Bull Shoals vs Ouachita Lakes Debates Size in Arkansas
Editor notes Bull Shoals is larger overall, but much lies in Missouri. He asks whether Arkansas-only Bull Shoals surpasses Ouachita within Arkansas boundaries. He cites maps from the Corps of Engineers and recalls lake trips, praising Arkansas waterways for small-boat recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. H. Washburn
Hope Star Hope
Arkansas
Washburn
Arkansas’ Lakes
Lake Ouachita
Bull Shoals Lake
Mountain Home
Bull Shoals
Missouri
Ouachita
Corps of Engineers
Corps
Downs
Arkansas Lakes
Arkansas River
Greers Ferry Lake
Pod Rogers
Bull Shoals Dam
L. Carter Johnson
Branson, Mo
Lake Taneycomo
Table Rock Lake
Taneycomo
Taneycomo Dam
Branson
Table Rock
20-Man Posse Hunts Killer of Girl Scouts Near Locust Grove
A 20 man posse plus state police sharpshooters Tulsa officers and 150 volunteers search a 10 square mile area around Skunk Mountain near Locust Grove Oklahoma for a suspect in the kidnapping and rape of three Girl Scouts at a summer camp. The girls were mistreated and dragged from their tent on June 13. Authorities have a suspect, a convicted person who fled from the county jail four years ago, still at large.
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Locust Grove
Okla
Tulsa
Skunk Mountain
Mayes County
Glen “Pete
Weaver
Carter taxes and fundraiser draw New York crowd
President Carter released his 1976 income tax returns amid a gala in New York City that raised about $1 million for the Democrats. He joked about a $600 toothpaste expense and praised Congress, while urging support for Mondale as he reflected on tax questions and tax audits.
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Washington
President Carter
New York
White House
Carter
Internal Revenue Service
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York City
Congress
Revenue Service
O.K
Walter F. Mondale
Archbishop Lefebvre faces possible excommunication
Vatican officials warn Pope Paul VI will excommunicate Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre if he proceeds with June 29 ordinations in Econe despite a papal ban. The Pope rejected Lefebvre’s conditional list and urged obedience to Church authority.
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Vatican City
Italy
Paul VI
Marcel Lefebvre
France
Vatican
Lefebvre
Econe
Switzerland
Europe
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Court rules limited parochial aid allowed
The Supreme Court allows some tax dollar support for parochial students including books and diagnostic services on school grounds but bars field trips and lending equipment. The Ohio law providing up to 8 million over two years was partly upheld and partly struck down in a 8 to 1/7 to 2 split decision.
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Washington (Ap) Es
Supreme Court
Ohio
William J. Brennan
Thurgood Marshall
John Paul Stevens
Brennan
Marshall
National Cancer Institute to test Laetrile on terminal patients
The National Cancer Institute will run a clinical trial of Laetrile on terminally ill cancer patients after public pressure. About two hundred patients will be studied in a year long program, comparing Laetrile plus standard treatment to standard treatment with dummy medication, without informing participants which arm they are in.
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National Cancer Institute
Washington
Guy R. Newell
The
Cancer Institute
Newell
House
Food and Drug Administration
Saul Shepartz
Pan
Wreck on Highway 67 Injures Two
An afternoon crash on Highway 67 west involved Buela Cross of Murfreesboro and Willie Brown of Hope when Brown crossed the center line and struck Cross’s car, pushing it into Sisson’s vehicle. Both drivers were hospitalized. Brown charged with third offense DWI and suspended license. Officer Rusty Paul investigated.
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Highway 67
Gerald Sisson
Hope
Buela Cross
Murfreesboro
Willie Brown
Ken Arnold first to report UFOs 30 years ago today
Ken Arnold, Boise businessman, reported nine shiny pulsating objects over Mt Rainier on June 24 1947 sparking the UFO craze. He recounts they seemed alive and could change density while noting no claim of little men. He later spoke at a Chicago UFO conference.
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Ken Arnold
Tacoma
Wash
Cascade Mountains
Kenneth Arnold
Arnold
Chicago
Boise
Chehalis
Yakima
Mr. Rainier
Millwood water program update discussed by McRae and Swift
Bruce McRae of the Southwest Water District and John Swift Hope city manager spoke at a joint Rotary Club and Chamber meeting. They described Millwood water reserve plans, cost details, and distribution challenges to bring surface water into Hope's system. Swift outlined a stopgap well plan producing about 300 gallons per minute, with a second well to follow, aiming for water in Hope within two weeks.
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Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Bruce McRae
Southwest Water District
John Swift
Hope
Millwood
MacRae
McRae
SWWD
Millwood Water
Washington D.C
Capitol Hill
Arkansas
Swift
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Bull Shoals Lakes
Little Rock District
Pod
C.M
Rogers, Jr
Ster
Charles E. Downs Ltd
Little Rock
Ouachita Bull Shoals
New Age Foundation
Northwest
Mt. Rainier
Gallup
Air Force
Meridian
Idaho
Ezekiel
British Museum
California
Mt. Lassen
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