Zimmerly heads aid mission for Filipinos
Garnett A. Zimmerly, veteran foreign aid official, sworn in as director of the U S Agency for International Development Mission to the Philippines appointed by Administrator Daniel Parker. He previously led East Asia Bureau deputy role since 1974 and has served in Korea Laos and Vietnam missions. He holds a Missouri degree, graduate work in economics, and lives in McLean Virginia with wife Carol and four children.
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Garnett A. Zimmerly
U.S. Agency For International Development
Philippines
Zimmerly
Daniel Parker
AID
East Asia
Foreign Assistance
Washinton
Korea
Laos
Vietnam
Bureau of
AID Washington
Etty
Kansas State University
Belleville
Kansas
University of Missouri At
Harrisonville
A Zimmerly
University of Missouri
George Washington University
Hope High School
Hope
Carol Carpenter
Cola Drive
McLean, Va
House rejects money for nerve gas plant
The U S House voted 219 to 185 to block a 562000 appropriation for a binary nerve gas production facility at Pine Bluff Arkansas Arsenal. Rep Floyd Hicks argued existing chemical stocks suffice while nerve gas defenses lag. Col George Lynn said the defeat changes nothing about current defense facility work.
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Washington
U.S. House of Representatives
Pine Bluff
Ark
Floyd Hicks
D-Wash
Hicks
Pentagon
Ford Administration
United States
George A. Lynn
Pine Bluff Arsenal
House
Arkansas panel backs $3 million student loan bond issue
The Arkansas Student Loan Board in its first meeting urged selling $3 million in revenue bonds to finance student loans. The act authorizes the State Board of Finance to sell bonds, not bound to the recommendation. Officers elected include B L Horton president, Bert Mullens vice president, and Rep. Jack Phillips secretary treasurer.
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Little Rock
New Arkansas Student Loan Board
State Board of Finance
Student Loan Board
Richard R. Heath
State Department of Finance and Administration
Herschel Friday
B.L. Horton
Russellville
Bert Mullens
Searcy
Jack Phillips
Ozark
Arkansas
Arkansas Student Guarantee Foundation
Foundation
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Guarantee Foundation Board
Phillips
Sen
Clovis Bryant
van Buren
Bryant
Guarantee Foundation
Student Loan Program
Mena adopts expulsion rules after school board suit
Mena Arkansas school board establishes detailed expulsion procedures citing gravity of conduct and disruption risks. Superintendent will notify parents by certified mail and hearings occur 3 to 7 days after notice with representation for both sides. The prior case by Peggy Strickland and Virginia Crain, who admitted lacing punch with malt liquor at a Future Homemakers party, prompted the policy and ongoing appeals on damages.
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Mena, Ark
Mena
Bill Abernathy
Peggy Strickland
Virginia Crain
Homemakers of America
Hatchery accused in union pay dispute unfolds in Arkansas
Teamsters Local 878 representing Valmac Industries hatchery workers in Morrilton filed suit Monday claiming Valmac refused to recognize a collective bargaining agreement. The union says a 1972 pact, set to expire January 18 1975, should continue automatically unless 60 days notice to terminate was given. The suit seeks court orders for Valmac to honor the agreement and payment of back pay and fringe benefits retroactive to January 18.
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Little Rock
Teamsters Union Local 878
Valmac Industries, Inc
Morrilton
Valmac
Union
Pulaski County
Murray 0. Reed
Solon views Wyoming coal slurry pipeline as water raid
Helena AP reports Rep. Max Baucus accuses Energy Transportation Systems of planning a 1036 mile coal slurry pipeline from Gillette Wyoming to White Bluff Arkansas that would use 6.5 billion gallons of water yearly. He warns the Madison formation could be destroyed affecting seven states and Canada. He urged a coordinated campaign against the project.
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Helena
Mont
Max Baucus
D-Mont
Wyoming
Arkansas
Montana Water
Montana Water Development Association
Baucus
Gilette
Wyo
White Bluff
Energy Transporation Systems, Inc
Madison Formation
States
Canada
Paper mill expansion approved in Crossett Arkansas
Georgia Pacific Corp announced a 40 million expansion of its Crossett tissue paper mill. The project will add 98 jobs and roughly one million dollars to annual payroll, with completion set for 1977. A high speed tissue machine and related facilities will be added. the move is the largest Arkansas manufacturing outlay this year. Georgia Power also said it is ready to pursue a merger with Exchange Gas and Oil Corp after merger approvals.
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Crossett
Ark
Georgia Pacific Corp
Frank White
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Crossett Complex
White
Arkansas
Georgia-Pacific
Exchange Gas and Oil Corp
Exchange Board of Directors
Cholera outbreak devastates over 3000 Texas hogs
In Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, hog cholera outbreaks lead to destruction of more than 3,000 hogs at an estimated $350,000 indemnity. Texas loses its hog cholera free status as clusters around Hereford and nearby herds trigger quarantines and regulatory action.
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Dallas
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Hereford
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APHIS
Federal Register
Minute Man profits slump in nine months
Minute Man of America Inc reports profits declined for the nine months ended June 30. Net sales reached 7.9 million versus 7.6 million a year earlier. Profit fell to 11,890 dollars or 2 cents a share from 278,477 dollars or 33 cents a share. The company runs a restaurant chain and a food service fabricating unit.
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Little Rock
Minute Man of America, Inc
Minute Man
Warning order in Brosius divorce case Hempstead Arkansas
In the chancery court of Hempstead County Arkansas Roy Ray Brosius sues Alice Marie Brosius in case E 75 116. The defendant must appear within 30 days to answer. Clerk Bonnie Lively Gerk notes the July 1 1975 seal and dates July 22 August 5 and 12 1975. The text also oddly cites the United States recognizing the Soviet Union on November 17 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
Hempstead County
Arkansas
Roy Ray Brosius
Alice Marie Brosius
Bonnie Lively _ Gerk
ABA to Aid Refugee Legal Disputes at Fort Chaffee
The American Bar Association will provide free legal aid at four refugee centers including Fort Chaffee Arkansas to address disputes caused by culture shock. Cases involve missing gold custody fights and divorces. language barriers and backlog strain local staff.
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FT. Chaffee
Atk
George Gauss
American Bar Association
ABA
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Indiantown Gap
Timothy Blake
Coral Gables
Blake
Arkansas
Samuel C. Highsmith
Chaffee
United States
Highsmith
France
Saigon
Farm Safety Week Proclaimed Amid Safety Push
National Farm Safety Week runs July 25 31 by presidential proclamation with theme Planning Prevents Accidents The county Extension agent Cayce B Smith cites National Safety Council data showing farm residents deaths and disabling injuries widely exceed other sectors urging intensified safety efforts Harvest safety emphasized fire prevention and firearm handling to reduce rural losses and protect homes and farms.
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Cayce B. Smith
National Safety Council
Smith
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Hatchery
Solon
la City
St Oat Ft
New Aomer
Dorothy Winchel
George
Rhonda Gibson
Switzerland
Rhonda
Patmos
Southern State College
Shreveport
Soviet Union
Evening Shade Church of Christ
Sparks of
Highway 29
Ultimate
Dame
Amr
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