Millwood Dam water grant under review in Washington
Our Daily Bread notes the Southwest Arkansas Water District seeks a 9.9 million grant to build a distribution system for Millwood Dam water now processing in Washington. The Star defends federal appropriations as necessary investments and recalls editorials backing Millwood since the 1950s, including advocacy to modify Millwood plans for municipal water reserves and local water supply independence.
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Southwest Arkansas Water District
Millwood Dam
Washington
Star
Millwood
Narrows Dam
Ater-Short
Nashville
Qreeson
Ind
Senate Committee On Rivers and Harts
John L. McMellan
yEither
McClellan
Millad
Southst Arkansas Water District
Uprising Hempstead
LaFayte
Little River
Miller
Pease
Southwest Kansas Water District
Bombing Halt Question Traced At United Nations
U S Ambassador Goldberg challenged North Vietnam to state what would happen if bombing ceased, amid calls to halt air attacks as a peace precondition. He affirms phased withdrawal talks and a political solution, offering to end bombing if North Vietnam would respond. The UN debate runs with 108 nations pressing for end of fighting. no consensus appears near.
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Hanoi
U. S
Viet Nam
United States
Goldberg
North Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Bills Nearing Final Action by Congress
Congress moved most major bills toward final action as the 1966 session aimed to adjourn by Saturday. Key items include a 1.75 billion antipoverty measure, a 1.26 billion demonstration cities bill, and a 4.92 billion supplemental funding bill. Gubernatorial candidate Jim Johnson to headline a Democrat rally at Nope Fair Park Coliseum with free barbecue and several bands. NBC to tape in color for a future telecast.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
House
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Commissioner of Education
Harold Howe II
Southern
Jim Johnson
Nope Fair Park
Odom
Shifters
Langston Sisters
Rainbow Melody Boys
Hempstead
Nevada
Howard, Miller
LaFayette
Pike
Little River
National Broadcasting Company
Bonds Approved at Morrilton Arkansas Mills Expansion
Voters in MorriltonArkansas approved a $4 million bond issue 381 to 3 under Act 9 of 1980 to finance Crompton Arkansas Mills expansion. The firm now employs about 400 in corduroy manufacturing and plans 90,000 extra square feet of space and roughly 170 new jobs.
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Morrilton, Ark
Crompton-Arkansas Mills, Inc
Lockesburg Consolidation Vote Likely Formal Formality
In Lockesburg Arkansas a special election set for November 7 will decide if residents would accept annexation by a larger Negro district if such a request arises. District 1 board members declined to petition the County Court to dissolve and annex, making the vote appear ceremonial.
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Lockesburg, Ark
Lockesburg
Lackesburg
No Nobel Peace Prize Awarded in 1966
The Norwegian Nobel Committee after a two hour meeting today decided not to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1966.
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Usso
Norway
Hope Group Hosts 500 Witnesses in Hope City Park
Jehovah Witnesses gathered over 500 worshippers at the City Park Youth Center in Hope. The semi annual assembly opened with a dramatic interpretation on youth issues and the TV film Heritage. Seven candidates were baptized, with C. Cook, the local congregation’s presiding minister, speaking. The three day event concluded with a public discourse on Satisfying Mankind's Greatest Needs by the district representative of the Watchtower Society.
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Hope
City Park
C. Cook
Watchtower Society
Moore Winner in Arkansas Senate Runoff Victory Declared
Circuit Judge Henry B. Meins ruled Tuesday that W. D. Moore won the Democratic runoff for District 13 in the Arkansas State Senate. Don Brown challenged Moore's win, but Moore has no Republican opponent in the race.
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Associated Press
EL Dorado, Ark
W. D. Moore
State Senate
Henry B. Meins
Malvern
Moore
Wis
Don Brown
Reds Mauled Seven Viet Nam Officers Quit Cabinet Crisis
In Saigon a Mekong Delta battle pitted about 1,500 South Vietnamese troops against an estimated 1,000 Viet Cong, as seven cabinet ministers resigned amid charges of northern dominance and corruption. U.S. helicopters and jets supported the defense, with ongoing air and ground fighting and monsoon rain hindering bombing missions.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
Ltill
U.S
North Viet Nam
Manila
Viet Nam
Chung Hee Park
Park
Qui Nhon
Quang Tri Province
Panhande
Viet Nam cabinet crisis deepens as seven ministers resign
AP reports seven Cabinet ministers resign in South Viet Nam as North Viet Nam may time a dash across the DMZ to coincide with elections. Johnson arrives in New Zealand and pledges guidance for Asia Pacific regions. Congress nears final action on bills. Shulman, 33, chairs EEOC and jokes about bald look. Musicians seek higher pay nationwide. Sebastian Kresge dies at 99. his stores built wealth from a Pennsylvanian farm boy.
