Our Daily Sliced Thin on City Underpass and Grants
In Hope, residents voted to maintain the city manager system amid a broader battle over federal grants. The editor recalls a WWII era promise to replace a wooden Hervey Street underpass with steel girders, noting the center pier remains and urging Missouri Pacific to explain the stalled project and its impact on the Interstate 30 access.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Albert Graves
Missouri Pacific
Arkansas GOP to elect new state officers after election
Odell Pollard of Searcy, chair of the state Republican Party, said Tuesday that new GOP state officers would be elected by the State Committee after the November general election. He plans to call a meeting between January and February to set the date, noting rule changes last year allow post election elections.
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Ark Caps
Odell Pollard
Searcy
State Republican Party
Sant
GOP
Pollard
Nowao
Jan
Mleet
Ney
Crash With Truck Kills Earle Man
MACRORY Ark AP Stan dy Barnes 21 of Earle was killed Tuesday when his car slammed into the rear of a tractor trailer 2.6 miles west of there on US 64 driving conditions not specified. The report notes the collision occurred near USS 64 with no further details on other occupants or injuries.
14 Year Old Shot Victim Named Williams In North Little Rock
Ray Webb, 47, of North Little Rock was charged Tuesday with first degree murder in the fatal shooting of James Ize Williams, 14, also of North Little Rock. The incident occurred earlier Tuesday leaving Williams dead. Webb was detained and faces arraignment this week in circuit court.
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Ray Webb
North Lathe Rock
James Ize Williams
Auto Strike Likely as ALF Edges Toward Pact
UAW and Big Three wage talks open with a likely strike looming over 197 model car prices. Negotiations at GM start, with Ford and Chrysler to follow, as union demands include a substantial wage rise, an indexing measure, and a $500 monthly pension after 30 years.
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General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Seasion
Earl Bramblett
Gramblett
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Crime Not Linked to Profit Is Guerrilla War Against Society
Sen McClellan opens hearings on 5000 bombings reported nationwide in 18 months. He says violence is a rebellion against society not profit, with up to 40 deaths and $23 million in damage. Bombings target offices, ROTC sites, embassies, religious institutions, and schools.
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Lawrence £. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
John Ot. McClellan
Arkansas Democrat
Ano
McClellan
New York City
New York
Washington
Korea asks U S for air aid and modernization
South Korea plans a defense push ahead of withdrawing about one third of U S troops. Defense Minister Chung Nachiyuk will present a list of needed air defense gear and seaborne intrusion countermeasures to Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard in Honolulu on July 24. He cites Korea’s desire for firepower mobility and better communications to offset reductions and notes North Korea’s air force superiority with MIG21s and supersonic jets.
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Spencer Davis
Associated Press
Seoul
South Korea
United States
U.S
Chung Nachiyuk
Hung
Defense
David Packard
Honolulu
Chung
Ch Korea
Commmunist Air Force
What You've Done Is Outweighed by That You Never Did Do
HAL BOYLE notes Americans seem conventional yet differ in what they have not done. He lists items he has never done after six decades—owning a home, driving, seeing drive-in cinema, reading major works, or winning prizes—and concludes he is indeed very different, perhaps too different.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Russians Accelerate Missile-Sub Construction Pace
AP dispatch reports defense officials say the Soviet Union is building missile firing submarines at eight to 10 a year,可能 reaching parity with the U S Polaris fleet by mid-1972. About 12 subs are in operation, with U S bases and the Safeguard system viewed as countermeasures.
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Morprus AP
Washington (Ap
Soviet Union
Russia
Melvin Ro Lard
John S. Poster
Defense Research and Engineering
State Department
Pentagon
United States
24 Aillions for Jr. Colleges
The Arkansas Commission on Coordination of Higher Education Finance tentatively recommends the General Assembly appropriate $2.34 million as the state's share to operate junior colleges. Currently two exist, Phillips Community College in Helena and Westark in Fort Smith, with plans to potentially add three more during 1971 to 1973.
