Polls Show Youth Share Adults Views On Issues
Readers learn from Carnegie Commission and Scholastic poll results that over 70 percent of college students and faculty back education quality and expulsion for disruptors while nearly 80 percent oppose flag burning. teens also align with adults on crime and grades. Air and water pollution top concerns, and drug use outranks Vietnam in importance.
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Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Scholastic
Vietnam
Monroe
News-Star
Revenues Rise for March 1971 by Over Four Million
In Little Rock AP reports the state Revenue Department notes general revenues increased by more than four million dollars in March 1971 compared with the same month a year earlier. Admin officials caution the rise is not wholly encouraging due to a near doubling of cigarette tax driven by vendors stockpiling before the five-cent-per-pack tax hike. The March uptick marks the largest monthly gain in the first nine months of the current fiscal year.
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Internal Revenue Service
Charlotte
N.C
Little Rock
State Revenue Department
State Administration Department
Max Milam
Vietnamese Retake Firebase No 6 Near Laos
South Vietnamese forces reentered Firebase No 6 near the Laos frontier after two days of heavy fighting that killed or wounded more than half of about 350 defenders. Lt. Col. Le Trung Hien said reinforcements moved in Thursday afternoon, finding 280 North Vietnamese dead around the base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tuckman
Associated Press
Saigon
le Trung Hien
Hien
Central Highlands
Draft extension passes after heated debate in House
The House approved a two year draft extension aiding Nixon’s move to an all volunteer force. The vote sent a $2.7 billion pay boost to attract volunteers and endorsed abolishing student deferments, with various amendments defeated. The measure now heads to the Senate amid calls tied to the My Lai case and Calley conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Adams
Associated Press
Washington
William Calley
My Lai
House
Nixon
Senate
Indochina
Calley
Pike
Everyone Has a Secret Ambition They Won't Tell About to Others
HAL on NEW YORK AP jumps to conclusions about ego and resilience. A hard boiled egg in the pocket offers a tiny safeguard and practicality on bad days. The piece muses on secrecy, prejudices, and odd religious views with wry, self aware humor.
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Hal
New York
God
Annual Kiwanis Variety Show on April 16
The 28th Kiwanis Variety Show unfolds at City Hall Auditorium for one performance on Friday at 8:00 pm. A gang of Hick characters rallies at Happy Valley Store for corny talk and top acts including Mrs. W H Peterson Jr, Mrs Delaine Bonds Neece, the Barber Shop Quartet, Luke and Duke, Mr and Mrs Jim Hart, and Suzanne Voltz. Proceeds fund Kiwanis Youth Programs and the Golden Age Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall Auditorium
Happy Valley
W. H. Peterson, Jr
Delaine Bonds Neece
Barber Shop
Luke
Duke
Jim Hart
Kiwanis
Jury Selection in Wiser Murder Trial Continues in Berryville
In Berryville Ark AP report jurors in the first degree murder trial of James Wiser 39 Green Forest move forward as eight jurors are chosen since Wednesday about 80 names have been exhausted in seating a jury. Wiser faces charges stemming from the 1969 death of Jamie Lou Rowe of Green Forest.
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Berryville, Ark
James Wiser
Green Forest
Wiser
Dee
Jammie Lou Rowe
Public Jobs Bill Approved by Senate in 62 to 10 Vote
Senator Gaylord Nelson led a coalition to push a $1.75 billion public service jobs bill through the Senate 62 to 10 despite Republican opposition. The measure, aimed at creating about 150,000 jobs and aiding local governments, moves to the House as supporters expect a presidential veto unless amendments are made.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Senate
House
Sen
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Congress
Garden Clubs members win awards at state convention
Mrs Roy Taylor was named state junior and intermediate gardener chairman for 1971 73 at the Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs convention in Hot Springs March 30 31. The Lilac and Gardenia Clubs earned Standard of Excellence honors while the Gardenia Club won its own Standard of Excellence with first place for a one year history book. Local members won prizes at functions, including Mrs Royce Weisenberger, Mrs L C Crow, and Mrs Pauline B Walker receiving individual gifts.
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Roy Taylor
Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs
Hot Springs
L.C. Crow
Hope Council of Garden Clubs
Guy Basye
Ned Ray Purtle
David Waddle
Federation
Royce Weisenberger
Luau
Pauline B. Walker
Faberge
Lilac Club
N.P. Nesbitt
Rex Taylor
Walker
Weisenberger
Crow
Gardenia Club
Calley free on Nixon order unsettles nation
Lt William L Calley Jr freed from custody pending appeal after life verdict for My Lai killings draws mixed national reaction. Nixon action sparks cheers in Congress and street pro Calley supporters while troops and officials debate presidential authority and military justice.
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Kathryn Johnson
Associated Press
FT. Benning
My Lai
FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
Nixon
House of Representatives
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Calley
Oklahoma City
Vietnam
William O'Neal
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Williams
Fresno
Calif
Lai
Unemployment Rises to 6 Percent in March
March unemployment climbs to an annual 6 percent with 5.2 million jobless. February's decline narrows but remains seasonally weak. Teenagers and 20 to 24 year olds bear most of the rise as employment holds near 78.5 million. Local notes mention Betty Crocker coupon drives, a bottle drive by Explorer Post 92, and community events in Hempstead and surrounding areas.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress
DeQueen seeks gas from La Nevada Co in Arkansas
The Arkansas PSC filed a motion to intervene in the Federal Power Commission hearing on DeQueen's bid to obtain more gas from Louisiana Nevada Transit Co of Ada Oklahoma. DeQueen buys gas for sale to customers in De Queen Mena Lockesburg and Horatio and plans a 14.5 mile pipeline from Okay to Fulton Hope line to replace an aging line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
State Public Service Commission
Federal Power Commission
DeQueen
Louisiana-Nevada Transit Co
Ada
Oklo
PSC
Pat Moran
de Queen
Louisiana-Nevada
Mena
Lockesburg
Horatio
Okay
Fulton-Hope
Luncheon Planned by Phi Beta Lambda at Tech School
The Phi Beta Lambda Club plans an Easter luncheon at Red River Vocational School on April X from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Menu includes chicken spaghetti and vegetables. dine in 75 cents, take-out $2. Proceeds will fund first-place FBLA winners to the Miami convention in June. Members will compete April 2–3 in accounting, shorthand, typing, parliamentary procedures, and other events.
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Phi Beta Lambda Club
Red River Vocational School
FBLA
Miami
Florida
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Air Force Military Airlift Command
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Laos
Sam Gib
AP News Digest
Ft, Meade, Md
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Directive
The
Star
David Wade
Memphis State University
Betty Crocker
Thomas Norvell
State University
Ark
Christian Student Center
Memphis State
Explorer Post 92
First Presbyterian Church
Oklahoma
Linda
Southern State College
U of A
Nashville High
Harris
Hope Roundup Club
La.Nev. Co
Tech School
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