Toll roads in Arkansas and the turnpike idea
The Arkansas discussion weighs a proposed 290 mile toll express from Memphis to Texarkana via Little Rock. Promoters seek funds from tourists and trucks, noting such highways are new routes. The piece argues federal aid implications, timing decades away, and recalls toll bridge policy shifts in Pennsylvania.
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Arkansas
John L. Fletcher
Arkansas Gazette
Fletcher
Memphis
Little Rock
Texarkana
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Ghee
Pennsylvania
Wilkes- Barre
Allegheny Mountains
East End Bowlevard
New York
Philadelphia
State of Pennsylvania
University of Missouri
Columbia
the Star
Carl E. Bailey
Kentucky
Tennessee
Jolla
VFEW Auxiliaries Plan District Meet
VFEW auxiliaries plan a district meeting in Lewlay. Members seeking to attend are urged to contact Mrs. Deval Taylor or Mrs. Henry for details and invitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vfew Auxiliaries Plan
VFW
Lewlay
Atry
Plesse
A Deval “Taylor
Henry
Dixie to Fight to Keep School Segregation
In Montgomery Alabama January 30 a report notes race conscious Southern states may push drastic laws to preserve segregation if the Supreme Court outlaws it. Advocates in several states push toward privately run schools, with Alabama and Mississippi hinted. A Tuskegee Institute president doubts mass white support for private schooling while public funds exist, while a Macon County legislator pushes a private school corp if segregation ends. Georgia already bans public funds for schools with mixed races, and Virginia and South Carolina consider private subsidized options.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Mississippi
F. D. Patterson
Tuskegee Institute
South
Patterson
Macon County
Sam Engelhardt
Georgia
Engelhardt
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Mbs Een Polgim
Lidice
Way Cleared to Investigate McGrath
Washington Jan 30 House investigators cleared ground for a probe into Atty. Gen. McGrath. Planned inquiries cover his race track ties and a Rhode Island trust linked to Textron Inc. Also alleged unwarranted interference with federal grand juries and DOJ prosecution delays. The Judiciary Committee ordered a seven member subcommittee to lead the inquiry, placing McGrath in both investigator and subject roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Atty
McGrath
Rhode Island Trust
Textron, Inc
Justice Department
Department
House Judiciary Committee
Repubican
Rep
Keating
Attorney General
Truman
Robert Patterson
Elizabeth
N. J
Patterson
Cody Fowler
Tampa
Miami, Fla
William £. Leahy
Flood Crest Reaches Gallipoli Ohio and Cincinnati
The Ohio River crest has reached outskirts of Gallipelle and sent a warning of floods. Only a few Cincinnati warehouses are expected to flood as waters recede. Senator Taft denies John L Lewis claim miners can be barred from unsafe mines by Taft Hartley law. Churchill says Britain has made no formal commitment to join any punitive action against Red China if Korea truce breaks.
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Ohio River
Gallipelle
Ohio
Cincinnati
Taft
John L. Lewis
London
Churchill
Britain
United States
Red China
H Bomb Plant Cost Is Now Doubled
Washington reports the AEC says the hydrogen bomb plant cost will exceed earlier estimates. Chairman Gordon Dean announced reactors at the South Carolina plant cost more than anticipated, with the total now about 700 billion dollars. The semi annual report highlights expansion of atomic weapons, and growth in uranium production and research across several areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Gordon Dean
AEC
Dean
South Carolina
Congress
Toles Ofs
Gee Et Stee
Brookwood Third Graders Host Tea for Polio Drive
Brookwood school Third grade hosted a tea to benefit March of Dimes, drawing about 350 guests and raising 105 dollars. Several Brookwood students assisted with serving as evening greases and helpers, including Linda Sue Aaron and Norma Jean Cannon among others. Special guests included Brookwood students Jimmy Osborn and Patsy Melver and polio fundraising supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookwood School
Linda Sue Aaron
Norma Jean Cannon
Judy Kay Helton
Snaron House
Vonceil Johnson
Virginia Kinsey
Della Lamb
Mary Alice Mosely
Vera Ponder
Mary Ponder
Mary Lou Park
Nancy Record
Lana Thompson
Linda Thrash
Margaret Lauterback
C. E B. Baker
Ronnie Byers
Tim Bearden
Alfred Fiesher
Paul Galloway
Johnny Eel
Bobby Pate
Joy Shuford
Bobby Stark
Ford Ward
Billy Walters
Teer Any Sourciovel
C. Rateneg
Je Puryear
Gary Lee Quilliam
Brookwood
Jimmy Osborn
Betty Jordan
Reggie Turner
Patsy' S Melver
Highway Probe Reveals Big Profits In Stockpile Scandal
Arkansas Highway Audit Commission hearings uncover funds diverted from a county road project to a 1980s gubernatorial campaign. Monroe County residents raised 2961 dollars for a 3.8 mile road later shifted to state duties. Materials stockpiles, bids, and inflated profits are investigated as auditors review purchases and vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Janu
MacMath
Henry Woods
Atty, Gon
Murry
Monroe County
Tri' Dian Bay
Woods
Indian Bay Road
Arkansas Highway Audit Commission
State Highway Commission
Arkansas Highway
Charles Adams
Hughes
McMath
Adams
Gen
Highway Audit Commission
Eee
Pulaski
Tom Downiey
HAC
State Highway Department
Highway Commission
Chile
Alf Johnson
Interstate Construction Co
Pine Bluff
Arkansas Stone and Gravel Co
North Little Rock
Highway Department
Grunewald Set for Contempt Citations by Congress
