Shootout canceled and the dictator's line echoed
The piece notes Gerald Preiser’s $200 bounty offer for deadly robberies by merchants, later withdrawn after three merchants refused. It contrasts archaic bounty practices with modern policing, urging more and better-paid officers and informers. It also references Ernesto Geisel’s dictatorship in Brazil and his comment on justice for the people amid political turmoil.
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Gerald Preiser
New York Pistol and Rifle Clubs
Preiser
Old West
Brazil
Ernesto Geisel
National Congress
Congress
Arkansas PSC asked to reverse General Telephone rate rise
Atty. Gen. Bill Clinton requested to intervene in General Telephone Co. rate case in Little Rock. The PSC earlier approved a 25 cent coin call charge and a rise in pay phone calls from 10 to 25 cents, decision issued April 7. Clinton’s unusual move seeks to alter the rate approval.
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Bill Clinton
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PSC
Clinton
Republicans ready alternative to Carter energy plan
Republicans plan to unveil an energy program that adds market driven price rises and tax breaks for insulation while avoiding new taxes. GOP leaders say the alternative mirrors conservation incentives but relies on free market competition. House action moves a 37 member committee to shape a single bill, chaired by Rep. Ashley. Brock Baker Rhodes seek equal time on networks to counter the President.
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GOP
Congress
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Thomas Ashley
Ohio
Ashley
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Bill Brock
Howard Baker
Tennessee
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Carter vows nickel gas tax rise tied to consumption
President Carter declared he is serious about a standby gasoline tax plan that would rise in five cent steps up to 50 cents if consumption exceeds targets. He said rebates would aid saving families and vowed to fight for approval in Congress, while leaving open veto options on related tax credits.
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Carter
U.S
Congress
Senate
Russians fly within 60 miles of the U.S. East Coast
Soviet TU-95 Bear bombers approached about 60 miles off the U.S. East Coast this week, passing over the carrier Saratoga and escort ships before retreating as U.S. F-4 fighters scrambled. Officials call the incident bold yet non-threatening within international waters.
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Washington
Pentagon
Saratoga
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
North Carolina
Russia
Cuba
Pacific
Vladivostok
Guam
City Subscribers Urged to Call for Missed Star
Missed paper notice asks city subscribers to call 777 8841 during listed hours to arrange delivery by a carrier. Do not call outside the specified times.
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Times
Gag orders overturned in Supreme Court ruling
The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously ruled that two gag orders barring press reporting in open criminal trials were illegal. It said trials in open court are public and news coverage must be allowed, offering alternatives to protect jurors such as sequestration delay relocation or firm jury instructions.
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Trenton
N.J
State Supreme Court Today
New Brunswick Home News
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Trenton Times
U.S. Supreme Court
Mark Sullivan
Concrete Canoes Sail Saturday At Princeton Event
Hundreds of engineering students from over 20 colleges will race concrete canoes on Lake Carnegie in Princeton New Jersey in the first Eastern Invitational Concrete Canoe race sponsored by the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the ASCE student chapter.
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Lake Carnegie
School of Engineering and Applied Science
American Society of Civil Engineers
Daylight Saving Time Begins This Weekend
DST starts this weekend with clocks set forward one hour on Sunday. People are advised to adjust by setting clocks ahead before bed Saturday night to avoid missing the change.
Visiting experts prepare Star for return to printing of color photos
The Hope Arkansas Star plans to resume process color photos next week with a new Agfa Gevaert T42 processor installed by Dave O’Brien Rus Anderson and Garland Bosley. The team recalibrated the Berkey color separator and prepared four color separations using two Ektachrome pictures. The Star aims to print its own color work and offer services to other publishers, leveraging the new fast automatic system for profitable process color production.
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Berkey
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D.E
Gene) Allen
Wendell House
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