Local Option Bill Would Redirect Liquor Tax Revenues
The House Rules Committee gave HB 117 a Do Pass recommendation. The bill, from Rep. J B Smith, would block liquor tax revenues from going to dry counties and could influence local option voting. It argues taxes on liquor are vital and that current tax-free church influence harms school funding and fairness.
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House Rules Committee
J.B. Smith
Marianna
Arkansas
Texarkana
State General Revenue Fund
State General Fund
Associated Press
Red Trawlers Close in But Quit Fishing
In the Virginia coast area near Portsmouth, seven Russian trawlers from a Communist fishing Meet rode out 45 knot winds and 10 foot seas within 12 miles of shore. They had been warned that the two mile zone was reserved for U.S. vessels and not to fish. Coast Guard said none of the Russian ships were fishing. Five 600 foot factory ships and about 75 trawlers remained offshore 15 to 30 miles as a weather front kept heavy seas.
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Portsmouth
Virginia
Coast Guard
U.S
Hampton Roads
North Carolina
Fisher Buys Labor Bulletin to Expand Coverage
W.R. Aide Fisher, a three member cabinet, has purchased the Paton Labor Bulletin. He aims to expand its scope to report all facets of the labor movement statewide, noting the bulletin circulates about 7 000 copies.
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Little Rock
E. Fishes
Rot Gov
Wiapc
Paton Labor Bulletin
Fisher
Wallace in New Plan for Third Party
Alabama lawmakers consider allowing candidates to bear two party labels, enabling Wallace aligned candidates to run on the Wallace party line and the Democratic ballot simultaneously. If enacted, votes could be pooled across labels, potentially boosting wins for Wallace allied candidates and redefining state races.
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Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
John Blanton
Selma
Wallace
Blanton
GOP
Albert Brewer
American Independent Party
Democratic Party
Hubert H. Humphrey
National Party
Oil spill off Santa Barbara drains wildlife toll grows
The Santa Barbara Channel disaster leaves cormorants ducks gulls and loons dead as 1 053 birds are taken to three rescue stations since a seabed well began leaking. About 200 000 gallons of oil slicked 30 miles of Pacific beaches. main body fractured yet large patches remain on sand while dispersants work.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
California
Hve
Santa Barbara Channel
Pacific Ocean
Paul de Falco
U.S. Air and Water Pollution Control Administration
Rockefeller Veto Overridden In Arkansas Senate Action
The Arkansas Senate overrode Gov. Rockefeller's veto on a parole tightening bill by a 27-3 vote. The House passed two education measures to boost Teacher Retirement System contributions and grant teachers tenure. A separate measure to allow sterilization of mentally incompetent adults was approved, while a bill permitting a one percent sales tax on ecitles was defeated.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Senate
House
Winthrop Rockefeller
Knox Nelson
Pine Bluff
Senate
Representatives
Nelson
Ode Maddox
Qten
Maddox
Fair and Cool for Arkansas
The Associated Press reports fair skies and cool temperatures will persist in Arkansas through Thursday with no rainfall expected as a high pressure ridge cuts off moisture. Highs fall from the 40s in the northeast to the 60s in the southwest, with Blytheville at 46 and Fayetteville at 30 to Texarkana's 44 for overnight lows.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Blytheville
Fayetteville
Texarkana
Canada Gives Nod to Red China
Ottawa moves to open talks with Red China on establishing diplomatic relations. Foreign Minister Mitchell Sharp said Canada will approach the Red Chinese embassy with a proposal for talks at a mutually convenient time and place. The decision prompts protests from Nationalist China and Fosao’s ambassador in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Mitchell Sharp
House of Commons
Stockholm
Washington
State Department
Italy
China
Sharp
Canada
Formosa
Hsueh Yu-Chi
Cairo
Peking
Blizzard Lifts Men Over Machines in New York City
HAL BOYLE notes a great snowstorm turning New York into a pedestrian paradise as machines halt. Cars and buses idle while people, from workers to children, fill the streets with playful camaraderie and resilience amid the white siege. The city regains a human pace as commutes pause and neighborhoods cope together.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Human Brotherhood
New York City
Mandato
Girl Escapes as Captor Is Shot by Police in Dallas Area
In Dallas suburb Mesquite a 7 year old girl Janie Lewis escaped after a 104 hour hold in a cafeteria booth ended when police gunfire killed Freddie Mullins 21. Paraolee Mullins pressed a gun on a crowd while officers fired about 12 shots including three from Limmer who shot Mullins as he distracted Janie.
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Ruth Ann Vauuna
Associated Press
Weiter
Dallas
Tex
Janie Lewis
Freddie Robert Mullins
Minnesota
Hines
Mesquite
L.H. Limmer
Miss Lewis
Mullins
Limmer
L. C. Tidwell
Steelworker Election Set Today
United Steelworkers members across the nation vote for president in a contest that may shape the labor movement. Incumbent I W Abel seeks a second term against Emil Narick with turnout reported as heavy in some locals and about the level of the 1965 race. Abel voted in Canton Ohio and predicted a good victory.
