Tourist Handbook of Southwest Arkansas 1966 Promotion
A regional handbook titled Tourist Handbook of Southwest Arkansas 1966 showcases Hope Chamber promotions and local advertisers. It covers Magno lia Camden Camp Albert Pike Mena and highlights Albert Pike camping Narrows Lake and Wilhelmina Hotel with photos and text. A caption misidentifies Chimney Rock on Lake Greeson as Little Chimney. the real Chimney Rock rises about 200 feet and now sits 105 to 120 feet deep behind the lake with an 80 to 140 foot rock above water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
Southwest Arkansas
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Eller
Washing- Fiter Printing Co
Washon
Magnolia
Camden
Albert
DeSoto
Florida
Caddo Gap
Chimney Rock
Lake Greeson
Narrows
GE bids to supply generators for Arkansas River plants
General Electric of Pine Bluff bid 2 375 140 to furnish five generators for the Ozark Arkansas and three for Webber Falls Oklahoma locks. Installations set for Ozark by October 1971 and Webbers Falls by December 1972. Richard Arnold of Texarkana urged rural electric cooperation at a C and L Electric Cooperative meeting in Star City. Auntie Milne jailed in seas he 007. Bethlehem Steel shipyard names noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
General Electric Co
Pine Bluff
Arkansas River
Army
Ozark, Ark
Webber Falls
Okla
Ozark
Webbers Falls
Star City
Ark
Richard Arnold
Texarkana
Arnold
C&l
Baltimore
Milne
Bethlehem Steel Co
Murphy Opens 4th District Campaign With Attacks
EL DORADO Ark AP Dean Murphy launched his bid for the 4th District criticizing Democratic rivals Richard Arnold Charles Honey and David Pryor as puppets of Washington. He warned supporters of a tough race and cited past vote history while Pryor Honey Arnold attended a journalism meeting in Little Rock and addresses on water rights and federal spending.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Dean Murphy
Murphy
Richard Arnold
Charles Honey
David Pryor
Oren Harris
Harris
Washington
Harvard
Yale
Pryor
Honey
Arnold
John Harris Jones
Sigma Delta Chi
Little Rock
Lane Republican
Lynn Lowe
Texarkana
Miller County
Red River
Medicare Starts Today in Arkansas Hospitals
The federal Medicare program began in Arkansas with 86 of 109 hospitals qualified for participation and seven hospitals awarded contracts just before kickoff. Hospitals must assign patients to rooms without regard to race under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, with HEW approval for any room transfers if patients object to sharing with another race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Arkansas
Social Security Administration
Arkansas State Hospital
Benton
Harris Hospital
Newport
Howard County Hospital
Nashville
Pike County Memorial Hospital
Murfreesboro
Ouachita Memorial Hospital
Hot Springs
Branch General Hospital
Hope
Verser
Harrisburg
Health, Education and Welfare Department
John Gilbreath
Baptist Medical Center
Little Rock
HEW
Fire department instructor attends three day training
Chief James Cobb reported that Dorsey Huckabee, a local fire department instructor, has returned from a three day instructors conference in Little Rock. Kenneth Stanton, Assistant Director of the Western Actuarial Bureau in Chicago, was the instructor. Cobb said such training benefits local classes held twice monthly for regular and volunteer firefighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cobb
Dorsey Huckabee
Little Rock
Kenneth Stanton
Western Actuarial Bureau
Chicago
Illinois
Cobb
Klan Rally Planned in Pine Bluff Arkansas
C D Green of Watson Chapel said an out-of-state speaker would address a Ku Klux Klan rally planned for Friday in Pine Bluff Arkansas. Green offered no reason for the rally and did not identify the speaker or the event’s purpose.
State Taxes Cost Public 253 Million in Arkansas
Arkansas taxpayers paid 252,917,317 to the state in the last fiscal year per the Revenue Department. The report shows increases over prior years with withholding tax receipts of 11,599,016 that normally arrive later, and higher gasoline, motor vehicle, and sales tax revenues for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
State Revenue Department
Department
Warehouse Fire in Fulton Destroys Brooks Shultz Building
High winds and a summer storm triggered a large fire at a Fulton warehouse owned by Brooks Shultz. Lightning is suspected. Firefighters from Hope helped prevent spread, two other buildings burned briefly, and important papers up to 90 years old were lost. A second call involved a grass fire on Taft Street and a mower blaze at 907 East 5th.
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Fulton
Brooks Shultz
Kitchens
Hope
Othr
Hope Firermen
Taft Street
East 5Th
Workers Bus Overturns Killing 11 Near O4ann Alabama
An early morning bus carrying about 30 migratory workers from Orlando crashed into an embankment nine miles north of Ovarre Puneret Home, killing 11, all Black. The old school bus veered from U.S. 231 around 1:30 a.m. and a medical team from Ft. Rucker treated the injured. The travelers were bound for Missouri to work in corn fields.
