Bids Open Sept 29 On 15 Arkansas Road Projects
The Arkansas Highway Commission will open bids on September 29 for 15 road projects totaling 5.4 million dollars. Key item is a 1.1 million dollar District 2 headquarters in Pine Bluff. Projects span multiple counties including paving, surfacing, grading and minor drainage on routes such as Arkansas 1 42 163 149 165 278 5 7 14 and U S 65 near Pine Bluff Conway Russellville Blytheville Patmos Harrisburg Marble Falls and nearby campuses.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Commission
District 2 Highway Department
Pine Bluff
Arkansas 1
ST. Francis and Crittenden
Arkansas
Earle
Ashley
Louisiana State Line
Drew and Chicot
Arkansas 165
Montrose
Chicot
Jefferson
Michigan Street
Hempstead
Arkansas 299
Emmet
Nevada
Arkansas 355
Patmos
Clark
Arkansas 5
Arkansas 53
Faulkner
Conway
Springhill
Newton
Marble Falls
Poinsett
Ditch No
Harrisburg
Arkansas 14
Mississippi
Blytheville
Pope
Schools in Educational Survey Plan Participation
Hope Schools have been selected to participate in two educational surveys this school year. The effort aims to build a broader base for educational planning by involving pupils teachers parents administrators boards and advisory members. Community cooperation is urged. LOS ANGELES AP Mayor Sam Yorty says Marxist nations like Romania appear willing to grant concessions to American investors as they lag capitalist countries in business. He reported Romania officials are eager for investment capital from free nations after his global trade tour.
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Hope Schools
Board of Education
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Romania
Yorty
One Death in Hope District During Labor Day Weekend
Captain Milton Mosier, Arkansas State Police Hope District Commander, reports one fatality in the Hope District over the Labor Day weekend and statewide ten deaths. In the Hope District breakdown there were 42 DUI arrests, 134 speeding, 70 hazardous, 114 nonhazardous, 226 light corrections, and 206 warnings, plus 248 motorist assists. Statewide totals show 205 DUI arrests, 1,457 speeding arrests, 692 hazardous, 615 nonhazardous, 1,278 light corrections, and 1,542 warnings, with 1,263 motorist assists. Hope District counties include Clark, Hempstead, Howard, LaFayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Pike, and Sevier.
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Milton Mosier
Hope District
Arkansas State Police
Mosier
Hope
Clark, Hempstead
Howard
LaFayette
Little River
Miller
Nevada, Pike
Sevier
U S Forces Attack in Vietnam Near Laos Border
U S troops with South Vietnamese forces attack from land sea and air in a push toward the Laotian border south of the DMZ. Heaviest raids involve B52 bombers and naval guns as operations seek to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines and infiltrations toward Laos and Khe Sanh.
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Saigon
U.S
Khe Sanh
Laos
le Trung Hien
Khe Sansh
7Th Fleet
Tonkin Gulf
Vietnam
Vandegrift
Dmz
Lam Son
South Vietnam
Hien
Court ordered School Busing Starts With Isolated Incidents
Court ordered desegregation by busing began in Southern and Midwestern districts with isolated protests. Mobile Alabama’s system serves about 68 000 pupils, roughly 40 percent black, as 6 300 pupils cross district lines. Pontiac Michigan reported 63 percent attendance. nine women were arrested as buses prepared to depart amid security concerns over previous attacks. Jackson Mississippi saw 28 277 in class. Portsmouth Virginia opened with 11 500 bused from 25 000 enrolled. Nationwide, groups planned marches and potential class boycotts if orders persisted.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Mobile
Pontiac
Mich
Dana Whitmer
Pontiac Central High School
Jackson
Miss
R.B. Dayton
Portsmouth
Save Our Neighborhood Schools
Hampton Roads
Capitol
Washington
Fathers Deserve Protection Like Any Other Organization
Bob Haring argues fathers should have protections akin to women's and youth groups. He humorously proposes practical rules to aid fatherhood, from limiting multiple kids on a ride to requiring assembled toys and strict penalties for crate motorcycles, noting legislators are often fathers too.
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Bob Haring
Associated Press
East Brunswick, NJ
National Organization of Women
YWCA
Candidates to Speak at Demo Meet in Hot Springs
Little Rock AP Herbie Branscom Jr president of Arkansas Young Democrat Club says at least six potential presidential candidates will address the national convention of the Young Democrats Clubs of America November 17 to 20 in Hot Springs. Attending expected include Senators Birch Bayh Edmund Muskie George McGovern Hubert Humphrey Henry M Jackson and Rep Wilbur Mills.
