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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1971
Page
6
Editor Alex H Washburn urges a 26 million dollar tax increase, with 15 million from higher income tax, while opposing sales tax tampering. He supports taxing income rather than sales tax, warns against a transaction tax on used cars, and vows to mobilize public votes if the legislature acts, arguing for tax justice based on ability to pay.
LITTLE ROCK AP Rozzell executive secretary of the Arkansas Education Association said he was extremely disappointed in the $26 million tax package proposed by Gov. Dale Bumpers. He noted the AEA seeks $30 million more state aid to public education to raise teachers' salaries to the regional average. He said the proposal increases the gap rather than closes it and called the governor’s plan completely unacceptable.
U S fighter bombers attacked two antiaircraft missile sites in North Vietnam in the latest protective reaction. South Vietnamese reconnaissance units conducted forays into southern Laos while Saigon troops clashed in Cambodia.
Washington AP reports unemployment edged down slightly from December but remained at recession-era highs. The January rate was 6 percent of the civilian labor force, unchanged from December after revision. 5.4 million were unemployed, up about 780,000 from December, with 77.238 million employed after seasonal adjustment.
Gov. Dale Bumpers unveils a 26 million tax package with the income tax rise as its central feature. The plan faces a stiff hurdle in the legislature due to the need for three-fourths approval in both chambers, unlike the sales tax gross.
Reports confirm a large allied sweep in northwestern South Vietnam aimed at cutting Ho Chi Minh trail with U S air support. Officials refuse details, stressing border actions stop short of crossing into Laos. Strong evidence points to Laos panhandle penetration, yet confusion over future troop movements persists.
Arkansas House approved 70 to 17 a bill to give legislators an expense allowance between General Assembly sessions. The plan would pay up to 150 monthly in 1971 72 200 monthly in 72 73 and 250 monthly in 73 74 with existing session and contingency funds. The Senate backed a bond revenue measure for water pollution grants. A fatal crash near Conway claimed Dell W Fowler and Flora Lovett Fowler and injured four others. A Gillham Dam halt resolution and a plan to reorganize state agencies were advanced in separate actions.
HAL BOYLE reflects that population growth isolates individuals and urges readers to assemble a survival kit. He mocks reliance on civilization and suggests items like a bullet proof Bible, firearms, a Sherman tank, two TVs, and an illustrated home repair book as possible components.
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard and Edgar Mitchell walk on the moon becoming the fifth and sixth men to set foot on the lunar surface. Lunar module pilot Stuart A. Roosa remains in lunar orbit to photograph a gravity-free point in space.
Apollo 14 command ship pilot Stuart A. Roosa photographs a gravity-free region about one million miles from Earth called the Moulten Point. Using high speed film he aims to resolve whether the point and a faint Gegenschein glow are the same, capturing imagery from the moon’s dark farside aboard Kitty Hawk.
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard Jr and Edgar Mitchell descended to the Fra Mauro region, spent about five hours on the moon conducting scientific experiments, and left the imprint of their boots in the lunar soil. They faced a nearly aborted descent caused by a false computer signal but were saved by a ground solution.
All Around Town reports U S Corps figures on 1970 visitation to Red River Valley reservoirs showing heavy attendance at Texoma Pine Creek Fufala Millwood Broken Bow Pat Mayse Bayou Bodou Ferrells Bridge and Wallace Lake. The installations require expanded recreation facilities as planned capacity proved inadequate. Also notes Air Force duty changes for Stroud Arnett with connections to Hope Prescott and Emmet Arkansas. Plus travel to Oaklawn via Continental Trailways and House Bill 309 approval with 70 to 17 vote. Continued local notices include hospital surgery for Ken Trout.
Albert Gore, former Democratic senator and congressman, returns to teaching as a political science lecturer at Vanderbilt University in Nashville after 32 years in elected office. He says he has no plans for further political campaigning and will advise the party in a largely advisory role.
David Sloan 21 of Blue Mountain who escaped from Seagoville federal prison was captured near Danville by county and state authorities on Thursday.
Ben H. Boone, 63, longtime Boone County official who served as county judge from June 1969 to December 1970, died Thursday during surgery at Boone County Hospital.
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