Amtrak May Day Takeover Faces Court and Critics
Amtrak plans to start operations May 1 with 184 trains serving 114 cities. Unions and passenger groups sue to protect workers and services while Ralph Nader presses Congress to scrap Railpax. Senate hearings proceed as 26 000 employees face possible job losses amid dis continued trains.
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Carl C. Craft
Associated Press
Washington
Ralph Nader
Amtrak
Capitol Hill
National Railroad Passenger Corp
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Nader
Congress
Railway Labor Executives Association
Congress of Railway Unions
U.S
State panel orders talks on higher education director choice
The Arkansas Commission on Coordination of Higher Education Finance directed its chairman to confer with Gov. Dale Bumpers regarding the selection of a director to lead the new Department of Higher Education. Dr. Olin M. Cook serves as executive director.
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Little Rock
State Commission On Coordination of Higher Educational Finance
Dale Bumpers
Department of Higher Education
Dr. Olin M. Cook
Commission
Protestors Gather at SS Office
A small group of antiwar protesters demonstrated at the national draft headquarters in Washington. Four demonstrators, led by Merle Snyder, were allowed inside to talk with Selective Service employees. Police reported no arrests as about 150 gathered outside in a peaceful event linked to weeklong May Day disruption plans targeting government agencies.
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Harrison Humphries
Associated Press
Washington
National Draft
Selective Service
Curtis W. Tarr
Public
Merle Snyder
Goshen
Ind
Snyder
Peoples Lobby
Senate in Debate of Health Plan
Leonard Woodcock head of the United Auto Workers tells the Senate Finance Committee that private health insurance has failed workers and inflation, urges a federally run plan. He backs Senator Kennedy’s government role health bill, criticizing Nixon’s private approach as lacking for part time workers, layoffs, the elderly, and public employees. AFLCIO spokesman Biermiller endorses Kennedy bill. Campus notes report quieter campuses as students see science as both frightening and fruitful, with no benefits from destructive actions.
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John Stowell
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Woodcock
Nixon
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate Finance Committee
Andrew J. Biermiller
Aflcio
GOP Says Humphrey Is No.1 Democrat Hope
Washington AP reports the Republican National Committee views Hubert Humphrey as the odds-on favorite for the 1972 Democratic nomination if Edward Kennedy stays out. The GOP newsletter says Edmund Muskie is slipping, while Humphrey gains support and exposure as a centrist candidate.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edward M. Kennedy
Humphrey
GOP
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Eid Muskie
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Muskie
White House
Minnesota
Graham Promoted by Potlatch in Railroad Posts
Howard Graham, resident manager of the Prescott & Northwestern Railroad, becomes Traffic Manager of Potlatch Forests Southern Division and General Manager of the Warren & Saline River Railroad at Warren. J. C. Spraggins named Resident Manager of the Warren and Saline River. Graham succeeds Ed Anthony who died. Born in Prescott, he served in World War II See Bees, then worked for Missouri-Pacific in various posts. He joined Prescott and Northwestern in 1967 and became resident manager in 1970. He has been an alderman and church deacon in Prescott and will reside there.
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Southern Division
Potlatch Forests, Inc
Warren & Saline River Railroad Co
Warren
J. C. Spraggins
Warren and
Saline River Railroad
Mr. Graham
Ed Anthony
Prescott
Southwest Pacific
Missouri- Pacific Railroad
Missouri- Pacific
Gordon
Arkansas
Arkadelphia
Hope
Malvern
Graham
Prescott and Northwestern Railroad
QO. W. Watkins
Watkins
First Baptist Church
GOP Attacks Humphrey Over Vietnam War Ties and Labor Support
A GOP publication claims Humphrey would bring political liabilities to the Democratic nomination due to blunders from the Vietnam era. It notes resistance from Johnson loyalists and labor for his Senate vote against a supersonic transport subsidy, framing him as vulnerable in 1960s era parallels.
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Humphrey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Bombing to Be Cut by 25 Oct
Pentagon sources say U S fighter-bomber sorties in Southeast Asia will be reduced by about 26 percent in the coming fiscal year to roughly 7 500 flights monthly in Vietnam Laos and Cambodia down from about 10 000 this year. B 52 sorties will fall to about 1 000 monthly as air force operations shift toward North Vietnamese supply lines via Laos and Cambodia.
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Washington
U.S
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Nixon
North Vietnam
United States
Thailand
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Set Deadline for Pulaski Districting to be Filed
Four Pulaski County lawmakers warned Monday they will seek a writ of mandamus from the state Supreme Court if a redistricting plan is not filed by week’s end. Reps. Leon Halstead Ralph Patterson Bob Taylor and Art Givens urged single member districts for both houses, saying any plan would likely face court challenges before the election.
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North Little Rock
Pulaski County
State Supreme Court
State Board of Apportionment
Leon Halstead
Ralph Patterson
Bob Traylor
Art Givens
Sherwood
Contempt Charge Hits Panther Case
Chicago AP reports a contempt citation against special prosecutor Barnabas Sears over witness calls in the grand jury probe of the 1969 police raid that left Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark dead. Judge Power imposes a $50 hourly fine, orders continued testimony, and warns jurors may be suspended if not compliant. State’s Atty. Hanrahan’s involvement and potential indictments are also noted.
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F. Richard Ciccone
Associated Press
Chicago
Barnabas F. Sears
Joseph A. Power
Sears
Power
Hanrahan
Illinois Panther Party
Fred Hampton
Mark Clark
State Agents Enter Plea of Guilty
Two former Alcoholic Beverage Control agents Isaiah Jones and Joe M Hill pleaded guilty to four liquor law violations in Pulaski County Circuit Court. Judge Richard B Adkisson sentenced each to 21 months in jail and fines totaling 1350 dollars with 80 dollars suspended. They have until August 1 to pay. The men, both of Little Rock, were among ABC employees indicted by the county grand jury for selling wine and beer without a permit and on Sunday, illegal possession of liquor, and failing to surrender confiscated liquor.
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Little Rock
Richard B. Adkisson
Adkisson
Isaiah Jones
Joe M. Hill
ABC
Pulaski County
Hull
Jones
Bishops weigh freeing priestly celibacy after studies
At their semiannual meeting the U S Roman Catholic bishops considered sociology psychology and theology studies urging broader priest freedoms. They noted many favor ending mandatory celibacy and allowing a free choice while judging ordaining women and married priests as possible though uncertain. The group aims to frame a position for the world Synod of Bishops in Rome next fall.
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George W. Cornell
Detroit
John Cardinal Krol
Philadelphia
Krol
General Studies
International Synod of Bishops
Rome
World Synod
U.S
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Lions Club
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Lion C. R. Burnham
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Oklahoma Tire & Supply
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Oklahoma Tire
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