Upland Cotton Program Quotas Set for 1970 Crop
Ralph Montgomery, chair of the Hempstead County ASC, reports the national upland cotton allotment for 1970 at 16,008,333 bales with a 1 million acre reserve. Hempstead County has 3,523 acres available for allotments, based on county history, with final farm allotments set by the County ASC. If two thirds of growers approve quotas, producers within allotments receive price support loans and payments. penalties apply to excess cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Montgomery
Iblandecotton National
Department of Agriculture
Hempstead
ASC
USDA
Congress
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Attack by Viet Cong Forces Near Saigon
A company advancing toward its Saigon area base was hit by Viet Cong along a paddy dike about 50 miles south of Saigon. No enemy casualties reported. The day also saw 58 rocket and mortar attacks across the country, with one American killed and 16 wounded. North Vietnamese artillery shelled Bu Prang and Duc Lap camps near the Cambodian border, while U S B 52 bombers struck the source of the shelling. Early in the article, a note on Charles Brockton Brown marks the shift from war news to literary history.
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Saigon
U.S
Bu Prang
Duc Lap
Gattin Returns as Pulaski County Superintendent
Le Roy Gattin quit the Pulaski County School Board then was rehired as superintendent at a Tuesday meeting. The appointment runs through June 30, 1970, and the board may revisit the decision in April with a spring election. Dan Bass resigned as acting superintendent and Dan Wisdom then resigned from the board.
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Little Rock
Leroy Gattin
Pulaski County School
Gattin
Clyde MacPherson
John Reed
Dan Wisdom
Dan Bass
Wisdom
Kiwanians Entertain Their Ladies Night at Town and Country
Kiwanians and their Kiwani queens plus guests gathered for Ladies Night at the Town and Country Restaurant. Dot Beck of Searcy Arkansas, a versatile entertainer and former teacher, performed ballads folk songs country western and popular numbers. About eighty to ninety attendees enjoyed the pre Christmas event.
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Dot Beck
Searcy
Arkansas
Arkansas Thursday Weather Forecast Sees Little Temperature Change
The forecast for Arkansas shows minimal temperature change on Thursday with a steady high near 65 and a low around 20s to low 30s tonight. No significant shifts expected beyond a cool, dry day with cold overnight conditions.
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Arkansas
Pentagon to move 16000 tons of Okinawa gas to U S
Pentagon sources say up to 16000 tons of packaged lethal chemical weapons from Okinawa will be shipped to the United States beginning this month or January. Five shipments are planned with about 200 rail cars per load, moving GB VX and mustard gas to Bangor Washington and then to Umatilla Oregon under strict safety procedures.
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Bob Horton
Washington
Okinawa
United States
Pentagon
Okienawa
Army
Congress
Colorado
Atlantic Ocean
New Jersey
National Academy of Science
Bangor
Wash
Umatilla
Ae Secretary of the Army
Stanley R. Resor
Nixon Gets Tickets From Hog Backers
In Fayetteville Arkansas backers of the University of Arkansas donated about 25 tickets for President Nixon to attend the Arkansas Texas football game. The game is sold out and lodging is booked solid as the White House confirms Nixon will visit with Secret Service agents.
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Fayetteville, Ark
University of Arkansas
Nixon
White House
Secret Service
Lapin Fights Dismissal Over Fannie Mae Role Change
Raymond H. Lapin says President Nixon fired him as head of the Federal National Mortgage Association to open a lucrative job for an administration ally. Lapin aims to challenge the move, seeking an $85,000 salary, while noting his current pay around $40,000. White House backing cited by Housing Secretary Romney and FNMA directors. Lapin, a longtime California political figure, had contributed to Democratic campaigns before joining government in 1967.
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John M. Pearce
Associated Press
Washington
Raymond H. Lapin
Nixon
National Mortgage Association
Administration
Lapin
George Romney
FNMA
Department of Housing and Urban Development
White House
Romney
California
Edmund G
Brown
Murder Trial at Berryville Opens in Circuit Court
Berryville Ark July selection begins in circuit court for the murder trial of Billy Mayfield, 29, of Harrison. The Associated Press reports the case is set to proceed this morning with opening statements and evidence in the Berryville courtroom.
