Consolidation Seen as Answer by Bodcaw Patrons
At Bodcaw meeting patrons heard M Locke of the State Department of Education warn of high per pupil costs in small Arkansas districts. He cited Bodcaw spending over six hundred dollars per ADA, far above state averages, and questioned the value of the current program. Commissioner Ford noted many districts face similar issues and rural areas need feasible options, urging consideration of consolidation with neighboring districts to provide a stronger curriculum. A March 15 deadline was set for local districts to decide on steps toward potential reorganization.
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Arkansas
M. Locke
Bodcaw
ADA
Locke
Guy Thompson
State Department of Education
Arch Ford
Nevada County
Boolcan
Bodcan
Witnesses Plan Visitation for Hope Congregation
Tugene Shuster says Jehovah's Witnesses will be visited this week by traveling circuit supervisor Robert N. White, guest for Ruth White's husband, with Bible study sessions and ministerial instruction. The program includes a Tuesday 7:30 p.m. public talk and reading class, a service meeting, and daily home visits by the visitor and local members.
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Tugene Shuster
Hope Congregation
Jehovah's Witnesses
Robert N. White
Ruth
White
Weather Report from Arkansas Regional Forecast
Weather bureau bulletin covers 24 hours ending 7 am Wednesday for Central Northwest and Southwest Arkansas. Highs near 59, lows around 44 with clear to partly cloudy skies. Tonight will be cool then warmer Thursday with lows in the 30s and highs 55 to 65. Continued on Page Six.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Northwest
Prescott Approves Plant Bond Issue
Prescott Nevada County voters approved bond issues totaling 2,210,000 by a 1,903 to 67 vote. The bonds finance a 3.4 million plant for Robbins Floor Products Inc of Tuscumbia Alabama. The plant would employ 125 persons.
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Prescott
Ark
Nevada County
Robbins Floor Products, Inc
Tuscumbia
Ala
House Vote on Pay Hike Up Today
The House nears a vote on a bill to grant $10,000 yearly pay raises to members of Congress and broadly raise federal salaries to attract talent. A roll call fight could threaten passage, with final results possible late today or Thursday. The package would boost executive salaries and affect postal workers and career staff.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Supreme Court
Sentence reduced for Baxter and Fites in Arkansas murders
Walter H. Baxter, 54, of Arkansas County, had his life sentence reduced to 24 years by Gov Orval Eyran, making him parole eligible after entering prison in 1955 for the Aug 28 1954 slaying of Deputy Bert Eubanks in DeWitt. York Fites, 66, also saw his 1957 first degree murder sentence commuted to 50 years, with parole eligibility.
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Sivile Rour
Walter H. Baxter
Ianay
Orval Eyran
Ws. Baxter
Arkansas County
Bert Eubanks
DeWitt
Baxter
State Supreme Court
Faubus
York Fites
Pulaski County
Fites
Hope Bands Plan March 15 Pre Festival Concert
The Hope Junior and Senior High School Bands stage a pre festival concert March 15 at 2 p.m. in the Hope Senior High School auditorium. Junior High plays Crusaders Hymn Land of the Vikings Baldadair and Symbol of Honor. Senior High performs Aguero a tone poem Poet and the Peasant and selections from Music Man and Die Fledermaus. The combined bands close with a Jazz Suite and a Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Sousa march. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents students. Public invited.
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Hope
Crusaders
Aguero
Mystic Shrine
Prescott Junior Class to Present Comedy Friday Night
A three act comedy titled Professor, How Could You! will be performed by Prescott Junior Class members Friday night March 13. Ushers include Sandra Nichols Nancy Cummings Kathryn Cook Neena Abbott and Janice Kelly. Publicity directors are Kay Tippitt Jan Kriehn Nancy Cummings Johnny Shope Jackie Harvey Kathy Kallia Wanda Brown and Teddy Jones.
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Prescott
Sandra Nichols
Nancy Cummings
Kathryn Cook
Neena Abbott
Janice Kelly
Kay Tippitt
Jan Kriehn
Johnny Shope
Jackie Harvey
Kathy Kallia
Wanda Brown
Teddy Jones
Youth Revival at Garrett Memorial Church Opens March 15
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church launches a youth led revival from March 15 to 22 with evangelist Rev. William Willis of Stamps. The church will host a fellowship supper Friday night March.
