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Were deep in the Ouachita National Forest near Hollis, and a U.S. representative, French Hill of Little Rock, is at the wheel. Hill pulls over on this unseasonably warm day in late November. Also along for the ride is Stacy Hurst, who at the time was director of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism.

Were deep in the Ouachita National Forest near Hollis, and a U.S. representative, French Hill of Little Rock, is at the wheel. Hill pulls over on this unseasonably warm day in late November. Also along for the ride is Stacy Hurst, who at the time was director of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism.

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UPI Archives By (0) DALLAS -- President Bush headed up a whos who of the Republican Party at Mondays memorial tribute to former Texas Sen. John Tower and his daughter, victims of a Georgia commuter plane crash that killed 23 people. Bush, his wife Barbara, and their son, George W., were among an estimated 1,000 mourners who attended the hourlong memorial service for Tower, 65, and his daughter, Marian, 35. They died en route to a party honoring his new book. Advertisement The book, Consequ...

UPI Archives By (0) DALLAS -- John Tower was remembered by one of his closest associates Friday as, the cornerstone of the Republican Party, who brought intellect and reason to the floor of the U.S. Senate. He was not a backslapping politician, said Paul Eggers, a one- time Republican gubernatorial candidate in Texas and a long-time Tower friend. He was a very intelligent man. I was in Washington many times and saw him operate on the floor of the Senate. He brought reason to debate on the f...

th Today in 1907, U.S. Congress raised the salary of congressmen to $7500– it went into effect March 4thof that year. Both House and Senate members got the same amount. As for the Vice President and the cabinet members – they earned $12,000.(Side note: Before you start thinking that they werent being paid very much, consider that the Veeps salary at that time was enough to buy at least half a dozen houses. At the time, the richest man in the world was John D. Rockefeller, whose oil fortune ...

Latter. i was at the white house when the republicans took down clintons nominee. i watched as they took down senator tower who was to become the republican secretary of defense. both parties do this unfortunately after an election. the losing party almost seeming to want some sort of sacrificial lam out there. i hope this, that what this nation most wants is to have trust once again in washington, d.c. its a part of the program down in washington that doesnt seem to be there. while i have great...