Cities Seek Surface Water Supplies For Future Needs
A New Orleans Corps of Engineers release notes a public meeting set for March 8 at 2 pm in Minden Louisiana to discuss a preliminary plan for a municipal and industrial water system. The plan centers on a dam and multipurpose Bayou Dorcheat reservoir nine miles southwest of Magnolia, reflecting a broader push by cities to reduce reliance on deep wells and secure surface water sources.
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New Orleans
U.S. ‘Army Corps of Engineers
Minden
Bayou Dorcheat
Magnolia
Millwood
Senate
Rivers ' and Harbors Committee
Hwearing
Washington
Little River
Millwood Reservoir
Value Added Tax to Be Discussed
Nixon and Treasury Secretary Connally planned weekend talks on a value-added tax. Officials favored it to replace property taxes, though Nixon cautioned he has not decided. The plan would set a 3 percent VAT to raise 18 billion dollars, with rebates for low income and 13 billion to states if local school property taxes are cut.
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Nixon
Richardson
Supreme Court
Labor Protest Over Compulsory Arbitration in Strikes
AFL CIO leaders in Miami Beach denounce compulsory arbitration as a tool that could trigger industrial warfare and a government controlled economy. They warn such measures threaten the right to strike across longshoring, shipping, trucking, railway, and airline sectors and may push toward federal limits on labor actions.
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Neil Gilbride
Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fra
White House
Congress
Aflcio Maritime Trades Department
Our
Afl-Cio
Law Congress
Labor Federation
Nixon
George Meany
Maritime Department
Irving and Suskind dispute autography tale in probe
The Los Angeles Times cites sources in a grand jury probe alleging Clifford Irving and his researcher Richard Suskind told federal authorities the autobiography was not written under the claimed circumstances. Irving’s attorney Maurice Nessen denies the accusations and says there should be no further comment. In Manila Arkansas two killed in car truck crash on Arkansas 77. Ambrose Hudson 65 of Leachville and Ace Effinger 38 of Manila died when Hudson’s truck crossed the center line and struck Effinger’s auto.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles Times
Clifford Irvy
Howard Hughes
Iving
New Yorkitation
United
Irving’sttorney
Maurice Nessen
Irving
Richard Suskind
Manila
Ark
Arkansas
Mississippi
Ambrose E. Hudson
Leachville
Ace J. Effinger
Hudson
Effinger
Education Office offers relief on misspent Title I funds
The U S Office of Education made a confidential offer to help states avoid repaying millions misspent from Title I funds for deprived pupils. Arizona and Minnesota are among states asked to repay, with options to pay, set up a repayment plan, or have deductions from future grants. The case cites 1967 rules guiding funds to the neediest students. In Bemidji and Minneapolis, Minnesota cases involve library construction and salary substitutions. A separate Arkansas suit expands defendants to include the state Election Commission members alongside the Board of Apportionment.
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John Stowell
Associated Press
Washington
U.S. Office of Education
Arizona
Weldon P. Shefstall
Robert R. Wheeler
U.S
Shofstall
Minnesota
Little Rock
State Board of Apportionment
State Election Commission
Board of Apportionment
Eugene Mazzanti
McClellan announces bid for re election
Sen. John L. McClellan of Arkansas, 76, said in his Little Rock office that he will seek another term. He cited strong momentum of progress and insisted the task is not finished, calling for accelerating momentum and continuing Arkansas march of progress.
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Little Rock, Ark
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Little Rock
Arkansas
Phase 2 Nixon controls may yield social compact idea
Treasury official Charles E. Walker proposes a voluntary social compact between big business and labor to restrain wages and prices. A government wage price review board would monitor but seek only voluntary compliance, mirroring a prior construction industry plan Nixon supported. He notes incentives for cooperation and warns that continued controls could sap the economy if not adopted or phased out.
