Tarr says standby draft needed as Vietnam wind-down continues
Selective Service Director Curtis Tarr says the U S cannot fight a war with an all volunteer army and plans on a standby draft during Vietnam withdrawal He notes frustration among draftees especially educated ones and supports phasing out college deferments and calling draftees sooner He plans to testify to Congress next year on Nixon powers to induct men.
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Tarr
Congress
United States
Vietnam
Hope School Lunch Menu For Next Week Monday to Friday
School lunch week plan lists daily meals with main items sides desserts and drinks. Entries include hamburgers meat loaf turkey dressing fish sticks beef soup sandwiches and assorted sides with fruit pies cookies and cake. Note: menu contains duplication and OCR quirks like placeholders and misspellings.
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Hope School
Nixon offers funds for retraining displaced Black teachers
The Nixon administration proposed 3.2 million dollars for retraining displaced Black teachers in the South, arguing discrimination rather than poor training is the core issue. A Race Relations Information Center report for the Education Office says retraining may obscure discrimination and notes many districts have demoted or dismissed Black educators as desegregation proceeds.
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G. C. Thelen Jr
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
South
U.S. Office of Education
Race Relations Information Center
Nashville
Tenn
National Education Association
The
Center
Southern Education Reporting Service
Bumpers to Name Staff Members Next Monday
Arkansas Governor Dale Bumpers will announce his administrative staff on Monday naming Brad Jesson of Fort Smith as legislative aide and Gene Kelly of Rogers as executive secretary.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Bumpers
Brad Jesson
Fort Smith
Gene Kelly
Rogers
State Divided Into Pollution Control Areas
Arkansas will be divided into four pollution control regions for regulation. Jarrell E. Southall of the Arkansas Pollution Control Commission described the plan at a two hour hearing called by the federal EPA Air Pollution Control Office. The four areas cover East Arkansas agriculture Northwest Arkansas manufacturing North and West Arkansas timberland and Central South Arkansas regions.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Jarrell E. Southall
Arkansas Pollution Control Commission
Air Pollution Control Office
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
State Commission
East
Northwest
North
West
Central
South
Opening Statements in Rape Trial for Clarence Lee Bruce
In Little Rock attorneys begin opening statements in the rape trial of Clarence Lee Bruce an 18 year old charged as one of six Negro youths with raping two young white women on an Arkansas River sandbar the night of May 29 1970.
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Little Rock
Clarence Lee Bruce
Arkansas River
Bubble Bath Firms Agree to Reformulateafter FDA Complaints
FDA officials say Purex and Gold Seal will reformulate Bubble Club Fun Bath and Mr Bubble to remove a strong detergent linked to irritation and urinary tract issues. The agency notes high alkylarylsulfonate levels in the products, while firms claim complaints are statistically minor and due to misuse.
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G. David Wallace
Associated Press
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Alfred Weissler
Gold Seal
Robert Gale
Thomas Desmond
Purex
Grocery Products
Desmond
Gale
Weissler
Parker Arrives in Vietnam With Xmas Trees for Troops
Actor Fess Parker landed in Saigon aboard a chartered plane carrying Christmas trees and turkeys for U.S. troops. He said he wished the U.S. had not become involved and that supplies would be loaded onto trucks and sent home. Parker will tour U.S. bases to distribute the cargo.
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Saigon
Fess Parker
U.S
South Vietnam
Parker
Mayors Rate Nixon On Urban Policy At City Conference
Ten major city mayors surveyed by the AP during the National League of Cities congress largely rate Nixon's urban performance as below par. They praise federal revenue sharing and welfare reform proposals, while criticizing the lack of legislation and funding to meet urban needs. Notable quotes cite early welfare reform and tax sharing as encouraging, with concerns over priority setting and domestic program focus amid international events.
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Michael J. Sniffen
Associated Press
Atlanta
Nixon
Natonal League of Cities
John V. Lindsay
Republican
New York
Richard G. Lugar
Indianapolis
Ind
League
Washington
Explosion injures three at University of Kansas center
Lawrence AP report details a bomb threat followed by a blast at KU, injuring three computer center staffers. A pipe bomb is suspected. $10,000 in losses cited as the $3.5 million facility remained operational. The incident occurred amid campus unrest tied to the Gary Jackson firing and related protests.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
John K. Seitz
Seitz
Summerfield Hall
School of Business
Board of Regents
Gary Jackson
Regents
Jackson
Topeka
Rick Dowdell
Dowdell
Watkins Library
Ordinances Would Hike Pay at North Little Rock
Seven North Little Rock aldermen filed two ordinances proposing big salary increases for the mayor and city clerk along with monthly raises for aldermen and a car allowance. The measures, signed by all seven aldermen, seek to ensure officials are not underpaid for service. Travis Hartwick credited as initiating the mayor and clerk pay rise within the filing remarks.
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North Little Rock
Travis Hartwick
Hartwick
Fire Insurance Rate Hike Requested in Arkansas
State Insurance Commissioner A Gene Sykes took under advisement a request by the Arkansas Inspection and Rating Bureau for higher fire and extended coverage insurance rates. He will decide after Jan 1. The bureau covers about 7 percent of Arkansas insurers. The proposal excludes homeowners policies and seeks 25 percent for unoccupied dwellings and an average 16.1 percent for five commercial property categories.
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Little Rock
A. Gene Sykes
Arkansas Inspection and Rating Bureau
Sykes
Arkansas
Rockefeller aides prep for smooth transition to Bumpers
Winthrop Rockefeller outlines steps to ease Dale Bumpers entry as Arkansas governor on January 12. Executive secretary Robert Faulkner details stationery orders, staff turnover, and transfer of legislative ideas while noting vacancies, unconfirmed appointments, and past transition challenges.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Dale Bumpers
Robert W. Faulkner
Rockefeller
Bumpers
Mrs. Bumpers
Rockefellers
Faulkner
State Senate
Senate
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Fighting Heavy in Cambodia
Phnom Penh reports fierce hand to hand combat 38 miles north at Prey Totung as Cambodian forces resist a five week northern offensive. Casualties feared high with government positions dwindling and shells in short supply. In South Vietnam a U S jeep and convoy were attacked, with one civilian technician and seven soldiers wounded or killed.
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John T. Wheeler
Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Prey Totung
Totung Falls
Kompong Cham
Skoun
South Vietnam
U.S
Kompong Som
Saigon
Army
Brazil stands firm on refusing kidnapping demands
Rio de Janeiro sources say Brazil will not meet guerrilla demands for releasing prisoners or broadcasting manifestos in exchange for Swiss ambassador Giovanni Bucher. Police report over 1,300 arrests in the manhunt with many detainees released after ID checks.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Giovanni Bucher
Bucher
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New Delhi
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San Francisco
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