Laird to Try to Speed Up Withdrawals
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird plans to accelerate U S troop withdrawals from Vietnam during a visit next month. Pentagon officials see potential cuts from about 343,000 toward 284,000 by May 1, with further reductions to possibly 275,000. The push focuses on accelerating training and handover of air logistics and technical tasks as U S ground combat roles end.
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Fred 8. Hoffman
Military Wester Washington
Melvin R
Laird
U.S
Vietnam
Pentagon
United States
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Saigon
North Vietnam
Lock Named for Toad Suck Ferry Lock and Dam
The Arkansas River lock and dam between Faulkner and Perry counties is officially named the Toad Suck Ferry Lock and Dam after House Public Works Committee approval. Rep. Wilbur Mills introduced the bill to honor local desire to keep the historic name despite the ferry being replaced by a bridge.
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Washington
Arkansas River
Faulkner
Perry
House Public Works Committee
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Major Reorganization of State Government Proposed by Bumpers
Idaho meeting as Vice President Agnew defends his campaign tactics while proposing a broad state government reorganization. He argues that elections require dividing voters and that attacking entrenched politicians is necessary. Seventeen governors expected to attend a private breakfast to debate strategy and potential changes.
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Bumpers
Agnew
Spiro T. Agnew
Washington
GOP
Sun Valley, Idaho
Spira T. Agnew
Major reorganization plan for Arkansas state government drafted
A rough draft proposes merging Administration and Revenue into Finance and Administration and placing state Alcoholic Beverage Control and Racing commissions under new divisions. The plan also creates a Department of Public Safety with Police, Civil Defense, and Civil Air Patrol divisions. Constitutional agencies would stay intact.
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Little Rock
Erect Dale Bumpers
Max Milam
State Administration Department
Department of Finance and Administration
State Racing and
Alcoholic Beverage Control Commissions
Department
ABC Enforcement
Department of Public Safety
State Police
State Civil Defense
Civil Air Patrol
Charles D. Matthews
North Little Rock
As U S Crime Problem Grows The Police Size Shrinks
KY HAL BOYLE AP column humorously surveys crime, policing, and daily absurdities. It mocks judgment errors, office life, and the ironies of wealth, marriage, and ambition with quips about justice, inflation, and human foibles. The piece weaves light satire around social norms and personal conduct.
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KY Hal Boyle
New York
America
TV Personnel Changes Made
Tom L. Goodgame vice president and general manager of KATV Little Rock will become general manager of KTUL Tulsa. He will succeed Arthur E. Muth, who resigned to join Edward Petry Co., a New York television representative firm.
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Little Rock
Tom L. Goodgame
KATV
KTUL
Tulsa
Okla
Robert Doubleday
Leake Tv, Inc
Goodgame
Arthur E. Muth
Edward Petry Co
Douglas to Stay on High Court
Justice William C. Douglas said he will remain on the Supreme Court and urged young people to fight for civil rights through the law. He offered his files to a House committee investigating him, which found no grounds for impeachment. Conservatives may renew attacks when the new Congress convenes.
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Washington
William C. Douglas
Supreme Court
House
Douglas
Congress
Central Intelligence Agency
House Quickly Approves SST Compromise
AP reporting from Washington indicates the House passed a $210 million SST development appropriation after a Senate filibuster threat by opponents led by Senator William Proxmire. Supporters intend to maneuver to blame rivals for stalling other major Senate business.
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Jim Adams
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
William Proximire
D-Wis
Congress
Senate House
House
Proxmire
Alan Bible
D-Nev
Riots Over Price Hikes Rock Polish Cities
In Gdansk and nearby Gdynia and Sopot two days of rioting over price increases left six dead and scores injured. Militiamen patrolled streets as authorities appealed for calm and shops resumed with full supplies promised. flights and calls to the area were disrupted.
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Warsaw
Gdansk
Gdynia
Sopot
Poland
Radio
Gydnia
Hamburg
West Germany
Associated Press
Special Yule Project by Hope Students
Hope High School Student Council runs Operation Goodwill to spread happiness to about sixty children from local schools and day care centers. Santa will deliver gifts at a December 23 party in the old high school gym with music by the HHS Stage Band and Madrigal Singers, a Christmas tale by Rev Norris Steele, and help from Jim Hart.