Washington Jan 90 Grunewald the "mystery man" who won’t talk and William Maloney a former Justice Department attorney faced likely contempt citations from the House Ways and Means Committee after a King subcommittee session. Grunewald refused to answer questions while Maloney vowed to plead the fifth. Capitol police escorted Maloney from the room as the panel pressed for answers in a $507000 tax shake down probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry W. Gruenwald
William Power Marloney
House
Robert L. Dourghton
D-N. C
Rother
Cecil R. King
D.cal
Ways and Menia Committee
Justice Department For Prosecution
King
Boston
San Francisco
Wimulinons
Grunewald
Maloney
Juailee Department
Local Theater Collections Net $400
The Saenger and Rialto theatres in Rope raised 400 dollars for the week of January 20 to January 26. Sixty percent went to the County March of Dimes, twenty five percent to the Cancer Chairman, and fifteen percent to the county emergency fund. Hope High School Key Club, led by Assistant Coach Lawrence Martin, collected at both theatres all week. Theater receipts showed improvement over the past two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saenger and Rialto
County March‘of Dimes
Hope High School
Key Club
Lawrence Martin
The Neighborhood Handy Man Vanished In Our Time
HAL BOYLE recalls the old fashioned handy man who fixed anything with pride and independence. Pete, a neighbor who repaired houses and repaired more than tasks, valued fair pay and dignity, but vanished as specialization grew. The piece laments lost community ties and the quiet craftsman who cared for neighbors.
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Hal, Boyle
New York
Old Jim
Old Joe
Charley
Pete
Name & Price
John D. Rockefeller
Power Pool Talks Eye Regional Public and Private Grids
Washington reports that public and private power groups in Arkansas Louisiana Missouri Kansas and parts of Oklahoma and Texas are nearing a tentative Integrated power pool contract. The plan would align Southwestern Power Administration with private utilities under a Texas Oklahoma style arrangement benefiting rates and pooling public and private resources worth over five billion dollars.
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Washington
Arkabgas
Loulalang
Southwestern
Theukea
Norrell
D-Ark
Southwastern Power Administration
Interior
Chapman
House
Interlor Department
Novell
Arkansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
County Bond Sales Hit 256 276 In 1951
Fragmented text reports county bond sales reaching 256 276 in 1951 with references to U S Savings Bonds and Hempstead area. It mentions per capita figures and a Senate foreband, and a note about EB bonds and a total figure, but details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 8
Senate
Youth Unhurt After Running Into Truck Incident
A brief local report notes a youth ran into a truck but sustained no injuries. The incident description is unclear due to damaged OCR text and no names or locations are readable. Further verification is needed for precise details.
Mobile Unit Treats Affected Children
A mobile rehabilitation unit of the Arkonans Association for Crips led Children has been in Hope two days with two therapists advising parents of affected children. The unit, funded by Easter seal sales, travels statewide to treat cerebral palsy polio and speech defects and to teach parents home care techniques.
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Arkonans Association
BU Wray
Hompastead
Clara Mune Fredrick
Roag Morle Holston
Parenta
Crippled Children's Division
China and Russia drifting apart in State Department review
The State Department issued a report noting growing dissension between Peiping and Moscow. The review cites food shortfalls and land reforms in China, mass deportations in the Soviet bloc, and the closure of private enterprises in East Germany. It contrasts unrest in the Soviet sphere with a rising West, highlighting claims of Soviet oppression and forced labor estimates.
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Washington
State Department
Red China
Soviet Russia
Wuletin
Ching
Peiping
Moscow
Iroe
Wil
Soviet Bloc
Germany
Brussela
International Commission of Jurists
Igbor Camps
Soviet Union
Hitler
Cilor
David Noustet
Shirley Pearson to Head Local Heart Campaign
Little Rock January 30 1982 Pierre Meyer Sr president of the speaking Companys Yulile Roc state chairman announced the appointment of Misere Pearson Hope to head the Heart Fund by Bempstead county Miss Pearson said for savant 6 Hive percent of the ad will remain beret in Conduct malateites at he Me aive Pine as three years will
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Little Rock
Charles Meyer
Yulile Roc
Misere Pearson
Hope
Heart
Bempstead County
Egypt’s Premier Talks with Envoys on Middle East Pact
A fragmented report notes Egyptian Premier Aly Milier signaling openness to participation in Middle East security efforts. He discusses diplomacy with ambassadors in London and Paris, referencing a four-nation council and Suez Canal considerations amid Western envoy visits.
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Bel Solyad
Ward
Aly Milier
Egypt
Phetisis
United Nath
Atte Pttal
Suez Canal
Callea
Parla
Lohdor Chronicle
Pramier Tallead
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Dixie
Aba
Damasig Bo Io
Bulletins
Hope Schools
Handy Man
Mama
Price
Dad
Matt
Mqnor
Felebas Pares
Rado
B. A. W. Biss
China
Russia
Shirley Pearson
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