Editorial Exchange Over State Highway Bond Issue
Gurdon editor Thomas J. Key and The Gurdon Times discuss cross reprints of an editorial opposing a 416 million state highway bond and a 2 cent gasoline tax. The exchange critiques Arkansas Gazette policies on home rule and local versus state bonds, noting shifts in stance on Little Rock College and University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
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Washburn
Squares
Behind the Times
THE
Gurdon Times
Thomas J. Key
Tom
Arkansas Democrat
Arkansas Gazette
Gazette
J. N. Heiskell
Arkansas
Drums
Star
Phillips County
Helena
Mississippi River
the Gazette
Pulaski
Little Rock
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Little Rock College
Commonwealth
University of Arkansas At Little
Urban Renewal Plan visualizes downtown changes for Hope
An artist's concept shows Main Street northbound toward the depot with a new plaza at Second and Main connecting northwest and southeast corners. One way traffic rules, tree plantings, a fountain and kiosk are planned. Engineering begins in January with completion aimed for early 1974. Parking is slated at Walnut Division Elm Division Third Elim and Third Waitnut corners. Pedestrian walkways will run mid block.
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Main Street
Depot
Hope
Second
Main Sts
Anderson-Frazier Insurance
Fred’s Discount
Mike Kelly
Walnut
Division
Elm
Third
Elim
Waitnut
The
Star
Main St. Plaza
Special envoy to meet Nixon on Vietnam peace talks
South Vietnam envoy Ngu yen Phu Duc seeks a fourth White House meeting with Henry Kissinger to shape a Vietnam settlement. Reports say Washington grows impatient and Saigon may not sign the draft, while Nixon aims to end the war on honorable terms.
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Washington
South Vietnam
Nguyen Phu Duc
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Ande
Duc
White House
Sai
United States
Saigon
Kissinger
Paris
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Plane crash kills seven in Saigon mission flight
A crash on the central coast killed seven people including Maj. Gen. Tran Thanh Phong and a Vietnamese general. Four crewmen were aboard with an 18 member U.S.-Vietnamese refugee camp team. 15 injured. Five of the dead were Vietnamese and two were American USAID staff.
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Saigon
U.S. Agency For International Development
Tran Thanh Phong
Federal oversight tightens miners vote in historic election
About 200000 United Mine Workers members begin ballots for officers under the strictest federal control. W A Boyle seeks a third term against Arnold Miller amid Yablonski family murder backdrop. Ballots watched by 1000 Labor Department agents. counting expected by Dec 15. cost about $4 million.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
American Labor Movement
Mine Workers
W. A
Tony”’ Boyle
Arnold Miller
Ohley
W. Va
Boyle
Joseph A. Yablonski
Yablonski
Clarksville
Miller
Miners For Democracy
Kenneth
Labor Department
W. J. Usery
Bryant
Usery
Income tax school set for Dec in Post Office Building
An Area Refresher Income Tax School will be held in the Post Office Building Conference Room on Dec 7 with registration starting at 3 30 a m. The event, sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service with IRS Arkansas Tax Division and SSA cooperation, is free except for a 150 fee for materials. Participants will learn about 1972 tax rulings forms and regulatory changes.
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Calvin Caldwell
Cooperative Extension Service
Little Rock
Internal Revenue Service
Arkansas Income Tax Division
Social Security Administration
Caldwell
Max Murphy
Mra Margarete Hooper
B.m.max Lindsey
State of Arkansas Income Tax Department
Social Security
Janes B. Ragland
Clay R. Moore
J.O. Kumpe
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Alex. H. Washburn
Gurdon, Ark
We. Depot
National Building
Pentagon
U.S
Indochina
Phong
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