Income tax notes and Hope Star color milestone update
A personal column laments income tax filing timing and minor form changes while praising the Hope Star for pioneering color production. The letter from Arkansas Power & Light manager Robert J. Wimberley lauds the paper’s 1967 color editions and notes production delays due to film and supply issues. A separate AP brief reports Gary H. Siler of Lowell, Ark., listed as killed in the Vietnam War.
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Hot Springs
Strickland
Eastman Kodak
Dallas
Washington
Gary H. Siler
Catherine Siler
Lowell, Ark
Pentagon
Bridge Work Schedule Across Mississippi River
The Associated Press reports Memphis work on a new 50 million dollar interstate bridge is planned for next week. A spokesman said the encae mater can be moved into place by then.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Mississippi River
Arkansas Storm Areas Start Cleanup
Cleanup crews and repairmen began clearing debris and fixing snapped power lines after tornadoes and strong winds hit Arkansas. Power and Light crews worked in at least six cities. damages ran into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tornado sightings were reported near Nashville DeWitt and possibly El Dorado with outages and debris across Banks near Warren Crossett Paragould Stuttgart and Mountain Home. Local injuries included a broken leg from falling limbs in Nashville and minor injuries in Paragould.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Arkansas Power and Light Co
Paragould
Greene County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Nashville
DeWitt
el Dorado
Banks
Warren
Crossett
Stuttgart
Mountain Home
Pearl Morris
Baldwin Eleementary School
Capital Theater
Records Not Denied GOP Says G and F
Two Republicans were not denied access to Arkansas Game and Fish Commission records a commission member said Thursday Newt Hailey of Rogers said Bob Scott and Joe Gaspard were told records would be available in two or three days Anyone seeking records can use the state comptroller's office Hailey said Scott and Gaspard denied access prompting Rockefeller criticism Hailey asserted records are public and the commission is doing a good job
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Rogers
Ark
State Game and Fish Commission
Newt Hailey
Bob Scott
Winethrop Rockefeller
Joe Gaspard
Game and Fish Commission
State Comptroller’s Office
Hailey
Scott
Gaspard
Rockefeller
Arkansas
Trailways Bus Lines Hit by Regional Strike
Trailways bus operators and terminal employees struck in southern and midwestern states, with picket lines at the Alexandria Louisiana home office and depots in nine states. About 350 drivers and 100 terminal workers affected as Amalgamated Transit Union presses for a contract. company officials say no agreement reached.
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Alexandria
Continental
Trailways
Amalgamated Transit Union
R. W. McClendon
W. H. Cums Mins
Alasayas
Siatucky
Missips
Missouri
Tennessee
Texas
Governor would veto bonus for retiring teachers
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller said he would veto House Bill 478 that would grant a $500 retirement bonus to teachers not returning next year. Education Commissioner A W Ford estimated a $200000 cost and urged the veto, in a letter to Rep. R E Flanigan of Forrest City inviting further discussion.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
A. W. Ford
Rep
R. E. Flanigan
Forrest City
Senate votes to repeal presidential campaign financing law
WASHINGTON AP The Senate backed repeal of the presidential election campaign financing law in a 48 to 42 vote. Sen Albert Gore Jr said the repeal would wipe the law from the books by July 1, while Sen Russell Long called the defeat a small skirmish in a long war and pledged further Senate action. The measure awaits House action as Gore’s rider narrows tax reform with an 7 percent investment credit and accelerated depreciation proposals.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Russell B. Long
D-La
Albert Gore
Tenn
House
Gore
Long
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
New York
Congress
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Mekong Delta
Washington Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
Adam Clayton Powell
Supreme Court
London
Defense Closes in Speck Case
The defense rested after a brief rebuttal in the Richard Speck murder trial in Peoria. Public defender Gerald Getty called 11 witnesses to challenge the state's case that Speck killed eight nurses on July 14 in a Chicago townhouse. The final alibi witnesses included Morell and Gardena Farmer who placed Speck at a waterfront bar and elsewhere in the early hours of July 14.
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F. Richard Ciccone
Peoria
Richard Speck
Gerald Getty
Speck
Chicago
Morell Farmer
Farmer
Gardena
Hamburger Ami
Justices Move Toward Death Of Legal Eavesdropping
Supreme Court justices signal potential end to legalized eavesdropping as it exists, citing New York 1962 bugging and concerns over surveillance by courts and police. The hearing highlights confusion in wiretap law and possible shifts in federal practice and constitutional limits.
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Barry Schwed
Washington
Supreme Court
Star Chamber
Earl Warren
New York
William J. Brennan Jr
Manhattan
Chicago
Brennan
Warren
U.S
Rules Judges Can Hold Other Jobs
LITTLE ROCK AP The attorney general's office ruled that county judges may hold additional jobs if no conflict with their elected office exists. It also said that executive committee members of the Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study Commission may receive per diem of 25 dollars and expenses for meetings. The office ruled school boards cannot bar an unwed mother from attending public schools if otherwise qualified. It also stated Arkansas may seek extradition of a misdemeanor fugitive from another state.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study Commission
Derrel Atkins
Tillar
Attorney General's Office
Arkansas
Lions Broom Sale Monday by Hope Lions Club
The Hope Lions Club will sell brooms Monday April 17 starting at 5 00 p m The price of brooms is 2 00 for large and 1 50 for regular broom and mops Proceeds support local sight and blind work and the 500 00 annual pledge to the Blind Center in Little Rock Over 1000 blind or visually impaired have taken courses at the center with many becoming nearly independent and earning their own living Lions of Arkansas celebrate this achievement as they knock on doors with brooms and mops Watch for them Monday April 17
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The
Hope Lions Club
Little Rock
Lions of
Arkansas
Radarman Robinson serves off Vietnam aboard Falgout
All Around Town notes Radarman First Class Roger L. Robinson son of Mr and Mrs Laurence H Robinson of Hope participates aboard the radar pickup escort ship Falgout off Vietnam coast. Navy patrols monitor sea infiltration while Seaman Recruit Gary W Poole USN trains in San Diego. Army specialist four Lester Reliford 23 earns a Driver Badge with the 2nd Armored Cavalry in Bamberg Germany. His father John Reliford resides in Kansas City Missouri. Tuesday April 25 at 7 30 p m KSTB TV airs War in the Skies about a USAF squadron in Vietnam featuring Donald J Usry husband of former Margaret Archer of Hope. Usrys reunion in Hawaii noted.
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Roger L. Robinson
Laurence H. Robinson
Hope
Vietnam
Falgout
Gary W. Poole
Emma L. Reliford
Ark
2Nd Armored Cavalry
Bamberg
Germany
John Beliford
Kansas City
4000 U S Troops Move Into Battle
The U S Command deployed 4000 battle tested infantry into the Mekong Delta to reinforce Marines and Vietnamese units amid heavy fighting with Viet Cong battalions. The 196th Light Infantry Brigade joined 400 U.S. airlifted flights from war zone C near the Cambodian border to Chu Lai. Casualties reported on both sides include 230 guerrillas killed and light American losses.
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George McArthur
Saigon
U.S
196Th
Mekong
196Th Light Infantry
Chu Lai
17Th Parallel
Mekong Delta
Phong Dinh
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