Champion Paper Plant Planned for Hempstead County
Our Daily Bread reports a federal release confirming Champion Paper Company plans a large mill in Hempstead County. Jrace Cabe leads land assembly near Little River. surveys and soil tests have occurred, with land purchase close. Construction timing hinges on financing, but the project signals a major regional economic development and ties to Champion’s South operations.
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Hempstead
Economic Development Administration
U. S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C
Southwest Arkansas Water District
Fives
Water District
Champion Paper Comepany
Champion
Jrace Cabe
Gordon Lumberman
Cabe
Little River
McNab
Champion Paper Company
Southland Mills
Lufkin
Texas
Southland
Nekoosa-Edwards
Ashdown
Wall Street Journal
New York
South
Arkansas
Cooperative seeks loan for Bella Vista transmission line
Carroll Electric Cooperative of Berryville asks the Arkansas Public Service Commission to allow a 150000 loan to fund a 799000 transmission line and a 460000 substation at Bella Vista to improve service to Bella Vista and rural Benton County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Carroll Plectric Co-operative
Berryville
Bella Vista
Benton County
Co-Operative
State Public Service Commiss
Bella Visa
Comedian Joe E Lewis Struck by Mild Stroke in Las Vegas
Comedian Joe E Lewis is under medical tests to determine the extent of a stroke suffered in his hotel room Monday night. A Sunrise Hospital spokesman called the stroke very mild and reports Lewis, 60, is in good condition.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Joe E. Lewis
Sunrise Hospital
Lewis
Ink Ark to Get Tracking Station in Polk County
Ink Arkansas was named among six sites for a 19.5 million Western Union earth station network as the first move to its own communications satellite system. The Ink site seven miles east of Mena in Polk County would become one of eight stations, six owned outright and two shared in New York and Los Angeles. Construction and operating costs are 4.328 million and 955 thousand dollars respectively, with FCC approval needed before satellite television relay begins city to city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ink
Ark
Western Union Telegraph Co
Mena
Polk County
Western Union
Federal Communications Commission
New York
Los Angeles
Eost
Arkansas
FCC
Two Brazilians Accused in Escape Plot
In Brasilia two Brazilian enlisted men Hamilton Correia de Morais and Alceu Viana Gareret are accused of aiding the escape of Fort Smith Arkansas men Sam Sexton Jr and Joseph McCutchen and Richardson Texas man Joe Truhill. The trio fled from a makeshift prison after eight months of a three year term for smuggling, to a night club then to an airfield and on to the United States.
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Brasilia
Fort Smith, Ark
Richardson
Tex
Sam Sexton Jr
Joseph McCutchen
Fort Smith
Joe Truhill
Hamilton Correia de Morais
Alceu Viana Gareret
Hope Star Photo Collision at Avenue B and Walnut
A car collision on Avenue B and Walnut in Hope involved Sharon Ann Harwell and Daniel L. Gray. Harwell’s Volks wagen overturned. injured were Mrs Morris Harwell and Mrs Henry Chandler. They were treated at a hospital. Gray and Mrs Wrenetta Green escaped injury. Gray was charged with failure to yield by officers Richard Rowe and James Neal.
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Avenue B
Walnut
Sharon Ann Harwell
Daniel L. Gray
Hope
Volkswagen
Miss Harwell
Harwell
Morris Harwell
Henry Chandler
Murfreesboro
Herndon-Cornelius
Wrenetta Green
Gray
Police hunt killer after student stabbed on Aberdeen campus
Aberdeen Scotland AP reports a man sprang from behind a tree and stabbed Jennifer Hunt 19 daughter of Col Sir John Hunt leader of the 1953 Everest expedition. She received 21 stitches for a gashed neck after Monday night attack on Aberdeen University campus.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Jennifer Hunt
Everest
Miss Hunt
Aberdeen University
Sir John Hunt
Mt. Everest
Prisoner Wreaks Havoc at Pine Bluff Jail
Pine Bluff police say Lavi Brown, 35, tore out a sheet metal wall in the city jail and held officers at bay for nearly an hour. Brown climbed into the attic on the second floor, tossing objects from a window until two patrolmen subdued him and returned him to his cell.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Lavi Brown
Brown
Decision to Cut Draft Calls Aims to Ease Reserve Backlog
Washington AP Pentagon sources say the McNamara plan would slash the reservist backlog from 133,100 to about 60,000 by next summer and boost training to 20,000 per month by early next year. Draft calls should average under 25,000 through March, easing criticism of a reserve haven while extending garrison training for the 1st and 2nd Armored Divisions in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour M. Hersh
Washington
Pentagon
Mons
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Armored
Texas
U.S. Strategic Reserve
Massive Viet Cong Toll Reported in Tay Ninh Battle
American infantrymen engaged a 1000 strong Viet Cong force in Tay Ninh Province for four hours. Officials counted 302 enemy bodies and seized weapons, ammunition, and an 80 bed hospital. Reports also noted 46 enemy killed in another operation northeast of Saigon and ongoing air missions over North and South Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tay Ninh
U.S
Associated Press
John Nance
John Lengel
101St Airborne
4Th Infantry
Phu Yen
U.S. 1St Cavalry
North Viet Nam
Youth Shot Accidently
Barry Warner five near Mabelvale was killed when a .22 pistol discharged in a car. Deputies say the child found the Italian made pistol in the glove compartment, tossed it to the back, and it fired striking him in the chest. He was the son of Mr and Mrs L E Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Barry Warner
Mabelvale
Monlay
Warner
L. E. Warner
Watch list for 1968 election trends and key players
AP analysis outlines what to watch in vote trends including bellwether districts Connecticut 4th Pennsylvania 19th Iowa 4th Indiana 9th Wisconsin 1st Ohio 10th. Democrats likely to retain Senate and House with a smaller margin. shifts could boost Nixon and potential 1968 presidential hopefuls Romney Rhodes Reagan Percy and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ohio
Senate
House
Johnson
Tlus
George Romney
Michigan
James A. Rhodes
Ronald Reagan
California
Charles H. Per
Illinois
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Karl F. Rolvaag
Minnesota
Robert F. Kennedy
Frank D. O'Connor
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
George C
Rusk frames Vietnam conflict as Hanoi bid to seize South
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told NBC that the Viet Nam war is essentially North Viet Nam’s effort to take over the entire country. He tied peace prospects to Hanoi relinquishing ambitions in the South and said Manila conference nations are united to halt aggression, whether direct or covert, while North Vietnamese generals in the South direct the Viet Cong.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Viet Nam
NBC
Rusk
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Manila
South
Child Struck by Train Near Gould Ark
Rex Sullivan six found dead on grandfather’s farm five miles east of Gould Arkansas when a grain truck struck him. Authorities said the truck was driven by his uncle John Mezell of Dumas.
