| | Arkansas Educational Television Network |
 | | CONWAY, Ark. (AETN) — John Paul Hammerschmidt recounts details of his 26 years as a congressman in “Men and Women of Distinction,” airing on the Arkansas Educational Television Network Thursday, Nov. 16, at 9 p.m. |
 | | Hammerschmidt was the original sponsor of congressional authorization for a national Vietnam Veterans Memorial to be located in Washington, D.C. He was also the author and initiating sponsor of the legislation which preserved the Buffalo River as a free-flowing stream, designating it as America’s first national river. |
 | | One of the more memorable stories that Hammerschmidt will share with viewers is about a certain law professor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville who ran against him during the 1974 congressional campaign, and lost — William Jefferson Clinton. |
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