Congress Tax Exemptions Spark Reader Opinion
Norman C. Miller weighs in on theMontgomery County Maryland demand for lawmakers to file income taxes and proposes a pay cut tied to deficits. He reflects on past tax exemptions for legislators and argues voters should punish persistent excesses by withholding support at the polls. He notes rising salaries and living costs.
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Wall Street Journal
Washington
Montgomery County
Maryland
Washington, D.C
Norman C. Miller
Man Held in Death of Woman in Arkansas
Logan County officials held a man Sunday in connection with the death of 43 year old Marie Wise of Gray Rock. Wise was found dead Saturday in a parked car. a coroner jury ruled a forehead blow possible cause. An autopsy was ordered.
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Associated Press
Paris
Hope Police Week End Violations Report
The Hope Police Department reports weekend violations include two traffic cases two license cases two squor cases drunkenness two driving while intoxicated one carrying concealed weapon two disturbing the peace four assault and battery and one other assault. The year to date accidents total 27 and injuries total 4.
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Hope
Witness Says Shaw Oswald Plot Aimed at Kennedy
New Orleans AP report details witness Russo testifying at Clay Shaw trial that he overheard Shaw and Lee Harvey Oswald with David Ferrie planning Kennedy's murder. Russo, 27, recalled the party at Ferrie's apartment in 1963 and identified Oswald as “Leon.” Ferrie and Oswald are dead, Shaw charged with conspiracy. Hypnosis and witness memory questions arose during cross examination.
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Bill Caider
Associated Press
NEW Orleans
Perry Raymond Russo
Clay Shaw
Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
John F. Kennedy
Russo
Fer Rie
Sandra Moffett
Asst. Dist. Atty
James A. Alcock
Harold McMatnes
Des Moines
Jim Garrison
Ferrie
Clem Bertrans
Oswald
Leon Oswald
Leon
Kennedy
Garrison
F. Irvin Dymond
Charles J. Spiesel
New York City
Alcock
Dymond
Spiesel
Forecast Warmth with Showers Across Arkansas
Showers are expected mainly in southern Arkansas tonight as moisture moves ahead of a weak cold front. Temperatures will warm tonight with little change from the front. Sunday highs ranged from the upper 30s to mid 50s across the state, Blytheville the cold spot at 39, with overnight lows 26 to 38.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Blytherville
Fayetteville
Little Rock
el Doerado
Man dies in burned Arkansas home
Arthur Sanders, about 60, of Maver us in Hot Spring County, died Sunday when his home burned. Gene Foreman, a Democrat M.E., was named managing editor of the Arkansas Democrat in Little Rock. Foreman joined the paper as news editor in 1968. Gene Herrington, former managing editor, plans to join AR Power & Light’s public relations department.
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Malvern
Malvern, Ark
Arthur Sanders
Maver Us
Hot Spring County
Little Rock
Gene Foreman
Arkansas Democrat
Fe Foreman
The
Democrat
Gene Herrington
Arkansas Power & Light Co
14 Year Old Held for Robbery
The Trading Post automobile agency suffered break ins and burglaries over the past months. Sunday Sgt Travis Ward captured a 14 year old boy at the agency. The youth admitted past break ins and stealing money.
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Trading Post Automobile Agency
Sunday Nique Stace Zunce
Travis Ward
Legislature Begins Work on Tax Bills in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK AP The 67th Arkansas Legislature nears halfway and plans serious action on Gov Rockefeller tax proposals this week. House and Senate convene at 1 p.m. with public hearings on industrial tax exemptions and a beer tax raise. Senate hearings cover advertising exemptions, sales tax, income tax, and rebates amid debate on SB11 repealing 3 percent exemptions for utilities, communications and transportation. Local option mixed drink bills may go to a vote in the House.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
House
Senate
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
N. B. Murphy
Hamburg
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Allan Dishough
McLarty to Head Ford Sr. Dealers
Frank McLarty of Hope Auto Co. and George B. Pugh Ford Sales were elected to represent Ford dealers in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Missouri on the Southwest Regional Dealer Council. The meeting in Memphis formalized regional elections ahead of a March Dearborn session with company executives.
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Memphis
Tenn
Frank McLarty
Hope Auto Co
Hope, Ark
George B. Pugh
Ford Sales
Crossett
Ark
Ford
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Missouri
Ford Division
Ford Motor Company
National Dealer Council of
Dearborn
Mich
United States
False Fire Alarm at National Laundry
Hope Fire Dept. answered three calls at 5 20 Sunday afternoon to National Laundry on South Walnut Street for a report of smoke at the back door. Firemen found it was only steam.
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Hope Fire Dept
National Laundry
South Walnut St
Arkansas Lawmaker Opposes Ending Industry Tax Exemption
Rep James Harrell of Russellville urged the Arkansas House committee not to repeal the industrial exemption from the sales and use tax. He argued exemptions attract industry and warned repeal could reduce state revenue, noting a planned Russellville facility would have paid $45,000 in use taxes without the exemption. He cited a net potential gain of $144,000 from taxing 350 employees instead. Robert Millwee of the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission outlined industrial exemption priorities, including materials for manufacturing and packaging, equipment, and utilities used by manufacturers.
