Memorial for Patten Shares Hope Legacy and Rail News
An obituary note recalls Albert B. Patten, former Hope Louisiana & Arkansas Railway newsprint agent who later moved to Shreveport and Alexandria. The column critiques Amtrak subsidies, cites a Proxmire jab at government waste, and laments public funds spent on inmate escape questions.
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Albert B. Patten
Shreveport
Hope
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway
Star
Patten
Alexandria
Fred
Missionary priest slain in Rhodesia
The body of Spanish-born Father Jose Manuel Rubio Diaz, 58, a missionary in Rhodesia for 28 years, was found near Bangala mission after his car was found with a shattered windscreen. Guerrillas are blamed as the 11th missionary death in three months amid Rhodesia’s conflict. An ensuing Salisbury parliamentary rift threatened to derail PM Ian Smith’s plan to dismantle racist laws ahead of black majority rule.
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Gwelo
Rhodesia
Salisbury
Ian Smith
Jose Manuel Rubio Diaz
Father Rubio
Bangala
Murder suspect jailed in Fort Worth slaying
Rafael George Macias 20 of South Bend Ind faces murder charges in the strangulation and dismemberment of Julie Ann Adams 20 of Texarkana Ark. arraigned with bond set at 100000. Adams, a go go dancer, was found dismembered in a Fort Worth area crate after an argument with Macias who led police to her identity via a missing persons report.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Carswell Air Force Base
Tarrant County
Arkansas
Rafael George Macias
South Bend
Ind
Justice of the Peace
W.W. Matthews
Macias
Julie Ann Adams
Texarkana
Ark
Feliks Gwordz
L. O. Fowler
Air Force
Indiana
Forrest City strike hits Eaton Corp hoisting division
United Steel Workers Local 5681 began a strike at Eaton Corp. hoisting equipment division in Forrest City Arkansas. About 320 hourly employees walked out after the union failed to secure the requested pay. The previous strike against the company occurred four years ago.
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Forrest City, Ark
United Steel Workers
Eaton Corp
Arkansas Weather Outlook Centers on Showers and Warmth
Forecasters predict scattered showers and a few thunderstorms in central and west Arkansas this afternoon. Showers and storms move across the state tonight and into central and eastern areas by Thursday morning. Expect mostly cloudy skies and a warming trend with highs in the upper 50s to near 70 and lows around the upper 40s to low 50s.
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Arkansas
Senate bills seek local option on private club liquor sales
In Little Rock, Senators Caldwell and Bookout introduced a measure to let county elections decide private club liquor dispensing. The bill follows a circuit ruling invalidating Act 132 of 1969 in dry counties and aims to allow clubs to petition permits by county vote while preserving two thirds approval requirements.
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Little Rock
Senate
Jim Caldwell
Rogers
Jerry Bookout
Jonesboro
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
House
Caldwell
Bookout
Wet County Permit Revocation Sought by Russellville Club
Russellville Country Club asks Circuit Judge Digby to revoke all mixed drink permits of private clubs in wet counties. The move follows Digby’s January order stripping dry counties’ licenses and aims to pressure legislators to back a bill legalizing liquor licenses in wet counties.
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Little Rock
Tom F. Digby
Digby
Russellville
Arkansas
Richard E. Gardner Jr
Country Club
Hope District OKs borrowing authority to cover expenses
Hope District School Board authorized borrowing about 75000 to meet this year’s bills with a February cash balance of 20991. Chairman Hays outlined tighter controls including repurposing or eliminating nonessential payroll positions and requiring Becherer authorization for expenses.
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Hope Star
Hope District School Board
Tom Ed Hays Jr
Mickey Becherer
Hays
David Terrell
State
NCA
Yerger
Barentine
Public hearing on Hudson Foods Odor Plan in Hope Arkansas
Hudson Foods will hold a March 22 public hearing in Hope to explain plans to fix odor issues at its new 1.5 million dollar poultry rendering plant. Company officials and McClelland Consulting Engineers will attend to discuss wastewater treatment design. Fred Pabst, founder of Bromley Ski Area and National Ski Hall of Fame member, died at 78.
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Manchester
Fred Pabst
Bromley
National Ski Hall of Fame
West Covina officer charged with murder in abduction case
Police say San Gabriel officer Billy Joe McIlvain, once hailed as a hero after an alleged hostage escape, is held on suspicion of kidnap and murder of David Dominguez. Witnesses contradicted his escape tale as investigators pursue possible homicide findings.
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West Covina
Calif
David
San Gabriel
Billy Joe Mcllvain
Mcllivain
McIlvain
Dominguez
MclIlvain
David Lorenz
Lorenz
Nine Miners Trapped In Flooded Kocher Coal Mine
Rescuers hunt through splintered timbers and mud for nine miners trapped in Kocher Coal Co. mine Porter Tunnel Schuylkill County near Tower City Pennsylvania. One miner Gary Klinger 19 of Hegins died and three hurt as a wall of water rushed through the tunnel.
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Tower City
Porter
Kocher Coal Co
Schuylkill County
John Shutack
Federal Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
Gary Klinger
Hegins
Klinger
Richter
Gonzalez resigns as assassination panel chief in dispute
Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez resigns as chairman of the House Committee on Assassinations over a rift with chief counsel Richard Sprague. He accuses Sprague of being unscrupulous and refuses to sign pay vouchers. The panel remained deadlocked after Gonzalez fired Sprague and limited the committee budget.
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Washington
Henry B. Gonzalez
House Committee On
Richard A. Sprague
Thomas P. O'Neill
Texas Democrat
House
Sprague
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Gonzalez
Select Committee
Committee
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A.B. Patten
Amtrak
A Loser
the Wicked
Flee
William Proxmire
D.wis
Law Enforcement Assistant Administration
Times
Forrest City
W. T. Couch
Cherry Valley
Couch
Jim Harris
Hope Fire Department
North Walnut Street
Joe Don Webb
Dan Carr
HFD
North Washington Street
North Hervey Street
North Sherman Street
West Avenue G
Board Oks
Craig Meacham
McIvain
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