Congress May Adjourn by Mid week
Congress moves toward adjournment as foreign aid lingers and other bills await final action. Senators debate a temporary aid measure worth about 2.6 billion annually while House leaders push to finish funding and exit for the year.
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Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Washington
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Senate
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Tawchina
Israel
Nixon
Economic Control Authority
District of Columbia
Showers Back in Arkansas Weather Forecast
The Associated Press reports that a cold front will move into northwest Arkansas by Tuesday morning bringing dry conditions there while moisture likely returns to the southern part of the state. Some light showers occurred in southeast Arkansas, with fair skies today and highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s across the state and similar ranges for Tuesday. Overnight lows were expected in the upper 30s to low 40s with specific station readings listed and no precipitation reported in the 6 am hour.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Fayettevile
Harrison
Jones- Love
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
Weather Report From Arkansas Experiment Station
Weather summary for W hours ending 7:00 a.m. Monday shows high 67 and low 36 with fair conditions in Arkansas. Increasing clouds southwest tonight with a chance of showers by sunrise. Tuesday brings a chance of showers in the southeast half. Mild days and cold nights continue through Tuesday. Today highs mid 50s north to mid 60s south and tonight lows upper 30s to low 40s. Tuesday highs mid 30s to low 60s.
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Weather Experiment Station
Associated Press
Arkansas — Fair
Chides Bumpers About Women Employment Policy
HOPE Ark AP The president of the Arkansas Federation of Republican Women says Gov Dale Bumpers may be courting political death by his inaction on employing more women in state government Mrs Jerri Pruden of Hope criticized the governor after reports showed a 1 decline in executive branch female staff since he took office in January She accused him of neglecting female citizens and political appeal.
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Hope, Ark
Arkansas Federation of Republican Women
Dale Bumpers
Jerri Pruden
Hope
Bumpers
Mrs. Pruden
Arkansas Bar seeks full-time executive secretary
The Executive Committee of the Arkansas Bar Association backs hiring a full time executive secretary for the Committee on Professional Conduct to hear and investigate violations of professional conduct rules. The Arkansas Supreme Court via Nov 15 per curiam order raised the license fee from 2 to 17 dollars to fund the position, with the secretary expected to be hired shortly after January.
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Little Rock AP
The
Arkansas Bar Association
Arkansas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Big Banks Cut Prime Rates Across Major Banks
New York banks move to ease lending costs as Morgan Guaranty Trust lowers its prime rate from 5.12 percent to 5.06 percent effective immediately. The cut follows prior reductions and reflects softer money market conditions and loan demand. First National City Bank joined the float base rate shift, now at 5 percent, as others consider similar changes.
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New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Morgan Guaranty
First National City Bank of New York
IRS Answers Phase I Freeze Questions and Guidance
IRS provides a set of questions and answers on Phase I Freeze decisions and explains regulations by the Cost of Living Council Pay Board and Price Commission. It covers price increases for resale products due to a 10 percent import surcharge, wage increase authority in construction, pension plan rulings, and Phase 2 wage guideline exemptions for agricultural workers. The base pay figure for further increases is $1.80.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Cost of Living Council
Pay Board
The
Price Commission
Construction Industry Stabilization Committee
IRS
Cable TV policy split eyed by Nixon committee
Washington AP report says a cabinet level cable TV committee favors restricting ownership and control of systems and program suppliers. The plan would propose four options to Nixon, creating a new national policy between FCC proposals and common carrier structures.
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Wixon
Nixon
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Office of Telecommunications Policy
White House
National Association of Broadcasters
National Cable Television Association
Committee of Copyright Owners
Herbert Klein
FCC
Arkansas High Court Decisions and Rehearing Denials
Proceedings in the Arkansas High Court affirm, reverse, or remand several cases from Ouachita, Garland, Logan, Pulaski, Conway, Pope, Sevier, and Union districts. Notable rulings include affirmations for Vick v Berg and Harrington v State, reversals for Rose Smith minor and Alten v Bibler Brothers, with remand in Lowery v Lowery and a denied rehearing in Johnson v State and Rickett v Harry Hayes. Dissent noted in Yarbrough case.
