Roads and swamp travel on State 355 in Hempstead County
A Sunday exploration piece highlights State 355 from Mineral Springs through Saratoga and Fulton to Patmos, with gravel segments and a suggested missing link to create a continuous loop around Hempstead and Nevada counties. It notes the Bodean Creek bottoms as a key draw and warns about drying times after rain. The column also references a downtown fire in The Star and a Brown University news note on computerized copy editing.
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Hempstead County
Patmos
Willisville
Nevada County
Bodean Creek
Bodcaw Creek
Grassy Lake
Hempstead
Nevada
Hope
Prescott
Mineral Springs
Saratoga
McNab
Fulton
Dooley's Ferry
Red River
Bolars Ferry
Bodean Creek Bottoms
City Spent 700000 on Capital Improvements Last Year
City Manager Garlands Medders says the past year marks the largest capital improvements program in Hope's history, with over 11 miles of streets rebuilt or resurfaced and major sewers and curbs completed. The $206000 Avenue B project was part of a $450000 water street and sewer program backed by a $200000 federal grant. A fire destroyed the Western Auto Store downtown, damaged another, and threatened a third before Fire Department containment late last night. no losses were estimated.
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City OF Hope
Garland Medders
Sampleton
West Avenue B
Otecos
Hiss
He Wate Pom
Western Auto
Hope
Jaca
Western Auto Firm
Hose- Keen
Olahoma Tire & Supply
Clyde’s
Perry Henley
Bank in New York Raises Prime Rate in Unexpected Move
City Bank of New York announced an increase in its prime rate on Tuesday, lifting the rate from 8 percent to a higher level for new loans. The prime rate, charged to the banks' most creditworthy customers, typically signals broader lending costs and could affect corporate borrowing.
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Yohn Wits
Eivst Nationer City Bank of New York
Nixon to name Annenberg ambassador to Britain
AP News Digest reports President elect Nixon plans to appoint publisher Walter Annenberg as ambassador to Britain. Stennis questions whether Packard’s stock trust plan for the Defense Department will be accepted. The defense team may include a civilian Air Force public affairs background.
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NIXON
Walter Annenberg
Britain
John Stennis
Elirman
Armed Services Committee
David Packard
Defense Department
Nixon Defense
Hubert H. Finch
Stock Market Skids Sharply on Monday
New York brokers blamed uncertainties about the economy and peace outlooks, plus profit taking and tax-year selling, as the Dow Jones industrial average fell sharply. The Dow dropped 15.23 points to 936.66 in heavy trading.
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New York
Foes Modify Proposal on Filibuster Rule Change
AP report notes bipartisan sponsors tweak their plan as Humphrey weighs ruling on Senate status. Javits and Hart gain support for shifting from two thirds to three fifths and previously eyed simple majority. Hart and Javits seek a ruling on whether Senate is a continuing body or a new session entity. Humphrey returns from Norway after Trygve Lie’s funeral.
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Jack Kneece
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
New York
Jacob K. Javits
Michigan
Philip A. Hart
Congress
Hart
Javits
Humphrey
Norway
U.N
Trygve Lie
Hope Youths Enter Not Guilty Pleas in Slaying Case
Dennis Turner 19 and Larry Yates 18, both of Hope, faced Circuit Judge William Arnold II with Turner pleading not guilty to first degree murder for the Christmas morning shooting of Larry Wayne Yates on a rural road east of Hope. Second case actions included pleas of guilty or no contest in unrelated charges.
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Dennis Turner
Hope
Larry Wayne
Yates
William Arnold II
Boyd Tackett
Texarkana
W. H
Dub) Arnold
Norman Smith
Young Yates
New Trouble for College in California
San Francisco State College faces a formal teachers strike as acting President SL Hayakawa questions keeping the school open. At San Jose State another faculty walkout looms while police arrest five demonstrators amid picketing and jeers. Teachers seek higher pay more voice in policy making and official recognition while student boycotts continue.
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Steve Bassett
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
San Francisco State College
SL Hayakawa
San Jose
Hayakawa
American Federation of Teachers
AFT
San Francisco State
Dierks Plans Expansion to Begin Briquette Plant
Dierks Forest Inc announces expansion in Dierks Arkansas to begin briquette manufacturing. The project will add new facilities and create about 20 jobs. Company officials say the move boosts local industry and production capacity.
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Dierks, Ark
Dierks Forest Inc
Monday T
All Around Town and Local Notes
All Around Town reports move of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dameron to Hope from Arlington Virginia, residing at 319 North Main with Mrs. Carl Smith. It notes Mr. Dameron’s 33 years in U.S. government service, world travel, and a correction about a Gerald Jones in the court docket. Also mentions weather records at Experiment Station, a Navy technician Harry M. Jones, and Kathryn Handley. Kenneth Gilliam will direct Hendrix College Players winter production The Circle, with earlier work on Iphigenia in Aulis, as Arkansas representatives in a national theater festival. Arkansas scholars Coleman Mayne Tamburg and Freddie D. Westfall listed.
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Sam Dameron
Sybil Smith
Hope
Arlington
N. Main
Carl Smith
Dameron
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Cameron
Kenneth Gilliam
Hendrix College Players
Gilellam
Somerset Maughan
Gillam
Hendrix Players
Arkansas
Ft. Worth
Ky proposes three pronged peace talks format
South Vietnam's Nguyen Cao Ky outlines a three part plan for peace talks in Saigon with US and North Vietnam, Saigon and Hanoi reps meeting separately and a possible neutral ship venue, while Hanoi and the Viet Cong reject the approach as excluding the NLF and challenging its status. The Saigon delegation disclaims responsibility for the plan, and North Vietnam calls the move a sabotage delay.
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Stephens
Paris
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Saigon
Nguysi van Thieu
United Sates
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Johnson
NLF
Nguyen Thanh le
Local Group to Attend State Soil and Water Meet
Hempstead County Soil and Water Conservation District will send Monroe Samuel Lacie Rowe Richard Arnold Slomon Goodlett and George F Brown to the State Association annual meeting in Little Rock January 12 to 14. A memorial service for members who died since the last meeting will be held after Sunday registration. Sterlin Hurley will preside at the morning session with Kenneth E Grant delivering a panel on Communities of Tomorrow. Panelists include Dr Lindo J Bartelis Paul Bates and Dr Winston Peard discussing methods for maximum resource development. A watershed man of the year will be named during the events.
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Monroe Samuel
Lacie Rowe
Richard Arnold
Slomon Goodlett
George F. Brown
Hempstead County
Soil Conservationist
SCS
Lindo J. Bartelis
Fort Worth
Paul Bates
Southeast Arkansas Economie Development District
Pina Bluff
Winston Peard
Arkansas Planning
Little Rock
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Alen. H. Washburn
Perimeter Roads
Star
UPI
Providence
R.I
Brown University
Clyde
Ark
Big Bank
AP News Digest
Vietnam
National
Allegheny Airlines
Bradford
Robert F. Smith
Carl Ward
Edward Smith
California
Dierks
The
Gerald Jones
Gerald
Red)Jones
South Hervey
Harry M. Jones
Louis B. Jones
Walnut Sy
Ea Jones
Ramey Afb
P.R
Strategic Air Command
Hope High School
Kathryn
J.L. Handley
1817 West 10Th St
Texas
Fayetteville
Coleman
Mayne Tamburg
Freddie D. Westfall
Nashville
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