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Garrett Memorial
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
William Willis
Stamps
Just a Few Remarks That a Television Repair Man Gets Tired of Hearing
New York AP humor column by Hal Boyle recounts the common jibes aimed at a TV repairman named Alvin. The quips lampoon repair bills, patience with customers, and the everyday misperceptions of home electronics work. The piece preserves the old newspaper voice and playful tone.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Alvin
Alin
Jesse James
Jesse
Tass Tells Russia About U S Vote
Tass, the Soviet news agency, distributed a 450 word report to subscribers on New Hampshire's so called primary elections. It said the presidential primaries do not decide the nominee for the two principal bourgeois parties but give an idea of influence exerted on voters by Democratic and Republican candidates.
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Moscow
Tass
New Hampshire
Registrar Suggested by Couple for Voter Registration Reform
Two Southwest Arkansas lawmakers urge a separate registrar office or civil service based system to depoliticize voter registration as Faubus plans a special session. Miller County favors a standalone registrar under merit rules, while Pryor envisions moving the registrar from courthouse to civil service, wary of ties to tax or election offices.
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Arkansas
Miller
Hayes C. McClerkin
Ouachita
David H. Pryor
Orval E. Faubus
McClerkin
Miller County
Faubus
Pryor
Deaths Around the Nation Dr Courtney Werner Dies at 68
NEW ORLEANS AP report Dr Courtney Werner a renowned geologist aged 68 died Tuesday at his home. LOS ANGELES AP report Mother de Sacre Coeur Smith 59 president of Marymount College Palos Verdes Estates died Monday night of a heart attack.
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New Orleans
Courtney Werner
Los Angeles
Motier de Sacre Coeur Smith
Marymount College
Palos Verdes Estates
Students in Cyprus Riot Against U S
About 10,000 Greek Cypriot students protested in Nicosia shouting against Britain and the United States. They targeted the British high commissioner Sir Arthur Clarke’s car, prompting police to clear a path. Turkish warships moved north of Cyprus amid tensions as Makarios government pressed Turkish Cypriots. Authorities reported ongoing sporadic shooting and a shaky cease-fire as UN and regional leaders sought restraint and peace.
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Icosta
Cyprus
Nicosia
Britain
United States
Arthur Clarke
Prétmas Makats
Iskenderun
Fazil Kuchuk
U.N
U Thant
Klima
Monay Makarios
Thant
Assur
Markarios
Jr Sr PTA to Meet Thursday at Junior High Library
Hope Junior-Senior High PTA meets at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Junior High Library. Guest speaker Dr George Harrod of Southern State College discusses Signs of Mental Distress in Adolescence. Executive meeting set for ? pam.
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Hope
PTA
George Harrod
Southern State College
Pam
Mother of Hope Woman Dora Phelps Dies in Camden
Mrs. Dora Phelps died today for Camden. Survivors include a daughter Mrs. Ross Moore of Hope. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Camden.
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Dora Phelps
Camden
Faughter
Ross Moore
Hope
First Baptist Church of
Lodge Surprise Winner in New Hampshire primary
Henry Cabot Lodge swept all 14 New Hampshire delegate seats in the GOP primary write-in votes, defeating Barry Goldwater Nelson Rockefeller and others. Lodge, U S ambassador to South Vietnam, said he would not resign his post and would challenge President Johnson for the nomination. With 288 of 302 precincts reporting Lodge led with about 34 percent of the vote as Goldwater and Rockefeller lapsed.
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Concord
N.il
Henry Cabot Lodge
New Hampshire
Lodge
U.S
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Goldwater
Rockefeller
United States
Richard M. Nixon
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
Gledwater
Nixon
Smith
Stassen
Johnson
White House
Govs
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
George Romney
Michi
Girl Scout Story Told to Hope Kiwanis Club
Hope Kiwanis heard a program on Girl Scout activities during National Girl Scout Week. Spadhera highlighted Mrs. Arch Wylie Mrs. Fred McElroy and three top scouts Gail Cross Sue King and Susan Rogers. Gladwin Connell organized the program. Girl scouting began in 1912 and about 20 million girls have joined nationwide while current membership nears one million.
