Tax Assessments Extended Deadline and Clarifications
The county tax assessor extends the personal tax assessment deadline to Monday night April 22 since April 10 falls on a Saturday. Car owners need only assess once, not at both license time and the April 10 deadline, provided the vehicle is actually assessed to avoid penalty. The editor also notes praise from the University of Arkansas journalism department and mentions upcoming Journalism Days and a plan to attend the Arkansas Press Association convention in Fayetteville.
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The
Star
Arkansas Press Association
Fayetteville
Suspect on Wild Downtown Chase After Check Attempt
A man recently released from Arkansas State Prison led police on a downtown chase near the old bank and Village Shopping Center after officers spotted him trying to cash checks. Patrolman John Shirley fired shots in the air but the suspect kept running before being cornered and taken into custody.
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Arkansas State Prison
Second
Walnut
John Shirley
New Trial Ordered for Texarkana Man in Hewitt Slaying
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals orders a new trial for Harold E. Harris of Texarkana in the Patsy Anne Hewitt killing. Harris, previously given a life sentence, had conviction reversed due to a trial judge’s improper ruling on the voluntariness of his written statement.
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Texarkana, Tex
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Harold E. Harris
Texarkana
Patsy Anne Hewitt
Harris
Ex-Officials of Penn Central Face Charges
PHILADELPHIA AP The Penn Central Transportation Co charged two former top financial officers and a principal investment adviser with organizing and manipulating an unlawful conspiracy that caused the railroad to incur heavy losses and seek reorganization. Defendants include David C. Bevan of Gladwyne PA and William R. Gerstecker of Philadelphia, former Penn Central treasurer and VP.
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Philadelphia
Penn Central Transportation Co
America
U.S
David C. Bevan
Gladwyne
Penn Central
William R. Gerstecker
East Pakistani rebels claim major victories in secession war
East Pakistani independence forces report three victories isolating West Pakistani troops in major cities and forts. From Kushtia, rebels say they control about half the province while destroying rail bridges, an airfield, and an army depot near Comilla. Indian intel corroborates many claims.
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New Delhi
India
Associated Press
Dennis Neeld
Kushtia
Dacca
Chittagong
Comilla
Schemes of Scholars in Urban Solutions Make Mayor's Shiver
Scholars urge radical urban fixes as mayors recoil. Harvard and Princeton voices clash over city futures. Sternlieb cites Newark as a squeezed-out example while Thompson predicts some cities will endure and reinvent themselves without federal aid.
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Michael J. Sniffen
Associated Press
America
Harvard
Edward Banfield
Princeton
Michael Danielson
Sternlieb
United States
Sternlied
Thompson
Nike Club Easter Lilly Sale Benefits Crippled Children
The Nike Club will hold its annual Easter Lilly Sale on Saturday April 10 in the Hope area to aid Arkansas crippled children. Proceeds support the Arkansas Association for the Crippled and its Easter Seal Center in Little Rock, under Easter Seal Chairman Mrs. Joe Jones of Hempstead County Chapter.
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Nike Club
Hope Area
Arkansas
Arkansas Association For the Crippled
Little Rock
Joe Jones
Hempswad County
Easter Seal Society
When a Woman Weds She Changes From Jekyll to Mrs Hyde
New York AP columnist HAL BOYLE notes marriage reveals a wife’s shifting moods and personalities as names, habits, and demands evolve after the ceremony. The piece uses humor to compare change to Jekyll and Hyde, with examples of spending, grooming, and social behavior.
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Jekyll
Mrs. Hyde
Hal Boyle
New York
Miss Jekyll
A Complete Pullout by 1973 Seen
Senate leaders Hugh Scott and Robert Byrd say Nixon plans a total Indochina troop withdrawal by January 1973 if North Vietnam frees U.S. prisoners. They based this on briefing remarks before Nixon's Wednesday night withdrawal announcement. Byrd says the President likely has a date in mind.
