Auto Glass Penalty Looms Over Arkansas Drivers
Our Daily Bread columnist warns Arkansas auto owners face a proposed $50 insurance deduction for glass breakage. After three glass claims per policy the deductible applies, with carriers citing high costs from pea gravel on resurfaced highways. The piece urges pressure on insurance agencies and the State Highway Department to reform resurfacing practices.
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Alex. W. Washburn
Highway Department
Iave
Arkansas
Star
State Highway Department
Arkansas Supreme Court Grants Corporations Among Lawyers
The Arkansas Supreme Court approved a per curiam order granting the executive committee of the Arkansas Bar Association authority to form professional corporations for lawyers. Associate Justice Conley Byrd dissented without comment. The petition notes 47 states have such laws and cites Amendment 28, which vests the court with bar regulation duties.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Arkansas Bir Association
Conley Byrd
Arkansas
State Supreme Court
Byrd
Judge Orders 997 Cases of Liquor Sold
Municipal Judge John L. Wilson ordered 997 cases of seized liquor declared contraband and to be sold under Act 248 of 1969. The decision, appealed to Hempstead Circuit Court, followed the $50 transport permit not being purchased. Cactus Beverage Distributing Co of Phoenix contested release. officers valued the liquor over $50,000. Representing the state was John Robert Graves. counsel for the liquor firm was Hayes C. McClerkin.
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John L. Wilson
Hempstead
Wilson
Star
General Assembly
Hempstead County
Arkansas
State of
John Robert Graves
Hayes C. McClerkin
Justification For Many Complaints At University
Little Rock AP. G Thomas Eisele member of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees says there is justification for many complaints by Negro students. He cites that only 133 of 13,000 students are Black and that increasing Black enrollment would help, noting fear of failure keeps many away.
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Little Rock
University of Arkansas Board of Trustees
G. Thomas Eisele
Eisele
Strain Grows Between Nixon and Congressional GOPs
President Nixon faces renewed friction with House and Senate Republicans over antipoverty and voting rights bills as party leaders split on key votes. The Haynsworth nomination worsens ties, while White House missteps fuel opposition to extending the Economic Opportunity Act and to proposed nationwide voting rights reform.
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John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Senate
Haynsworth Supreme Court
House
Clement F. Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Haynsworth
Republican Party
White House
Congress
Lyndon
Johnson
Cashing a Traveler's Check Snafu Sparks Guilt
AP special correspondent observes a traveler’s check transaction at Gibraltar. A man frets over signing a check while a French sales clerk eyes the scene with suspicion, recalling Interpol and past intrigues as the “fake” signature echoes through the buy.
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Hugh
A. Mulligan
Gibraltar
Justice
Mercury
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Bonnie and Clyde
Mac
Nike
Interpol
Nine Dead In Arkansas Highways Over Thanksgiving
The Associated Press reports nine people died in Arkansas highway crashes during Thanksgiving. Victims include Simon Norwood near Little Rock, A G Gann near McCrary, Debbie Cooper near Emerson, Benjamin Rohrscheib near West Helena, Atta Griffin near Madison Washington line, Robert Cammack and L H Brown near Booneville, Betty Henderson of Dallas, and Wayne Vaughn near Hot Springs.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Simon Norwood
Little Rock
Pulaski County
Penal Farm
Arkansas 10
A. G. Gann
McCrary
Fayetteville
Arkansas 16
Madison- Washington County
Robert H. Cammack
L. H. Brown
Waldyon
Booneville
Betty Henderson
Dillis
Tex
Texarkana
Wayne Allen Vaughn
Hot Springs
Man Charged With Murder In Lit tle Rock Slaying
Edward Lee Cash, 23, has been charged with murder in the Saturday shooting death of 18-year-old Howard Blankenship of Little Rock. Authorities outlined the homicide case seeking trial and possible penalties.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Howard Blankenship
Edward Lee Cash
Fulbright Attacks Pentagon Public Relations Programs
Senator Fulbright accuses the Pentagon of using staff and arms to promote itself by public relations campaigns and intends to amend the defense appropriation bill to curb such programs. He targets an 87386 dollar television newsfilm project highlighting military involvement in Southeast Asia and seeks to strike funds for specific PR efforts. The Arkansas Democrat and Foreign Relations Committee chair outlines a broader series of speeches this week.
