Chamber of Commerce backs some Arkansas ballot amendments
Bob Schaff of the Hope Hempstead County Chamber discusses on October 7 at the Sheraton Inn the ballot items for November 2. The Chamber supports Amendments 56 and 57 to raise salaries and tax intangible property, opposes 59 that would force union membership, and notes potential confusion over wording on the ballot while urging constitutional revision.
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Bob Schaff
Hope- Hempstead County
Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas
Yancey Reynolds
Joe Short
Dan Long
Arkansas Stubble-plant Soybean Update Tour Report
Representatives from business industry research and the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service viewed double crop soybeans planted in wheat stubble across Easter Arkansas. The two day tour compared conventional and stubble planted fields and noted advantages in reduced tillage labor fuel and erosion control. Farmers can plant at harvest without burning or plowing, gaining early growth time and moisture access.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
Arkansas
Searcy
Lake City
DeWitt
Lonoke
Kee
University of Arkansas’ Division of Agriculture
Gary Haitink
Haitink
Huitink
Mirex remains sole effective fire ant killer in study
In Jackson Mississippi scientists report that after screening over three thousand chemicals Mirex is still the only substance reliably killing fire ants. Researchers note Mirex lingers in human fat and is linked to liver cancer in mice prompting EPA review.
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Jackson, Miss
Woody Martin
Mississippi Department of Agriculture
Martin
Department of Agriculture
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Earl Alley
Mississippi State Laboratory
El Dorado to Host Fifth Union Square Art Show
The fifth annual Union Square Art Show in El Dorado occurs Saturday October 16. Registration starts 8 a.m. with judging at 10 a.m. Entries cost 3 dollars, must be hand delivered, framed, and ready to hang. Ten paintings per exhibitor across five categories compete for 600 dollars in total prizes.
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Union Square
el Dorado
Art Division
Arts and Humanities
B. A. Schene
Mary Diane O’hern
Magnolia
O’hern
Southern Arkansas University
Hua Kuo-feng Poised as Mao Successor for China
Reports from Peking indicate Hua Kuo-feng is expected to be named party chairman and head of the Central Committee, with the army's pledge of obedience boosting his position. Hua, 57, emerged as Mao's successor after Chou En-lai's death, while Teng Hsiao-ping was dismissed amid charges of following the capitalist road.
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Tokyo
China
Communist Party Central Committee
Hua Kuo-feng
Mao Tsetung
Peking
Hua
Mao
Hsinhua
Central Committee
Hua Kuo
Feng
Chou En-lai
Military Affairs Commission
Chou
Teng Hsiao-ping
Teng
Chiang Ching
Party
Lin Piao
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Tilden Guidry
Arkansas Enterprises For the Blind
Hope
Joe Scalzi
Lubbock
Diane Askew
St. Petersburg
Arkansas Lions Club
Hope Lions Club
AEB
Schaff
Chamber
Mirex
Chuck Magnum
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
The
Gulf Coast
Magnum
EPA
el Dorado Planning
Hwy
Howards
Ivory
Tide & Howards
Georgia
Sation
Wi Banner
Steam & Dry
Eneral Electric
Enterprize
Aluminum
America
Avacado H
Scope
Big Ben
Wwcore
Spector
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