Nixon hints at wage price review board to curb inflation
President Nixon signalled openness to a wage price review board if Congress hearings show it can curb inflation without harming the economy. Treasury Secretary Connally backed debate, while Nixon stressed he would use White House power to ensure industry and labor settlements are responsible, resisting a formal board.
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Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Washington
API
Nixon
Congress
Capitol Hill
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur J. Burns
Treasury
John B. Connally
White House
Obituaries and notices from Arkansas and New York
Obituary items report Mrs Hattie Park Watkins of Waldo dying in a local hospital with services to be held at Shiloh Baptist Church near Waldo. Survived by sons and daughters including Guy Watkins and Mrs W C Tyler. Other notes announce Philip J. Levin death in New York and Jessie Evans Smith passing in Salt Lake City. A weather and agricultural brief mentions heavy rains affecting crops in multiple counties, future hay yield, and ongoing vaccination in Hempstead County with pests noted in corn and sorghum.
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Hattie. Watkins
Hattie Park Watkins
Waldo
Hope
Washington
First Baptist Church of
el Dorado
Guy Watkins
W. C. Tyler
Leroy Head
A. R. Arrington
Benton
Will Polk
Buckner
Salt Lake City
Jessie Evans Smith
Joseph Fielding Smith
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Miller County
Lafayette County
Polk County
Hempstead
Howard County
Nevada County
Arkansas
Vote Cuts Aid to Pakistan and Greece
The House voted to suspend Greek and Pakistani military governments from U.S. aid. Greek aid of 118 million was cut off to press democracy, while Pakistan relief of up to 445 million was upheld amid turmoil blamed for 10 million refugees. A foreign aid bill of 3.4 billion for two years passed, sending to the Senate.
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Jim Adams
Associated Press
Washington
House
U.S
Pakistan
India
Senate
James A. Burke
D-Mass
Greece
NATO
Wayne L. Hays
Dohio
Burke
Hays
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Gerald R. Ford
Nixon
America
Cornelius E. Gallagher
D-N.j
Revival at Sweet Home Church in Hope Arkansas
The Sweet Home United Methodist Church on Highway 24 between Prescott and Blevins will host a revival meeting from Sunday evening August 8 at 7 30 through Friday night August 13 with evangelist Rev Jerry Westmoreland. John W Rushing is pastor. The item also notes a space mission excerpt later.
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Sweet Home United
Texas Child Suffocates at De Queen
A 5 month old child died on arrival at a De Queen hospital from apparent suffocation. Donna Lynn Coffman, daughter of Alice Coffman of Itasca Texas, was among five sleeping in a parked car near the fair grounds when the accident happened. The grandmother found the baby dead upon waking. The group was en route to Gentry Arkansas to visit relatives. Wakulla Springs is a wildlife preserve south of Tallahassee Florida.
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DE Queen
Ark
Donna Lynn Coffman
Alice Coffman
Itasca
Tex
Fair Ground
Gentry, Ark
Unity Baptist Choir Performs gospel Concert for Kiwanis
The Unity Music Makers from Unity Baptist Church presented a Gospel Music concert at a Kiwanis Club meeting. Gordon Renshaw arranged and introduced the program with Quetta Ellis, Linda Brown, Ruth Hicks, Shirley Cooper, Bob Hand, and Pastor Renshaw as performers. Edward Cooper accompanied on piano and Mike Huckabee aided on bass guitar.
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Unity Music Makers
Unity Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
Gordon Renshaw
Unity Church
Quetta Ellis
Linda Brown
Ruth Hicks
Shirley Cooper
Bob Hand
Edward Cooper
Mike Huckabee
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
Cooper
Weather Forecast and Gospel Music Event in Arkansas
The 24 hour period ending 7 am Wednesday saw a high of 82 and a low of 69 with 0.37 inches of precipitation. Forecasts call for showers and thunderstorms today and tonight, mainly in the southeast half, with mid 70s to mid 80s highs and 60s to low 70s for lows. English teacher by profession notes gospel selections and Unity Music Makers concert Friday at Unity Baptist Church with proceeds aiding the Mission Program. In Marianna, Ark., Mayor John Oxner said a curfew lifted after a dispute between white merchants and black customers.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Calvary
Unity Music Makers
Cooper
Wanda King
Conway
Unity Baptist Church
Marianna, Ark
John Oxner
Oxner
Weather Summary Sections with Temperatures
Weather report fragment lists temperatures for multiple locations with numbers such as 64 91 and 12 86 66 80 70 and a value 2.70. Sparse readable data suggests a regional snapshot of highs and lows across places, but lacks full place names dates or context for precise interpretation.
DuPont survey finds shoppers spend 34 minutes daily in stores
Retailers seek what customers want most. A DuPont Consumer Products Division survey costing $100,000 reveals that shoppers spend 34.8 minutes in stores and $5 to $25 per visit, with at least one unplanned purchase. Women's wear accounts for 27 percent of purchases and health and beauty aids 26 percent. 58 percent abandon planned items due to being out of stock.
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