Wilkes-Barre’s horse-drawn fire engines remembered
Nostalgia piece recalls Wilkes-Barre firehouse days with steamers fueled by coke and a three-horse hitch. It notes a father’s hay contract, and recounts a 1904 world speed record set by two cream-colored buckskins pulling a hose-chemical wagon in 1.1 seconds, plus training methods for fire horses and praise for Chief Ambrose Saricks.
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UPI
Wilkes-Barre
Charley
William Oliver Washburn
Wilkes- Barre
Ambrose Saricks
Pennsylvania
Paris
France
Michael Um
Bewust
Phillip Malloy
First and Only Male Undergraduate at St. Xavier College
Kenneth Rogers will become the first and only male undergraduate among 781 students at St. Xavier College in Chicago on Monday.
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Chicago
Kenneth Rogers
St. Xavier College
Nevada County groups to meet for community betterment
Southwest Arkansas development council announces public meetings for Rosston Oakgrove Cale Prescott and Emmet communities in Nevada County. Meetings at Nevada County Training School Oakgrove February 5 7 30 p.m. Cale High School February 6 7 30 p.m. Prescott City Hall February 6 7 p.m. Emmet City Hall February 6 7:30 p.m. Purpose is to involve residents in working together for betterment. Everyone invited. Also notes Lt James Herald Porterfield honored January 28 in Hope. retirement February 1 1969 after 30 years with Arkansas State Police. He served mostly in southwest Arkansas. married Lenna with two sons.
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Southwest Arkansas Development Council
Rosston
Oakgrove
Cale
Prescott
Emmet
Nevada County
Cale High School
Prescott City Hall
Emmet City Hall
James Herald
Pod
Porterfield
Arkansas State Police
Hope
Hope Coliseum
Arkansas
Leutenant
Highway Patrol
Lenna
Bill Would Give Hike to Teachers in Arkansas
A House bill seeks an average $500 salary rise for public school teachers over two years starting July 1. It would issue flat $130 per child grants to districts, with funds distributed via an equalization formula based on district adjusted assessed valuation, totaling $95.5 million from state funds.
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Little Rock
APA
Arkansas House
Gle Maddox
Oden
Education Department
Legislative Council
Maddox
Visiting New York Is Great But Not If You Go Five Times A Week
Visiting New York is great yet five trips weekly via Long Island Rail Road strain riders. The line, once buckling under bankruptcy, improved under state control and Goodfellow, but MET plans and new trains sparked complaints. Delays, unsafe trains, dirty cars, and a whiskey-like rebellion by some crews grew amid cost-cutting and maintenance cuts as authorities pledged fixes.
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New York
Joe Wing
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Long Iseland
Long Island
Pennsylvania Rail Road
State of New York
Thomas H. Goodfellow
Gers
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
William J. Rowan
Filibuster Dead Again as Senate Battle Persists
Washington AP reports defenders of the Senate filibuster push faced a setback as a bid to curb debate failed. Majority Leader Mansfield warned the issue could become a defeat and may be laid aside or referred to the Rules Committee requiring unanimous consent. The second vote on ending debate fell 50 to 42, short of the two thirds needed, following an initial tally of 55 to 47.
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Washington
Senate
Ncon
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Showers Expected to Continue Across Arkansas
Scattered thundershowers to day were expected to continue in Arkansas through Thursday. Temperatures rose into the 70s in the south and central sections, with cooler tonight and Thursday. Highs in the mid 50s in the northeast. overnight lows from 41 at Harrison to 66 at Texarkana. Rainfall reports for the 24-hour period ended at 6 a.m. ranged from a trace at Memphis to 1.55 at Texarkana.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Harrison
Texarkana
Memphis
High School Courses Offered in Hope District
The State Department of Education grants Hope School District permission to offer general adult education for 18 plus individuals seeking a diploma or GED. Classes start Monday February 3 1969 at Red River Vocational Technical School, meeting Monday and Thursday 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. English math social science and general science offered. Interested persons should meet at Red River Vocational School Monday night or contact Verger High School 777-2691 or Red River School 777-5722.
