Anti-Pollution via Forests Highlighted in Canada Memo
Canada’s minister of Fisheries and Forests touts forests as a key anti-pollution device. Each acre of young timber yields four tons of wood, sequesters 12 tons of CO2, and emits four tons of oxygen, with benefits to Georgia and South Carolina’s woodlands, water runoff, wildlife habitat, and air quality. A separate note from Greenville News discusses a 13 hour clock gimmick meant to illustrate time management needs, not for sale, and emphasizes planning to gain real time.
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Showers Cross State As Arkansas Braces For Rain
The Associated Press reports showers will cross Arkansas tonight into Tuesday with 50 percent then 70 to 80 percent chances. Some rain may turn to snow flurries in the northwest before ending. Highs range from the 50s to 70s with cooler north and warmer south. Overnight lows forecast 35 to 50 across cities including Fayetteville 35 Harrison 4 Jonesboro 39 Pine Bluff 40 Texarkana 47 El Dorado 48 Memphis 39 Little Rock 39 Fort Smith 41. In El Dorado, Claude B. Church 44, an alderman and vice president of Exchange Bank & Trust Co, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack.
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Agencies Told to Make No Replacements
LITTLE ROCK AP Gov Dale Bumpers ordered all state department heads to refrain from filling vacancies or purchasing new equipment for the rest of the fiscal year. He said the move aims to boost efficiency and economy by tying spending to saved funds for authorized construction not yet started. Dr Max Milam of the Administration Department said savings would support unfinished projects and provide financial relief.
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Mail Bulletin: Americans in Hospitals and Pop Culture Snippets
HAL Boyle surveys hospital statistics naming one in seven Americans yearly inpatients and rising costs from Congressional Record. The piece blends trivia on presidents wildfowl decoys and famed quotes with light folklore and a quip about elephants and planets.
Governor May Get His 26 Million But Not As Proposed
Arkansas legislature negotiates a compromise yielding a $26 million revenue increase. Education receives four million, with the rest funding parks recreation, prison reform, and other needs. Source notes the plan diverges from the governor's exact sources and proportions.
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Junior Music Festival Held Here at First Baptist Church
The Friday Music Club hosted the Southwest District Junior Music Festival on Saturday February 27 at the First Baptist Church. 86 musicians attended in a non competitive event designed for both average students and the exceptionally talented. Entrants came from Texarkana Magnolia and Hope with local teachers and pupils participating under district chairmen Miss Ann Ahern and Mrs Donald Mushtare.
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More Troops Sent Into Laos Battle
American transports carried hundreds of South Vietnamese reinforcements to the northern front as U S commands added helicopters to bolster the Laos air and ground drive. The Ho Chi Minh trail operation entered its fourth week with heavy fighting expected ahead and 16 000 South Vietnamese troops reported across the border.
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Volpe Defends SST Program as Prototypes Move Forward
Secretary Volpe told Congress the United States is close to actual SST test flights and must press on with two prototypes. He cited $1.1 billion invested over ten years and tests planned for 1973, while opponents warn of risks and seek funding cuts. A House vote on halting the program could come in two weeks.
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Hope Council Garden Club Plans 26th Flower Show
The Hope Council of Garden Clubs selects Happiness Is as the theme for the 26th annual flower show set for April 23. The Placement Show will display arrangements for rooms like a dining table and entrance hall, hosted in members homes. A Schedule Committee met February 25 at the Chamber of Commerce office to finalize the printing schedule.
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Bomb damages Senate wing as political and military news flow
AP News Digest reports a powerful bomb ripped a portion of the Senate wing of the Capitol with extensive structural damage but no injuries. Transports ferry South Vietnamese reinforcements to the northern front while U S commands push the Laos drive. Nixon kicks off 1971 campaign in Des Moines with legislative proposals. United Transportation Union members continue work days during rail contract talks. Egypt cites Israeli intransigence hindering peace talks but pledges effort. Volpe defends SST program amid opposition chatter and advancing flight testing.
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Three Killed on Highways Over Weekend in Arkansas
Three people died in Arkansas traffic crashes during the 54 hour weekend ending Sunday. Lilly Etter, 45, of DeWitt, died when her car left Arkansas 152 and sank into Jones Lake near DeWitt. Bill Brinker, 43, of Stuttgart, escaped the wreck and was rescued. Also killed were Sam Hick, 56, of Memphis, in an I-40 crash near Wheatley and William P Hyden, 36, of Fayetteville, when his truck overturned on Arkansas 68 at the Washington Benton county line.
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Bomb damages Senate wing of the U S Capitol
A powerful bomb exploded in the Senate wing of the Capitol in the early hours, causing extensive damage but no injuries. Police and federal investigators hunted for the caller who warned the building, with no immediate suspect.
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Ming porcelain gift to U of A from George W. Ware
George W. Ware of Arlington Virginia presented a Ming porcelain collection to the University of Arkansas. The 15 blue and white pieces span 3 inch jars to large vessels and had been shown at the Arkansas Fine Arts Museum and the Tennessee Museum of Fine Arts before the transfer.
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Gurdon School Reopens After Civil Tensions
Gur don officials said no trouble expected as the school reopens after a Thursday noon closing amid student fighting. Supt. S. K. Garrett said a Saturday meeting with civic and racial leaders produced rules detailing good citizenship, campus language, attitudes toward teachers, and general school conduct, with specified punishments for violations.
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