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Viet Nam
Washington
Stephen N. Shulman
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sebastian
Kresge
Pennsylvania
Popular Defense Army
Israel
Middle East
Callao
American Peace Corps
Nigeria
Planning Home Water and Sewage Disposal Systems Talk
Extension Agri cultural Engineer James Gattis will discuss planning home water and sewage disposal systems at the local Extension Office Conference Room in the County Courthouse Friday October 21 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Calvin Caldwell and Dolores Mc Bride note county water problems and sponsor this free training.
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James Gattis
Calvin Caldwell
Dolores McBride
All Around Town Snippets Include Local Happenings And Sports
Local notes report SH'! or Bonnie Halbert planning photo moments around Christmas as a bear-skin rug idea. a Black bear catch on a California trip. Golden Age Club to meet at 1 30 p m Thursday at Hope Youth Center. Paul Gentry of Dallas to undergo heart surgery at St Marys Rochester Minnesota in Room 3 123. Mulrnder Staff at Southern State College includes Share on Frith of Hope, associate editor, daughter of Mrs. David Frith. Rickey Stone, son of Homer and Mrs. Stone, pledges Sigma Tau Gamma at Henderson State Teachers College. promoted to Master Sergeant in ROTC and named drum major of Military Band. Rickey is a 1965 Hope High graduate. Peggy Lynn McCorkle, freshman at Central Baptist College Conway, elected assistant secretary of Freshman Class and Judiciary Board of Student Women’s Organization, and Mustang Cheerleader, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie McCorkie. Ricky Whitten of Hempstead County and Dan Chambers, Bobby Mitchell, Henry Schaal, and Gary White of Howard County among 56 Southern State College students touring J M Poultry Co at El Dorado. Chambers son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan T. Chambers. Whitten and Chambers are Nashville High graduates. Mitchell and Schaal are Mineral Springs graduates. White, son of Mr. and Mrs. K D White, is a North Howard High School graduate.
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Voss
Fulton Union Church
Hem
Rickey Stone
Homer Stone
Hope
Henderson State Teachers Colege
Rickey
Peggy Lynn McCorkle
Central Baptist College
Conway
Judiciary Board of Student Women’s Organization
Mustang
Johnnie McCorkie
Hope Rt
Ricky Whitten
Hempstead County
Dan Chambers
Bobby Mitchell
Henry Schaal
Gary White
Howard County
Southern State College
J.M. Poultry Co
el Dorado
Chambers
Dan T. Chambers
Whitten
C. E. Whitten
Nashville High
Mitchell
Alton Mitchell
Schaal
A. D. Schasal
Mineral Springs
White
K. D. White
North Howard High School
Welcome for Johnson Is Restrained
President Johnson lands in Wellington New Zealand after a Pago Pago stop. crowds number in thousands, with a colorful Maori welcome and demonstrators along the motorcade route. He travels to meet allies, with Lady Bird by his side and Prime Minister Holyoake awaiting in the capital.
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Lewis Gulick
Wellington
New Zealand
Johnson
Washington
U.S
American Samoa
Honolulu
Asia
Lady Bird
Ohakea
Keith Holyoake
Arkansas Warned Cold Is Coming
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts frost warnings for the north with a chance of scattered frost in the south tonight. Decreasing clouds bring cooler temperatures, with Thursday highs mid 50s to 60s and overnight lows in the 30s. Overnight lows ranged from 42 at Harrison to 49 at Memphis, with rainfall reports from a trace to .36 inches at Fayetteville.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Harrison
Memphis
Memephis
Fayetteville
Russia Says Satellite Launched by Soviets
Berlin AP The Wilhelm Foerster Observatory West Berlin said the Soviet Union launched a space satellite today Bochum said it has been in orbit since Monday A Bochum spokesman did not reveal how he knew the satellite was launched Monday There has been no Soviet announcement of such a launch The Foerster spokesman could not confirm if the satellite is manned Baikonur in central Asia was identified as the launch site No confirmation from Moscow yet and rumors of a multisatellite shot this week persist.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Foerster Observatory
West
Soviet Union
Bocchum
Bochum
Baikonur
Central Asia
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AP News Digest
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