Safe car aims to endure 50 mph crash and rollovers
Farmington, N.Y. AP reports Fairchild Hiller’s federal funded supersafe car project. Aimed at 70 mph rollover survival and 30 mph broadside crashes with minimal damage, the design includes a hydraulic bumper, energy absorbing doors, high sills, and a reinforced steel passenger cradle. Grant totals $4.5 million with two cars due next January.
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George Hilebrand
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United States Department of Transportation
Transportation Department
Fairchild
Hildebrand
Low Front Moving Into Arkansas Weather Update
The Associated Press reports a low front moving through Arkansas will trigger showers and thundershowers with cooler temperatures. After passage, skies clear but temperatures stay cooler with highs in the 50s to 60s and lows in the 30s to 40s through Monday. Wednesday highs ranged from 61 at Jonesboro to 73 at Texarkana.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
National Weather Service
Jonesboro
Exarkana
Case Charges Soliciting by Lawyers In Arkansas
The state Supreme Court committee will hold Saturday hearings on two cases where lawyers allegedly solicited personal injury lawsuits. The panel has found evidence of such practices, prompting a closed session. Former Insurance Commissioner Allan W. Horne cited broader evidence of unethical solicitation. Gov. Bumpers praised state employees at a Chamber event, noting pay is a factor in attracting talent to government.
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Little Rock
State Supreme Court Committee of Professional Conduct
Allan W. Horne
Humne
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce
Winthrop Rockefeller
Als Haunipers
Tisthetis
Ube
Shayanulud
Obituary Notice for Della Barwick 86
Mrs. Della Barwick 86 died in Little Rock March 16 after a long Shower Springs residence and Baptist Church member. Survived by three sons G E Barwick Hope Ernest Barwick Texarkana C W Barwick Denver four daughters Zema Mobbs Carnece White Ruth Cooper Little Rock Bernice Mason Denver and brother Ervil Zeller Hot Springs. Funeral Thursday at Oakcrest Chapel by Rev C L Roberts and Rev Merlin Cox. Interment Memory Gardens under Oakcrest direction.
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Little Rock Hospital
Shower Springs
The
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G.E. Barwick
Hope
Ernest Barwick
Texarkana
C.W. Barwick
Denver
Zema Mobbs
Carnece White
Ruth Cooper
Little Rock
Bernice Mason
Ervil Zeller
Hot Springs
Arkansas Weather Report From Station For 24 Hours
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Thursday records high 70 and low 38. Forecast calls for turning cooler tonight with showers and a few thunderstorms in the eastern portion, clearing elsewhere. Friday expected mostly fair, windy and colder with lows in the 30s to 40s and highs in the 40s to mid 50s.
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Arkansas
City considers bids on backhoe tractor loader
The low bid for the Tractor-Loader is 22000 dollars F.O.B Hope with tax and old equipment allowances. Bids will be reviewed for recommendation to the City Board on Tuesday March 23. The purchase supports expanded trenching and covering at the dump ground after pollution orders ban burning trash.
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B. Hope
Arkansas
City Board of Directors
Arkansas Pollution Control Commission
Youth Killed in Crossett Motorcycle Crash
Crossett Ark AP Danny Lucas 16 died when his motorcycle collided with a tractor trailer truck on a city street. Police identified the truck driver as Pryston Gairtuinan 20, both residents of Crossett.
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Crossetit
Ark
Danny Lucas
Crossett
Pryston Gairtuinan
Meir rejects Rogers plan for UN guarantees on borders
Israel's Golda Meir dismissed William Rogers proposal for international guarantees instead of territory, arguing geography matters and warning against a protectorate framework. Dayan urged deterrent borders, warned Egypt against renewed war, and noted US arms deliveries boosted Israeli strength.
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Golda Meir
William P. Rogers
Israel
Rogers
Meir
Labor Party
Moshe Dayan
U.S
Washington
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Egypt
Sadat
Canal
Israel Galili
United States
Hussein
Jordan
Dayan
Abba Eban
New York
U Thant
Jarring
Ashdown Paper Mill Quits Arkla Case
Nekoosa Edwards Paper Co. at Ashdown withdraws from Arkla hearing on long term industrial contracts Arkansas Louisiana Gas seeks to void, to raise rates for a pipeline to Texas and Oklahoma. Ashdown mill manager Russell K Elston states Arkla must gain FPC approval for the Anadarko Basin pipeline for future growth.
