Legislators Discuss Possible Extension of Session
Arkansas lawmakers say the 60 day session will likely extend by weeks as major items loom. Gov Bumpers tax proposals and budget bills demand extra time. debate on an income tax bill continues with no vote expected this week. A sales tax raise is debated as a possible alternative if tax plans stall.
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Bill Simmon
Associated Press
Little Rock
Morrell Gathright
Pine Bluff
Dale Bumpers
Rep
B. D
Doug” Brandon
Clarence E. Bell
Parkin
Senate
House Revenue and Taxation
Bell
Forrest Rozzell
The
Arkansas Education Association
AEA
Teg
Kiwanis Club hears Mid-Winter Conference speakers
Convention delegates K. G. Hamilton and Dean Murphy spoke at the Kiwanis Club meeting about the Mc Ark District event in Cape Girardeau Missouri. Murphy outlined activities aiding underprivileged children and Armenian pupils, with clubs funding transportation and supplies through CARE. Jerry Westmoreland joined as a new member. Guests included Jessie Duckett Jim Cole Jin Allen Parker Powell and Ronnie Massenelli.
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K. G. Hamilton
Dean Murphy
Mc- Ark
Kiwanis International
Cape Girardeau
Missouri
Mr. Murphy
Kenneth Hamilton
Mo Ark
Hamilton
Kiwanis
Jessie Duckett
Jim Cole
Hope
Jin Allen
el Dorado
Parker Powell
Ronnie Massenelli
Jerry Westmoreland
Kiwanis Club
Weather and Obituaries from Arkansas and Nearby States
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 am Wednesday shows high 38 and low 15 with a partly cloudy Arkansas forecast and a warming trend through Thursday with low tonight mid to upper 20s and Thursday high in the 50s. Obituary notices include Donald J. Ligon 62 who died in Dallas with graveside rites in Rose Hill Cemetery Hope, Osceola McCoy Morris formerly of the area who died in Hurst, Texas, Charlie B. Urrey 82 of Prescott with services and burial in Beards Cemetery, Detroit governor Harry Francis Kelly 75 who died in West Palm Beach after a stroke, and Dr Kenneth Berrien mentioned in New Brunswick.
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Arkansas
Donald J. Ligon
Dallas
Texas
Frances Reed Ligon
Rose Hill Cemetery of Hope
Gerald Trussell
Herndon Funeral Home
Osceola McCoy Morris
Hurst
Jewell Morris
Gilbert Morris
Arkadelphia
Kay Plumley
Cleo Morris
Herndon Funeral Chapel
Rose Hill Cemetery
Herndon
Charlie E. Urrey
Charlie B. Urrey
Prescott
Beards Cemetery
Hempstead County
Lula Gordon Urrey
Hazel Lewis
Benton
Horace Urrey
DeQueen
Ruby Honeycutt
Louisiana
Detroit
Harry Francis Kelly
Michigan
West Palm Beach
Fla
Kelly
Michigan Supreme Court
Retirement bill boosts Arkansas lawmakers and officials pensions
In a Tuesday session the Senate broadly approved Gov. Bumpers consumer protection measure. The House moved to reconsider the merit system plan after a filibuster, while other bills passed. A retirement bill for former general assembly members and constitutional officers passed 72 1 with amendments trimming monthly benefits and setting new full salary retirement ages for officials.
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General Assembly
Senate
Dale Bumpers
House
Boyce Alford
Pine Bluff
Virgil T. Fletcher
Benton
Knox Nelson
W. K. Ingram
West Memphis
State Parks, Recreation and Travel Commission
Ode Maddox
Oden
Hurst
Weather observations from cities across the nation
The report lists daily conditions for many cities including Atlanta Chicago Denver and New York with varied skies and temperatures. Data shows clear and cloudy conditions, rain and snow readings, and high and low temperatures across locations, reflecting a snapshot of nationwide weather patterns.
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Sociated Press
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Charlotte
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Albany
Albuquerque
Fairbanks
Snow
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Rutgers psychology professor and author dies
A Rutgers University professor of psychology, renowned for multiple books and numerous articles, has died. The scholar, 61, contributed widely to the field through teaching and research. Further tributes and details of services are expected.
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Rutgers University
Health department fee increases to cover operating deficit
The health program faced a nearly twenty thousand dollar shortfall in 1970. New rates aim to cover the deficit and fund equipment to meet state regulations. The Board agreed the service should be self supporting, with other city resources redirected to non revenue services like street, fire and police. The Board also ordered Cave Hill Cemetery maintenance taken over by the Rose Hill volunteers, while the Cemetery Association continues to operate and fund tools, equipment, and improvements through lot owner collections.
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Health Department
Cave Hill Cemetery
Rose Hill Cemetery
Cave Hill
Cambodian Premier Lon Nol Ordered to Suspend Duties
Cambodian Premier Lon Nol must suspend all official activities temporarily to undergo medical examination and treatment. A source close to Lon Non said Lon Nol is expected to miss about a month.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Lon Nol
Council of Ministers
Lon Non
Critics Told of expanding Indochina conflict
On February 10 1971 Senator George McGovern accused President Nixon of widening the Vietnam war into a broader three front conflict by invading Laos. He announced a House proposal to withdraw all U.S. forces from Indochina by year end, with the measure already in the Senate. Senator Javits reintroduced a plan setting procedures for deploying troops abroad without a war declaration and requiring withdrawal if Congress does not approve within a set period.
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Indochina
Aiken
Senate
George S. McGovern
D-8
Laos
Nixon
Vietnam
South Dakota Democrat
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Congress
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