Blaylock backs Cache River channelization plan in Arkansas
Republican Len Blaylock endorsed Army Engineers channelization of the Cache River and Bayou De View calling it the only plan to restore sport fishing. He cited muddy silted waters and pesticide residues harming fish and urged immediate project implementation while noting preservation needs. He backed mitigation funding via Congress and proposed low interest loans for timber easements to create a wildlife sanctuary.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Len E. Blaylock
Cache River
Bayou de View
Army Engineers
Blaylock
Toms
Dale Bumpers
Army
Bumpers
GOP
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Bill Alexander
Congress
Cache
Firemen learn salvage and overhaul at regional fire school
Elmo Anderson of the Department of Fire Service Technology at Southwest Technical Institute spoke Thursday to area firemen at the 19th annual regional fire school in Hope. Firemen from Texarkana Foreman Gordon Prescott Nashville and Lewisville attend the two week program focusing on leaving a fire scene in good condition.
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Elmo Anderson
Department of Fire Service Technology
Southwest Technical Institute
Hope Fire Station
Texarkana
Foreman
Gordon
Prescott
Nashville
Lewisville
Hope Fire Department
Jim Cobb
Dorsey Huckabee
Joe Don Webb
Cecil Faught
Wendell Avery
Benton Fincher
Hansford Long
Herbert Griffin
Bob
Bus boycott vote looms as appeal to Supreme Court threatened
A Memphis court order for busing in public schools sparked a response from a local group promising to appeal to the U S Supreme Court. Pupils voiced a boycott threat, signaling heightened school integration tension in Memphis.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
U.S. Supreme Court
Hope Star reports school board seeks to appeal busing ruling
The Hope Ark school board voted 6 to 2 to appeal a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals order for busing of pupils forthwith. Chairman Mrs. Francis Coe led the motion, with most members supporting appeal. two black members opposed. A rally by Citizens Against Busing followed.
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert M. McRae Jr
U.S. District Court
Memphis
Francis Coe
Maxine Smith
Carl Johnson
Coe
George Brown
Ruth Saed
Citizens Against Busing
Weather report from experiment station for Friday period
Weather data shows high 88 and low 66 for 24 hours ending 7 am Friday. Arkansas forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies through Saturday with occasional showers and a few thunder showers, cooler northwest today and tonight, mainly southeast Saturday. Highs in the 80s, Lows in the 60s.
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Arkansas
Anti-busing group rallies to urge students stay home
The CAB rally drew over 3,500 attendees as Ken Keele blasted Governor Dunn for not fully using his power to stop busing in Tennessee. Keele said CAB will file with U.S. District Court in Memphis seeking appointment of a three-judge panel to decide on the constitutionality of busing.
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Ken Keele
CAB Board of Directors
Gov
Winfield Dunn
Tennessee
Keele
CAB
U.S. District Court
Memphis
Postal Service
Booth shot after eluding officers near Magnolia
An all night manhunt in Arkansas and Louisiana ended six miles south of Magnolia when Sheriff Gordon Hunter shot Larry Booth 22 of Magnolia. Booth had eluded police for months and was wanted on several charges including aggravated assault. Buckshot holes appeared in his car after shootings were reported along the pursuit.
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Magnolia, Ark
Arkansas
Louisiana
Here
Gordon Hunter
Columbia County
Larry Booth
Magnolia
Booth
Bossier City
Minden
Lisbon
Homer
Haynesville
Hunter
U. S. 79 South
U. S. 79-South
Brewster
Hope municipal pool closes for year on Sept 2
All Around Town notes the Hope Swimming Pool will shut for the year on September 2. It also reports on local arrivals and changes, including Larry Williams named music and youth director at Calvary Baptist Church in North Little Rock and his August 2 start.
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Hope Municipal
Larry Williams
Harold Williams
Mr. Williams
Calvary Baptist Church
North Little Rock
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Crossett
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