Little Rock merger push opposed as state overreach
An editorial from Ralph Patrick's North Little Rock Times attacks Little Rock University's push to merge with the University of Arkansas. It accuses Little Rock of back‑door financing, says the plan shifts deficits onto taxpayers, and recalls a prior Helena bridge attempt where the state refused a bailout. The piece argues fairness requires equal state treatment for the capital city.
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Democrat
Little Rock
Little Rock University
University of Arkansas
Ralph Patrick
North Little Rock Times
Rockefeller
Pulaski County
Little Rock University of Arkansas
Fayetteville Institution
Arkansas
The
Helena
Justice
LRU
District Junior High Band Concert Saturday at 7
The District Junior High Band rehearse all day Saturday and will present a concert at 7 Saturday night. Admission is 10 cents and all are invited. Each player will wear their school uniform and participate, with about five different schools represented by the ten members in the band.
Stock Deal Basis of Big Suit
Little Rock lawyer John K. Shamburger filed a 1.3 million damage suit in U S District Court against Empire Use Insurance Co of America and Shearn Moody Jr. The suit claims a failed plan to acquire control of Republican Investors Life Insurance Co and to buy Shamburger stock at 2.60 per share. He asserts 303,996 in damages plus 1 million in punitive damages for alleged dilatory tactics and breach of agreement.
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Little Rock
John K. Shamburger
Uttle Rock
U.S
Empire Use Insurance Co. of America
Galveston
Tex
Shearn Moody Jr
Empire
Shamburger
Republican Investors Life Insurance Co
East Moline
Republic
Hamburger
Kennedy to Replace Long as Senate Democratic Leader
In opening sessions of the 82nd Congress, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts won the Democratic caucus vote to become assistant Democratic Leader, a move seen as a step toward a possible 1972 presidential bid. Republican Hugh Scott challenged for the whip against Roman L. Hruska, with Mansfield and Dirksen remaining leaders. a joint session will open to tally presidential returns and discuss pay raises for lawmakers and top federal officers.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senate
Congress
Kennedy
Lett
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Roman L. Hruska
Nebraska
White House
House
John W. McCormack
Arizona
Morris Udall
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Roman Hruska
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Dinoia
Robert P. Griffin
Republican Policy Committee
Colorado
Gordon Alott
Robert A. Taft
Bonita Granville Remains Grounded After Fame
Bonita Granville, once the film child star dubbed a movie brat, is now married to Jack Wrather and works as assistant producer on his CBS show Lasse. She recalls a strict upbringing, 55 films, and a path from child star to dramatic actress while noting high early earnings and a late engagement.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Nita Granville
Jack Wrather
Lasse
Bonita
New York City
Laurence Olivier
Stanford University
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Wrather
New Members of the 1969 U S Senate Profile
Washington AP surveys the first class sworn in for 1969 detailing notable new senators. William Saxbe of Ohio and Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania emerge as key figures with war service, family, and political career milestones noted.
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U.S. Senate
Washington (Ap
New Cold Wave Grips U S Plains and Midwest
A blast of arctic cold sweeps into the plains and Midwest bringing snow freezing rain and sleet. Travel advisories flash along central plains with visibilities reduced by blowing snow as cold rain potential icing spreads from Missouri to Tennessee and Alabama. Temperatures plunge to the 20s and 30s with minus readings forecast by Saturday while snow bands affect the Great Lakes Appalachians and Erie Ontario shores and light snow moves into the Rockies.
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Associated Press
Plains
Midwest
Central Plains
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Gulf Coast
Georgia
Alabama
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Hanoi Rejects U S Formula in Vietnam Talks
The National Liberation Front criticized Cyrus Vance's six table options as an unacceptable two party setup. NLF deputy chief Tran Hoai Nam said the talks must be four party and that the U S proposals were tortuous and difficult to accept.
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Stephens
Associated Press
PARIS
National Liberation Front
Vietnam
NLF
Tran Hoai Nam
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Ha van Lam
Vance
Lau
North Vietnam
Nam
Receiver Held in Contempt in Nasco Case
Ray mond Padgett, court-appointed receiver of National Silica Co at Nasco in Izard County, was held in contempt by U S District Judge J Smith Henley after failing to explain why he did not file a final accounting. Henley issued an Oct 7 show cause order. Padgett, 35, did not appear for the hearing, saying he was staying in Mobile Alabama.
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Little Rock
Raymond Padgett
National Silica Co
Nasco
Izard County
U.S. District Court
J. Smith Henley
Padgett
Henley
Small Business Administration
Mobile
Ala
Nazarene Pastor to Lead Local Church in February
Rev. Thomas Hearmen district superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene met with the Elm Street church Tuesday evening. Rev. Rushing of Aniston Alabama is expected to arrive in Hope the second week of February to become the new minister, with Rev. W L French guiding until then.
