Porter Rodgers hospital ends as tragic monument in Arkansas
In Searcy Arkansas the Porter Rodgers Hospital once run by the doctor as a county lifeline becomes a symbol of scandal after Fern Rodgers 67 is killed and Dr Porter Rodgers Sr 70 is charged along with Peggy Hale 21 and William Kimbrell 32. Hale testifies Rodgers offered more than 3000 to kill Fern and marry Hale. The case features a counterfeiting past, a revoked medical license, and plans for a new hospital abandoned amid trial proceedings.
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Sfarcy
Ark
Porter Rodgers
Rodgers
Peggy Jean Hale
Fern
Peggy Hale
Miss Hale
William Kimbrell
Ed Bethune
Bethune
Doc
Searcy
Juanita Hutcheson
White County
Rodgers Hospital
Burial assa bill killed by State Senate
In Little Rock the State Senate defeated a bill to require burial associations to pay up to 80 percent of burial insurance if the policyholder is buried in another cemetery. Senator Nick Wilson defended the measure noting policy conditions often require burial in the policy issuer’s cemetery, and movers’ heirs may face loss of benefits. The 4-18 vote halted the proposal amid opposition from association members.
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Little Rock
Senate
Nick Wilson
Pocahontas
Wilson
Ford seeks 222 million for Cambodia aid in tight deadline
Congress prepares to vote on Ford's 222 million dollar request to prevent a Khmer Rouge advance in Cambodia. Humphrey predicts rejection, Sparkan backs limited aid, Gallup finds broad opposition, House committee to review recommendations, while 37 percent of freshmen Democrats oppose further military aid. Deadline tight with Easter recess looming.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
Cambodia
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
U.S
Phnom Penh
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Full
South Vietnam
Sparkman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Special Investigations
House Democrats
Rep
Thomas Harkin
Dtowa
Congres
Gallup
Indochina
CBS
Humphrey
Henry A. Kissinger
Lon Nol
Pentagon
John J. McFall
California
Ozark school chosen as pilot for federal grant program
Arkansas Board of Education voted to accredit the Arkansas Valley Vocational Technical School at Ozark so it may participate in the federal basic educational opportunity grant program for needy students. If approved, it would be the first of 23 vo-tech schools to administer the grants.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Board of Education
Arkansas Valley Vocational Technical School
Ozark
U.S. Office of Education
Vatech
J. C. Ruppert
Votec
Arkansas Valley
Office of Education
Ruppert
State Board For Vocational Education
Vo-Ted
Pulaski Vocational Technical School
North
Little Rock Veterans Administration Hospital
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