Winters Crisis for Post Office Prompted by Cold Wave
Reporter notes a midwinter fishing outing at Millwood Lake and records a sharp cold spell across Arkansas. The piece highlights the public debate over postal reform, urging readers to obtain the Kappel Report and press Congress for change toward a self supporting, publicly owned Post Office.
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Kappel
Frederick R. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
P.O. Box
Washington, D.C
Committee On
Congress
Warmer Trend Heading for Arkansas Weather
The Associated Press reports Arkansas will see a warming trend Wednesday after a cold front on Monday. A high pressure system moving southeast then eastward will lift temperatures and bring more cloudiness into Thursday, with no precipitation expected.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Carolinas
Tax Bill by Christmas Is Hopeful
Washington AP report notes progress on tax reform with hopes for a law by Christmas. House approval of a 15 percent boost to Social Security benefits tightens talks on minimum payment, tax-exemption levels, and foundation taxes amid Nixon veto threats and potential delayed tax cuts.
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Washington
Hane
Senate
House
Nixon
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Chambers
Federal Gun Control Law Missed Main Target by Loop Hole
An Associated Press study shows the federal gun control act failed to curb cheap handguns. Importers shifted to assembling guns domestically or using US made parts, keeping overall cheap handgun sales steady. Senators and officials note gaps remain and urge tighter bans on delivery and domestic production of junk guns.
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Frank Murray
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
United States
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Dodd
National Commission On Violence
Commssion
California
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Randolph W. Thrower
Senate
FBI
Robert F. Kennedy
Quite a Fancy Name for a Japanese Ship in This Condition
AP Special Correspondent Hugh A Mulligan reports aboard the Aristotle Saki Toomey docked at Southampton with a mixed-crew crew of two sailors, 26 computers, and an ocean au pair named Hasmid. Captain Hiroshima Tojo Asahi wears a silk kimono and jokes about the ship’s grand image as it loads crude in Rotterdam and undergoes maintenance in Dakar.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Southampton
England
Aristotle Saki Toomey
London
Hiroshima Tojo Asahi
Rotterdam
Dakar
Hiroshina
Hasmid
Suit Filed in Broken Glass Case at Union National Bank Building
Pickens-Bond Construction Co. files in Little Rock federal court seeking liability for replacing defective Spandrelite glass panes in the Union National Bank Building. claimants include architect Thomas E. Stanley of Dallas Nichols Engineering and Materials Co. of Dallas and Pittsburgh Plate Glass Industries of Pittsburgh. over 20 panes already replaced with 40 percent of 2000 panes allegedly defective.
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Little Rock
Pickens-Bond Construction Co
U.S. District
Union National Bank
Pickens-Bond
Thomas E. Stanley
Dallas
Nichols Engineering and Materials Co
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Industries, Inc
Pittsburgh
Stanley
Nichols
PPG Industries
Army sergeant dies in Vietnam no hostile action
Washington AP reports Army 8. Sgt. Regginald W. Plummer, husband of Mrs. Minerva L. Plummer of near Mountain View, died in Vietnam not from hostile action. Defense Department announced Monday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army
Regginald W. Plummer
Minerva L. Plummer
Mountain View
Vietnam
Defense Department
Thieu approves Nixon Vietnam troop withdrawal plan
President Thieu welcomed President Nixon's troop withdrawal plan and said South Vietnam will gradually assume more responsibility. The move lowers U.S. force levels to about 434000 with 50 000 troops cut by April 15 bringing total withdrawn since last June to about 110000. The Viet Cong staged a major Saigon attack near the eve of Nixon's speech, injuring six at a printing plant.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Radio
Hanoi
Thien
Republic of Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
Forrest City Man Seeks Parade Do-Over
Forrest City Ark AP Dr Norman Saliba leads a move to reschedule the annual Christmas parade after the Lions Club canceled it following threats to pull Negro children from the event The controversy centers on segregationist views and community intimidation voiced at a Sunday meeting attended by about 40 people including Mayor Robert Cope Saliba condemns threats to children and urges defiance of intimidation to preserve civil rights.
