Readers discuss Pittsburgh potholes and Arkansas taxes
Ronald Stanley from Hope Arkansas writes about bad roads in Pittsburgh and argues taxes on industry could help fund highways. The Star notes Arkansas highways are decent for its income level and supports a gasoline tax increase to improve streets while recounting local fiscal limits and past tax reforms.
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the Star
E. Smith St
Pennsylvania
Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh
Arkansas
Ronald Stanley
Wilkes-Barre
New York City
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburgh
Star Publishing Co
The
Star
New England
New York
Hope
Benefits for POWs explained
Washington AP notes that American servicemen held as prisoners in Southeast Asia may have back pay and allowances totaling up to 190 dollars each plus a possible 5 dollar per day special payment for days in captivity. Air Force records show some men with tens of thousands in back pay, while estates may inherit funds for the deceased and missing cases continue to be resolved.
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Washington
Southeast Asia
U.S
Pentagon
Air Force
Uniformed Services Savings Deposit System
Freedom for POWs may be by Saturday
The ICCS chair Michel Gauvin said first groups of American POWs could be released around February 10 with no fixed time. He noted Hanoi releases may follow for Vietnamese prisoners in South Vietnam. The cease fire terms require all U.S. troops out and all prisoners freed by March 28.
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Saigon
International Ceasefire Commission
North
South Vietnam
Michel Gauvin
Canada
International Commission For Control and Supervision
ICCS
Commission
Newsmen
Hanoi
Gauvin
An Loc
Phu Hoa
U.S
Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
United
Indonesia
Hungary
Poland
Pentagon
Bien Hoa
Phan Thiet
My Tho
Can Tho
United States
Joint Commission
International Commission
Quang Tri City
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Vientiane
Phoumi Vongvichit
Local advisory group formed to plan remedial reading program
A committee including Mrs. Dora Caldwell Mrs. Rosie Davis Mrs. Mack White Mrs. Ruel Williams Mrs. Howard Triplett Rev W T Keys J W Rowe and Tom Waters will advise local school authorities on a remedial reading program for secondary pupils funded by Emergency School Assistance Act dollars. A public meeting is set for February 13 at 7 p.m. in the Senior High School Auditorium and all interested pupils parents and teachers are urged to attend.
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Dora Caldwell
Rosie Davis
Mack White
Ruel Williams
Howard Triplett
W.T. Keys
J.W. Rowe
Tom Waters
Impoundment clash pits Nixon White House against Congress
White House refuses to spend funds Congress approved, citing executive prerogative. Ehlichman defends impoundment as legal and necessary, while Senate hearings probe the practice. Senate approves airport aid bill and budget director confirmation, amid clashes over spending authority and executive power.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Congress
John D. Ehrlichman
Senate
Thomas Jefferson
Fhrtichman
Subcommittee On Separation of Powers
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
Byrd
Widow sits by hope as Navy pilot returns home
In seven years a wife endures widowhood and the uncertainty of a missing in action husband. Marty Halyburton, whose husband Porter A. Halyburton was shot down over North Vietnam in 1965, awaits reunion as a released POW. She moved from Coral Gables to Tucker near Atlanta, held memorials, and kept photos ready to show her daughter Dabney how he has grown.
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Atlanta, Ga
Marty Halyburton
J.g
North Vietnam
Navy
Coral Gables
Fla
Tucker
Atlanta
Mrs. Halyburton
Balyburton
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E. Smith
St. Hope, Ark
Hempstead County
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Viet Cong
Gregg Herrington
Associated Press
John Lenge
Office of Management and Budget
Roy L. Ash
House
Ash
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Ervin
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Marty
Dabney
Porter A. Halyburton
Independence
Halyburton
Hope Henmipstead Chamber of Commerce
Hope - Hempstead Chamber of Commerce
Ome
Tomndy
Ans
Chamber of Commerce
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