ALC Silent on Use Tax Exemptions
The Legislative Advisory Committee on Tax Reform decided not to make a recommendation on repealing use tax exemptions. It approved a report for the Arkansas Legislative Council noting Arkansas tax effort lags national averages and urging broader sales tax coverage and targeted income tax relief for low earners.
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Little Rock
Legislative Advisory Committee On Tax Reform
Arkansas Legislative Council
Arkansans
Arkansas
Senate
Ronald Winningham
Walnut Ridge
Charles B. Maynard
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Louisiana
Joe Ford
NATO Spending Nearing One Trillion in US Funded Plan
Senate debates a liberalized Nixon family assistance proposal as an amendment to a Social Security bill. Ribicoff and Bennett back the plan while Finance Committee approves a two year test and a new tax structure to fund benefits. If the measure fails, they may attach welfare language to another bill.
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Joe Hall
Associated
Washington
Nixon
Senate
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Ribicoff
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
House
Congress
Bennett
NATO Spending: 15 Nations’ Defense Costs Through 21 Years
NATO members have spent about 1 trillion dollars on defense since 1949, with the U.S. contributing the vast majority. Expenditures rose from 18.7 billion in 1949 to 106.4 billion last year, expected to 102.8 billion this year due to U.S. cuts, with a rise likely in 1971 as Nixon requests more.
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Carl Hartman
Associated Press
Brussels
NATO
U.S
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Clemency for 2 on Death Row Urged
Associate Prof. Ray Guzman of the University of Arkansas Law School says he favors clemency for five Death Row inmates whose cases he studied. Gov. Rockefeller plans to consult before leaving office about clemency for 20 condemned men at Tucker Prison Farm.
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Bill Semmons
Associated Press
Fayetteville, Ark
Ray Guzman
University of Arkansas Law School
Guzman
Winthrop Rockefeller
Tucker Prison Farm
Rockefeller
Plain Sucker for a Door to Door Salesman
Atlanta essay by William L. Chaze recounts a door to door encyclopedia salesman entering a home. The narrator and his son Gavin disrupt the pitch with playful mischief while the salesman clings to his tightly staged display and exits flustered. The writer ends with another doorbell moment as Gavin responds to a new salesman.
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William L. Chaze
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Hong Kong
Sydney
Howdy
Sonny
Gavin
Amity Child Dies in Accident
Amity Arkansas (AP) Tana Lee Wilson aged 3 from Amity Clark County was killed when the truck she rode in went out of control and overturned about 20 miles west of Amity. The driver Wayne Wilson 25 of Amity was hospitalized at Hot Springs police said.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Tana Lee Wilson
Amity
Clark County
Arkansas
Here
Wayne Wilson
Hot Springs
Prisoner Exchange Offered in Vietnam Negotiations
South Vietnam and the United States proposed an immediate release of all North Vietnamese prisoners if U S and allied prisoners are freed. The Viet Cong rejected, saying it would discuss only if the United States agrees to withdraw all troops by June 30, 1971. The Viet Cong issued the statement at a closed-door session.
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David Mason
Associated Press
PARIS
South Vietnam
United States
U.S
North Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Burns proposes anti inflation program to push Nixon policy
Arthur Burns outlines a tough anti inflation plan aiming to push the Nixon administration toward more aggressive wage and price controls. He calls for compulsory arbitration of major labor contracts a wage price review board and a teen minimum wage change. Officials doubt full adoption but concede potential impact on economic strategy. Nixon has already taken steps in line with Burns including oil price rollback and bargaining intervention signals.
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Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Arthur F. Burns
Nixon
Federal Reserve Board
Burns
Fed
Council of Economic Advisers
Los Angeles
Fed official urges incomes policy and warns on inflation risks
Secretary Burns argued in a speech that the Federal Reserve should be ready to use an incomes policy and pressure on wages and prices while not expanding the money supply rapidly. He warned that relying solely on fiscal and monetary tools may fail to curb inflation amid persistent unemployment and urged a broader approach.
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Fed
Burns
White House
Nixon
Paul W. McCracken
Both Sides Reject U S Cease-fire
Saigon government and Viet Cong rejected U S proposals for an extended cease-fire. South Vietnam planned 24 hour cease-fires for Christmas New Year and Tet in late January after talks with Washington. Viet Cong already announced three and four day pauses for Christmas New Year and Tet.
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Saigon
U.S
Washington
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
William P. Rogers
Nationwide rail strike prompts early commuter impact
Thousands of suburban riders felt the first effects as a nationwide rail strike began. Officials warned longer strikes could trigger auto plant shutdowns, food shortages, a power crisis, layoffs, and mail delays, even as Congress ordered workers back with a partial pay raise.
