Hope Star proposes youth center park plan and bond idea
A Hope Parks and Recreation Commission member outlines a community carnival to fund a Youth Center at Fair Park. The Star urges a broader municipal program, bond issue, and park expansion, noting land costs and developer risk. The piece includes a long digression about 1847 Hempstead County history and a copied bar association letter.
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the Star
Parks and Recreation Commission
City of Hope
Parks and Recreation
Jim Gunter
Parks and Recreation. Commission
The
Star
Fair Park
W. 16Th St
Hempstead County Bar Association
Arkansas State House
Allen N. Blevins
Blevins House
Blevins
Arkansas
Waterloos tar pits blamed as death traps near Rosston Ark
A border collie nearly died after sinking into tar pits on the Berry oil property near Waterloo six miles south of Rosston. Neighbors and several children freed the dog after about six hours. Mrs. Lechner blamed open tar pits and water wells on the old property and called for action to remove the danger. she and her blind husband Mr. Lechner, a retired attorney, moved from Washington State to Southwest Arkansas seeking safety.
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Leslie A. Lechner
Allen N. Blevins
Washington
Arkansas
Blevins
Pike County
R.L
Bob) Lattimore
State of Texas
District Attorney’s
Prescott
Sheriff’s Office
Lechners
Washington State
Neruda Dies at 69, Chilean Nobel Poet and Communist
Pablo Neruda, Chile's Nobel Prize in Literature laureate and longtime Communist party member, died of cancer at age 69. The poet had resigned as ambassador to France last November due to illness and underwent prostate cancer surgery in July, with hospitalization ensuing five days ago. Neruda, a friend of President Allende, was among the Spanish language’s most influential figures.
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Santiago
Chile
Pablo Neruda
Neruda
Salvador Allende
France
Communist Party
Allende
Third District Livestock Show Parade Planned for Monday
The Third District Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade will start at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, forming at the old Kroger lot at Shover and Second Streets. The route runs west on Second to Elm, north to Front, east to Elm, then south to Shover and disband at Fair Park. Gates open at 6 p.m. One-way traffic will be used. officials may use the back gate.
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Royce Pendergrass
Livestock Show
Kroger
Shover
Second Streets
Second Street
Elm
Fair Park Ground
Hunt blames Colson in Gemstone Watergate scheme
E Howard Hunt Jr testified at the Senate Watergate hearings that Charles W Colson was among those approving the Gemstone counter intelligence plan tied to the Watergate wiretapping. He said the plan was requested by John N Mitchell Jeb Stuart Magruder and John W Dean III, and that Colson later approved it. Colson denied advance knowledge of the wiretapping.
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Washington (Ap
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Charles W. Colson
Hunt
Senate
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Jeb Stuart Magruder
White House
John W. Dean III
Colson
Buckingham possible engagement denied by palace and Wellington link denied
The News of the World claimed Prince Charles will wed Lady Jane Wellesley, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, prompting Buckingham Palace to call the report pure newspaper speculation. The Well ingtons are a storied British family connected to Waterloo.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Charles
Duchess of Wellington
The
News of the World
Jane Wellesley
Britain
Hope High Booster Club Meeting Tuesday at Town and Country
The Hope High Booster Club will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the club room of the Town and Country Restaurant. Interested persons and parents of athletes are urged to attend. Films of the previous Bobcat game or upcoming opponents will be shown.
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Hope High Booster Club
Major escalation of nerve gas weapon plan sparks U S debate
Wisconsin congressman criticizes Army plans to produce a new binary nerve gas device at Pine Bluff Arsenal as a major escalation of the balance of terror. Army officials defend the program as safer, deter red and necessary for national defense while replacing current stocks. Local Arkansas and Louisiana lawmakers seek more details and safety assurances amid questions at Pine Bluff facility.
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Washington (Ap
Wisconsin
Army
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Arkansas
House
Senate
United States
Pine Bluff
Fulbright
Ray Thornton
D-Ark
Defense Department
Thornton
Edward Hebert
D.la
Armed Services
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Waterloo
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Austin
Texas
Cief
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Denver
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Jeffrey
Catherine
Steven
Nathan
Detroit
Chrysler
Space Center, Houston
Earth
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Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Space
Norfolk, Va
Navy
Saratoga
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Boosters Club
Solon
Lee Aspin
Dwis
U.S
Aspin
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J. W. Fulbright
Army Department
Congress
Hebert
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