Pryor’s Home Rule Drive Faces Local Pushback in Prescott
The editorial endorses Gov. Pryor as he promotes a home rule plan to cut county and city ties to finance. It argues local governments must regain tax and spending power, warns of dependence on Little Rock and Washington, and urges readers to back Pryor’s challenge to the current system.
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David Pryor
Prescott
Arkansas
Pryor
Little Rock
Gov. Pryor
Washington
City Subscribers Service Hours for Missed Star
Missed delivery notification urges subscribers to call 777 8841 during specified hours for missed Star deliveries Monday to Friday 6 to 6 30 p m and Saturday 3 30 to 4 p m Carrier delivery will be arranged after the call.
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Times
Economic index stabilizes after two-month decline
The government reports October’s leading index unchanged after two months of decline, hinting the slowdown may not worsen. Revised figures show August and September declines larger than first reported, with mixed October results and several negative and positive components.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Plains
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Robbery at Brussels trade union office kills child and injures seven
Four robbers opened fire at a Brussels unemployment office during pay day, killing a five year old Pascal Demol and wounding seven others including six trade union officials and a policeman. Three assailants captured as chaos erupted in the crowded building.
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Brussels
Belgium
Pascal Demol
Lopez Portillo inaugurated as Mexico’s new president
Jose Lopez Portillo takes office amid an economy in crisis with heavy foreign debt inflation and unemployment. Ros al Carter Henry Kissinger and dignitaries attend a ceremony at the National Auditorium as security seals the capital after bomb attacks. Portillo, Echeverria’s finance chief, promises a policy outline in a 90 minute inaugural address and hints at a shift to the right with a cabinet featuring anti Echeverria figures.
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Mexico City
Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
Rosalynn Carter
Henry A. Kissinger
Lopez Portillo
Luis Echeverria
Jimmy
Mrs. Carter
Kissinger
Ford
Jack
Johnson
Lady Bird
Echeverria
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Congress
Broiler output to slow in 1977 as profits shrink officials say
The Agriculture Department forecasts broiler production reaching a record 9.1 billion pounds in 1976 but slowing in 1977 as profit margins dwindle. First quarter output may rise about 6 percent from a year earlier before backsliding to 1976 levels by mid year. Wholesale broiler prices are seen easing to 34 to 38 cents per pound through mid-1977, while egg prices remain strong with Grade A Large buyers at 71 to 73 cents a dozen in late 1976 and expected to ease in 1977’s first half.
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Washington
New York
Mrs. Rubye Brown 62 dies after lengthy illness
Mrs. Rubye E. Brown, 62, died early Wednesday in a local nursing home after a lengthy illness. Widow of Police Chief Jack Brown she taught piano for about 40 years and was a Unity Baptist Church pianist and Sunday School teacher. Survivors include three sons, three brothers, and five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Herndon Funeral Home.
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Rubye E. Brown
Jack Brown
Unity Baptist Church
Fulton
Jerry Brown
Jack Ronald Brown
Hope
Doyle Lee Brown
San Antonio
Tex
Frank Walters
Charles W. Walters
Rockford, Ill
J.L. Walters
Clarksville
Fiery Officers Club blast injures three at Rhein-Main base
An explosion and fire at the Officers Club on Rhein-Main U.S. Air Force Base during lunch hour injured three people amid a crowded lounge. Investigators considered bombing but found no prior bomb threat as flames spread and the building was declared a total loss. Firefighters from the base and Frankfurt airport battled the blaze.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
Rhein-Main
U.S. Air Force Base
Air Force
Gilmore faces firing squad within days if appeals fail
Gary Mark Gilmore could be executed by firing squad within days of his 36th birthday after Utah pardons board upheld a death sentence for killing a motel clerk during a robbery. He awaits a new execution date set by a Provo judge as lawyers vow further appeals.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Mark Gilmore
State Pardons Board
Gilmore
4Th District
J. Robert Bullock
Provo
George Latimer
Utah State Prison
Ton
Pardons Board
Rampton
Tom Jones
Utah Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Piaace Pwe
Winter forecast: colder conditions across much of nation
The U S Weather Service updated its winter forecast predicting colder than normal conditions for the eastern half of the country and regions including the Southwest and Ohio Valley. The Dakotas Wyoming and Pacific Coast Mexico are expected to have above normal temperatures.
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Washington
U.S. Weather Service
Southwest
Ohio Valley
Great Plains
New Mexico
Middle Atlantic
New York
Dakotas
Wyoming
Pacific
Mexico
Advisors formed to guide reading program in 1977 78
A committee including Mrs. Katie Harris Rev W T Keyes Mrs. Ruel Williams Mrs Donna Smith Herman Johnson Mrs Barbara Wylie Pamela Embry David Jones Mrs Maxine Green Mrs Suella Tye and J W Rowe will advise local school authorities on planning implementing and operating a reading program for middle and high school students and a temporary attendance center during 1977 78 funded by the Emergency School Aid Act. The act aims to reduce minority segregation and educational disadvantages. ARKANSAS: weather forecast indicates partly cloudy conditions with milder temperatures.
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Katie Harris
Arlene LaGrone
W. T. Keyes
Ruel Williams
Donna Smith
Herman Johnson
Barbara Wylie
Pamela Embry
David Jones
Maxine Green
Suella Tye
J.W. Rowe
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U.S
Labor Department
Ark
Jim Harris
Prescott High School
Broiler
Rubye Brown
KXAR
Officers Club
Calvin L. Ramp
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