forces returning to South Vietnam after heavy Laos raids on North Vietnamese supply routes. U S aircraft reportedly dropped about 900 tons on base camps and troop concentrations in the western Mekong Delta while diverting 19 planes to Laos for 300 tons. Saigon sources say missions average seven in South Vietnam every four hours. Three U S helicopters with 19 troops killed and three wounded noted. total U S losses reach 6 410 aircraft.
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Sout Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Ant
Ath ‘Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Cambodian
South Vietnam
Laos
Plain of Jars
da Neng
Governor May Pivot on Busing Policy in Arkansas
Governor Winthrop Rockefeller hinted he may alter his stance on using busing to achieve racial balance in schools. He sought HEW guidance, planned to meet Robert Finch in Washington, and noted Nixon administration ambiguity. He previously aligned with the Southern Governors Conference resolution urging restraint in busing.
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Dala McKinsey
Associated Press
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Rockefeller
Washington
Robert Finch
HEW
Nixon
Southern Governors Conference
Ume
Pine Bluff
Freedom Int
We Texarkan
Split verdict in 1968 DNC case reaches appeal stage
A Cook County jury convicted five of seven defendants on inciting rioting at the August 1968 Democratic National Convention while acquitting all on conspiracy. Defendants Abbie Hoffman Jerry Rubin Thomas Hayden David Dellinger Renard Davis were remanded with contempt sentences, and lawyers Kunstler and Weinglass face prison terms. Sentencing not set. appeals planned.
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Y. Richard
Leo Weiner
John R. Froines
Froines
Weiner
Chicago
David T. del- Inger
Jerry C. Rubin
Thomas E
William M. Kunstler
Leonard J.weinglass
Kunstler
Weinglass
Associated
PREGY
Mut Asks for More Time in Tarkington Appeal
State Sen Guy Jones of Conway an attorney asked the Arkansas Supreme Court for extra time to file a brief in the appeal of Bobby Gene Tarkington convicted of rape and sentenced to 30 years in Pulaski County. The delay stems from a upcoming special session.
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Little Rock
Guy
Mutt
Powhatan Courthouse Designated National Historic Site
Representative Bill Alexander of Arkansas announced that Powhatan Courthouse in Lawrence County Arkansas has been designated a national historic site by the Department of the Interior. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of a nationwide preservation program.
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Washington
Bill Alexander
D- Ark
Department of Interior
Powhatan
Ark
Lawrences County
All Around Town January Issue Highlights Local News
Garry Russell son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth G Russell stationed at Grand Forks AFB ND after basic training at Lackland AFB San Antonio. Ouachita ROTC drill team won first in Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans route five miles. 1969 Hope High graduate Butch Reeves on team. Mrs Mary King field advisor for Conte Council to meet Brownie leaders February 23 at Little House Monkiy crafts workshop. Mrs J W Secrest Sr Hope underwent surgery at Wadley Texarkana. Reminder to residents to clean back yards. S Sgt Hoyt Townsend son of Mrs Kora Townsend Hope Ark Rt 1 arrived at Carswell AFB TX as communications supervisor. Formerly at Kurat Royal Thai AFB and Spring Hill High School graduate, veteran of Korean War. His wife Babbie is daughter of Mr and Mrs Gordon Vines of 05 W Avenue D Hope AR.
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Texas Eastern News
Pipalina
Garry Russell
Kenneth G. Russell
Grandforks Afb
Air Force
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Hope Compressor Station
Mary King
Conte
Little House
Monkiy
U.S
Hoyt
Townsend
Kora Townsend
Hope, Ark
Carswell Afb
Texas
Air Force Communications Service
Kurat Royal Thai Afb
Thailand
Spring Hil High School
Bobbie
Gordon Vines
Avenue D
Hope, Ari
Former Bank Official Indicted Over Loan Fee
Former Union National Bank board chairman and CEO Little Rock-Harlan Lane was indicted by the federal grand jury on a charge of taking an illegal loan-related fee. The case involves a $1 million Wheel Air loan and Lane’s alleged receipt of a fee via La Co that Lane partly owns. The maximum penalty is one year in prison or a $5,000 fine or both. The indictment cites Wheel Air owner Charles Wheeler as reimbursing Lane’s associates and notes Lane declined comment.
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Little Rock
Harlan Lane
Chie
Union National Bank
Federal Grand Sry
District of Arkansas
Wheel Air, Inc
Bluemont
West Va
Lane
Wheel Air
Charles E. Wheeler M1
LaCo., Inc
LaCo
Stephens
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Woble
G. David Wallace
Ashington
Virginia Knauer
Wixon
Hal Boyle
New York
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Oetiia
Barry Goldwater
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
America
Finch
Courthouse
J.W. Secrest Sr
Wadley Hospital
Eee
Presid
Board of
Louisiana Gas € C
W. Feller
DC Rockefeller
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