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Associated Press
Auto
Tennessee Valley Authority
New York Metropolitan
New Measure Includes a Wage Hike
AP reporting on a nationwide rail strike with four unions involved. Clerks hold firm despite bans, while other unions honor picket lines. Rail service stalls. vast commuter shifts to cars and buses. coal mine disruptions loom if strike persists. White House seeks compliance and expects union return to work.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Nixon
Penn-Central
Overland
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
Arizona
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
West Virginia
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
United Transportation Union
Brotherhood of Maintenance Way
Hotel, Restaurant and Bartenders International
Dining Car Workers
Ed Miller
Christmas Lighting Ceremony at the Capitol
Secretary of State Kelly Bryant announced the annual Christmas lighting ceremony on the Capitol steps at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The Arkansas Choral Society, directed by Glen Owens, will perform.
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Little Ruck
Kelly Bryant
State Capitol
Bryant
Arkansas Choral Society
Glen Owens
Cold Front and Rain Likely in Arkansas This Week
The National Weather Service expects rain through Friday as a cold front moves through Arkansas. Weekend outlook improves with sunny days and fair nights, temps in the 50s and 60s daytime and 30s to 40s at night. Wednesday highs ranged from 64 in Harrison to 74 in Texarkana, with overnight lows across cities from Fayetteville to Fort Smith. A trace of precipitation was recorded at Jonesboro in the 24 hours ending 6.30 am today.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
National Weather Service
Harrison Io
Texarkana
Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Evening Shade Man Killed
Marion K. Paysinger, 65, of near Evening Shade was fatally injured when his car ran off U.S. 167 and struck a building in Evening Shade Arkansas. State Police reported the fatal crash occurred Wednesday.
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Evening Shade
Ark
Marion K. Paysinger
Near
U.S. 167
Two Auto Crashes Probed by Hope City Officers
Hope City Police investigated two auto accidents yesterday. On S Elm a collision between Oliver Nelson and Estelle Wilson caused minor damage. no charges were filed by Officers Neal and Lingard. At Third and Hervey Noble Scott and Mary Cathy McRoy were involved in a major collision with substantial damage. Officer Sinyard led the investigation.
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Hope City
S. Elm
Oliver Nelson
Estelle Wilson
Neal and
Lingard
Hervey
Noble Scott
Mary Cathy McRoy
Sinyard
Slayer Gets From 199 to 400 Years for Dual Murders
McHenry man Mark Smith, 20, was sentenced to 199400 years for killing two women in Illinois on January 27, 1970, and May 27. He also admitted to killing Ovie Fay Ash in Arkansas on December 3, 1969. Authorities will transfer him to Arkansas for Ash case, then back to Illinois to serve the term. The pleas cover the McHenry victims Jean Bianchi and Jeanann Lin Benfelter.
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Woodstock
Ill
Mark Smith
McHenry
Smith
Ovie Fay Ash
Mountain Home
Ark
Arkansas
Ash
Illinois
Jean Bianchi
Jeanann Lin- Benfelter
All Around Town On Embargo And Local Events
A postal embargo hits All Around Town with only first class and air mail allowed across states Alabama Arkansas Illinois Iowa Kansas Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Oklahoma Tennessee and Texas amid a railway strike. Goodyear Soil Conservation Awards tour features Arkansas duo David D. Cummings and Moss Rowe with other conservation leaders touring Goodyear Farms in Arizona. Prescott students Jim Fairchild and Wilburn King join Southern State College band for a 7 pm concert under director George Massingale. A Lewisville area resident reports Eugene Bobo's triplets birth.
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Hope Post Office
Alabama
Arkansas
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
A. D. Brannan
Servation
Goodyear
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
David D. Cummings
Patmos
Moss. Rowe
Washington
Prescott
Southern State College
Geroge Massingale
Jim Fairchild
James Fairchild
Wilburn King
W.D. King
Campus death ruled an accidental personal safety wound
PINE BLUFF Arkansas AP The gunshot death of Lloyd Donald Patterson 19 of Greenville Mississippi on the Arkansas AM and N campus last Thursday resulted from an accidentally personal safety related wound 4 State Police report says Willie Perkins AN and N chief of security said he agreed with the report which said Patterson was shot with a .25 caliber pistol while with several friends.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Lloyd Donald Patterson
Greenville
Miss
Arkansas Am&n
Willie Perkins
An&n
Patterson
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Lewisville Highway
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