Arkansas Education Study Urges Bigger Funding Push
The Arkansas Economic Study Commission warns education lags behind national averages with 49th ranking in key finance. It cites teacher salaries, per pupil spending, and accreditation gaps while urging more state resources, higher higher education support, and potential funding sources to lift the system toward national norms.
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Arkansas Economic Study Commission
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Louisiana
United States
S . Benevent
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Seletive Service
Coud
Commission
Driverless Car Kills Woman in Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri a driverless automobile rolled onto a sidewalk and killed Ruth Buffington 55 as she walked home from a grocery. The owner Henry Baptiste Jr 17 said he parked the car on a hill set the emergency brake and turned wheels toward the curb before night class. The car rolled a short distance then hit Buffington police said.
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Kansas City
Ruth Buffington
Henry Baptiste Jr
Frank Wesslin
Buffington
Court Docket at Hope Municipal Court March 16 1965
Hope Arkansas docket lists Willie Evans and others with various fines and bonds for offenses including carrying concealed weapon drunkenness and traffic violations. Several defendants faced citations for untaxed liquor penalties. Notable entries include Aggravated assault fines for Willie Jordan and driving while intoxicated pleas with jail terms or bonds set. Several corporations and individuals appear in the state docket for violations and forfeitures.
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Willie Evans
Robert Green
Johnnie Phillips
James Fulmer
Beatrice Johnson
Victor Rooks
Fred Gillard
Dinkie Modisett
Henry Brandon
Rex Jones
Marvin Bailey
Troy Lee Braggs
Jefferson D. Gildke
Berry Wright
Louie R. Cowling
Charles Knighton
Willie E. Jordan
Tech to Open Dormitory Bids in Arkansas
Arkansas Tech will open bids April 21 on a men's dormitory with 24 apartments for married students and an enlargement of the student center. Siding work would be financed by a 1,165.00 loan from the federal Housing and Home Finance Agency.
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Associated Press
Ssellville
Ark
Arkansas Tech
Stu
R. A. Young
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
World’s Fair Springs to Life Again in New York
In New York the billion dollar World’s Fair returns for a second and final season as construction resumes amid paint splashes and hammering, after a winter of controversy and renewed activity across the grounds and pavilions.
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New York
Garret wills Memphis buildings to seminary in Ky
The late L F Garrett of Corinth Mississippi left four Memphis apartment buildings and a garage to the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville Kentucky. Proceeds from operation are to fund a foundation providing loans or gifts to seminary students.
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Memphis
L. F. Garrett
Corinth
Miss
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Arkansas Wildlife Federation Meet Set in El Dorado
The Arkansas Wildlife Federation holds its annual meeting in El Dorado on Friday and Saturday with keynote talks by Outs D. McGregor of Flint Michigan president of the National Wildlife Federation and Hugh Hackler director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Arkansas Wildlife Federation
Outs D. McGregor
Flint, Mich
National Wildlife Federation
Hugh Hackler
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
World Fair Opens With Expanded Exhibits And Lower Cost Rides
The fair begins at 9 a.m. on April 21 as builders and exhibitors seek a strong turnout far beyond last year’s 27.1 million. New $5 million in exhibits and $2 million in revamps aim to lure visitors, with nine low-price kiddie rides and possible dancing acts at night. Despite big publicity, hotel bookings show signs of softness ahead of the opening.
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Lake
Short Ribs Fights at Fair Over Finances and Attendance
Frank O'Neal notes crowd draw down by as much as 40 percent versus last year amid winter disputes over fair finances and management. Bankers quit the finance committee and calls to replace fair president Robert Moss dominated winter wrangling. Despite a $17.5 million deficit, Moses predicts eventual profit, though smaller than hoped.
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Fair Corporation
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