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Forrest City
Ark
Norman Saliba
Foreest City
Lions Club
Saliba
Robert Cope
LR Base to Be Deactivated
Little Rock Air Force Base will deactivate the 825th Strategic Aerospace Division as SAC units shift to Tactical Air Command on January 1, ending base alignment with SAC. The change marks the conversion of the base from SAC to TAC control and duties.
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Little Rock
825Th
Strategic Aerospace Division
Strategic Air Command
Lite Rock Air Force Base
SAC
Tactical Air Command
Violence Could Cut School Funds by Cotton in Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee amended a 20 billion appropriation to allow cutting federal funds to colleges that fail to curb campus violence. The move, and a separate House provision restricting desegregation progress, drew criticism from HEW Secretary Finch. The bill now totals about 16.6 billion plus 3.7 billion in Senate increases and faces further action.
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John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Robert H. Finch
Senate
Finch
Labor Department
Appropriations’ Committee
Cotton
HEW
Witnesses Tell of Attack at Memphis Navy Court-Martial
Two government witnesses testified at the Memphis Naval Air Station court martial of four marines charged with rioting. They described seeing Black Marines attack white personnel in a barracks during a July 30 incident. Thomas D. Green of Birmingham and Marine Sgt. Danny Carthon of Water Valley both testified about the confrontations.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis Naval Air Station
Charles
Navy
Thomas D. Green
Birmingham
Danny Carthon
Water Valley
Miss
Nixon orders 50000 more troops withdrawal from Vietnam
AP reports President Nixon announces the withdrawal of 50000 additional American troops from Vietnam to allow flexibility against a major new enemy offensive. South Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Thieu approves the move and vows greater integration of allied forces as U.S. funding shifts to other defense priorities.
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pRiess
Washington
Nitoh
Vietnam
Apell
Wholesale business in Little Rock area rises in 1967
The Bureau of Census reports that the Little Rock-North Little Rock metropolitan area including Pulaski and Saline counties had wholesale business totaling 727 million dollars in 1967, up 34.1 percent from 1963. payroll across 539 firms reached 48 million, a 37.1 percent increase since 1963.
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Little
Hunter seasons and school closings in Hope area
The notice lists hunting seasons with species and limits including Archery deer through January 21 and Dove through January 21 with ten birds, Rabbit to February 15 with eight, Squirrel by December 31 with eight, Duck and Goose until December 28, Snipe to January 15 with eight, Gallinule to January 15 with fifteen, Woodcock through January 31 with five. Superintendent James H. Jones says Hope schools close December 19 for Christmas and reopen January 5. Weyerhaeuser now owns more land than before, totaling 2,696,000 acres in several states, with 2,685,000 acres in Washington and Oregon. Hope Athletic Booster Club hosts a Physical Fuels Program tonight at 7 on the new weight machine in the football locker room, per Ronnie Phillips.
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Weyerhaeuser Company
Nasheville News
Northwest
Weyerhaeuser
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Alabama
Virginia
Washington
Oregon
The
Hope Athletic Booster Club
Ronnie Phillips
Nixon to Pull Out 50,000 By April 15
President Nixon announced a third troop cutback in Vietnam, setting April 15 as the deadline to remove 50,000 more servicemen. He warned Hanoi of strong measures if enemy action jeopardizes remaining forces while noting cautious optimism from observers and military leaders.
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John M
Hin
Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Robert Thompson
Southeast Asia
Thompson
White House
Nlkan
Gaever
Hanoi
U. S
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Ike
America
U.S. Corps of Engineers
David D. Terry
Arkansas River
David D, Terry
Bu Prang
S. Vietnam
Forrest City Man
Yule
Memphis
AP News Digest
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James H. Jones
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