Nixon signs foreign aid bill at 2.74 billion
President Nixon signed a 2.74 billion dollar foreign aid authorization, about 1.5 billion below his request for the current year. The bill reduces U.N. funding share to 25 percent, limits aid to Cambodia, and halts 510 million in military credits after April 30 unless domestic social programs receive 2 billion.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Tled
U.S
United Nations
U.N
Cambodia
Vietnam
U S convoy attacked in central Vietnam by Communists
Mortars and rocket grenades hit a U S truck convoy about 15 miles east of An Khe in Binh Dinh Province. US helicopter gunships drove off the attackers. one American wounded, a fuel truck destroyed, another damaged. No enemy bodies found. Five Viet Cong said killed near Pleiku Air Base. mine and cow incident reported. Eight soldiers wounded by a mortar barrage near Nha Trang. Hancock carrier returns for seventh Tonkin Gulf tour. Enterprise homeward bound. In Arkansas, grand jury in Conway may be probing State Sen. Guy H "Mutt" Jones income and legal dealings.
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Holger Jensen
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Central Highlands
Pleiku
An Khe
Binh Dinh
Fied
Pleiku City
South Vietnam
Nha Trang
Highlands
Kontum City
U.S. Navy
Hancock
Gulf of Tonkin
Coral Sea
Enterprise
Alameda
Calif
Little Rock
The
Arkansas Gazette
Guy H. “Mutt” Jones
Conway
John Norman Harkey
Batesville
Jones
Cotillion Club Meeting Set With Lincoln High Speaker
The Cotillion Club will meet Friday February 11 at 7 p.m. at the president Edna S Conway home with co hosts Mrs Marie Cooper and Mrs Ethel Bizzel. Guest speaker will be Mrs Evelyn Williamson Counselor in the Guidance Department at Lincoln High School Washington. All members urged to attend.
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Cotillion Club
Edna S. Conway
Marie Cooper
Ethel Bizzel
Evelyn Williamson
Lincoln High School
Washington
Arkansas signs six players in first day of SWC period
Fayettteville Arkansas AP early signees for the University of Arkansas include Art Capehart from Fort Smith Northside, Ivan Jordan and Ralph Eckle from Arkansas, Mike Kirkland from Pasadena Texas, Mike Campbell from Baytown Sterling, and Wayne Metcalf from Houston Jefferson Davis. The six join a trio from Texas as SWC schools began signing players.
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Art Capehart
Fort Smith Northside
Ivan Jordan
Ralph Eckle
Charleston
Mike Kirkland
Pasadena
Tex
Mike Campbell
Baytown Sterling
Wayne Metcalf
Houston
Jefferson Davis
Prisoners Seek Union at Green Haven Prison
Inmates at Green Haven Prison Stormville New York press for recognition of a labor union as their bargaining agent on wages working conditions and fringe benefits. More than half of the 1800 inmates have signed for the incipient Prisoners Labor Union with District 65 of the Distributive Workers of America backing affiliation. The plan faces inmate and union ratification votes while prison officials express security concerns.
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New York
Green Haven
Stormville
N.Y
District 65
Distributive Workers of America
State Corrections Department
Albany
John L. Zelker
Zelker
Herman Badillo
Dn.y
Attica State Prison
Tombs City
Cab Strike Disrupts Little Rock Taxi Service
In Little Rock a taxi drivers strike has left about 40 of the typical 60 to 65 cabs idle as unions press for hospital insurance lower payments for cab use paid vacations robbery insurance and a seniority system. Company president John Hall says finances prevent raising pay or adding benefits despite inflation. Also in Little Rock lawyer Ted Boswell plans to announce Saturday whether he will seek public office this year possibly challenging Senator John L. McClellan.
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Little Rock
Robert F. James
Taxi Drivers Union
The
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
Afl-Cio
John Hall
Hall
Ted Boswell
Bryant
Boswell
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Roscoe C. Smith Wins Masonic Quiz Trophy in Texas Contest
Roscoe C. Smith, representing Metropolitan Lodge No. 146, seated with the trophy, won the district wide masonic quiz contest spanning six Texas counties. He was named outstanding mason of Texas after beating six other teams and helped his lodge claim the title for three consecutive years.
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Roscoe C. Smith
Metropolitan Lodge No. 146
Texas
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Roscoe
D. C. Collins
Davis
Candidates Tire of Hearing These Over
New York AP report satirizes a presidential hopeful Phineas Weatherall. The piece mocks campaign logistics and public image efforts, noting donations from his mother, dairy state Wisconsin stops, billboard costs, and the need to project a strong stance. It also wryly references political lineage and a plans to humanize the candidate with a humorous nap photo.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Phineas Techumseh Weatherall
America
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Phineas Weatherall
Phineas
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sons of Revolution
New Jersey
Sealed bids sought for tilt-cab truck chassis in Hope AR
City of Hope Arkansas invites sealed proposals to supply a tilt-cab truck chassis with a minimum gross vehicle weight of 24000 pounds. Bids due February 22, 1972 at 2 30 P.M. City Clerk readers will publicly open bids. late bids returned unopened. City reserves right to reject, waive formalities, award to most advantageous bidder. February 1, 1972. February 8, 1972.
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City of Hope
C-O
G. G. Medders
Hempstead County
Arkansas
Nixon urges business to quit complaining and act
President Nixon told 1,500 executives at the White House Conference on the Industrial World Ahead to focus on making wage price controls work rather than complain about them. He urged firms and workers to roll up sleeves, boost productivity, and move beyond a protective shell as America aims for growth and prosperity. Arjay Miller of Stanford proposed a national goals institute to identify priority social needs and estimate solving costs.
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Sterling F. Green
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
White House
America
Arjay Miller
Stanford University
School of Business
Ford Motor Co
Congress
National Goals Institute
Miller
Catholic Leaders Split Over Northern Ireland Demonstration
In Northern Ireland Catholic leaders split over plans for a Wednesday demonstration marked by sit-ins and disruption. Some Catholic MPs urged a 24 hour fast. Guerrilla attacks wounded two off duty soldiers in Omagh as four attackers fell in Londonderry.
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Colin Frost
Associated Press
Belfast
Northern
Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Civil Rights Association
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Hope Star
University of Minnesota
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Minnesota
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St. Cloud State College
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Education Turnkey Systems
Washington, D.C
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State Employment Service
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