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Little Rock
Herbie Branscom Jr
Arkansas Young Democrat Club
Young Democrats Clubs of America
Hot Springs
YDC
Arkansas
Branscom
Birch Bayh
Ind
Edmund Muskie
Maine
George McGovern
D-5
Hubert Humphrey
D - Minn
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Wilbur D. Mills
Ark
Ex Minister In Hospital In Wales
Former Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker has been admitted to a hospital in Wales for observation and described as comfortable by his office in Ottawa.
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Wrexham
Wales
John Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Nixon to Campaign for Economy Plan Amid Canada U S Surtax
Canada moves to blunt the U S 10 percent import surcharge with 80 million dollars in subsidies to firms hit by the levy. Trade Minister Pierre Pepin said the measure could shield 30 000 to 90 000 jobs and keep U S selling prices down while Finance Minister Benson warned the policy tests Canada U S trade ties and long term access. Archie Schaffer II says Governor Bumpers plans to seek reelection.
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Ottawa
U.S
Canada
United States
Jean-Luc Pepin
House of Commons
Nixon
Finance
E B. J. Benson
Commons
Benson
Nixon to campaign for unchanged tax plan in reconvened Congress
President Nixon plans a 12:30 p.m. address to a joint session urging Congress to approve the new tax package intact to fight inflation and unemployment. Treasury Secretary Connally testifies before Ways and Means as Shultz follows. lawmakers debate preserving or expanding relief while guarding anti inflation provisions.
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Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
Edmond Lobe
Treasury
John B. Connally
Capitol Hill
Ways and Means Committee
Connally
George P. Shultz
Nion
All Around Town Military News and Local Highlights
Cpl Charles K Brunken husband of Rebecca Key of Emmet Ark reports for duty with First Marine Air Wing in Iwakuni Japan. Cadet Dwight Galloway son of Lynn and Mrs Galloway Hope Ark completes Ranger Camp at Ft Benning Ga and attends Arkansas State University. Pvt Donald F Hampton son of Larry Hampton Hope Ark completes nine weeks of advanced infantry training at Ft Polk La with guerrilla, map reading and weapon drills. Local schools to dismiss early due to heat. rest of week schedule adjusted by Supt James H Jones.
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Charles K. Brunken
Rebecca A. Key
Emmet, Ark
First Marine Air Wing
Marine Corps Air Station
Iwakuni
Japan
Blinn Junior College
Taylor
Texas
Dwight Galloway
Lynn H. Galloway
S. Main St
Hope
Ark
Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Ft. Benning
Florida
Donald F. Hampton
Larry 5. Hampton
Rt. 4
Hope, Ark
Ft. Polk
Vietnam
James H. Jones
U.S. to Ask Japan to Revalue Yen
Tokyo reports say the United States will urge a major yen revaluation and removal of certain import quotas and licensing rules. Secretary Rogers will outline the plan during opening remarks at the Washington talks. Japanese papers view a possible sharp clash and discuss a dollar devaluation proposal.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
William P. Rogers
U.s.japan
Washington
Mainichi Shimbun
Rogers
State Department
Asahi Shimbun
San Francisco
Takeo Fukuda
Fukuda
Asahi
U.S
Eisaku Sato
Diet
South Korea
Taiwan
Rehearing Denied in Gas Contract Case
Public Service Commission denied Tuesday a rehearing request of an order canceling long term gas supply contracts between Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co and its major industrial customers. Nine industries sought a rehearing and Arkansas Power & Light Co said it would appeal to Pulaski County Circuit Court. The PSC ordered a cost of service survey to set a uniform tariff for gas charges.
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Little Rock
State Public Service Commission
Arkansas-Louisiana Gag Co
Nine
Arkansas Power & Light Co
PSC
Pulaski County
Survey Shows Need for Doctors in Arkansas
A survey of 150 members from six Central Arkansas county health councils finds that the top health needs are more physicians more health services and lower health costs. The results will guide the Central Arkansas Council for Comprehensive Health Planning as it submits an application to the Public Health Service for health personnel under a new National Health Service Corps program.
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Little Rock
Arkansas County Health Councils
Arkansas
Central Arkansas Council For Comprehensive Health Planning
LS. Public Health Service
National Health Service Corps
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Chicken Processina
Hope Foods Corporation
Oakhaven
Tom Duncan
Ralph Robertson
Archie Schaffer II
Dale Bumpers
Schaffer
Bumpers
The
Star
Arkansas State University
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