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Youth Conservation Corps Members Work at Crowley's Ridge Park
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Youth Conservation Corp members work on some projects at Crowley's Ridge State Park.
Date: 1975
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Alderman Morrow's Bribery Charges Dismissed
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KAIT8 reporter interview's Paragould Alderman Tom Morrow after Circuit Judge John Mosby dismissed bribery charges. He states that he is grateful for support and relieved that the ordeal is over.
Date: 1975
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NAACP Protest Hiring Discrimination in Blytheville
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Mississippi County/Blytheville branch members protest hiring discrimination in Blytheville. Mayor Ross Fordyce states there is no hiring discrimination and has hired multiple black employees since the start of his administration.
Date: 1975
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State Police Director Harp Visits District C
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State Police Director Colonel Doug Harp visits State Police District C in Jonesboro. He addresses several state troopers. [no audio]
Date: 1975
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Spelic Presents Transit Proposal to EAPDD Board of Trustees
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East Arkansas Planning and Development District (EAPDD) planning director Richard Spelic presents an $18.8 million proposal for a mass transit system for east Arkansas to the EAPDD board of trustees. Spelic speaks with KAIT8 reporter Cal Wasson about the proposal.
Date: 1975
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State Police Respond to Car Crash in Jonesboro
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Arkansas State Police respond to a two-vehicle accident on the south side of Jonesboro. A tow truck hauls one of the vehicles away. [no audio]
Date: 1975
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First Responders Respond to Multi-Vehicle Accident in Jonesboro
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First responders respond to the scene of at least a three-vehicle accident, including a Jonesboro Police car, in Jonesboro. [no audio]
Date: 1975
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Funeral Held for Udom
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Funeral services are held for Ignatius Nelson Udom, a Nigerian exchange student, who died while attending Arkansas College. Guidance Service director Van Funderburk talks with a KAIT8 reporter about struggle to return Udom's body to Nigeria. There are also shots of the campus and photographs of Udom.
Date: 1975
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Former Memphis Mayor Henry Loeb Discusses Political Participation
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Former Memphis mayor Henry Loeb speaks at a Jonesboro Kiwanis Club meeting about political advocacy and public participation.
Date: 1975
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Chief Hanley and NAACP Spokeswoman Crumpler Discuss Police Incident
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KAIT8 reporter Jack Klobnak interviews Jonesboro Police Chief James Hanley and Jonesboro NAACP spokeswoman Gladys W. Crumpler after the Justice Department found insufficient evidence two Jonesboro police officers violated three Black citizen’s civil rights during a September 8, 1974, incident.
Date: 1975
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Sergeant Barnett Named Jonesboro Police Officer of the Year
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The Fraternal Order of Jonesboro Police Officers holds its first annual banquet where they award Sergeant Dale Barnett Jonesboro Police Officer of the Year.
Date: 1975
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Jonesboro Aldermen Take Oath of Office and Hold Meeting
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Jonesboro Mayor Neil Stallings swears in the Jonesboro City Council. City Clerk Shirley Powell takes a roll call.
Date: 1975
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Fire Destroys North Jonesboro Home
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Onlookers watch as a home in north Jonesboro burns down. The Jonesboro Fire Department, as well as volunteer fire fighters from the nearby community of Philadelphia, responded to the fire. [no audio]
Date: 1975
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Jonesboro NSA Chapter Chartered
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People attend the Jonesboro chapter of the National Secretaries Association (NSA) charter installation ceremony. KAIT8 reporter Kathy Miller speaks with president-elect Frances B. Jakes about the secretarial profession.
Date: 1975
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Mayor Stallings Speaks to Jonesboro Exchange Club
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Jonesboro Mayor Neil Stallings speaks at an Exchange Club banquet held at Wyatt's Cafeteria in Indian Mall. [no audio]
Date: 1975
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Jonesboro Officials Sworn In
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Circuit Clerk James Opie Chambers swears in three Jonesboro officials, from left to right, Attorney Dennis Zolper, City Clerk Shirley Powell, and Mayor Neil Stallings. Former city clerk Phyllis Stringer, who lost her reelection to Powell, places a box in her car. [no audio]
Date: 1975
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Alderman Sanderson on Jonesboro’s Proposed Street Improvement Project
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KAIT8 reporter Jack Klobnak speaks with Jonesboro Alderman Herbert Sanderson about a proposed city sidewalk maintenance project designed to both relieve unemployment and improve city streets. He also estimates the program's cost for the taxpayer.
Date: 1975
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Arkansas State Police to Enforce Speed Limit on I-55
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An Arkansas State Police captain discusses efforts, methods, and equipment used to enforce speed limits on Interstate 55 (I-55).
Date: 1975
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Batesville's Gateway Vocational-Technical School Under Construction
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Construction crews work at the site of the Gateway Vocational-Technical School in Batesville.
Date: 1975
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Cal Wasson Reports on the Northside Park Project’s Financial Problems
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KAIT8 reporter Cal Wasson reports on the financial difficulties facing the Northside Park Project and how that may affect future city development funding for Jonesboro. Jonesboro Urban Renewal and Housing Authority director Jim McKinnon shares a letter indicating restrictions on federal grant funding.
Date: 1975
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Construction Work Underway at Big Lake
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Construction is underway at Big Lake, near Manila, Arkansas. This is possibly part of an Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Army Corps of Engineers joint project meant to regulate the lake's water levels and improve its water quality.
Date: 1975
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Copeland Discusses Possible EAPDD Public Works Projects
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KAIT8 reporter Cal Wasson interviews East Arkansas Planning and Development District (EAPDD) agent Joe Copeland about a proposed program that would provide funds to cities for use in labor-intensive public works projects.
Date: 1975
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Dunn Comments on Eight Mile Creek Project
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KAIT8 reporter Jack Klobnak interviews U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project engineer Donald Dunn about damages which were discovered and possible alternatives to complete the Eight Mile Creek flood control project in Paragould.
Date: 1975
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East Arkansas Senior Transportation Service in Operation
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Members of the Crowley’s Ridge Development Council pick up several senior citizens in a van and drive them to a building. This appears to be part of an East Arkansas Senior Transportation Service initiative by the East Arkansas planning and Development District (EAPDD).
Date: 1975
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Ely & Walker Plans One-Week Layoffs
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KAIT8 reporter Cal Wasson interviews Ely & Walker vice president Kermit Mandrell about their planned one-week layoff at the company's Paragould factory in the hopes of protecting their workforce. There is also footage of the factory.
Date: 1975
