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NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TIMES, feyeftevlTh, TS, 1967 Continued From Page 1 BOND -Fayetteville continue its industrial growth. Fayetteville's i i a growth has been hampered in recent years by an acute short age of suitable sites for locating industry, Scharlau said. He added that sound industrial prospects are now demanding sites where railroad, highway and are already utility facilities available. Scharlau and Wesley Gordon chamber manager, noted tha a conservative estimate of the growth of the local labor force indicates that the community will need 18,000 more jobs in 10 years. ng with these activities on the that the situation wa eyond their control.

NORTH towers looking for muzzle flasl es. Naval destroyers cruised the coast hurling five-inch shell into the Red positions. The heavy weather ove North Vietnam limited U.S. lots to 84 attack missions Tue day, the lowest number since July 3 when only 75 were flown. All the targets were well below the Hanoi-Haiphong area.

Most were bridges, radar stations and points along the panhandle supply line to South Vietnam. U.S. headquarters said weather forecasts indicated a similar Spposium '68 To Include 15 'Men Who Know' Fifteen well-known men are scheduled to speak this fall at he University of Arkansas in 'Symposium according to Springdale City Council Has Busy Tuesday Night Session Dr. David Mullins, UA presi- ent, said the expansion of the University is "very crucial" and "if we don't move now we'll pay dearly" because land available to the University is disappearing rapidly. Describing land in the Fayetteville area as a "precious commodity," Dr.

Muffins said, "to purchase this much a (for the University) would be a fine investment for the community." He noted that it is extremely difficult to obtain money from the legislature because it has been the general practice in the state for the local communities to provide the land for state educational institutions. In response to Trumbo's question about obtaining the $300,000 from private sources, Dr. Mullins said it would be extremely difficult to obtain the funds from areas outside of Fayetteville. pattern of alternate clear and cloudy days in the coming weeks before the monsoon season shifts, sometime in October, and ushers in a long period of rain and clouds. A correspondent for the Manila Times who was in the North Vietnamese port of Haiphong Monday when U.S.

Navy planes dropped bombs four-fifths of a mile from the city's center reported today that Haiphong has so far taken only glancing blows from U.S. air raids. The Filipino newsman, Amando Doronilla, said he was told after the raids Monday the U.S. pilots "bombed the Route 5 approaches to Haiphong." "Route 5, a 195-kilometer highway linking Hanoi and Hai- phong, has been bombed and repaired countless times," Doron- ilia added. "After the clear siren, people Mack McLarty, president of Associated Students.

Billed as "Men Who Know" the 15 will be, Barry Goldwater, Everett Dirkson, David Brinkley, Gerald Ford, Melvin Beli, Mark Lane, Edwin Newman, Dr. Burton Einspurch, A Mount, Pete Dawkins, Robert Vaughn, Col. Glen Norris, H. L. Hunt, Gov.

Winthrop Rockefeller and former governor Orval Faubus. McLarty said most of the speakers are scheduled in a two- week period between Dec. 3-16. The talks will be held in Barnhill Fieldhouse and the tentative schedule calls for Dirksen to speak on Dec. 3, Newman on SPR1NGDALE The City Council Tuesday night passed a resolution approving the appointment of Courtney Crouch and James Hurley as Springdale's representative to the permanent Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authortiy.

In other business, the council adopted an ordinance regulating truck traffic through the city; voted support of the Wash- Woman Charged Wiih Murder Free On Bond Dec. 4, Einspurch and on Dec. 6, Hunt on Dec. 7, Beli and Brinkley on Dec. 9, Ford on Dec.

13 and Norris, Vaughn and Dawkins on Dec. 16. No dates have been set for Lane, Gotdwater. Rockefeller or Faubus. ington County Board of Equalization in its re-appraisal and reevaluation of city and county properties; adopted resolutions retaining the city's present mil- age rates; voted to lease the and around the Springdale air- lort for farming purposes; ap- roved election of James Ritter head of the city's Urban Re- ewal board of commissioners nd agreed to pay the city's hare of Washington County's committment to the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission (NWARPC) A state of emergency was declared to exist within the city as through-trucks were damag- ng city streets which were not "I think the $300,000 is a fair a for Fayetteville," Dr.