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Hope
Hope Kiwanis Club
Spadhera
Arch Wylie
Fred McElroy
Gail Cross
Sue King
Susan Rogers
Gladwin Connell
United States
$1.6 Million Loan Approved for Hope Housing Project
Congressman Oren Harris announced approval of a roughly $1.6 million loan to build 140 low rent homes in Hope, with 66 designated for elderly residents. The local housing authority said construction will proceed while the Fort Worth regional office oversees the next steps amid local opposition from property owners and realtors.
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Oren Harris
Star
Hope
Local Housing Authority Committee
City Board of Directors
Regional Housing Authority
Fort Worth
New Hampshire Presidential Primary At A Glance
In Concord, NH the results favor Lodge the GOP watchdog and write ins. Lodge leads Arizona Senator Goldwater and New York Governor Rockefeller with Stassen and Smith far behind. A slate of 14 Lodge delegates wins NH Republican representation to the July Convention. Democrats name Johnson and Kennedy for presiding nominations. Governor King calls Kennedy write in an expression of support. A Sept 12 sweepstakes vote follows a local option decision on sweepstakes ticket sales.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Minnesota
Harold Stassesi
New Hamphire
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Stassen
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
John W. King
Kennedy
U S protests as Soviet shot down U S plane over East Germany
The United States issued an urgent protest to the Soviet Embassy after a U S reconnaissance bomber was shot down over East Germany. Pilot Capt. David I. Holland was named among the crew. the fate of others was not disclosed. The plane was unarmed and on a training flight.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
East Germany
Defense Department
Pentagon
David I. Holland
Ambrose Holland Sr
Holland, Minn
William Tyler
Georgi M. Kornienko
State Department
Tyler
Apes Tyler
U.S
Federal Republic
West Germany
Bodcaw Juniors Stage Which Shall He Marry
The junior class of Bodcaw High School presents a three act comedy Which Shall He Marry on Friday March 13 at 8 o clock in the school auditorium.
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Bodcaw
Bodcaw High School
All Around Town roundup includes license checks and local notices
City Police report 52 arrest for driving without a license, with no road checks yet. J. T. Honeycutt seeks Hempstead County Coroner seat. Col and Mrs Lex C Helms return from National Security Seminar in Corpus Christi, with Mrs Helms earning a completion certificate. Helms attended a weekend in Matamoros and Reynosa. Girl Scouts introduce Cadet Scouting to Hope program with Troops 1117 and 75 led by local leaders. Mercedes Cabassa trained in Puerto Rico. Selective Service Board No 29 seeks Joe Davis Johnson. contact Viola Johnson at PR7-2387. Janet Roberts, Phi Sigma Chi member, spoke on Arkansas Pioneers for Magnolia Association of Childhood Education. daughter of Rev C L Roberts. Roberts is Hempstead Home Demonstration Scholar and chairman of Baptist Code at Southern State College.
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Lex C. Helms
Corpus Christi
Texas
Armed Forces Industrial College
Helms
Col. Helms
Infantry
Army General Staff
4Th U. S. Army
Fort Sam Houston
Mexico
Matamoros
Reyno Sa
Hope
John B. Gardner, Jr
Henry Seamans
Fred McElroy
Gordon Tyer
Mercedes Cabassa
Puerto Rico
Selective Service Board No
Joe Davis Johnson
Viola Johnson
Board of Telephone
Janet Roberts
Phi Sigma Chi
Arkansas Pioneers
Magnolia Association of Childhood Education
Magnolia
Miss Roberts
C. L. Roberts
Hempstead
Association of Baptist Code
Southern State College
Flooded River Valley Faces Worst Flood Crisis
Ohio River floods threaten the fourth worst in history. Counties in Kentucky Ohio and Indiana affected with millions in damage. Disasters push residents from homes as plants close and roads flood. Four deaths reported and extra flooding across Illinois Missouri and West Virginia.
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Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Louisville
Midwest
Ilinois
Missouri
Fort Wayne
Ind
Washington, D.C
Baltimore
New York
New England
Logan Airport
Boston
Killie
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