Millwood Reservoir listed in $1.4 billion water bill
Washington AP reports the House Appropriations Committee backed a $1.4 billion water projects bill for Army Engineers and the Reclamation Bureau for the year ending next June 30. Arkansas would receive $83,334,000 for construction plus planning and surveys. notable projects include Millwood Reservoir at $15,600,000, Dardanelle Lock and Dam at $20,000,000, Greers Ferry at $2,917,000, and Beaver Reservoir at $10,300,000.
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House Appropriations Committee
Army Engineers
Reclamation Bureau
Arkansas
Arkansas River
Beaver
Bull Shoals
Dardanelle
de- Gray
Gillham
Greers Ferry
Manieco Bayou
Millwood
Narrows
Ouachita
Black Rivers
Ark
Red River
Denison Dam
Tex
de Queen
Dlerks
Ozark Lock and Dam
Lee Creek
Okla
Little Rock
St. Francis River Basin
White River Basin
Fort Smith Shifts to Oklahoma Frontier Trail Route
Fort Smith moves onto the Ozark Frontier Trail the Oklahoma section rather than the Arkansas segment. The change aims for convenience and continuity, linking Fort Smith with the Oklahoma frontier emphasis over mountains, while noting Hanging Judge Isaac Parker’s reconstructed courtroom as a key tourist draw along the cross‑state route involving Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Little Rock
Fort Smith
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Isaac Parker
Missouri
Kansas
Weather Experiment Station Report Summary
Weather station logs detail Arkansas conditions for a 24 hour period ending 7 am Friday with a high of 58 and a low of 32. Forecasts project partly cloudy to cloudy skies with slow warming. Continued on Page Four.
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Arkansas
Congress Trips Abroad Cost Taxpayers Says AP
Washington AP reports the idea that congressional trips to Paris cost nothing to taxpayers is false. Congressman Wayne Hays claimed Ernest cost $88 in counterpart funds, while Adam Clayton Powell cited a need to use francs otherwise. Embassies replace these funds with American dollars, offsetting costs to taxpayers. Hays could not comment as he headed home to Ohio.
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Capitol Hill
Paris
Ernest
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
United States
Europe
U.S
France
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Hays
Ohio
Mann Named U S Commissioner for Eastern District of Arkansas
John W. Mann Jr. 42 a Sudan, Arkansas native and Forrest City attorney was appointed a United States Commissioner for the Eastern District of Arkansas. He succeeds Jack P. West of Forrest City. U S commissioners conduct preliminary hearings fix bonds and issue search warrants for federal charges.
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Little Rock
John W. Mann Jr
Sudan
Lee County
United States
Arkansas
Mann
Forrest City
Jack P. West
U.S
Romney Tax Reform Plan Falls in Michigan Vote
In Lansing the Republican led Michigan Legislature defeated Gov. George Romney's major tax reform plan in a 47 to 44 test vote. Romney said he will not push fiscal reform in 1964 as lawmakers adjourned without a floor vote on the 306 million package.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
House of Representatives
Sharp Cold Creeps to the South
A sharp chill covered the southern United States driving temperatures below freezing as far south as central Florida. Record lows for the date stretched from Tallahassee to Tampa and Key West while snow dusted parts of the Northeast. Georgia South Carolina and Florida all logged new cold records with readings in the low twenties and thirties.
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Associated Press
Southland
Florida
Mercury
Tallahassee
Cross City
Tampa
Mississippi Valley
Burlington
Key West
Fla
Augusta
Columbis
S.C
Atlante
Jacksonville
Caught at a Cocktail Party Between Two Professors Is Real Boring Experience
New York AP notes a series of jokes and quips about marriage, social behavior, and everyday annoyances. The anecdotes poke at economists, waiters, ministers, barbers, and psychiatrists, highlighting wit about boredom, pride, and human foibles.
Public Works Bill Cut by 285 Million
A congressional committee slashed more than 285 million from President Kennedy's public works budget. It sent to the House a bill for 4.276 billion in new funds for river and harbor, flood control, reclamation, and programs including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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House Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Kentucky
House
Our For
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Acting Chief Named for Hope Fire Department After Yocom's Death
James Cobb appointed Acting Chief of the Hope Fire Department by City Manager Garland Medders after the death of Lewis Ray Yocom on November 11. Cobb has served since 1944 and will retain firefighting duties. Charles McCorkle remains as the other assistant chief, with a new appointment to follow to restore full staff.
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Hope Fire Department
Lewis Ray Yocom
Cobb
Fire Department
Charles McCorkle
Wheat deal with Soviet bloc hits snag after talks
A New York grain dealer says the $250 million wheat deal with the Soviet bloc stalled after a Soviet trade mission visit. They cited bids and urged patience, with possible progress in a few days. U.S. guidelines on shipping mixed fleet usage and rate ceilings were announced, shaping the talks with Kennedy officials.
