U S Faces Trade Hurdles and New Proposals
The Nixon White House released a comprehensive plan to boost U S trade competitiveness and tech leadership. Proposals include a value added tax exporter credits R&D incentives and potential Japanese style trading firms. The report also critiques Europe Japan and others for trade barriers and urges learning from Japan's trading companies. It notes a forthcoming technologies opportunity program to spur industrial R D and emphasizes evaluating the VAT as a tool to lift exports.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
White House
United States
Peterson
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Champagne and Caviar Sales Great in 1971
AP report notes strong demand for champagne and caviar as 1971 ends. Imports of sturgeon roe were high though prices rose. caviar supply remained tight due to Caspian Sea pollution. Domestic champagne production in California stayed ample and prices held with expected post holiday increases.
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Miles A. Smith
NEW York (Ap
Ily
California
Sherry Lehman, Inc
New York
Antici
France
Dallas
Neiman-Marcus Co
Chicago
Department of Commerce
Romanoff Caviar Co
School Romance Making Remarkable Progress
U S Commissioner of Education Sidney P Marland wins support from state chiefs for a Renewal Program aiding 5.5 million disadvantaged children. He promises full cooperation with state agencies while skeptics question bypass of OF and Congress.
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William J. Waugh
Louisville, Ky
U.S
Sidney P. Marland
Office of Education
Congress
Marland
Council of Chief State School Officers
Unique Mars
Pentagon Papers Indictment Adds Russo Co defendant
Washington AP reports Daniel Ellsberg and former Rand colleague Anthony Russo Jr are charged with conspiring to steal and distribute the Vietnam War era Defense Department documents. The sealed grand jury indictment, returned in Los Angeles, names Vu Van Thai as an unindicted coconspirator and Lynda Sinay as an associate.
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Washington
Daniel Ellsberg
Rand Corp
Pentagon Papers
Los Angeles
Ellsberg
Justice Department
Anthony J. Russo Jr
FBI
Russo
Manpower Agency Reports Grant Approval
The state Manpower Council's director said verbal approval was given for a 140000 grant to fund operations for the next fiscal year. A thousand dollars were set aside from travel allowances to cover consulting donors and advisory committee expenses. May 23-25 were set for the governor's manpower conference at Hot Springs.
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Little Rock
State Manpower Council
Jo Jackson
Hot Springs
Fordyce Bank to Install New President
The Fordyce bank, with assets of 7.5 million, will appoint a new president as Merits of the purchase were not disclosed.
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Fordyce Bank
Dyce
One American killed in Vietnam last week, lowest toll in years
AP reports U S Command confirms one American killed in action in Vietnam last week, the lowest weekly toll since March 1, 1965, with seven total combat deaths, five nonhostile deaths, and 29 wounded. Also notes South Vietnamese and enemy casualty figures, totaling American and allied losses to date.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
Vietnam
Chester Hanson
U.S
U. S
Political Theater Adds to Big Cast
AP recounts how presidential campaigns use formal announcements as political theater. Muskie announces with 500,000 potential donors slated for Jan 4 1972 after a Dec 27 fundraising letter. The piece notes past breakaway announcements by McCarthy and Kennedy and compares venues from Caucus Room to hotel ballrooms and city halls.
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Wlater R. Mears
Washington (Ap
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
White House
Muskie
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Senate
McCarthy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
McGovern
Cbs-Tv
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Nixon
Sheraton-Carleton
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
New York
John V. Lindsay
Miami
Florida
Sam Yorty
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Manchester
N.H
Harold Hughes
Town
Birch Bayh
New Hampshire
Arkansas Weather Report for 24 Hours Ending Thursday
Experiment Station reports a cooler spell with clear skies across Arkansas. Tonight and Friday will see lows in the upper 20s northwest to upper 30s southeast, and highs Friday in the upper 40s to upper 50s from north to south.
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Arkansas
LR Has Drop in Crime Rate in Little Rock for 9 Months
FBI data show Little Rock among 52 of 156 cities over 100000 population cutting crime in major categories in the first nine months. Murder nonNegligent tally stands at 25 vs 31 in 1970, but 39 total as of Sept 30 with 14 killings since then. Robbery fell to 221 from 230, yet year end totals may reach 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
FBI
U of A to Get Black Trustee
Governor Dale Bumpers announced plans to appoint a Black member to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees to fill a vacancy arising early next year. He did not disclose the individual but noted the seat currently held by Howard Horst of Stuttgart will expire March 1.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
University of Arkansas Board of Trustees
Obituaries for Harlan Holmes Picken Poage Milner
Obituaries report John Marshall Harlan, Stuart Holmes, George Picken, Mrs. W A Poage, and Harold S Milner. Harlan died of cancer at 72. Holmes, 87, a silent film villain. Picken, 73, painter and Columbia educator. Mrs Poage, 97, mother of Rep Poage. Milner, 61, AP correspondent and editor.
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John Marshall Harlan
Washington
Supreme Court
Harlan
High Court
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stuart Holmes
Hollywood
Theda Bara
John Barrymore
Holmes
Louis XV
Man Who
George Picken
Pittsfield
Masa
Whitney Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Picken
Columbia University
W.A. Poage
Rep
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Waco, Tex
Harold S. Milner
Pierre, S.D
Harold S. “Lee” Milner
Associated Press
Pierre
Milner
Rapid City
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U.S. Geological Service
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Defense Department
Dearborn
Mich
Detroit
Orville J. Hubbard
Monticello, Ark
Everett Twyford
Monticello
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First National Bank of For
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Tampa
Hopf
Ark
Henry M. Jackson
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoa
George McGovern
Sioux Falls
S.C
Capitol
U of A
Moore Bros
Pork Bible
Borden
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Decker Lowana
Oleo
Rotstoesed
Lady Hope Chicken
Coca-Cola
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