Labor unions and tax reform clash over political spending
A Senate vote defeats an amendment barring unions from using tax-deductible dues for campaigns, highlighting a rift between tax privileges for special interests and ordinary citizens. The piece recalls editor battles with IRS rulings and warns of potential Nixon veto if the final tax reform preserves the policy.
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Supreme Court
Washington
United States Senate
Arkansas
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Tax Court
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
U.S. Supreme Court
America
Nixon
Trial for Arkansas finances and air rail tech
Arkansas moves to cover a cash shortage by selling four million dollars of U.S. government securities and reports a temporary security balance of over fifty million dollars. Separately, a Los Angeles aerospace showcase unveils a 250 mph magnetic levitation transit vehicle with a ground hovering propulsion system slated for tests in Torrance and potential 1970s service pending further trials.
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Little Rock
State Board of Finance
U.S
Nancy Hall
Arkansas
Hall
Treasury
Ralph Dighton
Los Angeles
U.S. Department of Transportation
James M. Beggs
Federal Aviation Administration
Los Angeles International
Torrance
Garrett Corp
Federal Transportation Agency
Rogers
U S Asked to Bar Poison Gas Shipment
Senator Warren Magnuson and Senator Mark Hatfield urged the White House and Pentagon to stop Army shipments of poison gas from Bangor Washington to Uma Till Oregon. Magnuson urged defense secretary Laird halt until safety precautions improve. Hatfield urged destruction of chemical weapons, citing Nixon’s November renunciation of use unless attacked first.
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Walter R. Mars
Associated Press
Washington
White House
Pentigon
Pacific Northwest
Sens
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Mark O. Hatfield
Rore
Bangor
Wash
Army
Umatill
Ore
Mignuson
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Hatfield
Nixon
Convicted for Draft Evasion in Little Rock
A jury spent 100 minutes Tuesday convicting 24 year old Joe Willie Bearden of Little Rock of failing to report for induction into the armed forces. Bearden, who said he followed Elijah Muhammad, was accused of failing to report on February 20.
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Uttle Rock
Joe Willie Bearden
Little Rock
Bearden
Elijah Muhammad
Ex-Wife Testsifies In Mayfield Sheriff Killing Trial
Clarice Mayfield testified she saw her ex husband Billy Mayfield shoot Sheriff Orval Bishop of Carroll County at Green Forest on July 14. She said Mayfield also shot her after firing at the sheriff. Lavern Bishop, widow, recounted Bishop's plea for help as he died en route to a hospital.
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Berryville, Ark
Clarice Mayfield
Billy
Orval Bishop
Carroll County
Green Forest
Mayfield
Harrison
Bishop
Lavern Bishop
Aged Ponderosa Pines Dying From Smog
In the San Bernardino and San Jacinto ranges east of Los Angeles, Ponderosa pines over 700 years old and towering above 100 feet are dying from smog. Foresters initially blamed insects but later identified ozone as the culprit carried by prevailing winds from LA. Hundreds of thousands of trees are affected.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Neeiles
Los Angeles
Uhey
Ponderosa
San Jacinto Mountains
City Joins Flood Control and Water Supply Study
The City Board voted to join the U S Soil Conservation Service on a flood control project for Terre Rouge Creek that may also provide municipal water. An engineering study will determine feasibility while Urban Renewal plans advance with Housing Authority and school board input. The board also approved selling an abandoned fire truck to Washington AR for 300 and a used trailer for 350, and awarded city employees workers comp insurance to Bill Ellis through Farmers Insurance.
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U.S. Soil Conservation Service
George Brown
The
Soil Conservation Service
Terre Rouge Creek
Mike Kelly
Nidusing Authority
Housing Authority
School Board
Washington
Arkansas
Bill Ellis Insurance Company
Farmers Insurance Group
TV Stations Offer Discount to Candidates
Leake Television Inc. owner of KATV Little Rock and KTUL Tulsa announces an immediate 33 1-3 percent discount on political rates to allow any bona fide candidate to use television. Board chair James C. Leake said the cut addresses rising campaign costs and supports open access to elective office.
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Little Rock
Leake Television Inc
KATV
KTUL
Tulsa
Spa Defeats Rate Increase in Hot Springs Vote
Hot Springs voters defeated a proposed sewer service charge increase on Tuesday. The tally was 3,374 against and 1,990 in favor. The funds would have financed sewer system improvements.