Mullins said. He added that this contribution by the community would aid the University in its fund raising efforts throughout the rest of the state. The other board members were solid in their support of the bond issue. "I think we're obligated to give the people of Fayetteville an opportunity to vote on the proposal and I think their decision will be the right one," Director Garland Melton Jr. said.

Director Arnold Christie described the proposal as progressive" and said he be- believes the people of the city are willing to pay the price o) the investment. Prior to the were back in the streets as though nothing happened," he said. On the political front, informed sources said the winners in South Vietnam's presidential election, President-elect Nguyen Van Thieu and Vice President- elect Nguyen Cao Ky are squabbling "over who will name the key members of the new government. Ky, the best-known member of the ruling junta, was reported insisting that he choose the premier, the minister of economy and the pacification minister. But Thieu told Ky he could hand out any jobs but these, informants said.

After a bitter argument with Thieu Saturday, Ky threatened to resign from the vice presi- Conference Set To Plan Better School Systems LITTLE ROCK (AP)-- A conference to consider ways of establishing the "best education system possible at all school levels in Arkansas" has been scheduled here Oct. 12, Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller announced Tuesday. The one-day program will feature former Gov. Terry Sanford of North Carolina and John Gardner, secertary of Health, Education and Welfare.

Rockefeller will deliver the keynote speech. School superintendents, school board members, college presidents and beard members, PTA presidents and Chamber of Commerce representatives have been invited to attend. The meeting also will be open to the on a first-come, first- NEW YORK (AP) Alice Crimmins is free today on $25.000 bond furnished by he family after being arraigned on a charge she strangled her 4-year-old daughter two years ago. The shapely a blonde was arrested, booke arraigned and released--a within five hours--Tuesday aft er an investigation into the mysterious deaths of her two children that lasted two years. Queens Dist.

Atty. Thomas Mackell said a man is still being sought in the case but added: "We don't know his identity and we have not questioned Mrs. Crimmins about him." The children, Alice Marie, 4, and Edmund 5, disappeared from their Queens home on July 14, 1965. A few hours after they designed to handle the excessive weights of truck traffic. Col.

Marvin Brown Of Fayetleville Awarded 3 Medals Three military medals have been earned by Air Force Lt Col. Marvin L. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M.

Brown of Kayetleville. Brown was decorated with the Bronze Star Medal, the Air Medal and his third award the Air Force Commendation Medal at Tan Son Nhut Aii Force Base, Vietnam. He received the Bronze Sta for his performance as direclo of training with an Air Fore advisory group, the Air Meda his outstanding airmanshi and courage while a comba crew member on hazardou missions, and the Commend; tion Medal for outstanding ai hievement as an instructor at were reported missing the gir was found, strangled, in a weed-covered lot. The street and police commissions were authorized to designate certain routes through the city as truck routes. The ordinance approved by the council will go into effect immediately.

In voicing support of the Board of Equalization, the council commended the board for its work and noted that reappraisal and re-evaluation of properties would bring an estimated additional $7,800 into the city's treasury next year. The city's share of the county obligation to the NWARPC was estimated at $2,317. The council voted to provide the funds after County Judge Gene Thrasher stated that his office was unable to pay the cost due to lack of funds. Councilmcn were told that the county judge had assured repayment of the amount and guarna- the Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Brown was assigned to the Southwest Pacific area during World War II, and also served during the Korean War.

A graduate of Fayetteville High School he received liis bachelor's degree and ROTC commission in 1949 from the University Arkansas. He earned his Master's degree at Syracuse University and George Washington University. His wife, Doris, is the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. William A.

Emerson of Fayetteville. Not until five days laler was the boy's body found and it was then so decomposed that medical examiners could not ascertain the cause of death. Mrs. Crimmins was specifi cally charged with first-degree murder of Alice in the indictment handed up by a grand jury Monday night. Authorities said the boy's death was still under investigation.

An anonymous letter from a woman--later identified--led to the indictment but she was not publicly named. Mrs. Crimmins, 29, pleaded nnocent to the murder charge. teed that the county would assume its own responsibilities in the future. vote, Trumbo said he wanted to point out that the city would need a car tax to finance construction of major streets in the city and an occupation tax to pay the city em- ployes a "decent wage." He also questioned City Comptroller Al Jones about the current interest rates.

