Arkansas Bond Vote Defeat Sparks Road Funding Debate
Governor Faubus blames newspapers and Rockefeller for the 2 to 1 defeat of a 150 million dollar bond issue in a Saturday special election. Rockefeller says Republicans aided the defeat. Rural counties and state tabulations show broad anti-bond sentiment as roads supporters push for pay as you go and possible gas tax increases.
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Overnor Faubus
Gop
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Star
Millstone
Arkansas
General Assembly
Magnolia approves two bond issues for industry growth
Magnolia Arkansas voters approved two Act 9 industrial bond issues totaling 2.75 million dollars with wide margins. A 750 thousand 40 thousand issue funds a 50,000 square foot Firestone Tire and Rubber Co plant addition, and a 2 million issue backs W Shanhouse Son Inc to build a 100,000 square foot distribution center employing about 400 in clothing manufacture. Firestone will nearly triple its employment to 65 when enlarged.
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Magnolia, Ark
Magnolia
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
W. Shanhouse Son, Inc
Shanhouse
Firestone
Shawhouse, Inc
Hope
Men’s & Boys
Weather Station Report For 24 Hour Period
The Weather Experiment Station reports a 24 hour period ending 7 a m Monday with a high of 71 and a low of 58 and total precipitation of 1 60 inches.
Arkansas Weather Outlook With Showers And Storms
Mostly cloudy conditions across Arkansas bring showers and scattered thunderstorms through Tuesday. Forecasters warn of a wide area impact with a chance of severe storms and locally heavy rainfall.
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Arkansas
Hempstead County Rejects Bonds by Wide Margin
Hempstead County voters go against the road bond issue by a three to one margin. The county tallies show 1,922 against and 637 for, with Hope delivering the bulk of the defeat at 1,122 to 254. Four precincts opposed the bonds: Patmos, Sardis No. 1 near Patmos, De Ann and McNab.
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Hempstead
Hope
Patmos
Sardis No. 1
DeAnn and
McNab
Rockefeller Urges Pay as You Go Plan for Arkansas Roads
Winthrop Rockefeller, Arkansas Republican leader, urged Gov. Orval Faubus to present a highway program funded on pay as you go to replace the defeated $150 million bond issue. He cited a logjam of bills and referenced a Highway Department study proposing several funding sources to boost highway construction beyond the current $14 million annually.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Republican Party
Orval E. Faubus
GOP
Rockefeller
Faubus
Arkansas
State Highway Department
Chamber Dinner Speaker Warren Bray To Address Hope Group
Warren E Bray Southwestern Bell Vice President and General Manager will address the Chamber of Commerce dinner at 6 30 p m Thursday at Town and Country. Bray will discuss Hope growth and Southwestern Bell’s role in regional development. He began as a repairman and became Arkansas general manager in 1950. He is active in civic work and holds various service awards.
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Bray
Hope
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SW Bell
Arkansas
Schedule for Babies Shots in Hempstead
A countywide dog vaccination program will run in Hempstead during March. Dr. Herbert Rogers will provide shots for a nominal fee at multiple sites with time slots from March 2 to March 10, listing schools, stores, farms, and crossroads in Hempstead and nearby communities.
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Herbert Rogers
Guernsey School
Powers
Railroad Crossing
Roy Fry
Hwy
Arkansas Bond Defeat Attributed To Wage Issue
I S McClinton head of the Arkansas Democratic Negro Voters Association says the failure to pass a 80 cent minimum wage helped beat a $150 million road bond. He mailed 30000 handbills and 1000 letters to leaders ministers and individuals and reports voters felt the legislature was too poor to fund the bond without a wage raise. He hopes the defeat will urge the assembly to be slow on tax increases.
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I. S. McClinton
Arkansas Democratic (Negro) Voters Association
McClinton
General Assembly
Strikes Against Viet Cong Halted After Friendly Fire
In the Mekong Delta 150 miles southeast of Saigon B57 aircraft and Vietnamese Skyraiders paused air strikes after American bombers accidentally killed four South Vietnamese soldiers and wounded 15. Ground advisers and pilots cited liaison lapses as the cause and the offensive continued with U S helicopter support amid heavy mortar fire.
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Mekong Delta strikes halted amid Viet Nam fighting
AP reports B27 strikes end in a Mekong Delta area after American bombers kill four South Vietnamese troops and wound 15. Kosygin and Chinese leaders denounce the U S Viet Nam policy while the White House document draws favorable U S reaction. Long says the U S must use all means to win.
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McClellan Says U S Could Spend 30 Billion More on Military
Senator John L. McClellan told the Arkansas Wholesale Grocers Association convention in Little Rock that if international tensions worsen the United States might spend about 30 billion dollars more on military programs. He offered no details and spoke off the prepared text.
