Arkansas Senate approves self insurance plan for schools
The Arkansas Senate passed a bill creating a self insurance program for elementary and secondary schools with an optional participation amendment, 28 to 4, delaying mandatory rollout until a House concurrence. The plan would start with a 2 million dollar state loan to fund an insurance reserve and aim to cut district costs while regulating rates.
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Gospel Singing at Cee Memorial Baptist Church
A gospel singing will be held at 7 pm tomorrow at the Cee Memorial Baptist Church. Unity Music Makers will be featured singers in the program.
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Cee Memorial Baptist Church
Unity Music Makers
Kidnap Plot Revealed Amid Rogers Visit Plan
Beirut based Al Anwar reports Black September guerrillas plotted to seize Secretary of State William P. Rogers during a Persian Gulf trip last summer. The plan aimed to force release of Sirhan Sirhan and other Arab prisoners, but was abandoned 10 hours before execution for unclear reasons. Six operatives were dispatched to execute the plan before it was halted.
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POWs are winging home from Clark Base in Philippines
Eighty former prisoners of war head home to the United States after a hero’s sendoff at Clark Air Base. Soldiers, schoolchildren, and well-wishers cheered as POWs boarded flights bound for Andrews, Kelly, Travis, and Scott air bases. Doctors reported all in generally good shape, with follow up care available at military hospitals near home.
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Associated Press
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Coronado
Hope Federal
Arkansas death penalty plan gains committee support
A legislative subcommittee in Little Rock reached agreement on reinstating the death penalty with a nonmandatory option and a jury hearing on mitigating or aggravating factors before sentencing. The plan shifts execution from electrocution to gas and targets specific crimes and officials, but faces constitutional questions over jury discretion.
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Pocahontas
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Little Rock
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Jewell
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Pine Bluff
Arkansas
House Judiciary Committee
U. S. Supreme Court
Art Givens
Sherwood
Arkansas Weather Summary for 24 Hours Ending Wednesday
Weather report from the experiment station shows 24 hour period ending 7 am Wednesday with a high of 64 and a low of 43 and rainfall totaling .87 inches. State forecast calls for clear and cooler tonight then partly cloudy and mild Thursday with highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s and tonight's lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
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Arkansas
Mrs Juanita Beckworth Smith obituary services held
Funeral services for Mrs. Juanita Beckworth Smith aged 48 were held March 5 at 1 p.m. at Greenlawn Funeral Home Springfield with Rev. Carl Garrett officiating. Burial followed in Greenlawn Cemetery. She lived in Springfield 25 years and belonged to Hamlin Memorial Baptist Church. Survived by husband Jack G and three sisters and three brothers.
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Greenlawn
Springfield
Carl Garrett
Greenlawn Cemetery
Smith
Hamlin Memorial Baptist Church
Jack G
Otis Fuller
Hope
Cora Fredrickson
Dallas
Julie Mayse
Hot Springs
John Beckworth
Little Rock
G.H. Beckworth
Oscar Beckworth
Macon
Conference at Perrytown on beef and swine research
The Animal Science Department of the University of Arkansas brings its Animal Research Conference to Southwest Arkansas for the first time Friday in Perrytown from 9 45 a m to 3 45 p m. Cecil M Bittle assistant director Southwest Branch Experiment Station notes the aim is to share latest findings to help producers apply research. Speakers include C J Brown on beef cow behavior bull test data crossbreeding, P R Nolan on swine environment grains and energy supplements, M L Ray on copper deficiencies hormone implants magnesium in beef, A E Spooner pasture fertilizer timing, L G Stratton calf scours, and W A Holbrook cattle price implications. All beef swine interests invited.
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Animal Science Department
University of Arkansas
Southwest Arkansas
Perrytown
Cecil M. Bittle
Southwest Branch
Bittle
C. J. Brown
Arkansas Station
P. R. Nolan
M. L. Ray
Arkansas
A. E. Spooner
L. G. Stratton
W. A. Holbrook
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