Jones replied that interest rates currently high, but also said the bonds could be called in and reissued if the interest a should drop. Fox said it is estimated that the bond issue would be paid off in 17 or 18 years even though the schedule sets forth a 28-year period. He said this would be due to the increase in the city's assessed valuation. ANTI-MAOISTS -tire area of Manchuria, which is about twice the size of France, was embroiled, including the important port of Dairen and the nearby naval base of Port Arthur. The report, distributed by Nationalist China's Official Central News Agency, also gave these reports of the situation in other areas: Shen I Province: Fighting has broken out at Sian, Sienyang and other cities and traffic has been disrupted.

Anti-Maoists at Sienyang, 20 miles northwest of Sian, strafed their opponents with machine guns last Friday, inflicting hundreds of casualties. Hunan Province: Clashes are taking place in the provincial capital of Changsha, Hengyang and Changfeh, scores of persons were killed or wounded on each side in a clash last Friday at Changsha. Yunnan Province: More than 100 anti-Maoists were wounded in a clash Sunday at Kunming, the provincial capital. Artillery and machine-gun firing can be heard day and night at Kutsi.ig, 80 mites northeast of Kunming. The report said fighting was continuing in Tibet and in the provinces of Hupeh, Kwangtung and Szechwag.

In Klangsi Province, anti- Maoists were said to be killing students, workers and other persons supporting Mao. The report said Chinese Com- nmist troops were not interfer- dency, the sources said, but friends talked him out of it. McCLELLAN is going to cost $10 billion to $12 billion. In other words, we are going to get fewer planes and we are going lo pay double." Five years ago, It was estimated that each Fll would cost about $2.8 million. Now officials say each Fll-A Air Force tactical fighter will cost $5 million while each Navy FH1B will cost $8 million.

Defense Department officials attribute the higher unit cost to program changes, reduced quantities, changes in deployment concepts, and added firepower capabilities. McClellan places the blame "on the fact that the engineering has been done in the Defense Department rather than being left to competent technical engineers." served basis. "In my inaugural address, 1 asked that all Arkansans join me in pledging to work so that Arkansas may reach into a new Era of Excellence," Rockefeller said. "I asked that we launch a far-reaching quest for quali and this conference on edu cation is a part of my concep for the development of on state." Checks or money orders for the $10 registration fee may be sent to the Governor's Conference on Education, P.O. Box 2M2, Little Rock, 72203.

Walther Begins Court Fight For State PSC Seat Police Search For Car Thiet SPRINGDALE Springdale police are searching for a youth who abandoned a stolen car in the middle of Hwy. 71 north shortly before 9:30 a.m. Tues day. City police said the car was ound blocking the northbound ane of traffic and quoted witnesses as saying a youth jumped out of the car and ran north. The left rear tire of the car was flat.

The car's owner, Leroy Taylor of 608 Frisco Fayetteville, told police he drove the car to work in Fayetteville Tuesday morning and did not know that it was missing. The youth is described as being dark haired, about six foot tall, weighing about 180 pounds and dressed in a red shirt and blue jeans. Field Marshal's Coup Said Foiled In Egypt CAIRO (AP) Field Marsha' Abdel Hakim Amer, ousted chief of Egypt's armed forces, had planned to seize the important Suez Canal city of Ismailia before dawn Aug. 27 and make a series of demands on President Gamal Abdel Nasser, the authoritative newspaper Al Ah- ram reported today. The newspaper gave an extensive account of investigations late last month after Amer, former Defense Minister Shams Al Din Badrari and about 50 military officers were arrested and charged with plotting against the government.

The newspaper said Amer had planned to lead 400 shock troops to Ismailia and claim Nasser had reappointed him army commander. Galal Hareedy, com- Five Persons Are Rescued After Storm Hits Ketch NEW YORK. (AP) Five persons stranded aboard a storm-battered 42-foot sailboat in ttie North Atlantic were rescued this morning, the Coast Guard announced. Efforts to put a tow line on the ketch Voile d'Or or remove the five persons by lifeboat were prevented earlier by 35- to 40-foot waves and winds of 25 miles per hour. However, the Coast Guard cutter McCulloch sent a small boat to the side of the ketch in 30-foot seas and evacuated the two women and three men aboard.

