Arkansas Weather: Clear to partly cloudy and colder night
The report notes a 24 hour period ending 7 am Thursday with high 42 and low 23, precipitation 0.43 inches. The Associated Press forecast calls for Arkansas to be clear to partly cloudy and colder tonight, Friday partly cloudy and continued very cold, with lows around 12 to 25 above.
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Prison Child Placed in Foster Home Near Cummins Prison
State Welfare Commissioner Len Blaylock announced that the child of a Cummins Prison Farm inmate has been placed in a foster home off prison grounds. He said the department policies prevent identifying foster parents or the home location.
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Little Rock
Len Blaylock
Cummins
Fostar
Blaylock
Open housing plan faces mixed support in housing debate
U.S. senator Dirksen backs an open housing measure, defending a compromise plan aimed at ending housing discrimination in three stages. The proposal would cover about 70 percent of housing units once fully in effect, with initial rules applying to FHA and VA financed and public housing projects. Beginning Jan 1 1970, homeowners using brokers would face limits on discrimination in selling property.
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Vietnam
Federal Housing Administration
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Rockefeller's disappointment over defeat of real estate tax bill
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller, amid a fiscal crisis, criticized the defeat of a documentary real estate transfer tax bill in the special session. He noted 500 000 dollars in annual revenue lost and warned lawmakers may face the issue again in a May special session.
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ED Shearer
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Arkansas
Lynn Davis
Davis
State Supreme Court
Texarkana
Wyoming
House
Thomas R Wise Obituary in Dallas memory service at Oak Grove Church
Thomas Ray Wise, 59, of Dallas and formerly of Hope, died Wednesday. Survived by wife Pearl Wise, stepdaughter Al Price of Oklahoma City, sister Ruby Danine of San Francisco, brother Leonard Wise of Los Angeles. Memorial service 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Oak Grove Church, Rev. Connie Robins. Burial by Herndon Funeral Home.
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Dallas
Hope
Pearl Wise
al Price
Oklahoma City
Ruby Danine
San Francisco
Leonard Wise
Los Angeles
Oak Grove Church
Connie Robins
Herndon Funeral Home
Interstate 40 highway bids total 5.4 million in Arkansas
Arkansas Highway Commission opened bids on 22 highway projects totaling about 5.4 million dollars. Buchanan Bros. Construction Co. of Kansas City submitted the apparent low bid of 1.0979 million for 5.6 miles of Interstate 40 in Johnson County. Other projects span 21.5 miles of I-40, U.S. routes 70, 79, and 41, with multiple firms and towns listed across Prairie, Monroe, Drew, Jefferson, and surrounding counties.
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Interstate Sign Erectors, Inc
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Monroe
Prairie County
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Laz
Monroe-Lee
Clavendon
Mariannas
Madden Contracting Co
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Monticello
Arkansase Prairie
U.S
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L&n Asphalt Co
Cleveland
Dallas
U.S. 167
Drew
Montly Cell
Granty Jefferson
Pulaski County
Jefferson Springs
Ben M. Hogan Co
Quachita
R. N. Reynolds Construction Co
Camden
Johnson
College Ave
Clarkseville
Tomeo, Inc
Newton
Edwards Junction
Freshour Corp
Sweet Home
Risga
Pine Bluff
Miden
Ben, M. Hogan
Roctor Named to ROTC Board
Dr. Carl R. Reng president of Arkansas State University was named to a three year term on the Army Advisory Panel on Reserve Officers Training Corps Affairs by Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resor. The note lists contracted road projects a mix of Arkansas counties and companies with dollar amounts, including Madden Contracting Co $116,417 and Hughes & Co $136,769 for resurfacing and reconstruction work.
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Associated Press
Jonesboro, Ark
Carl R. Reng
Arkansas State University
Army Advisory Panel
Reserve Officers Training Corps
ROTC
Secretary of the Army
Stanley R. Resor
Little Rock
Hempstead
Arkansas
Dare Creek
Madden Contracting Co
Mississippi
Manila
Ben, M. Hogan Co
U.S
Bassett
Osceola
Hughes & Co
Blytheville
Purcell Chided Over Opinion on Club Raids
In Little Rock on February six, Gov Rockefeller pressed Atty Gen Purcell over not issuing a full ruling on legality of raids on private clubs like Top of the Rock. Rockefeller said the administration awaited the opinion before acting, while Purcell defended state practice and noted Rockefeller’s critique.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Joe Purcell
Top of the Rock
Rockefeller
Harrel Hugtins
Alcofolie Beverage Control Board
Hot Springs
Little Rock Country Club
ABC
Tme
Hughes
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Graduate Members Listed in Memphis
Thursay February 28, 1860 announces new members of the Gamma of Tennessee Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Southwestern in Memphis. It notes Joseph Kauttinan Keegay dr son of Mr and Mrs Joe Keesey of 1107 West 7th St Hope, with focus on scholarship standards and the society’s liberal arts emphasis. Also mentions attorney Ted R Christy commenting no law restricting private club drinks and ABC enforcement chief Emil Urban noting two Hot Springs judges denied search warrants for raids on clubs selling mixed drinks.
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Gamina of Tennessee
Phi Beta Mappa
Southwestern
Memphis
Joseph Kauttinan Keegay
Joe Keesey
West 7Th St
Hope
America
Ted. R. Christy
The
ABC
Hot Springs
Emil Urban
Phelps resigns as southeast OEO regional director
Dr. Ralph A. Phelps Jr. on leave as president of Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia Arkansas resigns his post as regional director of the Office of Economic Opportunity southeast regional office Atlanta Georgia. He has been on leave since September 1 1967 and said he would return to OBU.
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Ralph A. Phelps Jr
Ouachita, Baptist University
Arkadelphia
Ark
Office of Economic Opportunity
Atlanta, Ga
Phelps
OBU
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