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State Department of Education
Hope School
Red River
Red River Vocational Technics School
Verger High School
Lunar truce in Vietnam set for Tet short by design
In Saigon the South Vietnamese government said a lunar new year truce would be declared for Tet but shorter than the Viet Cong’s seven day halt. The Viet Cong announced a cease-fire from 7 am Feb 15 to 7 am Feb 22, warning that US, South Vietnam, and allies would be punished for any military action during that period. A government spokesman soon said Vietnam is willing to have a truce.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
United States
South Vietnam
Living Costs Rise in December as Prices Climb
AP Labor Writer Neil Gilbride reports December living costs rose two tenths of one percent while the year 1968 posted a 4.7 percent total increase, the largest since 1951. Food costs jumped six tenths and housing rose five tenths, with wages up 5.5 percent over the year though eroded by higher prices. The Bureau notes a 0.2 percent rise in wholesale prices in December and a preliminary eight tenths rise in January, the largest in three years.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statics
Global headlines mix spy trial in Baghdad and Vietnam war notes
AP News Digest reports a mass spy trial under way in Baghdad and Iraqi charges of Israeli troop buildup near Jordan. Also noted are Czechoslovakia political shifts, Canada’s PM Pierre Trudeau stepping down after nine months, a Vietnam infantry officer shortage, Nixon meeting on nuclear nonproliferation, Rockefeller’s Latin America mission, a US Supreme Court religious nominations issue, Pueblo inquiry prospects, hijackings to Cuba raising piracy tallies, and social unrest affecting police forces amid California mud.
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Iraq
Iraqi Unis
Jordan
Czechoslovakia
Pierre Won
Ofce
Saigon
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Vietnam
Washington
Nixon
National Seciety Council
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Latin America
Supreme Court
Lkely
Pueblo
Naval Court
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Navy
Schools Closed by Flu Epidemic in Greenwood and Mansfield
Greenwood and Mansfield schools will be closed until Monday due to a flu epidemic. Mansfield superintendent Albert Whiley reported 195 students and three teachers absent on Tuesday, about 28 percent of enrollment, while Greenwood superintendent J. C. Dill said 50 percent of junior high students were absent.
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Greenwood
Arx
Mansfield
Albert Whiley
J. C. Dill
Miss Amanda Martin Joins VISTA Program
In Pittsfield Massachusetts Amanda Martin says life seems brighter now that she has something to get up for. She joined Volunteers In Service To America to do something for others, driven by an urge to help.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Amanda Martin
Local honors and military notices from Hope area students
A Hempstead student Jane E. Smith makes Henderson State College fall dean’s list while corrections note Larry White’s omission. UTA cadet Albert G. Weisenberger to be commissioned. Cadet Shinfitter and Airmen Ponder and Pomter deploy with Vietnam duties. Kitty Hawk earns Presidential Unit Citation. local families and veterans appear in multiple updates.
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Hempstead
Henderson State College
Jane E. Smith
Hope
Albert G. Weisenberger
Royce Weisenberger
Hope, Ark
U.S. Signal Corps
University of Texas At Arlington
Weisenberger
UTA
Shinfitter
Grover C. Fisher
USN
Irene Fisher
Rt. 3
Carolyn E. Luford
Philadelphia
Pearl Harbor
Kitty Hawk
Vietnam
Iraq Pursues New Spy Trials Amid Tense Protests
Baghdad reports a new mass spy trial behind closed doors accusing defendants of working for the U S Central Intelligence Agency amid Iraqi claims Israel planned attacks on troops in Jordan. London sources earlier said 35 defendants including 19 Jews faced charges of spying and sabotage as global reactions mount to executions of alleged spies.
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Associated Press
Whder
Baghdad
Iraq
Jordan
Egypt
Middle East
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
London
Revolutionary Court
Abdullah Salloum Samer
Rai
Israel
Samerrajl
U.S. State Department
Washington
Beirut
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
United States
Britain
Paul VI
U.N
U Thant
Levi Eshko
Babylon
Nahum Goldmann
World Jewish Congress
Thant
U.N. Intervension
Syria
Comedian Bi Hackett Named VP at Sahara Nevada Corp
Las Vegas reports Bi Hackett, noted for his comedy, is named vice president of Sahara Nevada Corp which oversees Del Webb hotels in Nevada. Howard James, the corporation head, announced the appointment Tuesday. The Sahara properties include the Sahara, Las Vegas, Mint and Desert Inn.
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Nev
Bi Hackett
Sahara-Nevada Corp
del B. Webb
Nevada
Howard James
Webb
Derbird
Mint
Tag
Sahara-Tahos
Lake ‘Ghoe
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Ray Lawrence
First National Bank of Hopes
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Arkansas Bankers Association
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Southern Cement Transport of
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Southern Methodist University
Dallas
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William L. Ponder
Walnut, Hope
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Pomter
Pacific Air Forces
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