The Coast Guard said all appear in good condition. A SAD FACE BRINGS JOY to children in a hpspiW pediatrics -ward at St. Petersburg, as the famous Emraett Kelly Jr. pays a visit to charm patients like tfcw unidentified boy with his pantomime antics. Horner Heads School Ballot SPRINGDALE Curtis Horner drew first place on the bal- ot for the annual school election to be held Sept.

26. Drawings were held Monday when James Hurley and Clark McClinlon met county school supervisor Poweif Being Evicted From House Office WASHINGTON (AP) As senior member of the House Adam Clayton Powell was give a choice office in the new Ray burn Office Building, a lavish! corner suite coveted by many e( for a tern i now ne id by other congressmen. Charles E. Davis. Davis is not J.

R. Kennan to prepare the official ballot. Horner is in a race for a one year term with James Cypert Dwight C. Phillips won first pos ition on the ballot over incumb ent Walter Tunbow. Hornor and Cypert are com Pratt Attends ASHPA Meeting Leonard Pratt, purchasing a- for Washington General Hospital, has returned from, Jtlle Rock where he attended he organizational meeting of he Arkansas Society for Hospital Purchasing Agents.

Dick Weaver of the Arkansas Hospital Association was the eynole speaker and Carl Baker purchasing agent for the Helena Hospital, was elected president. The new society has a membership of 30 and will meet four times each year. Programs are planned to enable the members to keep abreast of new ideas regarding supplies and equipment for hospitals. Adorning the walls were autographed photographs from presidents who expressed gratitude for his work as chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. There were big mounted marlin and sailfish he hooked himself and a lot of plaques citing his achievements.

But the House refused to seat Powell last March, citing alleged financial misconduct, and he is seeking court action to be readmitted. Powell, a veteran of 11 terms, visited the office Monday while in town to appear before a federal grand jury investigating his affairs. Instead of his one-time large staff, there were two women clerks. He picked up a few of his things and was gone quickly. The pictures and other wall dec- seeking election to the term to vhich he was appointed to re- lace Mayor Park Phillips.

Phillips and Turnbow are competing for a five-year term. Polling places were announced as the City Administration Building for Washington County Residents and the Joe N. Pless office on Hwy. 71 for Benton County residents who are in the Springdale School district. Polls will be open from 8 a.m.

to 7:30 p.m. NEW YORK STOCKS Opening Furnished by A. c. Edwrdi Son Complete Army Courses Chief Warrant Officers L. Dunn and Max Dale Steward, Fayetteville recently graduated from the personnel and administration (reserve component) course of U.S.

Army Adjutant General School at Ft. Benjamin! Alum Harv 37 Amer Tel 51 Penney 66 Anaconda SO'ilKerr Me I34 1 Ark Gas Alum Avco 58 iMont Ward 23" Baldwin 35 Boeing 95T'o'Pan Am 27; Camp Soup 28 IPhilHps 63 Central Ralston Chrysler S3 ISears Chi Music of NJ Comm Oil Rand 39' Comsat 63 1 30' Cro Coll 53 3 ilTexaco 51 Erto Corp Corp 23 Kmer Elec 87'iUni Aiic 90' Ford 89 Gen Ani r2iVVendo 39 Gen Mot 84VVornado Gr Wcs Fin Wl US Steel 46'i Oil 70 'Wejt'hoirse 73'i IBM 518lb Averages Inds Rails i .18 Vol 3S10 Aboard wert William Schnir- taken away, ring, 68, his wife, Alice, 57, who suffered bruises on her back before she was taken off the ketch; Schnirring's nephew, Lee Van Perk, 24, and his wife, Suzie, 21, and the skipper, Ivan C. Fox of Bermuda. The Schnirring's are from Larchmont, N.Y., and the Perks are New York City residents. The ketch, which left New Yo-'c Saturday bound for Bermuda, was caught in a fringe of Doria and radioed a distress call Monday afternoon.

orations had previously been Ind. The purpose of the 2-week On Tuesday it was revealed course is to provide enlisted the clerk of the House has notified the two women Powell is being evicted. That means they will have to go elsewhere to handle the problems of Harlem residents who still write (heir former congressman. The House clerk has reportedly been pressured to make the eviction move by other congressmen who want the office. personnel with a working knowledge of personnel and administration policies, procedures, and techniques.