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GOULD
Ark
Rex Sullivan
Kenneth Mezell
Dumas
Here
John Mezell
Voters Line Up as Polls Close at 6 30 P.M.
Hempstead County voters flocked to the polls in a record turnout for the general election with long lines at most precincts. The race featured headlines on Governor Winthrop Rockefeller and Sheriff Jimmie Griffin, while nationwide coverage noted the presidential and congressional stakes.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
Hempstead
Jimmie Griffin
Brooks Collins
CBS
NBC
ABC
Jim Johnson
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansans
Johnson
Pine Bluff
Landscape Meet Set for Tonight at County Courthouse
A landscape meeting by Extension agent Calvin J. Caldwell is planned for Tuesday November 8 at 7:00 p.m. in the Extension Conference Room. J K Ball will discuss lawn grasses, shrubs to use and placement with live shrubs colored slides and handouts. Attendance invited.
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Calvin J. Caldwell
J.k.ball
Caldwell
Long Vote Trip for McGarry to Cast Ballot
John W. McGarry chief counsel to the Congressional Election Commission in Washington planned a long trip to vote. He was in California this week, applied for an absentee ballot but did not receive it. State official Kevin White said McGarry would fly to Boston, his legal residence, to vote and then return to California.
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Boston
John W. McGarry
McGarry
Congressional Election Commision
Washington
California
Kevin H. White
All Around Town items mix travel, promos and events
All Around Town notes Earl Bruce Jr in Udorn Thailand as a helicopter mechanic with Air Asia Limited after a Taipei assignment. It mentions a landscape design meeting tonight at 7 in the Extension Office, upcoming election returns, and health news about Mrs. Rufus Herndon Jr. It also covers basketball practice, a Viet Nam promotion for Cpl. James Huckabee, Texas Eastern promotions, Bob Porter attending a trade show, and a Patmos Country Music Jamboree on Nov 12 with Rainbow Melodies participating.
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Earl Bruce, Jr
Jesse Bruce
Udorn
Thailand
Air Asia Company. Limited
Washington, D.C
Taipei
Taiwan
Patios
Patmos Rainbow Melodies
Election Day Shapes 1966 House and Senate Outlook
Washington reports 59 million Americans vote on House seats 35 Senate posts and 35 governorships. Analysts see little national trend with turnout high yet voter apathy. Republicans expected to gain in governors and some state legislatures, possibly 30 House seats and 5–6 governors, while Johnson's party could lose freshmen Democrats and face stalemate in the Senate.
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House
Senate
Johnson
Texas
Richard M. Nixon
Indiana
California
Georgia
Arkansas
U.S
Tiinois
Tennessee
Tay Ninh
Marilyn Sheppart
Samuel H. Sheppard
Premoon Est
New Delhi
Jack Bell Washington
White House
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Repubicans
Congress
Teachers’ Corps
Firemen Fail to Save a Arkansas Boy
A one year old Jonesboro Arkansas boy died after choking on an apple. Fireman George Hohmann, passing by, and other bystanders aided but could not revive Michael Eugene Webb. His mother Dorothy Webb had summoned aid after the choking incident in St Louis while visiting relatives.
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St, Louis
Jonesboro
Ark
St. Louis
Michael Eugene Webb
Dorothy Webb
Eula Wy
Crossett Seeks Utility Loan Approval
Crossett Allied Utilities Corp seeks PSC permission to borrow from private sources to fund improvements in its utility system. The request was filed with the Arkansas Public Service Commission in Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Allied Utilities Corp
Crossett
State Public Service Commission
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Alex. H. Washburn
Champion Paper Mill
Ink, Ark
Hope Star
AP News Digest
The
Star
Rufus Herndon, Jr
St. Michael's
Texarkana
Jones Field House
Cpl
James C. Huckabee
Lillian and
Jack Huckabee
Patmos
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Kenneth G. Russell
Rdler
Dora
Hope Rt
William H. Baker
Aviler
Ruth
Emmett Rt. 1
Bob Porter
Hope Novelty and
Temple Cigarette Co., Inc
Hope, Ark
Chicago
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