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O4ann
Ala
Orlando
Fla
Here
Ovare Puneret
U.S. 231
Foutenan
Ft. Rucker
Dale County
Harold Fick
Missouri
Johnson says U S will stay in Vietnam until peace talks
President Johnson declares the United States is in Vietnam to stay until an honorable peace is negotiated. He warns air raids will continue in North Vietnam as long as Communist leaders refuse talks, urging leaders to meet without preconditions. He frames a room and table talk as the path to ending the fighting and explains U.S. resolve alongside allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Johnson
Hanoi
United States
Viet Nam
U.S
Nebraska
South Viet Nam
Paare
Seth Viet Nam
U.N. Security Council
Haiphong
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
Collision Fatal for Mrs Simpkins in Panhandle Truck Crash
Mrs Jack Simpkins of Marshall Arkansas died Wednesday in a war truck collision north of Bowne in the Panhandle region. Her husband was listed in serious condition at a local hospital following the wreck.
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Bovina
Jack Simpkins
Marshall, Ark
Los dl
Bown
Esas Panhandle
Ala Brian Hospital
Woody
NATO Amid France Split Forces Survive Despite Withdrawal
Paris AP France withdraws over 2000 officers from integrated NATO commands and pounds out a plan to move 28 000 U S troops and bases off French soil by next April while insisting France remains in the alliance. NATO posts keep planning for joint defense as details of future French participation remain unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Charles de Gaulle
West Germany
NATO
Bure
de Gaulle
Europe
Allance
U.S
Evreux
England
United States
Germany
Earier
Anger to continue air raids against North Vietnam
AP News Digest reports President vannsen warns air raids on Haiphong will persist until Communist leaders agree to peace talks. U.S. decision makers lag behind military chiefs in deciding Haiphong attacks must be knocked out. Medicare begins for 19 million seniors. Dr. Milford O. Rouse pledges direct billing policy. Balaguer inaugurated as Dominican Republic pursues new government. France withdraws from NATO commands. Burnice Geiger returns after five years for embezzlement case. Mississippi bans Prohibition. Congress and Johnson administration clash over fiscal year outlook. Federal avants fund strawberry disease and cancer drug research among daily programs.
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Vannsen
Jean
North
Viet Nam
U.S
Milford O. Rouse
American Medical Association
International
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
France
NATO
de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Burnice Geiger
Mississippi
Washington
Congress
Johnson
Convoy of Louisiana Guardsmen Returns From Fort Chaffee
A 650-vehicle convoy carrying 2000 Louisiana National Guardsmen from summer training at Fort Chaffee will pass through Arkansas between 5 a.m. Friday and about 10 a.m. Saturday. Maj. Gen. Erbon Wise announced the schedule, noting the line will take four and a half hours to pass any given point.
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Fort Chaffee
Ark
Arkansas
Erbon Wise
Wise
Louisiana Adjutant General
Flasher railroad crossing signal sought on Highway 355
Arkansas lawmakers seek action from the Highway Department to install a flasher railroad crossing signal at Highway 355 near Mc Nab Crossing following a hearing. The letter to the department was prepared but not attached. Also noted are students on Dean’s List at University of Arkansas Hope and local civic notices, with several community updates and schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Holbrook
Arkansas Legislative Council
Olen Hendrix
Talbot Feild Jr
Highway Department
Highway 355
McNab Crossing
Marcus
University of Arkansas
College of Arts and Sciences
George Harris
Johnny Anthony
Janet Kills
All of
Hope
William Tyler
Julie
Dallas
W. Ave
James Braden
Tyler
Arkansas Highway Department
Lois’ Beauty Shop
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
Fuel Depot Hit by Bombers Across North Vietnam
U S pilots struck another North Vietnamese fuel depot at the Dong Nham storage site 15 miles northwest of Hai Phong containing about 4 000 metric tons of fuel. Ground fighting northwest of Saigon saw a Viet Cong unit pushed toward Cambodia with nearly 300 enemy killed in counterattacks. Three U S jets mistakenly dropped cluster bombs on a Vietnamese village, killing five civilians and wounding 41. An additional Air Force F105 was shot down northwest of Dong Hoi, rescued after 40 minutes.
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Andrew Borowiec
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Dong Nham
Haiphong
An Loc
Bien Hoa
Viet Nam
Hanoi
United States
Constellation
North Vietnamese
Panhandle
17Th Parallel
Gulf of Tonkin
Dong Hoi
North Viet Nam
Horse Assn Plans Final Show in Hope Arkansas
The South Central Arkansas Horse Show Association met in Arkadelphia on June 28 and set second circuit dates across July and August in Hope Gordon Arkadelphia Delight Amity Murfreesboro Prescott and Gurdon with a makeup for Gurdon on July 9. Fordyce resigns as secretary Albert Medlock elected secretary and the indoor Hope Coliseum hosts the end of season Round Up Show with books opening at 4 pm and show starting a jan.
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South Central Arkansas Horse Show Association
Arkadelphia
Arkansas
Hope
Gordon
Delight
Amity
Murfreesboro
Prescott
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Alex. H. Washburn
Jrons
Bodcaw Boy Scout
YBLIL
Pioneer
H. E. Carlton
LBJ
AP News Digest
The
Star
William Green
S. Walnut
George Smith Jr
George
Boo) Smith Jr
the Star
Hope Post
John Scatt Andrews
Andy Andrews
Ourentia College
John Scatt
Hoywu
Eiakas
Spring Hill
Henderson College
Charles McConnell
Jeanette McConnell
Vada White
Augusta Tratter
Gladys Golston
Conway
Paul W Klipsch
B. N. Holt
Ed Aslin
B. J. Wilhite
Silas Snow
Cecil Cupp
James Hutson
USN
San Diego
Calif
Austin Hulson
Chayrleevin
S.C
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