Dean Murphy Named to Commission
Arkansas appoints Dean Murphy of Hope to the new History Commission along with a slate of reappointments and new members to the Geological Commission Planning Commission and college boards. Faubus announced the changes and listed names from multiple cities including Texarkana Fayetteville Hot Springs Pine Bluff Little Rock and Magnolia.
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Little Rock
Leon Kuhn
Texarkana
Arkansas Industrial Development
Gey
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Guy E. Robbins
Hot Springs
Henderson College
Henry Alexander
Fayetteville
Walter F. Lackey
Low Gap
R. E. L. Bearden
J. L. Erwin
Arkansas City
Pine Bluff
Abbott Kinney
Dermott
Martin Borchert
Ted Larimer
Green Forest
L. V. Ritter
Marked Tree
Knox Kinney
Forrest City
New Planning Commission
Ralph W. Robinson
van Buren
C. A. Flowers
Maurine Webb Williams
Arkansas Amen College Board
New Stewart
Southern State College
AP Speaker to Be Spaceman
Marine Lt Col John H. Glenn Jr will be the principal speaker at The Associated Press annual luncheon on April 22 at the Waldorf Astoria. Paul Miller announced the event which will preview NASA space program goals and their impact on the United States. About 1500 editors and publishers from the U S and Canada are expected, launching a week of newspaper exec meetings including the ANPA convention.
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NEW York
John H. Glenn Jr
Associated Press
Paul Miller
Gannett
Glenn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Canada
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Youth conference on cigarette smoking set for March 18
An all day youth conference on cigarette smoking will be held in Fort Smith Arkansas on March 18 with about 76 students and 20 adults from five counties including Sebastian Franklin Logan Crawford and Scott attending. Seventy four houses were destroyed and more than 100 badly damaged by earthquakes in Denizli Province Turkey, press reports said Tuesday night.
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Associated Press
Fort Smith, Ark
Sebastian
Franklin
Logan
Crawford
Scott
Istanbul
Turkey
Denizli
Arkansas Officials Announce Multiple Board Appointments
The list includes Charles T. Thomas of Parkin Curtis Echols of Arkadelphia Mrs D D Wallace of Little Rock L E Peterson of Decatur and R W Morgan Jr of Morriston to the savings and loan association board Reappointments include Forter C Young of Helena to the Mississippi River Parkway Commission John H Wilson of Magnolia to the Southern State Board Horace Fisher of Malvern to the Publicity and Parks Commission Gene Walden of Ozark to the Arkansas Tech board Dr R C Dickinson of De Queen to the State Hospital board Mrs J T Cone of Searcy and Mrs Clara Speaker of Conway to the Girls Training School board Van Smith of Tuckerman to the Arkansas State College board Harold F Ohlendorf of Osceola to the Children's Colony board
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Charles T. Thomas
Parkin
Curtis Echols
Arkadelphia
D. D. Wallace
Little Rock
L. E. Peterson
Decatur
R. W. Morgan Jr
Morriston
New Savings and Loan Association Board
Forter C. Young
Helena
Mississippi River Parkway Commission
John H. Wilson
Magnolia
Southern State Board
Horace Fisher
Malvern
Publicity and Parks Commission
Gene Walden
Ozark
Arkansas Tech Board
R. C. Dickinson
de Queen
State Hospital Board
J. T. Cone
Searcy
Clara Speaker
Conway
Girls Training School Board
van Smith
Tuckerman
Arkansas State College Board
Harold F. Ohlendorf
Osceola
Children’s Colony Board
West Virginia flood toll rises as counties seek disaster aid
Thirty thousand residents faced displacement as floods and high water claimed two lives by drowning and caused heart attacks for three others. Gov. Barron asked the President to declare 11 counties a disaster area while hundreds evacuated. Damage in the region reached around 5.2 million dollars across nine counties. A separate tornado hit Tallapoosa Alabama, damaging churches and utilities for about 50 thousand dollars, amid a three state tornado outbreak that killed five people nearby.
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West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Virginia
Tallapoosa
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Weather roundup for Arkansas regions and Missouri shifts
Central Arkansas sees clear to partly cloudy skies with cooler afternoons and nights, highs in the 60s and lows around 40s. Northwest and Northeast Arkansas forecast similar trends with mainly partly cloudy days and escalating warmth Friday. Southwest and Southeast Arkansas expect generally fair to partly cloudy conditions with cooler nights and highs near mid 60s to upper 60s. Eastern and Southern Missouri experience cloudy, colder today, with clearing elsewhere and a mix of 30s to mid 40s highs and cooler nights. Friday turns partly cloudy and warmer in most areas.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Northwest
Northeast
Southwest
Southeast
Missouri
Fort Smith Lineman Beland Signs With Arkansas
Beland, a 6 2 195 pound all state tackle from Fort Smith St. Anne Buffaloes, signs a letter of intent with the University of Arkansas. He will study business and was a three year letterman at St. Anne's.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Beland
Fort Smith St. Anne Buffaloes
University of Arkansas
Arkansas
Steed White
St. Anne's
Arkansas Legislature Faces Tax, Insurance, and Election Reform Battles
The session features a mixed agenda with bills on party registration and voting rules stalled or advancing. A milder compromise insurance bill passed the Senate and awaits Faubus' signature while a punitive insurer measure was withdrawn. Senate moves also affect highway funding, gambling law enforcement, and local fiscal shifts. House and Senate cleared many appropriations, including budgets for the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, an educational TV station, and vocational schools, while debates over tax and public policy continue.
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Senate
Faubus
House
Arkansas
Perry County
Paul van Dalsem
van Dalsem
Benton County
Hardy Croxton
Croxton
Allen
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
AIDC
Little Rock
Washington County
Hot Springs
Highway Department
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Barlow Hotel
Virginia Skowron
Los Angeles Dodgers
Bill Skowron
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Skowron
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