Bill Jones Surges On New Press In Arkansas
A short desk story recalls Bill Jones and ex-newsboy Lily Dan Jones testing a Fairchild News King 475 press in Little Rock. Jones succeeds with black and white printing, color to come after mastering current capabilities, with engineer Wesley Phillips overseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Dan Jones
Mr. Jones
Fairchild Graphic Equipment
Joplin
Baxter Bulletin
Mountain Home
George
Boots) Smith, Jr
O.K
Fairchild News King
Bill Jones
Wesley Phillips
Atlanta
Pasteur
Hope
Ark
Star
Billy Dan Jones
Boots) Smith Jr
Wesley
Phillips
Fairchild
Wes
Foster son on trial for Fort Smith foster father murder
Frederick Rush, 27, charged with killing his foster father at Fort Smith, Arkansas. This is his third trial after two prior convictions in the May 12, 1962 shooting of Paul Rush were overturned by the state Supreme Court. A 12 member jury is seated before Circuit Judge Paul Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldron, Ark
Frederick Rush
Fort Smith
Paul Rush
State Supreme Court
Paul Wolfe
Compliance at Hermitage Probed
Federal education officials will survey Hermitage Arkansas Schools District for Civil Rights Act compliance. A team of analysts from the Office of Education will conduct the review, but dates and complaint status remain unknown. Similar inspections have occurred in Georgia Alabama and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hermitage
Ark
U.S. Office of Education
David
Seeley
Office
Equal Education Opportunities Program
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Four Million Americans May Have Diabetes Says Study
AP columnist compiles assorted notes from 1960s era mailbag. Notable items include four million Americans possibly diabetic with half unaware, West Germans consuming more champagne than before, trivia on thumb length and ice cream in the White House, Saroyan quote, rabies rise among wildlife, cave infection risk, air intake, and charcoal in fridges to absorb odors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Delly Madison
Thomas Jefferson
White House
Stern George Washington
William Saroyan
Dismisses Suit by the Food Union
Pulaski Chancery Court ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to order the University of Arkansas to pay overtime to 68 cafeteria and food service workers alleging work beyond 8 hours daily. The Labor Commissioner filed the suit, signaling a potential appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court while the university argues the board should be sued in Washington County and that the suit lacks sufficient facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Kay Matthews
University of Arkansas
Pulaski Chancery Court
Bill Laney
Milas Hale
Laney
State Supreme Court
Matthews
E. L. McHaney Jr
University Board
Washington County
Mrs Petre Leads Scout Cookie Drive in Melonville
Mrs Kenneth Petre named Girl Scout Cookie Chairman for the 1966 sale in Melonville Neighborhood to run February 4 to 12 with five cookie varieties during order taking. Open sale in March offers two varieties. Cookies priced 50 cents per box or 6 for 24. Proceeds fund local and Conifer Council camping facilities. Training in Hope by Gail Gilbert January 19 with parent permission slips. Urban Renewal Administration approves 171067 grant for Metropolitan Area Planning Commission of Pulaski and Saline counties Arkansas for continuing comprehensive planning. initial grant 130781. 18000 to University of Arkansas for technical advisory services for smaller cities and counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Petre
South
Hervey
Melonville
Fred McElroy
Conifer Council
Hope
Gail Gilbert
Girl Scout Little House
Yerger
Washington
Urban Renewal Administration
Metropolitan Area Planning Commission
Pulaski
Saline
Ark
Little Rock
North
University of Arkansas
Arkansas
Snow Furthers Hazardous Roads Across Arkansas
Snow moved into the southern half of Arkansas Monday night prompting warnings of locally hazardous driving. The U.S. Weather Bureau forecasts most of the snow will melt by tonight or Wednesday with no additional snow forecast. Monday highs were mainly in the 30s and 40s, except Fayetteville and Harrison in the high 20s, and Hot Springs reported 46 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Arkansas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Fayetteville
Harrison
Hot Springs
Faubus seeks disaster designation for 17 Arkansas counties
