Arkansas SB 142 fuels tax fears and lobby ties
Our Daily Bread notes Arkansas lawmakers enact SB 142 allocating tax funds to the Association of Arkansas counties lobby. The House votes 6 to 29 after Senate approval, sending the bill to Gov Rockefeller, who is expected to veto. The piece argues the measure rewards political interests, shifts funds from the University of Arkansas project, and risks a statewide referendum on any tax increase.
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Arkansas
The
Association of Arkansas Counties
State House of Represen
Tive House
Senate
Rockefeller
University of Arkansas
Little Rock
Ua-Lru
General Assembly
Fayetteville University
Little Rock University
Rockefeller May Seek Joint Session on Tax Plan
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller weighs calling a joint House Senate session to clarify tax debate and exemptions. He says a move could occur late this week, arguing eliminating 311 exemptions won't raise enough money while proposing $195 million in new taxes over two years. Legislature has not acted on his proposals.
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John R. Starr
Associated Press
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
House
Senate
Rockefeller
Sen
Robert Harvey
Swifton
Suharto Resting at Home From Fatigue in Jakarta
President Suharto was resting at home after suffering severe headaches. Palace spokesman said he needs several days rest and has cancelled all engagements for today and tomorrow. The official stressed there is no serious condition.
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Jakarta
Suharto
Arkansas Senate approves annexation and city sales tax levy
In Little Rock, the Arkansas Senate approved on reconsideration a controversial annexation bill and a measure allowing cities to levy a one per cent sales tax. The House overrode Gov. Rockefeller's veto on a parole eligibility bill requiring convicts to serve one third of their term before parole. The chamber also passed a Senate bill permitting the Association of Arkansas Counties to use state turnback funds if appropriated by quorum courts. The annexation bill, defeated last Friday, passed 21-10 on reconsideration, requiring majority voter approval in both the city and the area to be annexed. The sales tax measure also passed 21-10 on reconsideration. Rep. G. W. Buddy Turner said overriding the veto was serious but noted public anger over parole handling. The report notes quotes from Turner and references ongoing coverage.
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ED Shearer
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas Senate
House
Winthrop Rockefeller
Senate
Association of Arkansas Counties
John J. Purtle
Knox Nelson
Pine Bluff
Rockesfeller
G. W
Buddy
Turner
Convention Rioting Blamed on Police Policy
A National Commission report links the Miami riot during the 1968 Republican National Convention to police ineptness and a hard line against Negroes. Four died amid looting and gunfire as unemployment, poor schools, high rent, and crime compounded tensions, with the task force noting little direct link to the convention itself.
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Joseph E. Mohbat
Associated Press
Washington
Miami
National Commission On Violence
GOP
Miami Beach
Commission
Florida
Louis J. Hector
Paul L. £. Heliiwell
Wlater Headley
Fla
Vietnam
U.8
Saigon
Rockefeller Seeks Extended 10% Tax Surcharge for Education
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller outlines a plan at the White House to extend the temporary 10 percent federal income tax surcharge and channel revenues to state and local programs, especially education. He proposes 25 percent of growth in other federal revenues to fund nationwide welfare standards and accuses the federal system of underfunding state needs. The plan would phase in surcharge distributions reaching about 14 billion by 1973, with added health insurance and reform of federal aid to states and localities.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
White House
Nixon
Urban Affairs Council
Rockefeller
Spiro T. Agnew
National Security Council
Careful Presents Don't Compromise for Senator Young
Washington AP describes Senator Stephen Young avoiding gifts to protect his position. He notes a $5 limit on gifts and recently returned most of a case of expensive Scotch after appraisal. He kept one bottle, saying he was informed of the value.
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Washington
Otdo
Stephen Young
United States
Pye
Young
Staying Out of All Trouble Is a Major Goal
HAL BOYLE notes that avoiding trouble in a anxious age is hard and offers comic examples of common invitations that backfire. The piece mocks casual risk and shows how easily words or actions can lead to trouble in everyday situations.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Negro History Week program at Yerger High School
Yerger High School will present an assembly Friday in observance of Negro History Week from February 9 to 15 1969 at Yerger Gym. The program aims to promote appreciation of the Negro past encourage understanding of his present status and enrich future promise. W Y Rutherford said.