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Hope High School
Goodwill
Hempstead County
Santa Claus
Santa
HHS
Norris Steele
First United Methodist Church
Jim Hart
First Baptist Church
Hope High
Lions Club
Decomposed Body Identified in North Little Rock Field
North Little Rock Police Chief Reo Bowman said the decomposed body found in a field has been identified as Billy Cook, a service station attendant. The body was discovered Monday and shows a gunshot wound to the head.
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North Little Rock
Reo Bowman
Billy Cook
Senate Doves Led by Fulbright Block Cambodia Aid Bill
Senate doves led by Fulbright and Gravel block a 550 million dollar foreign aid bill for Cambodia citing fear of turning aid into a political instrument like the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. They push for tighter restraints amid rising Vietnam era tensions and debates in Washington.
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Fulbright
Cambodia
Bill AP News Digest
Schwartz
Associated Press
Washington
Ser
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Vietnamese Push Deeper in Cambodia Seeks to Relieve Siege
Vietnamese forces pushed about 40 miles into Cambodia to ease pressure on Kompong Cham, landing 2,500 troops by helicopter in rubber plantations near the city. Paratroopers met light resistance with four North Vietnamese killed and one paratrooper dead, while joint missions moved to clear Route 7 west of Kompong Cham. An American was killed and five wounded when helicopters were shot down.
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George Esper
Associated Press
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Cambodia
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Mekong River
Phnom Penh
Kempong Cham
Skoun
South Vietnam
U.S
Bumpers Seeks Mills Views on Revenue Sharing
Gov elect Dale Bumpers said he wrote Rep Wilbur Mills asking for his views on federal revenue sharing with the states. Bumpers backs revenue sharing, while Mills, head of the Ways and Means Committee, opposes it. The governor elect believes revenue sharing will become a reality and a necessity for financially strapped states.
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Little Rock
Elecr
Dale Bumpers
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Bumpers
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Veterans of Foreign Wars to Host Family Supper
The Veterans of Foreign Wars plans a family supper on Saturday December 19 starting at 8 p.m. at the hut east on Highway 67. Menu includes chicken dressing baked beans ham and trimmings. Benny Gorz elected historian of Southern State College Sigma Lambda Pi chapter and Bret fundraisers planned. Nancy Ross and Beethoven birthday recital noted. A Trailways bus incident in Patterson’s service station caused minor damage to a sign. Herman Reyenga received FAA special achievement award in Houston for air traffic control efforts.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Highway 67
Benny Gorz
J. C. Gorz
Washington Ave
Hope
Southern State College
Sigma Lambda Pi
Gorz
Hope High School
Southern State
Herman G. Reyenga
J. W. Reyenga
Mr. Reyenga
Emmet
FAA
Rapcon Cst
Shreveport
Houston
W. E. Peterson
Grenade Attack Hits Saigon Navy Billet Killing Three
A hand grenade thrown by a believed Viet Cong member outside a U S Navy Sea Bee billet in Saigon killed at least three Vietnamese and wounded about 30 people, Americans and Vietnamese. A second overnight blast hit an officer hotel with two Americans and two Vietnamese wounded. Troop movements and regional shelling continued as authorities warned of intensified attacks during Communist holidays.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Field
Bien Hoa
Hanoi
National Front
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Cambodia
Skies Clearing in Arkansas After Wet Spell
The Associated Press reports Arkansas skies should clear from the west this afternoon with fair skies and warmer temperatures forecast for Thursday. Northeast areas see moderate showers while central and northwest see very light drizzle. Rain concentrated from the southwest to northeast, totaling over one and a half inches in places, ends as a low pressure center moves east. Tuesday’s highs reach upper 40s to mid 50s with most of the state in the 50s. tonight’s lows fall to the mid 20s.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Three Die in Searcy Area Three Car Crash
Three persons were killed and another seriously injured in a Tuesday three car crash two miles south of Searcy Arkansas. The dead are Blake Pembeots 18 of near Searcy Johnny Anthony Counts 18 of Searcy and James Walls of Des Arc. Joe S 18 of Searcy was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Ark
API
Blake Pembeots
Near Searcy
Johnythony
James Walls
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