Administration debates negative income tax and child allowances
The piece traces mid 1960s to Nixon era ideas on guaranteed income and negative income tax advocated by Milton Friedman and Moynihan. It notes proposals tying benefits to tax rates, early support from economists and politicians, and ongoing tensions with the American work ethic while criticizing the federal Welfare system for Aid to Dependent Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Congress
Milton Friedman
University of Chicago
Barry Goldwater
United States
Daniel P. Moynihan
Harvard
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Obituaries and grants highlight Hope area notices
Emma Millican 90 native of Hempstead dies Monday. Survived by son Jeff Millican of Hope two stepdaughters Lecy Collins of Shreveport Pearl Gitelson Indianapolis Ind a brother L C Goodwin Longview Texas services Wednesday 2 p m Hope Church of Christ burial Huckabee Cemetery Oakcrest Funeral Home in charge. James V Fant 55 dies Monday survivors include wife Lillian two sons Jerry W Fant Hope James L Fant Hope one daughter Brenda Sue Fant Hope one brother Doyle Fant Texarkana two sisters Mrs Jack Dodson Texarkana Mrs Essie Keen Hope. Funeral Wednesday 2 p m Herndon Chapel burial Rose Hill cemetery Herndon Funeral Hope in charge. Mrs Phillip Manus Director of School of Hope and Mrs Haskell Jones receive 2000 from Keith Tudor Arkadelphia in ceremonies April 2 Arkadelphia Day Service Centers in Texarkana Magnolia Stamps and Hope first of 16 to receive grants. Louis Brown Conway Director AR Department of Mental Retardation Division of Community Services says 50000 Grant-in-Aid program approved by board of directors. Centers will use funds to keep operation, buy equipment or teaching materials, provide transportation or salaries for teachers and aides.
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Hempstead
Church of Christ
Jeff Milican
Hope
Lecy Collins
Shreveport
Pearl Gitelson
Indianapolis
Ind
L.C. Goodwin
Longview
Texas
Hope Church of Christ
Milton Peebles
Huckabee Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
Oakcrest Funeral
James V. Fant
Lillian
Jerry W. Fant
Little Rock
James L. Fant
Brenda Sue Fant
Doyle Fant
Texarkana
Jack Dodson
Essie Keen
Herndon Chapel
Clyde Johnson
Rose Hill Cemetery
Herndon Funeral of Hope
Phillip Manus
School of Hope
Haskell Jones
Keith Tudor
Arkadelphia
Arkansas Department of Mental Retardation
Magnolia
Stamps
Louis Brown
Conway
Division of Community Services
Department
Aldermen to Run by Positions in Arkansas Elections
LITTLE ROCK AP May or Robert Cope of Forrest City was informed that aldermen must run by positions in both primary and general elections. Deputy Atty Gen Henry Ginger said an elected code bill repeals any conflict with Act 45 of 1969, which previously elected the top two vote-getters in a ward as aldermen. The new code requires running by position with the top vote-getter in each position winning.
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Little Rock
Robert Cope
Forrest
Henry Ginger
Cope
Kennedy Case Jury Makes No Findings
Edgartown Massachusetts AP Dukes County grand jury adjourned after a special session without findings in its investigation of Senator Edward M. Kennedy s July auto accident. Foreman Leslie H. Leland said no presentment was made as Judge Wilfred J. Paquet adjourned the session. The jurors were told secrecy remains.
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Edgartown
Mass
Dukes County
Mary Jo Kopechne
Sen. Kennedy
Paquet
Sophia Campos
Foreman
Forest Fires Hit Locksburg Waldo Areas
Arkansas official reports 44 fires burning over 1,000 acres Monday across Heber Springs Salem Waldo Trashwood Haddon Hibdon Junction City Locksburg and surrounding areas. No injuries among 500 firefighters. Saturday also saw 60 fires burning more than 1,000 acres.
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Little Rock
Jim Taleley
Arkansas
Talley
Heber Springs
Salem
Waldo
Trashwood
Hibdon
Junction City
Locksburg
Hope ESD works for handicapped displaced workers
Mrs Leona Troxell Arkansas Employment Security Division told Hope Lions the ESD serves more than a job service, focusing on training and placing handicapped and minority workers, with 27 ESD officers across 75 counties and the Win program helping remove people from welfare rolls.
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Leona Troxell
Employment Security Disvision
State of
Arkansas
Hope Lions
Town & Country
Haskell Jones
Troxell
ESD
Teddy Jones
Lynn Harris
Paul Rawson
Lion Trussell
Gene
Shreveport
Benny Taylor
Germany
Weather summary for Arkansas and offset station
Weather report for 34 hours ending Tuesday morning shows fair and warm conditions. Today and tonight in Arkansas expect partly cloudy skies with highs in the 70s to 80s and lows in the upper 40s to 50s. Wednesday continues warm with a slight cloud cover.
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Arkansas
Capitol allocates Title I funds across Arkansas facilities
HEW appropriation delays trigger a 20 percent rate elsewhere, with 10 percent released and 13 percent added after the HEW bill passage. Arkansas funds include 53 671 for Arkansas Schools for the Blind and Deaf State Hospital tuberculosis sanatorium and University of Arkansas Medical Center plus 162 613 for state training schools and 192 000 for migrant programs. Administration adds 1 percent. The Great Rotunda is the circular room under the Capitol dome.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Arkansas Schools For the Blind
State Hospital
State
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Education Department
NATO Talks and US Role in Europe Security
Brandt discusses NATO framework for strategic needs with the United States in Europe. He foresees possible modest force reductions but warns against unilateral moves, noting SALT talks and Berlin talks as linked elements. He says German offset purchases to balance US troop costs are not main Nixon discussions.
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NATO
United States
U.S
William Rogers
Europe
Alliance
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Nixon
Senate Group Votes Postal Pay Boost
The Senate Post Office Committee backed a 6 percent retroactive pay raise for federal civil service workers with a 12-0 vote. The measure extends to Capitol Hill staff, DC judges, and former presidents' staffs, with action aimed by week’s end. The raise follows a Dec 27 retroactive agreement after postal union talks ending a strike. Republican leaders urged weighing Nixon’s 10 cent rate proposal alongside the pay hikes.
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Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
Senate
Capitol Hill
District of Columbia
Gale McGee
Dwyo
Administration
Post Office
McGee
Nixon
Congress
Rockefeller Announcement Unlikely Soon
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller's spokesman says a third term decision is not expected at the upcoming news conference, with another source suggesting a decision may come in two to three weeks. The interview also touches on NATO burden sharing, offset agreements, and bilateral talks with Germany, while a stray note mentions the pocket gopher’s unusual movement.
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Little Rock
Wiliam G. Conley
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Welfare grant to Crowley’s Ridge council announced
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare approved a 420000 dollar grant to Crowley’s Ridge Development Council Inc. at Jonesboro. Senator John L. McClellan announced the aid on Monday. Funds will support preschool training for low income children in Craighead, Jackson, Greene and Poinsett counties.
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Associated Pres Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Crowley's Ridge Development Council Inc
Jonesboro
John L. McClellan
Ds Ark
Craighead
Jackson
Greene
Poinsett
Nixon Brandt to Discuss Terrorism in Washington Talks
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and President Nixon plan to discuss international terrorism during talks in Washington. Brandt said he received Nixon's condolences for the murder of German ambassador Karl von Sprell and noted air piracy and increased kidnappings as broader issues requiring greater international cooperation and solidarity among governments.
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EL Paso
Tex
Willy Brandt
Nixon
Guatemala
Washington
Brandt
Associated Press
Karl von Sprell
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