Lawmakers clash over redistricting and diesel tax amid hearings
The Senate moves on redistricting bills by Sen. Penn while House leaders push new road tax measures. A diesel tax hike of two or three cents is debated to fund a 149 million highway package. House fracas over newsroom seating stalls action as lawmakers spar over press space.
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Kinney
McCastrain
Senate
Thomas Penn
House
Sevier County
George Davis
Talbot Feild Jr
Hempstead County
Marion Crank
Little River County
Feild
Legislative Council
Orval E. Faubus
J. Lee Bearden
Leachville
Bearden
Perry County
Paul van Dalsem
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Pine Bluff Commercial
Harry Pearson
Maurice Moore
Palmer Media Group
Hot Springs
el Dorado
Texarkana
Nathan Schoenfeld
Garland County
Limite Press
Pulaski County
Glenn Walther
van Dalsem
Pearson
Kizer
Arkansas educators to discuss school funds distribution
Little Rock leaders of the Arkansas Education Association called a Thursday meeting to review bills on distributing school funds that may reach a special legislative session. AEA Legislative Committee chair John A. Trice and Executive Secretary Forrest Rozzell announced the gathering Tuesday.
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Little Rock
Legisature
Arkansas Education Association
John A. Trice
AEA
Forrest Rozzell
Poultry Festival Promises Prizes and Local Pride
Southwest Arkansas promotes a Poultry Festival honoring a $200 million industry with a top prize of a 21 inch color TV. A special drawing for poultry people only and a day of events on Saturday June 12 include a cooking contest parade barbecue contest serving and a talent contest with princess pageant. Tickets cost $1 from the Chamber of Commerce offices.
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Aent
Russell
Southwest Arkansans
Arkansas
Hope High
EC Cottage
Hope
Hope Fair Park
Hope High Stadium
Chamber of Commerce
Puzzle Words and Clues From a Newspaper Page
A mixed puzzle list with French English pairings and clues. It includes word definitions such as 1 By way of 2 Hawaiian baking out and 3 Hooksh plus many others across numbers like 14 Elbe tributary and 45 Magnetic alls ean away.
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Judge's Bench
County youth projects and lists of participants for upcoming sessions
County officials and Nevada County representatives are set to discuss youth employment programs. Projects pending in Hempstead County total 272 positions across multiple districts and agencies, including Hope, Washington, Blevins, and Spring Hill. Nevada County shows 255 roles across Prescott, public schools, Laneburg, Emmett, Oak Grove, and Cale districts plus county government.
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Kizer
Dan White
Fort Smith
Kinney
Clarence Bell
Parkin
MceCastrain
Baxter County
Izard
Fulton
Sharp
McCastrain
Woodruff
Monroe
Randolph
Clay
Lawrence
Greene
Jackson
Craighead
Mississippi
Poinsett
Cross Crittenden
St. Francis
Lee
Pillips
Grant
Jefferson, Clark
Dallas
Cleveland
Lincoln Desha
Drew Bradley
Calhoun
Ouachita
Nevada
Miller
Lafayette
Columbia
Union
Ashley and Chicot
City of Hope
City of Washington
Washington Schl
Hope
Blevins
Senators Vote Against Cloture
Washington AP reports Arkansas Senators Fulbright and Metcalf opposed cloture. The piece notes local school and public works projects across Lafayette and Howard counties with youth employment programs to begin June 1. Eligibility targets youths 16 to 21, unemployed and needing work to support schooling and expenses.
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Lafayette County
Howard County
ESD
Jones
South Elm
House Approves One-Year Foreign Aid Bill Amid Senate Clash
The House passed a one-year foreign aid authorization totaling 3.3 billion by a 249 to 118 vote, rejecting a cut to development loans. Senate plans a two-year version at 3.35 billion annually with a target to terminate current aid in two years, setting up a House Senate conference.
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Washington
House
Senate
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate votes 70 30 to limit debate on voting rights bill
Democrats opposed closure on the voting rights bill Tuesday while the Senate voted 70 to 30 to limit debate, setting the stage for further floor action.
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Fulbright
Senate
Ex-Wife of FDR Jr Found Dead in Michigan
An inquest was set for today into the death of Mrs. Ethel du Pont Roosevelt Warren, 48, heiress and former Roosevelt wife. Found in a locked bathroom in Grosse Pointe Farms, authorities say she apparently hanged herself. the body was discovered by a maid after she appeared despondent at breakfast.
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Fdr Jr
Martha Weber
Man Convicted of Murder in Arkansas Jury Verdict
Raymond Shorty Long of Morriston was found guilty by an eight man, four woman jury in Pope Circuit Court of second degree murder in the beating death of Herbey Henley, 64, Morrilton, in the Morlliton city jail in May 1964. Sentence to be pronounced Thursday by Circuit Judge Russell C. Roberts.
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Russellville, Ark
Russell C. Roberts
Raymond (Shorty) Long
Morriston
Pope
Herbey Henley
Morrilton
Morrilton City
Gathings Casts Sole Ark. Dissent on Foreign Aid Bill
Congressman E C Gathings D Ark cast the lone dissent among Arkansas four House members as a 3 37 billion foreign aid authorization bill passed the House 249 to 148 in Washington AP report.
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Washington
E .C. Gathings
D-Ark
Arkansas
House
Warren Widow Dies. Brother Eugene DuPont Board Member
Funeral services for Mrs. Warren will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Christ Episcopal Church in Grosse Pointe. Burial will be in Wilmington. Her second husband, lawyer Benjamin S. Warren Jr., was summoned to her home after they had separated.
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Eugene
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Wilmington
Del
Christ Episcopal Church
Grosse Pointe
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Err Gatm
Sian
J. William Fulbright
John L. MetClellan
Willisville Public Schools
Bodean Public Schools
Senate House
Sen
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
East Second Street
West Bend
Dinette Reguler
Kroehler
Sam Ners Pring
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