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Byrd
Nixon
West Virginia
Hanoi Demands Full U.S. Troop Withdrawal
Viet Namese Communists rejected President Nixon’s withdrawal plan and urged total U.S. troop pullout at Paris peace talks. U.S. Ambassador Bruce urged negotiators to respond promptly to Nixon’s call for serious talks as the war’s end seemed near but prospects remained disputable.
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Paris
Nixon
U.S
David K. E. Bruce
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Kiwanis Variety Show Set for Friday at City Hall
The 28th annual Kiwanis Variety Show is planned for Friday April 16 at 4 pm in City Hall Auditorium. A pre show gathering before curtain by local acts and guests Mel Thrash and the Happy Valley crowd will entertain with fourteen specialty acts to raise funds for Kiwanis Youth Programs and the Golden Age Club. Proceeds support Kiwanis youth work including the K Park project near Fair Park and plans for a future community or youth center in Hope.
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Happy Valley
Mel “Nathan” Thrash
Guy ‘Lem’ Grigg
Harry
Zeke" Hawthorne
Golden Age Club
K. Park
Fair Park
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
City of Hope
Calley verdict sparks broad religious debate on evil
AP Religion Writer George W. Cornell reports that theologians view the Calley verdict as revealing public insight into collective processes of evil and the social dimension of moral failings. They stress individual responsibility even as they acknowledge corporate blame in wartime actions.
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George W. Cornell
New York
Richard A. McCormick
Chicago
Catholic Theological Society of America
Calley
Abraham Heschel
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
America
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Heschel
Anniversary scholars and service awards noted at journalism event
The 10th Journalism Days at the University of Arkansas honored Connie Hendrix Hope freshman with a $250 Dumas Clarion Scholarship and an Outstanding First Year Journalist award. Sarah Mary Schenck of Hope High School received the W J Lemke Scholarship of $259. Leon Hardin of Southern State College spoke at the Kadohadacho Arkansas Archeological Chapter event in April. The Arkansas Library Commission announced Reference Workshops led by Mrs Carol Wright and Mrs Mary Lee Pinkerton with sessions across the state. Assessor Carter Sutton extended tax assessment deadlines to Monday April 12.
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University of Arkansas
Connie Hendrix
Hope
W.J. Lemke
Sarah Mary Schenck
The
Arkansas Archeological
Leon Hardin
Southern State College
Paul Best of Hope
Albrook
Howard AF
Air Force
Howard
Vietnam
Nashville, Ark
Laura
C.I. Dreher
Little Rock
Arkansas Library Commission
Carol Wright
Mary Lee Pinkerton
Hazel Prichard
Magnolia
Southwest Regional Library System
Terrorists Bomb Saigon Night Spot
Viet Cong bombs a crowded Saigon riverfront nightclub injuring multiple and killing one American serviceman and a Vietnamese girl. Across the river, survivors flee the demolished club as gunfire erupts. Authorities report another hospital bombing in Da Nang and heavy fighting around Fire Base 6. Phnom Penh battles widen with a government unit overrun and a missing UPI reporter.
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Saigon
U.S
CBC
South Vietnam
da Nang
Indochina
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
UPI
Catherine M
Kate” Webb
Duvall Resigns From Arkansas Industrial Development Post
Richard A. Duvall, 65, director of industrial finance and assistant executive director of the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, announced his resignation effective May 1. He retires after a long tenure with the agency dating to 1955, including a stint as executive director in 1963-64 and leading the revenue bond guaranty program for small business loans.
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Little Rock
Richard A. Duvall
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Duvall
The
Resource and Development Commission
AIDC
United States
Arkansas
Secret Meet of Soviet Delegates
Moscow AP reports delegates to the 24th Soviet Communist party congress met in secret to pick the central committee and politburo. Some turnover was anticipated in the 360-member central committee, with Brezhnev Kosygin Pudgorny likely to remain in the ruling trio. Results were to be announced Friday.
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Moscow City
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Aleksei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Moscow
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Kremlin
Troika
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Pudgorny
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