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Thomas Hearmen
Church of the Nazarene
South Arkansas
Elm St
Rushing
Anston
Ala
W.L. French
Rysbing
Rockefeller Seeks 4 Percent Sales Tax Reform Plan
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller outlines tax proposals comparing present rates to the new plan. Current state sales tax is three cents per dollar, proposed four. cigarette tax rises from eight to 13 cents per pack. Income tax would adjust across brackets from $30 on the first $3,000 to $80, then $90, $150 on subsequent brackets, with next $14,000 at $980 and remaining income taxed at 9 percent under the new plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Lebanon Invites Soviet Warships Amid Western Rift
Beirut reports say the Lebanese government virtually invited Soviet warships and told the U S 6th Fleet to stay away amid a possible shift from pro Western policy. Premier Abdulla Yafi reportedly dislikes a U S jet sale to Israel and warns of adverse public reaction.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
al Nahar
Abdulla Yafi
Washington
Israel
Yafi
al Jarida
200 Millions Sought for Ark. Schools
Arkansas Legislative Council proposed an $200 million plus appropriation for the Education Department for the coming biennium. It recommended raising pay for the lowest eight employee grades and revising the budget to cover about $800,000 annual salary increases. State colleges and universities would freeze salaries. An extra $90,000 per year was added for education of crippled children.
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Little Rock
State Education Department
Arkansas Legislative Council
Education Department
Surgeon to perform heart operation on dog as thanks
New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center surgeon in chief Dr Lillehei plans open heart surgery on Kal a four month old German shepherd puppy from Brooklyn as a gesture of gratitude for dogs that aided heart research The operation would replicate the human heart transplant techniques and comes after Lillehei directed a New Year’s Eve transplant using a heart and kidneys from a 48 year old donor to three recipients
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Terri Shaw
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Walton Lillehei
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Kal
Allan
Kevin Fogel
Brooklyn
Lillehei
Lillehel
Christiaan Barnard
Egypt May Swap Greek for Arabs
In Athens speculation rose that Egypt might exchange the Greek hijacker of a Greek airliner for two Arab suspects who attacked an El Al jet in Athens. The El Al jet diverted to Cairo, the hijacker held in Egypt, and Greece weighing a formal extradition request. The two Arabs, charged with homicide, remain in Athens.
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Athens
Cairo
Greece
Egypt
el al
Olympic Airways
Mediterranean
Aristotle Onassis
George Flamourides
Crete
Flamourides
Biggest Air Strike Hits SW Saigon
The U S Command said the heaviest B52 strikes in three weeks hit southwest Saigon with nearly 1 000 tons dropped northwest of the city and almost 100 tons in the U Minh Forest. Ground fighting remained light nation wide as allied sweeps pressed near Da Nang and in the A Shau Valley amid increased activity at the DMZ with over 500 indications of enemy movement since December 22.
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George McArthauk
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S. Command Today
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
da Nang
A Shau
Hue
Autos Collide at 3rd and Hervey Streets
Police responded to a Friday 8 05 a m call at West Third and Hervey Streets after Wayne Bohanon pulled from a stop sign and hit a State Highway Department car driven by Claude Dunne Jr. Heavy damage reported and no charges filed. Sgt Carl Ward and Officer Leon Neal investigated.
All Around Town Camp High Point rally in Texarkana
A Dec 30 all day meeting at Spring Lake Park Elementary School Texarkana discussed Camp High Point for this summer. Attendees from Hope included Gail Sinyard Shirley Sinyard Rebecca Stuart Janet McCain and Betty Ruth Honeycutt. Downtown Merchants Assn to meet Jan 7 at 9 30 am in Chamber office with Calvin Smith presiding and George Frasier new president.
1969 Opens With Theft of Airliner
A Eastern Airlines jet with 148 aboard was hijacked and diverted to Havana after a flight from New York to Miami. The hijacker, Thomas George Washington, 27 of Gary Indiana, took control and fled with his daughter Jennifer Robin, leaving both in Cuba as FBI files accuse him of air piracy with a $100,000 bond.
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Miami
Eastern Airlines
Havana
New York
Cuba
United States
Eastern Sald
America
Kennedy
Flight 401
Miami International Airport
Dennis Vanhuss
Federal Aviation Administraion
Jacksonville
Fla
FAA
Harold Jensen
Vanhuss
J.R. Cooper
T.F. Walby
Nancy Wilson
Cathy Geronimo
Linda Aboit
Kathy McCormick
Catherine Tolan
Varadero
Florida
Philadelphia
FBI
Thomas George Washington
Gary
Ind
Washington
Jennifer Robin
Sheriff Leads Hunt for Four Armed Jailbreakers
HOPEWELL Mississippi AP Sheriff Fred Thomas led a search for four armed prisoners who escaped from Hinds County Jail in Jackson. The four men seized Thomas and two coworkers, took two hostages to the courthouse area, then fled 35 miles south releasing the captives on a country road. The escape involved a soap-carved gun and pistol revolver valued around $270.
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Hopewell, Miss
Fred Thomas
Hinds County
Jackson
Thomas
James Hartstog
John Mowedy
Kenneth Albert Bankston
Harrisville
Willie Lewis Price
Bassfield
James Ralph Murphy
Jacks
John
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Alex. W. Washburn
Bonita Granville
Boyle
William B. Saxbe
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Joh J. Gilligan
Saxbe
Gilligan
Ohio General Assembly
Saxbes
Richard S. Schweiker
Joseph S. Clark
Hanoi
Nazarene
Ark
Liltehe
SW Saigon
Hervey
Star
Garland Meds Ders
James
Jones
James FE
Meyers Abery
Hives
Emmett
Hope Fire
Jim Cobb
Arkansas Fireman
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