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Berryville
Ark
Billy Mayfield
Har Tison
Indictments sought in Manson group slayings
Attorney Richard Caballero links Susan Atkins and others to Charles Manson followers in Los Angeles County. Chief Edward Davis said indictments would be sought from the county grand jury Friday against three arrested and four of five others unnamed. Atkins, 21, faces murder charges in Gary Hinman’s July slaying, while Caballero claims Atkins was present and hypnotized by Manson whose followers regarded him as God Jesus and Satan.
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Manson
Edward M. Davis
Davis
Independence
Richard Caballero
Susan Denise Atkins
Miss Atkins
Gary Hinman
Topanga Canyon
Caballero
Miss Atkin
Hinman
Sadie Glutz
Tate
la Bianca
Cent
God
Jesus
Satan
Delegates criticize Nixon hunger plan at White House talks
At the White House conference on hunger, delegates press for a $5,500 guaranteed annual income for the poor and immediate food shipments. Critics call Nixon's opening speech inadequate, with la Raza caucus voicing dismay over no national hunger emergency and insufficient Family Assistance Program.
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William J. Waugh
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
White House
Congress
Peter Edelman
Washington, D.C
la Raza
Social Security Benefits Hike Approved by House Panel
The House Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously to recommend a 15 percent across the board Social Security increase effective January 1. Chair Wilbur Mills said passage in the House is hoped in a few days, with actual payments rising to about 115 dollars on average but not until April 1 due to check processing. The panel deferred welfare reform action to next year.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Senate
Congress
Mills
Social Security Administration
Nixon
Market Falls to 1969 Low on Tuesday
New York traders sent the Dow Jones industrial average down 3.69 to 801.35 as the AP 60-stock average slipped 2.4 to 276.3 and the NYSE index fell 0.34 to 51.98 amid monetary restraint and Viet Nam war uncertainty. The decline marks a fresh 1969 yearly low for the averages.
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New York
Associated Press
Dow
Mysterious Moon Mounds May Be Rocks
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Mysterious mounds puzzled Apollo 12 astronauts during eight hours of moonwalks may be large rocks ejected from craters Dr Edward Chan quarantined with the astronauts said photographs show mounds like small buttes on the lunar surface He noted similar earth structures and mentioned German finds.
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Alan L. Bean
Germany
Bodies Recovered From Ruins In Quebec Fire
Searchers pulled 32 bodies from the charred ruins of a three story wooden home for the aged in Notre-Dame-du-Lac Quebec as officials said 40 to 58 may have perished. Authorities noted 68 to 72 elderly residents plus six staff were inside when the fire hit early Tuesday.
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Notre-Dame-Du-Lac
Set
Cyrille Charron
Maine
Charron
Social Welfare Office
Cabano
Old People’s Home
Charles Tardif
Repos de Vieillard
Welfare Department
Jean- Paul Cloutier
Quebec City
Andre Canell
Fulbright Bid Shelved by Senate Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee quietly shelved Senator J. W. Fulbright's proposal for a hearing on the Vietnam war's impact on American mood and morality. Fulbright, an Arkansas Democrat, cited the My Lai massacre as motivation though he did not seek an inquiry into the killings there. A majority of the committee signaled opposition to hearings now, but Fulbright said they could be proposed again when Congress reconvenes in January.
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Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
America
Fulbright
Arkansas Democrat
My Lai
Mrs Elsie Edwards Dies After Long Illness in Camden
Elsie Edwards 85 formerly of Camden died Tuesday in a local rest home. She was wife of the late Clifton N. Edwards and a Presbyterian Church member. Survived by three sons Bass W. Edwards Ben Davis Edwards and Paul Edwards. two daughters Mrs Frank Dixon and Mrs Ernest Purcell. a sister Mrs Lukie Stockton. Services Thursday 10 a.m. at Proctor Funeral Chapel Camden with Dr Martin Singleton. Burial Union Ridge Cemetery near Monticello. Local arrangements Oakcrest Funeral Home.
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Elsie Edwards
Camden
Clifton N. Edwards
Presbyterian Church
Basst W. Edwards
Ben Davia Edwards
Hope
Paul Edwards
Frank Dixon
Ernest Purcell
Lukie Stockton
Monticello
Proctor Funeral Chapel
Martin Singleton
Union Ridge Cemetery
Oakcrest Funeral Home
Tax Collections Show Hike of 15.3 Million
The Arkansas Revenue Department reported five month collections at 139.706 million, up 15.3 million from four years earlier. Special revenues rose over 3.5 million to 49.20 million, while general revenues increased 11.73 million to 90.39 million.
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Little Rock
State Revenue Department
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