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Little Rock
James Harrell
Russellville
Arkansas House Revenue and Taxation
Harrell
Arkansas
Robert Millwee
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Finch Is Praised by Freedom Inc in Texarkana
Texarkana report notes Freedom Inc president Ary Dr. Mitchell Young said Saturday his group is pleased with Health Secretary Robert H. Finch. He and several officers, active in 19 states, met Finch Thursday to discuss school choice as the method to achieve educational freedom.
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Finch
Freedom, Inc
Texarkana
Re.Ary
Mitchell Young
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Young
Freedom of Choice
Pine Bluff Students Clean Up Street Hangouts
Pine Bluff youths gathered Sunday to pick up litter along Cherry Street and around high school hangouts. They said the act was to show the city council they could behave and that their activities had caused neighbor and police concerns.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
APA
Pine Bluff
Cherry Street
Freighter Exminster Sinking 46 Aboard in Atlantic
The Exminster a 473 foot freighter with 46 aboard was described by the Coast Guard as sinking slowly 180 miles southeast of Nantucket. The cutter Sherman sped toward the ship and a Coast Guard plane searched for pumps to drop as weather limited visibility. Radio contact had been maintained since early morning. ownership is American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines.
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New York
Coast Guard
Nantucket
Mass
Exminster
Sherman
American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
Boeing 747 Makes First Flight To Carry 490 Passengers
James Ragsdale reports the Boeing 747 prototype flew for 1 hour 15 minutes before returning to Paine Field due to a misaligned wing flap. The 355-ton jet, designed to carry 490 passengers and cruise at 625 mph, impressed pilots with its speed and quiet engines, though a minor discrepancy caused the test to halt early.
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James Ragsdale
Associated Press
Everett
Wash
Jack Waddell
Paine Field
Waddell
Jess Wallick
Nixon Extends Florida Stay Amid Beache s Break
President Nixon extends Florida visit into Sunday amid calm skies and policy talks. Agnew to chair Urban Affairs Council meeting in Nixon’s absence while Rockefeller outlines federal aid overhaul. Kissinger and Rogers join talks as Nixon plans a five nation Europe tour beginning February 23. Rebozo attends sessions as neighbor observer.
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Fla
Nixon
Florida
Washington
White House
Spiro T. Agnew
Urban Affairs Council
Nelson Rockefller
New York
Ronald L. Ziegler
Rockfeller
Key Biscayne
Willam P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Europe
C. G
Bebe" Rebozgo
Biscayne
Ziegler
Rebozo
Bloodied Papers Defied Burning On Pueblo After Attack
CORONADO Calif AP Engineman Peter Bandera said classified papers on the USS Pueblo were so soaked with blood they would not burn during the North Korea attack. Crewman Duane Hodges lay mortally wounded as Bandera attempted to destroy material. Other testimony described cannon hits and holes above the water line and questions over the ship’s mission and possible destruction of the engines. The 82 crewmen endured 11 months in captivity with reported beatings.
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Calif
Pueblo
North Korea
Peter Bandera
Carson City
Nev
Duane Hodges
Creswell
Ore
Bandera
Adm
Harold T. Bowen
J.C. William D. Scarborough
San Pedro
Scarborough
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Monroe Goldman
Lakewood
William Newsome
Goldman
Coldman
Strike of Police Looms for LR
The Little Rock Municipal Police Association warned of a strike if pay raises are not provided by February 25. Meeting with City Manager Meriwether and Police Chief Brians, the group also discussed a traffic citation moratorium and urged a $1008 month across the board pay hike. Beginning officers earn about $42 per month, while the top patrolman makes $510.
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Associaton
Little Rock
John T. Meriwether
R. E. Brians
City Manager Board
State Legislature Association
Sentences of Bank Robbers Are Upheld
The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of three Oklahoma residents in a 12,814 dollar robbery at Lookesburg on September 27, 967. Ronald Steel Doris Steel and Carson Steel Jr of Broken Bow were sentenced to 15 years for the crime and Mrs Steel to five years.
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Little Rock
Arkinsis Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Lookesburg
Ronald Steel
Doris
Carson Steel Jr
Broken Bow
Steel
High Court
Benton
Royal Crown Bottling Co. Inc
James A. Terry II
Carleton Harris
Eee
J. Fred Jones
Mobile Home Gypsy Image Is Vanishing
Homestead Industries plans a Hope plant to manufacture mobile homes, seen as modernizing the housing business. Dick McQueen notes the gypsy image fading, with a 35 year average management experience and 7 years in building. Local plans target 10 homes daily with 155 workers at full capacity. Harold Eakley names past presidents as nominating committee for next year.
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Homestead Industries, Inc
Dick McQueen
Hope Rotary Club
Homestead
Harold Eakley
Clyde Fouse
Arkansas Tennessee clash over indigent care at Memphis hospitals
Gov. Rockefeller proposed Arkansas and Tennessee seek federal guidelines from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to resolve how indigents from both states gain treatment in Memphis hospitals. Hospital officials estimate the annual cost could reach about $1 million amid fears of cutoffs for Mississippi and Arkansas patients.
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Winethrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Tennessee
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Memphis
Memphis Tas
Eee
Mississippi
Hospitas
Rockefeller
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