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Russia
New York
Washington Post
House
Sergei A. Bort
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U.S
Barghoorn Arrest Deepens U S Soviet Cold Spirit
President Kennedy said the arrest of Yale scholar Frederick Barghoorn on espionage charges has badly damaged U S Soviet relations. The case marks a low point since the Moscow test ban pact and follows signs Moscow is growing impatient with U S foreign policy. A U S delegation's Moscow visit for cultural exchanges was canceled in reaction.
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Associated Press
Washington (Ap
U.S
Russia
Frederick GC. Barghoorn
Yale
Kennedy
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Barhoorn
Moscow
Camp David
Khrushchev
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Barghoorn
Berlin
Kremlin
Soviet Union
A. Ivanov
Russian Trading Corporation
New Jersey
Winds Push Clouds Into Arkansas
Southerly winds brought cloudy and warmer weather to Western Arkansas while the eastern part stayed frosty. A high pressure ridge over Alabama moves seaward, warming Eastern Arkansas by Saturday. Temperatures ranged from 19 at Beaver to 44 at Texarkana with highs in the 50s and 60s, rain limited to scattered showers midweek, firmer frosts expected for five days.
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Line State
Alabama
Beaver
Texarkana
Weather Bureau
Now Comes the Double Bath
London AP reports a British manufacturer unveiled the Forum bath as a double bath. It comes in side by side or up to versions and sells for 700 dollars. A London Building Exhibition salesman noted four have been sold.
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London
Bell Tells PSC Of Offering Service To Drake
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co told the Public Service Commission on Thursday it offered service to C. P. Drake near Patmos if he paid for it. Drake complained about lack of service and state Rep. Talbot Field Jr. asked for a public hearing. Field said rural residents were charged a special fee for phones, which he called discriminatory against snail customers.
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Drake
Talbot Field Jr
Feild
Southwestern Bell
Rumors Fly Mills Seen for Court Bench
Washington AP reports rumors surge that Rep Wilbur Mills may join the Supreme Court as a reward for backing Kennedy tax cuts. Denials follow. talk centers on Mills opposition to Kennedy age care bill and possible Ways and Means shifts. Kennedy says the medical care bill progress is uncertain, while committee split widens speculation about Mill’s future.
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Wilbur ‘Mills
Supreme Court
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Mills
House
Ways and Means
William O. Douglas
Hugo L. Black
Ikills
Congress
Cecil R. King
D-Calif
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Kennedy urges swift passage of 11 billion tax cut
President Kennedy told an AFL CIO convention in New York that Congress should promptly pass his 11 billion tax cut bill to spur the economy and create millions of jobs. He said unemployment is the nation’s chief domestic problem and asserted the plan would predominantly aid the unemployed with large benefits in lower tax brackets.
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Kennedy
Congress
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Afl-Cio
AFL - Cio
George Meany
Dear Charles debut delights Hope crowd at theater
All Around Town notes the first performance of Dear Charles at Hope Community Theater drew a large audience and strong praise for the cast and set. It forecasts a bigger turnout tonight for the final showing and highlights local students and events linked to Hope, Arkansas.
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Charles
Hope Community Theater
Grain Deal Delays Kennedy Foreign Aid Bill Passage
A dispute over grain sales to the Soviet bloc halted Senate action on President Kennedy's foreign aid bill. Senator Mundt proposed a prohibition on Export-Import Bank guarantees for private grain sales to Communist countries. Mansfield's tabling motion to kill the amendment failed 46 to 40, blocking final passage as debate continued over a $250 million surplus wheat sale to Russia and other negotiations.
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Vaccaro Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Karl E. Mundt
R-5
Export- Import Bank
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mansfield
Russia
Ordered Off Farm the U.S. Had Seized
U.S. District Judge J. Smith Henley ordered James Weir to vacate his 2 acre Chicot County farm by November 25 after the government sold it for 60,000 dollars in April 1962 to satisfy a 16,972 dollar judgment for overplanting his 1959 rice allotment. The sale also covered 1960 and 1961 overplanting judgments. Henley ruled the overplanting caused the sale and prohibited damage to the land or improvements.
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Little Rock
U.S. District
J. Smith Henley Jupheta
James Weir
Chicot County
Weir
Henley
Loan Made to Arkansas State Police
LITTLE ROCK AP The Arkansas State Police seeks a $450,000 loan from the general revenue fund to cover expenses until license revenues arrive next January. The annual borrowing has continued since 1957 despite earlier attempts to cut it. Governor Faubus ordered restoration of services, with a plan for a special session to raise revenue. The 1963 Legislature rejected a driver license fee hike to 3 dollars for 800,000 more annually. The 1965 Legislature will study the ongoing shortfall and potential revenue sources.
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Thera
State Police Department
General Revenue Fund
Carl Berger
Bensonville
State Police Commission
Orval E. Faubus
Berger
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