Both men are assigned to the both men are assigned to the 142nd Artillery Group, Arkansas Reserve National Guard in Fayetteville. LITTLE ROCK (AP) A 'sensible" interpretation of a 1947 statute would confirm the right of former state Rep. Glenn F. Walthei of Little Rock to hold a seat on the state Public Service Commission, the Arkansas Supreme Court was tolc Tuesday. Walther, who is appealing a decision by Chancellor Murray 0.

Reed that his appointment to the PSC by the slate Senate was invalid, made the state ment in a brief filed with high court. The Senate acted under a statute giving it authority to appoint board and commission members when the governor has failed to submit a nomination within a certain period ol time. At issue is whether the PSC is covered under the law. After the Chancery Court rul ing, Walther was replaced on the commission by Robert Downie of Little Rock, who was entry fee will be charged. Fur- 'ther information may be obtain- mander of Rgypt's shock troops, was among those arrested.

Ismailia, at midpoint of thej canal, has rail connections with! Cairo, Suez and Port Said. Other officers were supposed to "secure" Cairo through collaborators in the military police force, occupying strategic positions and making several arrests, the newspaper said. Amer would then demand reinstatement for himself and other officers. SERVICES Nefa on FUNERAU HOME, INC 117 NORTH COLLEGE AVE HILL, Hugh HoLlii--Arrange- merits pending. McBRIDI, to Springfield.

Missouri for services and interment. Horse Show To Have Classes For Youth Three classes of the youth activity performance at the annual horse show to be held Friday are open to area residents, according to Mrs. M. J. Lindloff, secretary.

The classes are: Shetland pony for children age 12 years or under; a placer class for non-registered quarter horses and the barrel race for 4-H club girls. Trophys and ribbons will be given in each class. A small appointed by Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller. ed from Mrs.

Lindloff. Arson Reported tn Rogers Fire ROGERS Fire Chief Richard Graves confirmed Tuesday that a fire at the old High School Building on Saturday was caused by arsonists who broke into the building. Graves said rubbish was piled in the center of a third floor room and set afire. Early detection by a Rogers policeman averted possible to tal loss of the building, Graves said. Graves said the arsonists were "probably young pranksters who did not intend to destroy the entire building, or they would have set the fire in a more vulnerable, or less detectable such as the basement." Fores) Queen Visits Lions Sandra Burnett of Hot Springs, State Forestry Queen was guest speaker at the Monday meeting of the Evening Lions Club.

She was accompanied by state forester, Jim Martin of Little Rock. Miss Burnett told the group that Arkansas now ranks fourth among states in total volume of forestry products produced an nually, marketing 1.5 million cords of pulp wood and 1.2 billion board feet of lumber. The annual income from timber now exceeds $500 million and the industry employs 75,000, she said. During her talk, Miss Burnett urged residents of the state to practice timber conservation, especially with regard to care lessly set forest fires. Other guests were Everett C.

Hill and Farrell Conners of Fayetteville and Raymond Tate of Los Angeles. Obituary Mrs. Harriett F. Alden, died Tuesday in Houston, Tex. Shej was a former resident of Win-! slow.

Survivors are one son, William T. of Memphis, one daughter, Mrs. J. C. Carrier of Houston, and three grandchildren.

Rosary service will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Moore's Cha- iel with graveside service at 10 a.m. Friday at the National Cemetery. New Method Used BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss.

(AP) Sheriff Sylvan Ladner says guitar strings joined hacksaw blades as suspicious items in Hancock County jail cells after two prisoners used a guitar string to cut cell bars and escape. Springdale Duel 61, of 614 Maple Springdale, died Tuesday at Springdale Memorial Hospital. Born Jan. 31, 1906, at Huntsville, he was a retted carpenter and a veteran of World War II. Survivors are three sisters, Mrs.

Ida Brophy, Mrs. Benson and Miss Alma Ledbetter, all of Springdale. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Sisco Chapel, with burial in Bluff Cemetery. Funerals Bentonville Mrs.

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