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Carl P. Learsdorf
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Sen
C.w. Fulbright
Pentagon
Arkansas Democrat
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Southeast Asia
Senate
Judgment Reversed Over Cross Examination Limits
The Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a $108,000 damage award in a land condemnation case after ruling circuit judge Henry B. Means erred by restricting cross examination of key witness for landowner William J. Dean. The high court did not rule on the size of the jury award, noting the cross-examination limits justified reversal.
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Uttle Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Arkansas Highway Commission
High Court
Circuit Court
Henry B. Means
Faulkner County
Means
Malvern
Russell Roberts
William J. Dean
Dean
Commission
Nevada County
Steve Marlar
Highway Department
Tucker erisGn Farm
Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
Tucker Prison Farm
Rex Humbard
Akron
Ohio
Arkansas
Humbard
Senate Won’t Tighten Ethics Code After Haynsworth Rejection
AP digest notes Senate shows little resolve to tighten its ethics rules after Haynsworth confirmation defeat. Senators discuss disclosure limits, with Williams urging tightening while others prefer to move on to taxes. Jordan questions public financial reports and cites life tenure for judges.
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Senate
AP News Digest
John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
John £. Williams
Haynsworth
Williams
Sen B. Jordan
Idaho
Ethics Committee
Congress
Jordan
John Stennis
D-Miss
Wallace F. Bennett
R-Utah
Ctiics
Landowner Awarded $7,500 in Interstate 30 Case
A jury awarded landowner Coy Breeding seven thousand five hundred dollars for property taken by the Arkansas Highway Department for Interstate 30 just north of Hope city limits on Highway 29.
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Arkansas Highway Department
Interstate 30
Hope City Limits
Highway 29
Breeding
Contract Set for Work on Red River
The New Orleans District Corps of Engineers awarded a $292,200 contract to Carter Construction Co. Inc. of Benton Arkansas for revetment work on the Red River at Grand Escore Louisiana about ten miles north of Natchitoches. The project reinforces the left descending bank with about 2,250 linear feet of board mattress revetment. Colonel Herbert R. Haar district engineer said the contract was assigned after public advertising and formal bids.
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Red River
New Orleans
Corps of Engineers
Carter Construction Co., Inc
Benton, Ark
Grand Escore
Natchitoches
Herbert R. Haar
Town honors Kemp gift and Girl Scout support in 1940s Texarkana area
All Around Town notes Karlton Kemp of Texarkana donated 20 acres to Camp Karlton Kemp used by Conifer Council Girl Scouts. George Frazier served as master of ceremonies for a ceremony with re elected board members Mrs. E P Young Jr and Mrs Thompson Evans Jr. Others from the Hope area attended. Lt. Purtle, daughter of Lt and Mrs Purtle, received 2nd Lt bars as part of US Air Force Nurse Corps commissioning. Frances Day honored at First Baptist Church for 25 years of service. Mrs. Reynerson to move to Glorieta NM for Baptist Assembly duties. Whitfield Masonic Lodge to meet Dec 2. Swell attendees at Fall Ceremonial in Little Rock. Southwestern Bell reports 10 millionth telephone connected in region. Hope area growth noted from 1949 2,508 phones to 1959 3,680 to current 6,577.
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Selective Service
White House
Armed Services
Karlton Kemp
Texarkana
Conifer Council
George Frazier
Flope
E.P. Young, Jr
Thompson Evans, Jr
Kenneth Petre
Gail Sinydrd
Dorsey Stringfellow
Roger Fletcher
Diane Purtle
Purtle
US Air Force Nurse Corps
Texarkana Federal Building
Hope High School
St. Edward's School of Nursing
Ft. Smith
Bell
Bill O'Neal
Hope
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
O'Neal
Fewer GIs in Vietnam Than Two Years Earlier
American troop strength in Vietnam fell below 480,000 for the first time in two years, with 479,500 on hand as of last Thursday, down 4,900 from the prior week and 4,500 under Nixon’s 484,000 cap for December 15. Enemy activity was variable, including Viet Cong assaults in Long An and near Cam Ranh Bay, with modest Allied casualties but ongoing pressure in pacification efforts led by Lt. Gen. Julian J. Ewell.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
South Vietnam
Mekong
Long An
Salegon
Julian J. Ewell
Ewell
Cambodia
By Prang
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