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Washington
Nixon
Treasury Department
Charles E. Walker
Walker
Water Main Upgrades Prompt Periodic Main Street Shutdowns
Over the next three to four weeks water service on Main Street will be interrupted several times for up to four hours as W C Lee Company ties new mains to existing lines. Shorter one hour outages may affect smaller blocks. Notifications to KXAR will be attempted when possible to warn the public. The Water and Light Plant and W C Lee Company aim to improve future service despite disruption.
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Main Street
W.C. Lee Company
KXAR
Water and Light Plant
Hope Water and Light Plant
Massive air raids hit Vietnam front as U S and allies strike
Hundreds of U S and South Vietnamese warplanes pounded a 225 mile western frontier from the DMZ to the central highlands in one of the heaviest raids of the war. About 400 strikes in 24 hours targeted infiltration corridors, base camps, depots, and troop concentrations across South Vietnam Laos and Cambodia as efforts to blunt a feared enemy offensive intensified.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Central Highlands
Air Force
Navy
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Dmz
Nixon draws line against further concessions on Vietnam
President Nixon said no more concessions to North Vietnam until they negotiate his eight point peace plan. He warned critics in the race for the presidency to avoid pressuring negotiations before the election. He noted the joint U S South Vietnam proposal from January 25 has not yet drawn a reply. The plan calls for a cease fire mutual troop withdrawals and prisoner releases. Nixon also outlined plans for his upcoming visit to China calling it a watershed in U S China relations while cautioning against excessive optimism or pessimism. He added there will be no tax increases this year and criticized the property tax as regressive and the value added tax only acceptable if its regressivity is removed.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
White House
United States
Nguyen van Thien
Thieu
William P. Rogers
China
Hospital Fee Posting Plan Faces AMA Opposition
The Nixon administration proposes requiring hospitals and doctors to make fee schedules public as part of health insurance amendments. The AMA says posting costs are impractical and will not lower rising health care costs, and it opposes the plan along with other insurance regulation ideas.
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Washington
Nixon
American Medical Association
Congress
Nison
Blood Donor Drive Aims To Meet County Quota
All Around Town notes 540 to 560 pints yearly needed by Hempstead for surgeries and emergencies. Bloodmobile visits Fellowship Hall February 14 from noon to p.m. Haskell Jones urges donations as county relies on meeting quota. portion supports veterans’ hospitals. Also reports military and local community news abbreviations and events.
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Veteran’s
Haskell Jones
Red Cross Blood
Hempstead
Fellowship Hall
First Baptist Church
Arkadelphia School Closes Over Racial Tension
Arkadelphia Ark AP reports Arkadelphia High School dismissed before noon as about 125 white pupils gathered on a church parking lot across from the school. Superintendent Robert Stephens closed all city schools until Monday and planned talks with various groups to ease the tension after an incident where two white pupils were allegedly accosted by Black students.
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Arkadelphia, Ark
Arkadelphia High School
Robert Stephens
Arkadelphia
Two Killed in Plane Crash Near Jonesboro Ark
Two people died when a single engine Cessna 150 crashed in a field about 10 miles northwest of Jonesboro. Victims were Perry J. Dalton Jr. and Frances B. Morris. Dalton was a 21 year old Arkansas State University student pilot from Camden. Morris worked for Burnette Flying Service based in Wynne with an office in Jonesboro. In Hot Springs, Gary R. Sisney, 19, died in a one car crash on Arkansas 7 seven miles south of the city after his car skidded, overturned seven times.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Here
Perry J. Dalton Jr
Camden
Arkansas State University
Frances B. Morris
Wynne
Burnette Flying Service
Hot Springs
Gary R. Sisney
Arkansas 7
Sisney
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James Russey
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Naval Training Center
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James M. McQuendon
Stamps, Ark
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Camp Pendleton,Calif
Vernie Goynes
Wadley Hospital
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Century Bible
First United Methodist Church
Bill Watson
Wayne Russell
Fay James
U.S. Air Force
Roy N. Wright Jr
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M. B. Wahl
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