Kiwanis Speaker Capt Thomas E Jackson USN Ret speaks on China
Capt. Thomas E. Jackson, USN retired, addressed the Kiwanis Club detailing his China and Taiwan tours. He described population, geography, farming efficiency, language variation, and cultural aspects including religions and Confucian ethics, noting impressions from 1947 and the enduring nature of Chinese civilization.
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Embezzlement case looms as Pope County funds eyed
State Senator Carl Sorrels said a 87245 check from Western Surety Bonding Co would go to Pope County officials to cover part of a county treasurer shortfall amid an embezzlement case involving former county treasurer Jackson Ross. School officials seek 160000 to cover teacher obligations.
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Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
Pope
Western Surety Bonding Co
Millers Mutual
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Sorrels
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Arkansas Weather Report and Forecast Summary
Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 am Wednesday records high 89 low 60 and 0.32 inches of precipitation. Forecasts for Arkansas call for partly cloudy and warm conditions through Thursday with a few thunderstorms this afternoon and Thursday. Highs will be in the 80s and lows in the 60s.
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Catholics Call for End Of Violence in Londonderry
In Creggan Londonderry 2000 Catholics at a mass meeting voted to end IRA violence and oppose civil war. They cheered a priest’s call for peace with Protestants and urged reform under direct British rule to reduce Catholic discrimination, while IRA factions clashed at the event.
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Londonderry
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John White
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Warm Weather Dominates Nation
Calm warm weather, more summer like than spring, sweeps across the nation as violent thunderstorms ripple through the Plains. Minneapolis and St Paul lose power to about 50,000 homes. one hangar destroyed and two others damaged at a Minneapolis suburb airport. Other storms scatter the eastern Plains and Mississippi Valley while the Northwest stays cool. Daytime 80s and 90s spread from the Southwest to the Gulf Coast, with severe drought persisting in the Southwest.
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McClellan Pushes Social Security Through Years
McClellan champions social security and railroad retirement laws begun in 1935 and expanding benefits over the years. He now co sponsors a measure to increase social security benefits by 20 percent, highlighting work in health and education policy.
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John McClellan
Voting for Social Security Expansions Through 1956
The text outlines multiple ballot votes from 1948 to 1956 expanding federal aid and social security. It notes raising aid to the aged blind and dependent children, extending coverage to 10 million more Americans, boosting benefits by 12.5 percent, expanding to millions of workers, and establishing disability benefits at age 50 while lowering the retirement age for women to 62.
McClellan Pledges Social Security Growth and Health Plans
The Illinois senator outlines a record of votes and programs spanning 1958 to 1972 including 7 percent social security boosts, Medicare and Medicaid creation, improved nursing and doctor training, the Health Service Improvement Act, Alcoholic Treatment Act, and support for high school and higher education acts. He touts hospital upgrades in Arkansas and urban housing gains, urging continued service.
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