Hope Star Salute to the Legislature and Desegregation Ruling
The Hope Star announces a Salute edition to the Arkansas General Assembly with color photography of the Senate and House, plus 1000 free copies for lawmakers. Concurrent Resolution 32 praises the paper’s four color printing. A federal court orders desegregation of Alabama schools next term impacting state officials.
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Hope Star
Senate
House
State House
General Assembly
Hope and the Star
Berkey
Arkansas
Hope
Arkansans
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Dardanelle Bridge Plan Submitted
The Arkansas Highway Department has submitted a preliminary plan to the Army Engineers for a four lane bridge across the Arkansas River at Dardanelle. The new bridge on Arkansas 7 would replace a two lane structure and provide navigation clearance. federal funds would cover construction, and the old bridge would be removed after completion pending approval.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Department
Army Engineers
Arkansas River
Dardanelle
Arkansas 7
Man Killed in Brinkley Wreck
Fred E. Fleetwood 65 of North Little Rock died when his car left U S 70 and plunged into a ditch six miles west of Brinkley. Officials could not determine if death came from impact with water or drowning after the plunge.
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Brinkley Ark
Fred E. Fleetwood
North Little Rock
U.S. 70
Brinkley
Tax bill faces Senate floor battle and reforms
Senate Finance Committee approves a remolded tax incentives bill aimed at restoring business credits and accelerated depreciation. The measure, set for April 3 debate after the Eastern recess, could be scaled back amid GOP opposition and current House version amendments. Senator Gore plans to push an anti campaign finance repeal, while Fulbright urges halting bombing of North Vietnam to spur talks, seeking Kosygin’s Soviet settlement angle. Merger talks unfold between Arkansas Missouri Power and Missouri Utilities, and winter storms grip the Northeast with snow and school closings around New York City suburbs and beyond.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Committee
House
Albert Gore
Dtenn
Congress
George A. Smathers
Dfla
Finance Committee
Senate Committee
Ne Saale
New York
Weather Bureau
New York City
Suffolk
Episcopal Church Plans Special Holy Week Services
St. Mark's Episcopal Church will mark Holy Week with Maundy Thursday Eucharist at 8:00 p.m. and Good Friday observances including Ante Communion and Reproaches at noon. The church will be open all day for those unable to attend. Easter services begin with Morning Prayer at 6:30 a.m. and include Holy Eucharist with altar guild members assisting.
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St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Fred Hancock
Father Hancock
Jerry Johnson
Effie Shell
Martha Tyer
Sword Canes and Long Hatpins Stop Mugging in Cities
New York AP survey riffs on security fixes and social quirks. It jokes that long hatpins and sword canes could halve urban muggings and notes changing manners, work gossip, and public perceptions amid a mosaic of colorful observations about love, balance, and city life.
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New York
Sunrise Easter Service Set for 6 30 a m
Sunrise Easter service at Hammond Stadium 6 30 a m led by Roy Anderson with special recognition. If outdoors not possible, service moves to Assembly of God Church. Johnnie Beasley to preside and local volunteers plan prayers music and readings. Boy Scouts to direct traffic. committee chairs named.
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Hope
Roy Anderson
Hammond Stadium
Assembly of God
Beasley
KXAR
Johnnie Beasley
H. A. Spraggins
Lester Sittes
Freddie Glaze
Haskell Jones
Ray Lawrence
James H. Pilkinton
George Frazier
Jerald Schnell
Holy City
David Pearson
Boy Scouts
Jerry O'Neal
Ray Turner
Jagrene Williams
Entertainment Less Available in Hot Springs Ark
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller said his crackdown on illegal gambling has made entertainment less available in Hot Springs. He told the Southwestern Sales Marketing Executive Council that the law is the law but if you can find it, have a good time. The multimillionaire governor said he is happy in his new job after 14 years of unemployment.
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Associated Press Hot
Coroner rules man drowned near El Dorado
El Dorado Arkansas. The Union County coroner's office ruled that Rudolph Waller a 43 year old of the Urbana community drowned when his pickup struck a bridge on a county road and plunged into a ditch filled with water. The accident happened on a county road twelve miles east of El Dorado.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Union County Coroner's Office
Rudolph Waller
Urbana
Here
Peck Tells of Trip to Russia at Shrine Club Dinner
Texarkana banker George Peck described a People to People tour with Arkansas Bankers' Association to the USSR. He noted land ownership by the state, absence of checks, currency revaluations, and exhibits highlighting space farm and industry. Millwood Shrine Club welcomed 60 attendees and a Plantation Catfish meal was served.
