Bald eagle at Cincinnati Zoo seeks mate from Chicago aid
Betsy Ross, the zoo's lone American bald eagle and one of 48 in captivity in the U S, nears mating after 11 years as keeper Ed Maruska plans a pairing with a Chicago Brookfield Zoo consort. The government holds eagle ownership, breeding remains complex, and sexing is by chromosome test.
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Cincinnati Zoo
United States
Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
U.S. Department of the Interior
Ed Maruska
Maruska
Cincinnati
W. Peter Crowcroft
Obituaries for Lewis Cofield Garrett and McGough in Hope area
Paul Ansley Lewis 72 a Hope resident dies after brief illness born August 7 1900. Survived by wife Maude daughter Mary Rains Lewis sisters Nell Ingram Laurine Nolen. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday Herndon Funeral Home Chapel. Burial Memory Gardens. G H Cofield 80 former Hope resident dies in Prescott hospital. Survived by two sons C K Cofield Norman seven grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday Herndon Funeral Home. Burial Forest Hill Cemetery Nevada County. Mrs Sylvia Westmoreland Garrett Prescott died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Monday First Church of the Nazarene Prescott. Burial Caney Cemetery. Mrs Mattie Bell McGough 88 Lewisville dies Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Smith Funeral Home Chapel Lewisville. Burial Redman Cemetery DeQueen.
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Texarkana
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Bastrop
Laurine Nolen
Herndon Funeral Home Chapel
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Memory Gardens
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Prescott
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Norman
Grove Hill
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Herndon Funeral Home
Forest Hill Cemetery
Nevada County
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Sylvia Westmoreland Garrett
First Church of the Nazarene
Betty Stinson
J. F. Foster
Caney Cemetery
Mattie McGough
Mattie Bell McGough
Lewisville
Smith Funeral Home
Russel Baker
Joe Hunter
Redman Cemetery
DeQueen
Six High School Singers Vie for Arkansas Scholarship
In Hot Springs Ark six high school opera singers compete Thursday for a one year scholarship from the music department at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Finalists audition for the Blanche Thebom Foundation Award at Hot Springs High School auditorium.
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University of Arkansas At
Bryant outlines Arkansas capitol history and centennial plans
Secretary of State Kelly Bryant spoke at the Hope Rotary luncheon detailing Arkansas Little Rock capitol’s troubled 1899 start with $50,000 and convict labor, a six year halt, and a concrete-filled foundation later adopted as standard. He noted governance by George Donaghey, praised the capitol as a shrine, invited tours, and referenced Arkansas Creed distributions.
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Hope
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Boston
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National Capitol
Washington, D.C
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Arkansas weather summary for 24 hours ending Monday
Experiment station report notes high temperatures near 90 and low 72 for the period ending 7 am Monday. Forecast for Arkansas calls for partly cloudy, warm and humid conditions through Tuesday with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and widely scattered thundershowers tonight and Tuesday. Highs today and Tuesday reach low to mid 90s, with lows tonight around low 70s.
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URW okays agreement on three year Firestone contract
Russellville union officials said the United Rubber Workers approved a three year national contract with Firestone, after seven locals representing 8,736 workers voted for ratification while 6,300 opposed it. Bob Rieske praised the wage and benefit gains.
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Bob Rieske
United Rubber Workers
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Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Firestone
Rieske
Akron
Ohio
Twelve die on Arkansas highways in weekend crashes
The weekend traffic toll in Arkansas rose to twelve with deaths in multiple crashes across the state. Laura Lee Yow, 13, died on Arkansas 25 west of Paragould after being struck by a car driven by Larry Blackshear. Her sister Linley, 14, was injured. Janet Easterling, 18, of West Monroe and her son Jason were killed in a head on collision on Arkansas 167 near El Dorado. Others killed included Phillip Shepherd, 15, in Jonesboro, Lucian Phillips Jr., 20, in Fountain Hill, and Troy Robertson, Richard Woodell, Jerry Horne, Debra Ruth, in a Van Buren collision. Melissa Markley, 4, was struck near Batavia. State Police continued investigations into the various incidents.
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Jacksonville
Arkansas 25
Paragould
Linley Yow
Larry Blackshear
Hoxie
Blackshear
Janet J. Easterling
West Monroe
Jason
Arkansas 167
el Dorado
Jodie Ann Hill
Little Rock Air Force Base
Phillip J. Shepherd
Jonesboro
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Lucian M. Phillips J
Fountain Hill
Ashley County
Arkansas 81
Monticello
William Spencer
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Star City
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Larry Wilkerson
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Richard Woodell
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Debra Ann Ruth
Fort Smith
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Robertson
Horne
Miss Ruth
Melissa Markley
Harrison
Arkansas 206
Batavia
Evelyn Cantwell
Alpena
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