Ashdown mill groundbreaking announces July 12 ceremony
Nekoosa Edwards Paper Company will break ground for a Ashdown Arkansas pulp and paper mill on Tuesday July 12 at 11 00 am near Ash Town on U S Highway 71 The 446 million complex includes a 160 ton per day pulp mill and a 200 ton per day paper mill with supporting facilities Employment is projected at about 465 The plant aims to start operation before year end 1968 Pulp from pine and hardwood will serve Ash Town mills and shipments to Edwards Nekoosa Stevens Point Wisconsin and Potsdam New York will bolster capacity by more than 25 percent for business papers
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Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company
Ashdown
Arkansas
Ashtown
U.S. Highway 71
Sam Cane
Nekoosa
Artansag
Edwards
Stevens Point
Wisconsin
Potsdam
New York
Port Edwards
Duck bands show 12 year roaming mallard tale
A mallard hen tagged as 557-3113 in Arkansas County in 1953 was killed last year after an estimated 3,000 mile yearly migration between Canada and Arkansas. A drake banded 11 years earlier near Reydell was found in Bay Port, Michigan, and another band from Reydell in 1956 was retrieved in Missouri. The rare long lives challenge typical mortality estimates. Arkansas notes 14 year oldest band previously returned in state. 1968 67 licenses go on sale July 1. residents pay 3.50, nonresidents 20 for small game or 30 for big game. deer and turkey not open to nonresidents with small game permits. Resident under 16 exempt. no game seasons open before September.
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George M. Purvis
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Arkansas
Waterloo
Dave Donaldson
Wrape
Reydell
Canada
J. B. Rogers
DeWitt
Bay Port
Michigan
Missouri
Donaldson
Turkey
Hydrogen Fueled Saturn Mission Marked By Breakthrough
United States scientists report liquid hydrogen can power spaceflight. A 29-ton stage demonstrated restart capability in weightless conditions aboard a Saturn test flight. Hydrogen’s 40 percent higher energy may enable Saturn V lunar missions with Apollo.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy
Fla
U.S
America
Pverful
United States
Moon
NASA
Earth
Kidnap Still Mystery After Whole Year
Independence Mo AP Capt Elza Hatfield a veteran Kansas City policeman shows a photo of Denise Sue Clinton a 9 year old taken July 8 a year ago by a robber with no trace or ransom. Robert Lee Hays arrested in Oklahoma City on unlawful flight warrants likely to be questioned about the kidnapping. Denise’s mother clings to hope while authorities pursue clues and Hays denies involvement.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Independence
Elza Hatfield
Kansas City
FBI
Robert Lee Hays
Oklahoma City
Topeka
Kan
U.S
Jim Gullett
Hays
Denise
Russell Clinton
Taxes follow travelers across states on vacation routes
William J. Conway reports that while vacations lure motorists away from home, taxes stay with them. Commerce Clearing House maps state taxes showing 42 states plus D C taxing general sales, with cigarettes taxed in all except North Carolina and gasoline taxed by all. Sales tax rates span 2 to 5 percent, Alaska to Vermont exempting states. Gasoline taxes vary, with cents per gallon and Hawaii adding an 11 cent surcharge.
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New Jersey
Taras
Washington
Commerce Clearing House
New York City
Carlsbad
N.M
William J. Conway
Chicago
District of Columbia
North Carolina
Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
Nevada
New York
Oklahoma
Texas
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Alaska
Delaware
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Oregon
Vermont
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Wyoming
Two Die in Arkansas Pickup Car Crash
Harrison residents Troy Curtis age 75 and his wife Cora 74 were killed in a Tuesday collision about 10 miles northeast of Harrison Arkansas. State Trooper Hansel Bradford said a pickup driven by Curtis collided with a car driven by 19 year old Roy Rogers near Yellville.
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Harrison, Ark
Troy Curtis
Cora
Harrison
Here
Arkansas
Hansel Bradford
Curtis
Roy Rogers
Yellville
Hert
Bradford
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Legislative Council
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Lacy
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Nekoosa Edwards Paper CO
Vember
Wilson
London
Harold Ison
NEW Pulp and Paper Mill
Ashdown, Arkansas
U.S. 71
Nekoosa -Edwards Paper Company
Clinton
California
Diana
Chercle Reynolds
Roy Anderson
INS
Arkla-Server
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Nalera Gas
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