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Little Rock
State Commission On Coordination of Higher Educational Finance
General Assembly
Phillips Community Junior College
Helena
Westark Junior College
Fort Smith
House Panel U.K's Quotas to Up Prices
The Ways and Means Committee approved import quotas that could raise U.S. consumer prices for shoes and shirts by up to 30 percent. The plan tees up a broad protectionist shift, with quotas based on 1967–1969 import averages and exemptions possible by product or country. The move follows failed talks with Japan and growing concern over rising imports and non tariff barriers.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington
House
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United States
Congress
Senate
U.S
Japan
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
Tariff Commission
Suit to Halt Bank Stock Sale Voided
La-Co Inc of Little Rock filed suit to block Weaver Investments from disposing of Weaver assets. Judge dismissed the case claiming insufficient grounds and citing concerns over a bank stock sale at Magnolia First National Bank below market value and potential fraud to avoid a debt of 214249.
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Little Rock
Murray
La-Co Inc
Weaver Investments Inc
Weaver
La-Co
First National Bank of Magnolia
Hope Citizens Comment On City Manager Form Victory
Hope residents react to Tuesday's vote retaining the city manager form of government. Mayor Frank Douglas and city officials praise progress while supporters cite facts, education efforts, and inclusive services affirmed by the decision.
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Hope Citizens
Frank Douglas
Hope
George Frazier
Anderson- Frazier Insurance Agency, Inc
Leonard Ellis
Committee For Stability
Peils
Nomer C. Kennedy
Beasley to Head Tax Committee
Leroy Beasley of El Dorado, a Murphy Oil executive and former state comptroller, was recommended as chairman of a legislative advisory committee on tax reform formed by 25 lawmakers and 75 citizens from across Arkansas. The group, proposed by Senator Joe T. Ford, will study the state's tax structure.
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Little Rock
Leroy Beasley
el Dorado
Beasley
Joe T. Ford
Murphy Oil Co
All Around Town Highlights At Texas Woman's Univ
Texas Woman's University announces spring honors by Dr. Leslie R. Kreps. Cecilia Delaney and Elizabeth Lawrence named to the all A and Special Honor Rolls. Also notes Mr. Bates honored by American Foundation Life Ins. Co. and Hempstead County rally set for July 24. Election figures show 4 270 registered voters in Hope with 1 140 voting to keep City Manager form. Kenneth Nivens of Blevins exhibited photos at Southern State College Center representing his BS degree recently.
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Leslie R. Kreps
Cecilia Delaney
Cecil Delaney
E. 14Th St
Elizabeth Lawrence
L.T. Lawrence
LT. Lawrence
Box 403
Hope
Delaney
M.S. Bates
American Foundation Life Ins. Co
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Frank Whitbeck
Bates
Kenneth Nivens
Blevins
Southern State College
Nivens
SSC
Ruff Nivens
Rt. 3
Prescott
Sandra Lee Nivens
Voters in Arkansas cities approve bonds and keep forms
Residents in Trumann and Hope voted to retain current mayor council government, defeated plans to switch to city manager or mayor council forms. Helena approved two bonds totaling 250000 for recreation park and fire station. Batesville backed a 5 million bond for Emerson Electric expansion. Gould approved 250000 bond for Jack Winter Co garment plant building.
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Arkansas
Trumann
L. B. Baker
O. C. Nunnally
Hope
Helena
Batesville
Emerson Electric Co
Gould
Jack Winter Co
City Manager Retained 3 to 1 in Special Vote
Hope voters backed the present city manager form of government in a Tuesday special election. The measure to revert to the old mayor alderman system failed 1,155 to 332, with 1,487 ballots cast among 4,270 registered electors.
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Washington
City of Hope
Vietnam Forces Hit Enemy Camps Near Da Nang
Nearly 5,000 South Vietnamese troops launched a major sweep west of Da Nang to destroy North Vietnamese base camps in rugged jungle country. Waves of U S Marines and advisers landed as three battalions of Marines joined two battalions of Vietnamese special forces in operations west and southwest of Thuong Duc and near Hiep Due. No major contacts were reported early, with Saigon noting enemy activity at its tightest in months and only U S forces seeing sharp fighting.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Saigon
da Nang
Cambodia
United States
U.S
Thuong Duc
Nguyen van Thien
Hiep Due
Arkansas faces $2.5 million cut in federal highway funds
Arkansas State Highway Director Ward Goodman said on Tuesday the state fears about 2.5 million dollars less federal highway funds this quarter than expected. The state had anticipated receiving around ty ai lion for this entry would receive poy, $7.2 million.
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