Migration shift lifts Arkansas job boom and growth
Sen. John L. McClellan cites a Washington Post feature noting Arkansas reversed a 1960s population decline. From 1960 to 1970 the state added 7.7 percent, with 142,492 new jobs since 1960 and 75,138 from new industries. The McClellan Kerr waterway and tourism retirement income spurs growth, while numbers show rising median male income and lingering poverty.
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Arkansas
John L. McClellan
Washington Post
George C. Wilson
Congressional Record
Wilson
Post
Census Bureau
Algo
District of Columbia
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River
Mississippi
Tulsa
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Meat Boycott Shrinks Sales Across the Nation
Consumers push a week long meat boycott reducing supermarket sales by as much as 80 percent in numerous stores from coast to coast. Prices drop up to 29 cents a pound as shoppers shun red meat. Cattle and hog markets swing with mixed gains and losses while plants pause operations to assess the boycott impact.
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Kris Liljeholm
Associated Press
FHA Week Spotlight Highlights Future Homemakers Achievements
National FHA Week spotlights Future Homemakers of America with the Hope Chapter outlining projects and activities. Members remodel the Home Economics Cottage entryway, host an Easter party for Hope children, visit a local hatchery, distribute cards to nursing home residents, and assist at Beryl Henry Elementary School. Fundraising via cookbooks and bake sales supports these efforts while officers and sponsors guide ongoing meetings and a spring speaker series tied to preparedness and opportunities.
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Hope Chapter
Future Homemakers of America
Beryl Henry
Vicki Veatch
Kathy Walden
National Organization
School of Hope
Fhaers
FHA
Diana Brown
Sharon Williamson
Bonnie Willis
Marilyn Smith
Janice Jones
Eunice Sumner
Nancy Palmer
Hazel Brewer
Helen Clark
Estelle Spearman
Carole
Ester
Watergate Panel to end secret McCord interviews
The Senate Watergate investigations committee said it will stop private sessions with James McCord Jr. and will instead conduct interviews by staff for open hearings within 10 days to two weeks. Indications exist that McCord or his attorney may have leaked information triggering news stories.
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Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Watergate Investigations Committee
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Ervin
Bernard Fensterwald
Nationwide meat boycott at a glance
The Associated Press lists key facts on a nationwide meat boycott aimed at cutting consumer prices. Sales down as much as 80 percent at meat counters. prices lower on some items. Stockyards show cattle $1 to $2 higher in Kansas City, hogs down $3. Cattle mostly $1 higher nationwide, hogs $3 to $4 lower. Processors report cutbacks and some temporary closures. Hundreds of meat cutters furloughed.
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Kansas City
Illinois
Siouxland Beef Processors
Fargo
N.D
Omaha
Neb
Sioux City
Iowa
Standard Beef Inc
Detroit
Michigan
Associated Press
National
Court rules against Nixon impoundment
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled President Nixon acted illegally in withholding $89 million in federal highway funds from the Missouri Highway Commission. In a 2-1 decision the court said funds appropriated by Congress are not to be withheld for reasons unrelated to the highway program.
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ST. Louis
8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nixon
Congress
Appeals
U.S. District Court
William Becker
Kansas City
Missouri Highway Commission
We Court Appeals
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Donald P. Lay
Secretary of Transportation
Miss Arkansas Universe winner from Texarkana
Christal Phiffer, a Texarkana freshman speech major at Texarkana Community College, won the Miss Arkansas Universe Pageant at the North Little Rock Civic Center. As Miss Arkansas Universe she will represent Arkansas in the Miss USA contest in New York this spring. she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Phiffer.
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Christal Phiffer
Texarkana
North Little Rock Civic Center
Texarkana Community College
Texarkana College
Miss Phiffer
Arkansas
New York
Edward Phiffer
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Dianna Flores
Yvonne Williams
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James McCord
G. Gordon Liddy
John N. Mitchell
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Liddy
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