Littering fines and federal press questions mix in column
A vacationer faces a $33 littering bill after an Arizona rancher returned unwanted litter. A Nashville News note praises or critiques federal plans to fund newspapers, arguing subsidized press infringes on First Amendment rights and questions the value of government journalism programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Soil Conservation
Nashville News
Feds
Department of Commerce
New York City
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
US Information Agency
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Miami
Fla
Young Ties Record for Space Flights
John W. Young, at 41, will tie a flight record by making his fourth space mission on Apollo 16, aiming for a lunar landing as commander. Born in San Francisco and raised in Orlando, he is a Navy captain and former Gemini and Apollo 10 flyer, with a nickname for his practical problem solving. He oyns to remain in the space program beyond Apollo 16 and recounts his shaving space solution using a safety razor and lather.
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Paul Recer
Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
John W. Young
Young
John Young
San Francisco
Orlando
Fla
Georgia Institute of Technology
Navy
Search for Candidate in Hot Springs Arkansas AFL-CIO Screening
Arkansas State AFL-CIO screening committee continues interviews to pick labor supported candidates for the summer elections. Nine candidates were interviewed including Gov. Dale Bumpers and Lester Gibbs in closed session. Recommendations to COPE due at 7 p.m. today then to the state convention Saturday where governor and U.S. Senate candidates are invited to speak.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas State
Afl-Cio
Dale Bumpers
Lester Gibbs
North Little Rock
Afi-Cio
Committee On
COPE
U. S. Senate
Drought Brings Heavy Loss to Western Oklahoma
Oklahoma drought of 1972 hits farmers hard with losses of about three million bushels of wheat daily totaling roughly three million dollars in daily revenue. Gov Hall's press secretary reports dust blanketing parched fields as officials seek federal disaster designation for 11 southwestern counties.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Billy Ray Gowdy
State Department of Agriculture
Gowdy
Southwest
Charles Rhodes
The
Okla
Homa Wheat Commission
Joe Carter
David Hall
Carter
Hall
Open Lines of Communication for Foreign Investment in Arkansas
J Daniel Roebuck director of the Arkansas Department of Industrial Development and international consultant Paul Latture plan a three week eight city European trip to open lines of communication with bankers officials and industrialists to attract foreign investment to Arkansas. They hope to show Arkansas river livability and low costs as attractors while targeting West Germany for its industrial activity. The trip costs about 3000 dollars.
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Little Rock
J. Daniel Roebuck
State Department of Industrial Development
Arkansas
Roebuck
Paul Latture
Department
Zurich
Switzerland
Stuttgart
Dusseldorf
Frankfurt
West Germany
Amsterdam
Hague
Rotterdam
Netherlands
London
Latture
United States
Arkansas River
California to Share in Space Shots
NASA ends site search by naming two major launch bases Cape Kennedy in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to share manned shuttle flights. Unmanned tests start at Cape Kennedy in 1976 with manned tests from 1978 and operational status in 1979. Vandenberg to begin soon after. The plan envisions about 50 shuttle launchings annually in the 1980s, roughly half from the West Coast on secret military missions.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
NASA
Defense Department
Vandenberg
George Low
Chaplin Returns to Switzerland
Hollywood AP reports Charlie Chaplin’s bronze star on Hollywood Boulevard is under guard until his return to Switzerland. The 82-year-old comedian accepted a special Oscar and the star was gouged and repaired after ink was thrown on it. Guards protect the star around the clock amid threats and protests by critics labeling his politics pro Communist.
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Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin
Hollywood Boulevard
Chaplin
Switzerland
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Star
Plane Crash Claims Three in West Texas Dust Storm
SEMINOLE Tex AP three killed in light plane crash near U S 180 ten miles west of Seminole during a severe dust storm. Victims identified as John Rogers 52 Hobbs New Mexico Billy Junior Arnold El Paso and Lymon Allison Le vington New Mexico. Bodies burned in post crash fire.
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Seminole, Tex
West Texas
John Rogers
Hobbs
N.M
Billy Junior Arnold
el Paso
Lymon Allison
Levington
U.S. 180
Seminole
Pryor Warns on Corporate Farming in Arkansas Speech
In Marked Tree Arkansas U S senator candidate David Pryor warned Friday about corporate farming growth addressing Future Farmers of America and Future Homemakers. Pryor a Democrat opponent to Sen John L McClellan urged tax reform to aid small farmers parity for farm products price stabilization export expansion and expanded Farmers Home Administration loans and grants.
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Marked Tree
Ark
U. S
David Pryor
Aamerica
Homemakers of
America
Pryor
John L. McClellan
Farmers Home Administration
Big Profits by Big Businesses Rise in First Quarter
New York AP reports major corporations show strong first quarter profit gains over 1970, signaling a surge in earnings that delights shareholders yet alarms policymakers and unions. Notable firms including IBM, Du Pont, Westinghouse, Polaroid, and Kimberly-Clark posted double digit to high double digit percentage increases, while some firms declined or remained flat. Analysts urge context, noting 1970 profits were weak during the recession and long-term trends remain unsettled.
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New York
Washington
Cost of Living Council
George Meany
Afi-Cio
du Pont
Honeywell
IBM
Westinghouse Electric
Polaroid
Allied Chemical
St. Regis
Kimberly-Clark
Howard Johnson
Consolidated Paper
United Aircraft
International Paper
First National City Bank
Returns to U.S. for Tax Help in Georgia IRS Office
A Dublin resident flew to Chamblee Georgia to seek IRS assistance for her 1979 tax return. She requested the same IRS worker who helped her previously, saying help in Ireland was inadequate. IRS spokesman Bill Biondi confirmed the episode.
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Chamblee, Ga
Internal Revenue Service Office
Dublin
Ireland
Chamblee
IRS
Bill Biondi
Brock Says Congress Muffling Investigation
Sen. Brock accuses a Democratic Congress of stalling an inquiry into party business ties with AT&T and other firms. He cites unpaid 1968 bills to the telephone company, alleges misused funds, and questions O’Brien Napolitans’ roles while criticizing the Nixon era probe as a political hoax.
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Washington
Bill Brock
Congress
Tennessee Republican
Democratic National Committee
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Senate
Brock
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Democrat Party
A.t.&t
International Telephone & Telegraph Co
Joe Napolitan
Mr. Napolitan
Larry O’brien
Bob Dole
Ralse
O’brien
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