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John Cotter
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
I. W. Abel
Emil Narick
U.S. Steel
Edgar Thomson
Abel
David McDonald
Canton
Ohio
Pueblo Probers Seek to Determine Extent of Classified Loss
Navy inquiry hears additional intelligence crewmen explain how much classified Pueblo material was destroyed before capture by North Korea. Court of inquiry in Coronado probes destruction amid fears disclosure could harm national defense. 29 of 83 aboard were communications technicians led by Lt. Stephen Harris.
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Richard E. Meyer
Associated Press
Coronado
Calif
Navy
Stephen Harris
Pueblo
Ralph D. Bouden
Washington, D.C
James Francis Kell
Honolulu
Bouder
Kell
Harris
Death Toll Climbs From Northeast Blizzard Sequel
Snowbound Northeast digged out after weekend storm that disrupted transport and commerce. Fifty nine deaths blamed on the blizzard from New Jersey to Maine with three auto asphyxiations at Kennedy Airport. Kennedy reopened as operations resume. 4,000 marooned at the airport while LaGuardia Newark and Logan restart. Stores report milk and bread shortages as trucks fail to pass ten foot drifts.
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Bob Monroe
Associated Press
NEW York
Northeast
New Jersey
Maine
Kennedy Airport
Kennedy
LaGuardia
Newark Airport
Logan International Airport
Boston
American
Castro May Plan Carb on Air Bandits
In Miami the hijacked Eastern Airlines jet with 110 passengers bound for Miami was allowed to land in Cuba and return to the United States five hours later. The event signals a possible thaw in Cuban policy toward hijackings. The hijacker, described as a fat man with a pistol, forced the crew to divert to Jose Marti Airport near Havana.
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Stratton L. Douthat
Associated Press
MIAMI
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Havana
New York
Eastern Airlines
Jonathon Rinehart
U.S
Varadero
Jose Marti
Eastern Airines
EAL Flight 950
San Juan
Susanne Connor
Deaths and community notices populate All Around Town
Local brief highlights: Girl Scouts selling cookies through Feb 15 at 50 cents per box with a bonus to the troop. cookies available March 2 for direct sale including sandwich and peanut butter varieties. Recognitions include Nealy C. Greene for U S Air Force Outstanding Unit Award and Sgt Louis R. Cherrabaenaciea earning Outstanding Non commissioned Officer of the Quarter at Cambria AFS California.
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Sat
Nealy C. Greene
Hope Rt. 4
U.S. Air Force
Set. Greene
Travis 8
Louis R. Cherrabaenaciea
Cambria Air Force Station
Calif
Aerospace Defense Command
Loretta
Mrs
Grandison Turner
Rt. 3
Hope
Venezuelan Airliner Hijacked to Cuba With 74 Aboard
A Venezuelan government jet, Aeropostal Flight 305 or 619, carrying 74 people including two Venezuelan army majors, was hijacked by five armed individuals and diverted to Santiago de Cuba. The aircraft departed Maracaibo for Caracas and turned toward Havana after takeoff.
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Miami
Cuba
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Aeropostal
San Diago
FAA
Caracas
Luis Saules
Humberto Villa
Maracaibo
Vladimiro Fernandez
Havana
Mixed-Drink Bill Defeated In Arkansas House Vote
The Arkansas House rejected HB 125 11 to 84, a plan to let the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board issue permits for mixed drinks in wet counties without local option. An amendment to allow service in private clubs in dry counties was attached to the administration bill, boosting its prospects. Representative Allan Dishough led the defeated measure amid heated debate with opponents arguing it would widen liquor access and increase alcohol availability.
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ED Shearer
Associated Press
Little Rock (Ap
Arkansas House
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Allan Dishough
Little Rock
Dishough
James C
Bud’' Dawson
Conway
John Miller
Melbourne
Clinic for Crippled Children Diagnostic Clinic Held
The Crippled Children's Division of the Department of Public Welfare will hold a diagnostic and check up clinic on Thursday February 13, 1969 at the Armory. Health children invited to register between 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Examining clinicians include Dr Onus G. Smith orthopedist and Dr Petty Lowe pediatrician of Texarkana. Nursing consultant Miss Inez Merritt from the Department of Public Welfare Little Rock. Volunteers listed from Prescott Alma and other towns.
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Department of Public Welfare
Armory
Onus G. Smith
Petty Lowe
Texarkana
Ipez Merritt
Little Arkansas
Max G
Lishehts
Prescott
I Ort
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Lee Rockefeller
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Castro
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Bill Herndoo, Jr
Dublin
Howard Waddle
Antwerp
Belgium
Gaervert
Arthur Wimmell
McCaskill
Arkansas Angus Assn
Tom Cook
Americana Angus. Assn
Missouri
Garland Elementary
PTA
Anton H. Wachtendorf
State Child Welfare Dept
Guernsey Pta
Venzuelean Airliner
Dawson
Bud Dawson
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