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Texarkana
George Peck
Hope
Russia
Millwood Shrine Club
Jack Lowe
Arkansas Bankers’ Association
Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
Peck
Hobart Shirley
Shriners
Frank Douglas
Five Red Battalions Smashed in Greatest U.S. Victory of War
President Johnson vows to press for peace with North Vietnam despite rebuffs as Hanoi rejects talks and reveals a letter exchange with Ho Chi Minh. Officials see no early path to talks while military pressure may rise against Communist forces in South and North Vietnam. The Guam conference outcome is questioned amid speculation over Chinese influence and motives behind the letter release.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen IW
Fulbright
Johnson
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Vietnam
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Alexei N. Kosygin
Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam
Kosygin
Harold Wilson
U.S
John M. Hightower
Guam
Andrews Air Force Base
Viet+ nam
AP News
J. W. Fulbright
Harlem
Manhattan
Nunzio Marchese
Tom King
Debbie
Eugene V. Risher
United Press International Saigon
UPI
Saigon
Central Highland
4Th Infantry Division
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Minor Accidents and public figures on peace talks
Police investigated two minor traffic crashes at 4th and Hervey and at Second and Main with small damage. Andrew Brown was charged for failure to yield. International and national items cover Vietnam peace talks, Harlem tourism, a foster child custody case, and Sierra Leone military actions.
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Wether
Hervey
Andrew Brown
Ellanora Barwick
Brown
Johnson
Joe Rider
Thomas Hollingsworth
Ward and
Abbot
Arkansas ABC chief declines to link firings to politics
The Arkansas Beverage Control Board director refused to say if the dismissal of three investigators was politically motivated. Two workers claimed political reasons tied to Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller's election, while the third hinted a statement next week.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Arkansas Beverage Control Board
Pine Bluff
Winthrop Rockefeller
Clyde McCollugh
Springdale
Melvin Polk
Morriston
Earl Hodges
Alvin Bell
ABC
All Around Town Highlights From Hempstead and Beyond
Highway Department reports 22 loads of trash collected on highways in February at an estimated cost of 24.6 per load. Two Quacalta Baptist University students begin practice teaching in Hope Public Schools, Jean Beatley of El Dorado teaching English and Margaret Johnson of St. Charles Missouri in elementary education. Masonic Zone Institute planned in Derks with lodges from 23 communities. Thomas Lewis Smith in Veterans Hospital Little Rock. Guernsey PTA program on mental health scheduled. Jimmy Sharman injured in a Davenport Iowa wreck, expected transfer to Little Rock hospital. Seaman Danny R Key USN son of Hope residents arrives in Boston aboard Springfield after three years in the Mediterranean.
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Hempstead
Highway Department
Quacalta Baptist University
Hope Public Schools
Glen Kelley
OBU Division of
Jean Beazeley
el Dorado
Margaret Johny Son
St. Charles, Mo
Jimmy Sharman
A. E. Sharman
Electronics Enterprises
Davenport
Iowa
Little Rock
Danny R. Key
USN
James L. Key
Pritchard St
Hope, Ark
Boston
Mass
Springfield
Mediterranean
Hope Band Students Earn Regional Ratings
Hope band students earned Division 1 and 1 ratings at the Regional Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association Festival held at Southern State College last week. Solo and ensemble awards list many students across trombone, cornet, oboe, saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, bass, drums, and various duets trios and quartets. Overall band ratings named Hope Junior High Band and Hope Senior High School Concert Band received ratings.
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Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association
Southern State College
Ashley Hoggard
Ruth Ann Wylie
Tommy Lavendare
Becky Huff
Katy Watson
Skipper Warren
Mary Jane Reyenga
Barletone
Judy Pettit
Jacki Fe Townsend
Tim Rowland
John King
Danny Lauter
Covent
Linda Paresons
David Rider
Jimmy Langston
Skipper Waverey
Ansley Hoggard
Joe David Key
Debbie Gunter
Tommy Laveardar
Mike May
Pam Faris
Darlene Rizzell
Eva Jane Foster
Donna Cole
John Kind
Becky Hurt
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