Indictments handed up in Arkansas banking probe
The federal Grand Jury for the Eastern District of Arkansas returned four indictments to Judge G. Thomas Eisele in Little Rock. U.S. Atty. Dilahunty and the FBI declined further comment. The probe centers on banking transactions linked to former state senator Q Byrum Hurst and the operations of CIDI and ABDC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
District of Arkansas
G. Thomas Eisele
U.S. District Court
U.S. Atty. W. H
Sonny” Dillahunty
The
Arkansas Gazette
Grand Jury
Q. Byrum Hurst
Hot Springs
FBI
Bank of Glenwood
Pike County Bank of
George Mays
CIDI
Ron Palmer
Bill Riddick
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity Project
Washington
the Gazette
Riddick
Tom Wallace
North Carolina
Earl i Evans
Moscow
Jefferson County
Evans
Arkansas Business Development Corp
ABDC
Kenneth Gant
Burlington, N.C
Beetles Damage Forests In South Arkansas Counties
Southern Pine Beetles have damaged about 2025 trees across Ashley Bradley and Union counties in south Arkansas, with an estimated 8000 dollars in losses. entomologist Bill Hoffard of the Arkansas Forestry Commission notes active infestation over about 1.3 million acres, and outlines salvage cutting, burning, and cautious chemical control as countermeasures. empresários Dick Williams of Georgia-Pacific Crossett reports scattered patches on company land. others deny infestation on their timberlands. forests in Ouachita and Ozark regions report no problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
State Forestry Commission
Bill Hoffard
Ashley
Bradley
Union
South
Hofford
Hoffard
Dick Williams
Georgia-Pacific Co
Crossett
Williams
Agnew rejects resignation rumors amid probe
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s office dismissed fresh rumors of his quitting and said he intends to clear himself in the Maryland corruption inquiry. Agnew declined to comment on reports he planned to resign and left a luncheon with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Bhutto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
White House
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Washington Post
Post
Nixon
J. Marsh Thomson
Bayou Bartholomew flood plan eyed by state group
Arkansas officials consider major changes to the Army Engineers Bayou Bartholomew flood control project set at about 55 million dollars. A state Technical Review Committee urged three permanent lakes, seven dry dams, and preservation of Oxbow Lake with timber. Recommendations go to the governor’s Natural Resources subcabinet for approval and, if needed, to the Engineers via the Planning Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Army Engineers
Bayou Bartholomew
Arkansas
Governor’s
Senate to Act on Pension Reform Bill
Washington AP The compromise pension reform measure prepared for Senate action to day merges Labor and Finance committee provisions and seeks final passage. Senators intend amendments but protections remain intact, establishing vesting rules for 40 million private plan participants, funding standards, a government insurance program, portability for workers, and tighter fiduciary rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Labor and Finance Committees
Also Mentioned on This Page
Office of Economic Opportunity
International Paper Co
Pine Bluff
Weyerhaeuser Co
Ouachita
Ozark National Forests
Charles VV
Holy
Oman Empire
Venezuela
Umicef
U.S. Committee For Unicef
Persia
Wolf Creek
Drew County
Beech Creek
Ashley County
Hope Village
Sleeping Beauty
George Chaby
Morgan-Lindsey
Sky
SAVE
Panasonic Tape Recorder
Corsair
G.C. Murphy CO
Hope Village Shopping Center
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!