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Associated Press
Rogers, Ark
Rogers
City Council
Hot Springs, Ark
Hot Springs
South Vietnamese Forces Jump 88,000 in Six Months
Saigon reports its armed forces have grown by about 88,000 in six months, bringing total under arms to about 1,090,000. The breakdown shows Army 174,000? Navy 28,000, Air Force 32,000, Marines 11,000, Regional Forces 252,000, Popular Forces 178,000, and paramilitary groups 215,000. Navy, Air Force, and Marines each increased, while the regular army fluctuated slightly.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Nixon
Army
Navy
Revolutionary Development
South Vietnam
U S Mideast Plan Hints at Israeli Withdrawals
AP Special Correspondent John M Hightower reports Secretary of State William P Rogers outlined a three point U S plan for Middle East peace. It calls for Israel and the United Arab Republic to commit to peace with safeguards, negotiations on security provisions under Gunnar Jarring, and Israeli withdrawal from Egyptian territory as part of a broader settlement. He noted no lasting peace without addressing Palestinian displacement.
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John M. Hightower
Washington (Ap
William P. Rogers
U.S. Mideast
Tel Aviv
Rogers
Soviet Union
Moscow
Israel
United Arab Republic
Gunnar) Jarring
Ralph Burkche
Rhodes
Middle East
Boyle Claims Victory in Mine Vote
United Mine Workers President W. A. Tony Boyle claimed victory early today in his re election bid over challenger Joseph A. Yablonski in the union dispute that sparked the bitterest election contest in nearly fifty years.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
W. A. Tony Boyle
Joseph A. Yablonski
Forrest City Plant Cuts Back
Forrest City Arkansas Warwick Electronics Inc said 600 employees would be laid off January 2 due to slackening in the economy. Plant manager Charles Achinakiin said the layoff would be temporary.
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Forrest City
Ark
Warwick Electronics Inc
Charles Achinakiin
B52 Pullout and Senate Tax Reform Clash Deepens
The United States signals a B52 withdrawal from Southeast Asia, moving 30 aircraft to the U.S. or training duty as Abrams shows acquiescence to reduced missions. In Washington, Senate floor fights over tax reform intensify amid added import quotas, with amendments piling up and a conference with the House anticipated to settle riders and a presidential pledge.
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Bob Horton
Washington
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
Air Force
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Defense
Army
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Abrams
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Senate
Defense Appropriations
Laos
Cambodia
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Joe Hall
Associated Press
Mike Mansfeld
John J. Williams
R-Del
GOP
Foreign Aid Bill Advances Amid China Korea Clash
The $1.6 billion foreign aid measure, smallest since World War II, cleared the House 200 to 195 and heads to a Senate clash over military aid to Nationalist China and South Korea. It omits $104.5 million for Asian allies and includes a bar on aid to nations trading with Communist China. President Nixon may call a special session if duties remain unresolved before Christmas. The article also notes district church activities and a correction about an American Legion meeting date.
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Mannonowin Associated Press
Washington
U.S
House
Senate
China
South Korea
Nixon
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Judge Neta Autopsy Kenned Case Blocked by Pennsylvania Court
A Pennsylvania judge refused to order the body of Mary Jo Kopechne exhumed for an autopsy, citing insufficient evidence to determine a cause of death beyond drowning. District Attorney Edmund Dinis’s inquest in Massachusetts is delayed, while Kopechne family objections were considered.
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Lee Linder
Wilkessharre
Pennsylvania
Mary Fo Kopéchne
Edward M. Kennedy
Common Pleas
Bernard C. Brominski
Massachusetts
Brominski
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Tara
Dinis
Edgartown
James A. Boyle
Thomas A. Teller
Boyle
Teller
Joseph Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
N.J
Joseph F. Flanagan
Kopechne
New Donors Sought for Hempstead Bloodmobile Visit
Hempstead County asks for new blood donors as about 300 people supply blood for 20 000 residents. Regulars like Luther Hollaman and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Smittle donate, with Red River Vocational Technical School students contributing. The bloodmobile stops at First Baptist Church Hope on Tuesday December 16 from noon to 6 pm.
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Hempstead County
Haskell Jones
Luther Hollaman
Lloyd Smittle
Red River Vocational Technical School
Red Cross
Hope
First Baptist Church
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