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Carleton Harris
Litman C. Vick
Henry M Berg
Ouachita City
George Rose Smith
Lon Earl Moncrief
George Young
William W. Green
John E. Stasick
Garland
Louise S. Ferguson
Fred W. Ferguson
Logan City
Lyle Brown
Bobby Joe Harrington
State of Arkansas
Pulaski
Arkansas State Highway Commission
Loyd Coffman
Conway
John A. Fogleman
Bibler Brothers Lumer Co
Albert B. Alten
Pope
J. Fred Jones
Michael Szklaruk
Olga Szklaruk
Sevier City
Conley Byrd
Rock Steel Building Co
R. D. Elgin and Co., Inc
Frank Holt
Thelma Gay Lowery
Ollie Fred Lowery
Mack Trucks of
Arkansas Inc
Walter Yarbrough
Union Circuit
Harris, C. J
Gogleman & Jones, Jr
Leonard Johnson
Richard W. Rickett, Jr
Harry Hayes
Boone County
Arkansas
Et al
Boone County Abstract & Title Co., Inc
Bodies of Two Found Near Corning Arkansas
In Corning Arkansas two youths Charles Ray Bonner sixteen and Elsie Mae Webb eighteen affairs of Aurora Illinois were found dead in a parked car about five miles west of Corning. Deputy Sheriff Glenn Archer said carbon monoxide poisoning appears to be the cause. The elder Bonner found the running car on a county road and reported the couple was last seen late Saturday night.
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Charles Ray Bonner
Elsie Mae Webb
Aurora
Glenn Archer
Clay County
Archer
Ray Bonner
Bonner
Doubt Over Bombing of Dacca Orphanage
Uncertain who attacked the Dacca orphanage last week amid conflicting claims. Initial speculation blamed Indian aircraft, but India denied involvement and Bengali sources offered alternate theories. A propeller plane was noted, and fears persist that up to 300 boys may have died.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
India
Pakistan
Price GroupTurns to Rent and Health Costs
The Price Commission will set guidelines for residential rent and health costs after the post-freeze limbo. Chairman C. Jackson Grayson Jr. moved the items for discussion at the weekly meeting, with decisions likely late Tuesday or Wednesday. The Pay Board seeks wage reporting forms and clarifies raises beyond 5.5 percent. Congress acted on tax cuts and sent a wage-price bill to a conference committee. The Price Commission approved a 3.6 percent rise for U.S. Steel mill products while Rent and Health Panels await recommendations.
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Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington
The
Price Commission
Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Pay Board
Congress
Nixon
Senate
Seraspace
U.S
Rent Advisory Board
Committee On the Health Services Industry
Burglary Conviction Upheld by Court
The Arkansas Supreme Court upholds the conviction of Bobby Joe Harrington of North Little Rock for attempted burglary. Justice Lyle Brown writes that cross examining a defendant on prior crimes is allowed when he testifies in his own defense, since credibility is key as officers testified he ran away.
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Harrington
Brown
Hope Star history notes and legal brief mix
The Hope Star reports on a burglary attempt at a building where Harrington and James Milton Sipes were allegedly beaten by a Little Rock patrolman after Aug. 9 arrests. It cites dismissals of three patrolmen and a court upholding or reversing related judgments, including a Conway County land loss case and a Pulaski County stockholder contract dispute involving Rock Steel Building Co and R D Elgin Co.
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Harrington
James Milton Sipes
North Little Rock
Little Rock
Doyle Webb
Ronnie E. Phillips
Raymond L. Miller
Tom F. Digby
Webb
Phillips
Miller
Supreme Court
Conway County
Loyd Coffman
State Highway Commission
Pope County
Allen
Bibler Bros. Lumber Co
Pulaski County
Rock Steel Building Co
R. D. Elgin and Co., Inc
Prime Minister Ed Heath Leads Christmas Choir
Broadstairs England AP Prime Minister Edward Heath conducted a charity performance guiding a large choir and orchestra in his hometown annual Christmas carol concert.
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Broadstairs
England
Edward Heath
London Symphony Orchestra
Heath
Obituaries for Cantley McDonald Aitken Markham
Obituary notices report James William Cantley 59 of Denver died December 10 after a Hope native who practiced law and CPA in Denver. Funeral in Denver December 13. Maurice J. McDonald 69 co founder of McDonald hamburger chain who sold it for 2.7 million years ago died Saturday. Kate Aitken 81 Canadian broadcaster known as Mrs A died Sunday after lengthy illness. John R Markham 76 MIT aeronautical engineering professor emeritus died Sunday after a fall last month.
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W. Cantley
James William Cantley
Hope
Denver
Hope High School
Washington & Lee University
University of Denver School of Law
University of Colorado
Cantley
Hope Auto Company
Sidney Hoffman
el Paso
Texas
Neice
Colorado
Maurice J. McDonald
Palm Springs
Calif
Richard
McDonald Golden Arches Hamburger
Kate Aitken
Toronto
Mrs. Aitken
Mrs. A
John R. Markham
Cambridge, Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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