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Arkla
Little Rock
Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co
Ashdown
State Public Service Commission
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Russell K. Elston
B. E. Harrell
PSC
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Federal Power Commission
Anadarko Basin
Filstun
Hope water grant approved for regional planning
Rep. Hammerschmidt said the Economic Development Administration approved a 171 860 three year grant for water quality management planning in Benton and Washington counties and parts of Yell and Madison counties. The grant goes to the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission in Springdale.
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Washington (Ap
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Rark
Economic Development Administration
Benton
Washington
Yell
Madison
Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission
Springdale
Art Center Grant Is Defeated
Senate defeated a Joint Budget Committee bill to provide a $60,000 state revenue grant to the Arkansas Arts Center. Sen. Max Howell supported the measure to fund an art program beyond Little Rock, while Sen. Robert Harvey opposed, noting the center is not a state agency and recalling past debates over similar appropriations.
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Little Rock
Senate
Arkansas Arts Center
Max Howell
Joint Budget Committee
Robert Harvey
Swifton
Howell
Virgil T. Fletcher
Benton
Harvey
Arkansas Horse Show Association
Arkla Denies Return Rate Is Unfair
Arkla officials rejected charges that the utility’s return on stockholders’ equity is about double what the Public Service Commission deems fair. Arkla vice president Edward N. Henderson told the PSC that such characterizations ignore Arkla subsidiaries. The PSC hearings probe whether Arkla’s long term gas contracts with industrial customers should be voided.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Louisiana Gas
Arkla
State Public Service Commission
Edward N. Henderson
PSC
William Grove
Washington D.C
Reynolds Metals Co
Confirmed Appointments Include Cal Ledbetter to Juvenile Board
Senate confirmed Gov. Dale Bumpers nominees including Mrs. Cal Ledbetter of Little Rock to the state Juvenile Training School Board and Harvey Adams of DeWitt as state bank commissioner. Also approved 9 more appointments to various state panels and commissions.
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Little Rock
Senate
Dale Bumpers
Cal Ledbetter Jr
Harvey Adams
DeWitt
Ledbetter
Bumpers
Mike Cleary
State Comprehensive Health Planning Agency
Karen D. Gulley
Investigators Licensing Board
Bobby Steel
Nashville
Eugene Kelley
Interstate Cooperation Commission
W. KR. Harris
England
Hospital Advisory Council
Ennis Oakes
the Revenue Building Commission
Huse Ruffin
North Bat Ue Huck
Nursing Home Advisory Council
Gordon Oates
Little
Printed by Offset Asst Pastor Welcomed by Church
Friday evening pastor Truitt, members and friends of the First Assembly of God Church welcomed to Hope the Rev. and Mrs. Jackie Roberts and their young son Nathan at a supper in the church fellowship hall. He has served as minister to Tupelo and Emerson, Arkansas and comes to Hope to join pastor Truitt as Minister to Youth and Director of Music. They reside at 1013 W. Sth.
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Truitt
First Assembly of God Church
Jackie Roberts
Nathan
Christ’s Ambassadors
Gladys Stroud
Roberts
Kay
Texarkana
Texarkana College
Southern State
Tupelo
Emerson
Arkansas
Hope
Clifford C. Truitt
First Assembly
W. Sth
Kroger Names Stewart Long Arkansas Retail Vice President
Stewart W. Long formerly vice president produce merchandising at Kroger in Cincinnati has been named vice president of Kroger's Arkansas retail division. He will oversee 47 supermarkets in Arkansas and Texas from the North Little Rock division headquarters at 1302 Pike Avenue. Long began with Kroger in 1946 in Memphis as a meat cutter and rose through produce merchandising to the general office.
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Stewart W. Long
Kroger Food Stores
Cincinnati
Ohio
Arkansas
Mr. Long
Bill G. Beaty
Charleston, W. Va
Little Rock
Texas
Pike Avenue
North Little Rock
Corinth, Miss
Kroger
Memphis
Tenn
Bail bid widens in Angela Davis murder case
In San Rafael California Angela Davis and co defendant Rachell Magee moved to appeal for bail after Judge Joan P McMurray disqualified herself from presiding over the case Following Magee affidavit for cause the judge said he would not act further in the matter and the case was postponed awaiting a new judge Davis and Magee face murder kidnapping and conspiracy charges in the Marin Civic Center shootout that killed a judge and two convicts The developments occurred as Marin County judges recused themselves due to past ties to a slain jurist
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Angela Davis
San Rafael
Calif
Miss Davis
Rachell Magee
Joan P. McMurray
McMurray
Magee
UCLA
Marin County
California Judicial Council
Howard Moore Jr
Muazee
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