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...Little Rock, whose public-speaking experience comes chiefly from delivering his own hot-dog commercials on TV; Chris flew into town in his own plane. Then, down to the courthouse lawn fluttered a red, white and blue helicopter, and out stepped Candidate Lee Ward, 51, chancery court judge from Paragould...
...state plan allows communities to build plants for industry; local citizens put up 20% of the cost themselves (at no interest), raise the balance by selling bonds to private investors and the state. For example, residents of Greene County put up a $700,000 plant for Emerson Electric in Paragould at no immediate cost to the company. (The company pays off the cost of the building over 20 years at 5% interest.) They floated bonds, sold $50 membership certificates, got loans on pledges of future contributions. When Duracraft Boat Corp. of Monticello could not expand because there was no water...
...Previous record. 25 strikeouts by Clarence ("Hooks") lott, for Paragould in the Northeast Arkansas League in 1941. After two failures with the St. Louis Browns, lott finished his major-league career in 1947 with a 3-8 record with the New York Giants. Major-league strikeout record: 18, by Cleveland's Bob Feller...