Bumpers Adds Six Items to Special Session Agenda
Gov. Dale Bumpers expanded the special session call adding six measures and shifting convening time to noon. The supplement raises total items to 46, excluding Pine Bluff AM&N merger. Highlights include bonds up to 10 million for water and waste projects, increased federal funding shares for matching state contributions, and authority for social service changes to aid mentally retarded adults in communities. Also calls for journal corrections on 1971 constitutional amendments, unemployment protection for discharged servicemen, tax parity for small corporations, and salary adjustments for state workers under the pay plan revised in 1971.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas Am&n College
Pine Bluff
University of Arkansas
Bumpers
State Board of Finance
Congress
Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services
Roger B. Bost
Booneville
General Assembly
Islature
Garry Brewer
Brewer
Arkansas
Air ambulance program expanded to 14 states
The government will permanently expand free aerial ambulance service using military helicopters to 14 states. The program, built on a 1970 five-state experiment, has flown 915 patients on 704 mercy flights, with about half from traffic accidents. MAST centers in 29 installations will operate within 100 miles of their base, pending private-operator checks and local landing provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Dobkin
Washington
Army
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Departments of Transportation, Defense and Health, Education and Welfare
Pentagon
Trans
Laird
Vietnam
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Lake Air Force Base
Ariz
Ft. Carson
Colo
Mountain Home Afb
Idaho
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Florida Senate backs busing referendum on March ballot
A state Senate committee approved a straw vote on federal antibusing at the March 14 presidential primary. If passed, voters would see: Do you favor an amendment to the U S Constitution that would prohibit forced busing and guarantee the right of every student to attend the appropriate public school nearest his home. The bill faces quick action to meet ballot deadlines.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Senate
Senate Judiciary Civil Committee
Charles Weber
Fort Lauderdale
Richard Stone
U.S
Mallory Horne
Hopeful grain plan may boost soybean acreage
USDA planners expect a new feed grain option to lift 1972 soybean acreage beyond farmer intentions. A survey indicates 44.3 million acres of soybeans for harvest, 1.2 million above last year, with the plan likely affecting 1972 plantings. The March 16 plantings report will reflect possible shifts as farmers enroll in the new programs.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Community Notices and Obituaries Summary
The item lists local community notices including the Negro community phone contacts for Ester Hicks, a Bible service announced at Bethel AME Church, and CMEC district meeting plans at Beebe Memorial. Obituaries note Will Lewis funeral at Cedar Grove Baptist Church and Cassie Smith widow of Ode Smith Sr with service at First Baptist in Washington.
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The
Ministerial Alliance
Bethel A.M.E
Ingram
Mt. Zion C.M.E
Washington
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Beebe Memorial C.M.E
W.T. Keys
Will Lewis
Cedar Grove Baptist Church
Lewisville
Mays Cemetery
Hicks Funeral Home of Hope
Cassie Smith
Ode Smith
Arkansas Baptist College
Little Rock
Hope Hospital
Ode Smith, Jr
Daugher
Bobbie L. Babbe
Cotton Plant
Avis Walker
Helen Ellis
Ozan
Nat Stuart
Detroit
J.T. Stuart
Boston
Jack
Bank Robbery Strikes Cherry Valley Bank
FBI says four men robbed the Bank of Cherry Valley of about 30311 dollars Thursday afternoon in Wynne Arkansas. Emmett Milam says customers were not present and two suspects were briefly detained nearby before release. No injuries reported. Deer noted as stray text mentions fall deer birth around six hundred forty two months later.
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Milam
Howard Beasley
Harold’s Corner
Wynne
Gainesville Birth Control Booklets Spark Campus Debate
About 3,000 humorous yet informative birth control hand books were handed out on the University of Florida campus. Sponsored by student government, all copies vanished the first day despite university officials inserting statements by a physician and psychiatrist noting inaccuracies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Fla
University of Florida
Alligator
FCC grants limited imported signals to major cities
The FCC voted 4 to 2 to allow cable operators in large markets to import nonlocal programs, provided these do not duplicate local station content. The rules keep substantial control with existing stations while permitting growth of cable TV in rural areas and smaller cities.
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Jerry Brown
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Nich
Olas Johnson
Johnson
White House
Dean Burch
Robert E. Lee
Peacock Revolution Fades as Fashion Embraces Return to Elegance
In a shift from the flamboyant 1960s, fashion leaders describe the purge of bold gimmicks. The peacock look recedes as three piece suits and muted colors return, with simpler shapes and revived classics. Experts say evolution over revolution defines 1972 styles.
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Ann Hencken
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Ken O'Keefe
Men’s Fashion Association of America
William Keegan
Gant Shirtmakers
O’keefe
United States
James K. Wilson
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
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Prince Edward Island
John P. Campbell
Gerald G. Kayten
Ester Hicks
Cherry Valley Bank
East Lansing
Mich
Ron Watkins
Michigan State University
MSU
Watkins
Wina
Wisconsin
Missouri
IRS
Chrysler- Plymouth Division
and Visual Services, Inc
Tate Motor Co
Wepe, Ark
Chrysler
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