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John L. McClellan
D-Ark
United States
McClellan
Arkansas Wholesale Grocers Associaion
Blevins Beta Club Plans Benefit Donkey Ballgame
The Blevins Beta Club plans a benefit donkey ballgame on March 2 at 7 30 p m in the school gym. Advance tickets cost 60 cents for adults and 35 cents for children with gate prices 75 and 50 cents. Tickets available from club members.
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Arkansas House Advances Cigarette Tax Bill To Senate
The Arkansas House approved an 80 15 vote on a cigarette tax bill with an emergency clause. The two cent per pack increase would take effect when signed by the governor. Montreal bulletin says 28 killed 50 injured and about 100 missing after LaSalle apartment explosion.
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Arkansas House
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LaSalle
Band Auxiliary Meets Tuesday in Band Hall
Hope's Band Auxiliary holds its regular monthly meeting Tuesday March 2 in the Band Hall. A report on new officers will be presented.
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Band Auxiliary
Five Die in State Accidents Near Bald Knob and Elsewhere
An Associated Press tally records five fatalities in Arkansas traffic crashes from Friday evening to Sunday midnight. Near Bald Knob on U.S. 167, Rosebud junior high coach Forrest Noggle, 42, Billy Wood, 24, and Lee Story, 35, died. Noggle's son Lonnie, 14, among the injured. Other victims included John White, 24, of Osceola, who drowned after his car left a rural road. Phillip Rickey, 23, of Portham, in a collision with a tractor-trailer two miles north of Portia.
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White County
Bald Knob
U.S. 167
Arkansas
Associated Press
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Billy D. Wood
Pleasant Plains
Lee Story
Little Rock
Noggle
Russell Noggle
Forrest Noggle
Lonnie
Young Noggle
Darlene Noggle
Sherry Wortham
Sandra Forbes
Cheryl Childers
Janet Peters
Donna Burleson
John White
Osceola
Fayettevile
Phillip Rickey
Powhaten
Portia
Lawrence County
Arkansas Voters Defeat $150 Million Highway Bond Plan
Arkansas voters rejected Gov. Faubus's $150 million highway bond proposal by better than two to one in a statewide tally from 2,226 of 2,318 precincts. The defeat prompted talk of alternate programs and political realignments as Republicans praised the result and Faubus signaled no plans to offer alternatives. Pulaski County voted seven to one against the proposal, with large margins in several Delta counties and narrow gains in others.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Faubus
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Harrison
GOP
Arkansas General Assembly
Pulaski County
Delta
Honor roll honorees and rural industry moves noted
Henderson State Teachers College Kay Bell and Margarette B Troutman of Hope make the semester honor roll with all A grades. A Quarter Horse named Paul Tag owned by Dr James W Branch of Hope won Champion at the Houston Livestock Show and Quarter Horse Show. Susan Rogers to lead patrol at Girl Scout National Roundup in Idaho in July. George Peck had surgery at Wadley Hospital in Texarkana. Ann Arnold and 45 coeds elected to Alpha Lambda Delta at University of Arkansas. Magnolia approves 2.7 million bond issue for Shawhouse Center building. Bruner Ivory Handle Co of Hope to locate plant in Sparkman Ark. and employment projections.
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Prescott
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James W. Branch
Houston
Ann Arnold
Richard Arnold
University of Arkansas
Alpha Lambda Delta
National
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Ark
Statewide Vote On $150 Million Road Bond Issue
Across Arkansas counties voter tallies show support and rejection for the proposed road bond totaling 150 million dollars. County results indicate varying levels of approval, reflecting regional attitudes toward infrastructure funding divided by geography.
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Little Rock
Texarkana Lawyer Harmon E. Webber III Dies at 41
Harmon E. Webber III 41 a Texarkana lawyer and president of the Miller County Bar Association died after a brief illness in a Texarkana hospital. He practiced since 1948 and was allied with former state senator J. O. Moore. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. James Episcopal Church.
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Miller County Bar Association
Texarkana
Webber
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J. O. Moore
Talbot Feild Jr
Hope
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Meteorite to be visible Saturday night sighting
NASA officials say a meteorite named Pegasus will be visible at 6 30 p m Saturday moving from southwest to southeast observers are urged to watch from clear skies and avoid light pollution for best view.
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Arkansans
Pegasus
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Arkansas lawmakers face Faubus bond defeat test
The Arkansas General Assembly enters week eight as lawmakers weigh reaction to Gov Faubus 150 bond proposal defeat. Some plan a broad vote against bonds to block other Faubus programs while he remains a lame duck. A higher gasoline tax bill tied to the bond plan would have raised about 3.5 million dollars annually but was dropped.
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Little Rock
Arkansas General Assembly
Orval I. Faubus
Faubus
Faubus Sees Bond Financing For Arkansas Highways
Gov. Orval Faubus forecast Arkansas will eventually use bond financing to fund highway upgrades. In his first news conference after a failed 150 million bond proposal, he defended the plan and challenged Winthrop Rockefeller to present an alternative. He also said he may not unveil his own plan before any special redistricting session.
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Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Faubus
Winthrop Rockefeller
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Arkansas Municipal League
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