Texarkana Postal Rumors Stir Local Debate Over Sorting
Excerpted letters recount Confucian maxims and a plan to move sorting sections between cities. The Texarkana Gazette notes rumors of Texarkana loss of sorting to Shreveport, while Hope and Oaklawn replacements shape postal infrastructure. A letter from Innsbruck, Austria, details travel from Lucerne to Madrid and Rome. City subscribers urged to report missed deliveries.
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Hope
Texarkana
Texasside
Oaklawn
Texarkana Gazette
Shreveport
U.S. Postal Service
Arkansas
Innsbruck
Austria
Royce Weisenberger
Lucerne
Switzerland
Weekend wrecks kill 10 persons
A rash of Arkansas accidents over the weekend left ten dead. Victims include George A. Henderson, 9, of Alma who died in a motorcycle crash on Arkansas 282. Timothy L. Mahoney, 15, of Cabot in a two car wreck on Arkansas 89. Mike Hickman, 15, of Arkadelphia in a three car collision on U S 67. Susan Hardy, 15, of El Dorado in a single vehicle crash on U S 167 bypass. Patsy Smith, 30, of El Dorado in a head on collision on Arkansas 57. Several other passengers were injured in these crashes.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
George A. Henderson
Alma
Martin Arnold
Gary Kelley
Timothy L. Mahoney
Cabot
Lonoke
Mahoney
Larry D. Mahoney
Roger D. Mahoney
Larry
Roger Mahoney
Mike Hickman
Arkadelphia
U. S
Ann Cunningham
Cody Thomas
Kenny Cooper
Hickman
Charles Plymale
Susan Hardy
el Dorado
U. S. 167
Danny R. Tew
James Eason
Patsy Smith
Last I-30 Section Near Prescott to Emmet Opens Soon
A cloud of dust swirls as heavy equipment finishes concrete for all four lanes of the final five miles of Interstate 30 between Prescott and Emmet. Paving of the last section was completed last week, but shoulder and access road work push completion into November, a spokesman said. A dirt truck traverses the completed roadway.
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Prescott
Emmet
Three U S pilots freed in Hanoi ceremony
Three American pilots shot down over North Vietnam were released at a Hanoi ceremony by the North Vietnamese Army. Navy Lt Norris Charles and Navy Lt Markham Gartley, with families awaiting them in the crowd, and Air Force Maj Edward Elias spoke to microphones as relief and emotion filled the scene.
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Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S
Navy
Norris Charles
Olga
San Diego
Calif
Markham Gartley
Minnie Lee Gartley
Dunedin
Fla
Air Force
Edward Elias
Valdosta
Peoples Army
Olga Charles
Cora Weiss
Dave Dellinger
Elias
Charles, Gartley
Thornton keynote at Hope Rotary on South Arkansas development
State Atty. Gen. Ray Thornton, guest speaker at the Hope Rotary Club, spoke Friday at Town and Country Restaurant. The congressman-elect from the 4th District discussed South Arkansas' role in resource development with environmental considerations.
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Ray Thornton
Hope Rotary Club
Thornton
South Arkansas
Wheat subsidy windfalls eyed in Senate panel probe
The NFU warned big grain firms could have profited up to 100 million dollars from export subsidy maneuvers in wheat sales to the Soviet Union. The House subcommittee investigates alleged inside information and subsidy changes affecting about 400 million bushels, with records showing 280 million bushels booked for 130 million dollars under a 47 cent rate during a late August grace period.
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Washington
National Farmers Union
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
Weldon V. Barton
NFU
Congress
Barton
House
Charles W. Pence
USDA
Graham Purcell
D-Tex
Pence
Department
Uganda Seizes Border Posts as Invasion Tensions Rise
Uganda says it repulsed an invading force near Mbarara 160 miles from Kampala and recovered 25 bodies including three Israelis. Tanzania denies invasion but reports aircraft damage near Bukoba. Uganda claims gains after clashes along the Uganda Tanzania border over Lake Victoria.
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Uganda
Tanzania
Bukoba
Mbarara
Kampala
Lake Victoria
Nevada County Fair parade to kick off Prescott events
The 36th annual Nevada County Fair features a parade in Prescott starting at 11 a.m. tomorrow with floats from local and surrounding schools, a two-division float contest, and cash prizes for top entries. Also noted is a personality sketch of 82 year old George L. Andres and an Hempstead County basketball association meeting at 7 p.m. today to organize the upcoming season.
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Little Rock
Jerome Climer
Kelly Bryant
Arkansas
Climer
Bryant
Nevada County
Prescott
George L. Andres
Sutton
Quachita Baptist University
George Smith
The
Hope Star
Hempstead County Men’s Independent Basketball Association
Youth Center
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Paragram
Texarkana Alarm Mail
Roy Anderson
Confucius
Spain
Daily Telegraph
Paris
New York Herald-Tribune
New York Times
Washington Post
Ark
Lebanon
David Elazar
Israel
Tel Aviv
Munich
Golda Meir
Yom Kippur
Beit Yahoun
Harry Dunphy
Dunphy
Juwayya
White House
Barney
Jacksonville
Ill
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