Governor Faubus asked President Johnson to designate 17 Arkansas counties as major disaster areas and requested 159,100 dollars in federal aid to cover damage to public facilities from heavy rain and flooding on December 31 and January 1. Counties listed include Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Newton, Poinsett, Prairie, Randolph, Searcy, St. Francis, Van Buren, and Woodruff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Johnson
Arkansas
Faubus
Clay
Craighead
Crittenden
Crass
Faulkner
Greene
Jackson
Lawrence, Lee
Newton
Poinsett
Prairie
Randolph, Searcy, St. Francis
van Buren and
Woodruff
Faubus Sets Feb 6 Special Election in Gum Springs
Gov Orval Faubus ordered a special election in Gum Springs Clark County on February 6 to select the town’s first officials after residents requested the vote. Eighty voters would be eligible to participate in the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Gum Springs
Faubus
Help Begins to Reach Area Under Attack
Seven thousand more U S troops pour into Santa Viet Maes to bolster Saigon defense and strengthen the Marine beachhead. Guerrillas harass positions with mines grenades and ambushes amid New Year tensions. An orphanage was hit by mistake. Rumors of a coup swirl as Dean Rusk visits. U S casualties include five children wounded and two Vietnamese soldiers killed in the early mortar attack near Quang Ngai City.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Santa Viet Maes
Nguyen Cao Ky
Dean Rusk
U.S. 25Th Division
2Nd Brita
Hawaii
Okinawa
Quang Ngai City
Wayne Mabry
Philadelphia
Community events and schedules in Hope town
Local unit lists cookie sale permission slips for Girl Scouts, a Hope Music Parents Association meeting at Cannon Hall, a Bob Hope Show TV shot featuring Sgt. Lynn H Poole, school closures for reading workshops and conferences, American Legion Auxiliary program on National Security with guest speaker, Virginia Wingfield Harwell’s college registration, a warning about a deceptive Classified Directory notice, and Post Office box key pickup ahead of a move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Music Parents Association
Cannon Hall
Hope High School
Lynn H. Poole
Earl Poole
Texarkana
Willis Poole
Hope
Thiland
Bob Hope
Ares
Tech School Groundbreaking and Banquet Set for 1966
The Chamber of Commerce schedules a 4 pm groundbreaking for Red River Vocational Technical School on Highway 29 near Hope with Governor Orval Faubus turning the dirt. A 7 pm Coliseum dedication at Fair Park follows, chaired by Judge Lyle Brown. Seath Olen Hendrix will MC. Judge John Wilson will introduce Faubus. About 500 people are expected. tickets via Guy Grigg or the Chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Hope
Red River
Orval E. Faubus
Seath Olen Hendrix
Prescot
Lyle Brown
John Wilson
Faubus
Gene Whitewell
Mercury Dips Across Regions Amid Unseasonable Cold
Arctic air blanketed much of the nation driving subzero readings from North Dakota to Wisconsin. Bismarck hit 28 below, while Sioux Falls and Huron recorded 19 below in South Dakota. Minnesota saw -13 in Rochester with fresh snow in Duluth, and Milwaukee area endured 10 to 17 inches of snow. Lows near zero across Illinois and Michigan capped by snow drifts. Florida cooled but remained above freezing with Miami around 49. Texas reported heavy snow near San Angelo and iced bridges. In Arkansas, Little Rock approved a heliport project to serve the state, slated for completion near February end.
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Associated Press
Arctic Alr
Mercury
Bismarck
N.D
South Dakota
Soux Falls
Huron
Minnesota
Rochester
Duluth
Wisconsin
Millwaukee
Park Ride
Green Bay
Eau Claire
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Lone Rock
Illinois
O'Hare International
Michigan
Houghton
New Mexico
Red River
Florida Everglades
Rio Grande Valley
Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Florida
San Angelo
Texas City
Upper
Panhandle
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Arkla
Arkan- Say Louisiana Gas Co
State Public Service Commission
Clinton
Clnton
PSC
Damascus
The
Aluminum Co. of America
Saline County
Malvern Brick and Tile Co
Malvern
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Robbins Products Corp
Nevada County
MacMillan Ring-Free Oil Co
Norph
Noq
Perth
Australia
Magser
Rex
Robert Robertson
Robertson
Bulletin
Jim Helton
Fulton
War Department
Apna '3
Hellen, Ae
Niet Nem
Food Union
Mrs. Petre
Scout
American Legion Auxiliary
Glenn Williams
East Second St
Southern State College
Virginia Wingfield Harwell
Tom Harwell
Hope High
Harwell
Southern State
B. N. Holt
A. D. Brannan
Tech School
Heliport
Little Rock Board of Adjustment
Helicopters Inc
Arkansas River
State Capitol
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