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Yerger High School
UAC A.m
Yerger
W.Y. Rutherford
Israel Shoots Down Syrian Airplane
The Israeli air force shot down a MIG-1 warplane from Syria and chased another after crossing the cease-fire line over the Golan Heights. No Israeli losses were reported. In Jerusalem, Premier Levi Eshkol won a confidence vote 74 to 5, but a party withdrawal threat looms over his coalition amid policy debates with the United States.
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Associated Press
Israel
Syria
Golan Heights
MI6
Jerusalem
Levi Eshkol
Knesset
Pariament
Free Center Party
Haim Landau
Gahal
United States
Eshkol
Newsweek Magazine
Old Jersalem
West Bank
Jordan
Jordan River
Israal
Sunai
Egypt
Peninsual
Gulf of Aquaba
United Nations
U. S
Charles W. Yost
Middle East
U. N
Witnesses Back Tax Hikes to Expand Arkansas Services
Administration witnesses told the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee that proposed tax increases to fund education and state services are justified. Forrest Rozzell and Robert Shultz urged higher funding for public schools, colleges, and university programs, plus new beds and a merger plan for the U of A system.
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Little Rock
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Forrest Rozzell
The
Arkansas Education Association
Robert Shultz
Rogzel
U of A
Little Rock University
C. Robert Sarver
Cummins
Nixon Desegregation push spurs four legal actions AP
The Nixon administration accelerates civil rights enforcement with four federal lawsuits against school districts. Houston seeks to void freedom of choice desegregation plans, challenging racial separation in the nation’s sixth largest district. Louisiana suits follow as officials deny slowing the pace.
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William Barton
Associated Press
Washington
Justice Department
Nixon
Houston, Tex
Houston
Louisiana
United States
National Security Council
White House
Eugene J. McCarthy
National Democratic Committee
McCarthy
Terrorist Bus Attacks Thwarted Near Saigon Air Base
AP reports U S troops foiled two Viet Cong bomber attempts aimed at busloads of Americans near Tan Son Nhut Air Base Saigon. One attack targeted Gen Abrams staff. a Vietnamese child was slightly injured. No American casualties. Another raid hit Long Binh rocket launch sites earlier. Military says enemy plans unclear. small scale assaults possible.
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George Espen
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Tan Nhut
Toy
Creighton W. Abrams
Long Binh
Big
Gen. Abrams
Tan Son Nhut
Duo Serenade Captors From Boston Jail Cell
In Skaneateles New York AP reports Peter A. Parke and Norine Deary both 19 and 25 from Boston serenaded police officers with a two hour medley of folk songs from the village station stage while held on charges of marijuana possession.
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Skaneateles
N.Y
Peter A. Parke
Norine Deary
Boston
All Around Town in Hope Presents Jack and the Beanstalk
A Hope area notice promotes All Around Town Nicole Marionettes performing Monday Feb 17 at Hope High School and Hope Well auditorium with shows at 9 00 am 10 30 am and 2 00 pm Admission 25 cents Contact Mrs John Graves 777 3264 for details Also notes about 1953 Hope High School graduates and donations for their death in the family All other items include Igt Bill Ingram visiting relatives Tech mid term graduation for 1968 and a dance at the RCI Club McCaskill February 15 Music by Dale Goodher and the Country Boys Scouts pack attendance in Texarkana and related local social items.
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Nicole Marionettes
Hope
Hope Junior Auxiliary
Hope High School
Hope- Well
John Graves
RCI Club
McCaskill
Dale Goodher
Country Boys
Propare
Change Plea Reported in Sirhan Kennedy Case
Reports circulated that Sirhan Bishara Sirhan may change his plea to guilty in the Kennedy assassination. The move could reduce trial length, with death or life imprisonment mandatory by California law. Defense hopes hinge on diminished mental capacity to negate premeditation. Trial opening set for Thursday after Lincoln’s Birthday recess.
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Gene Handsaker
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Sirehan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles Times
Sirhan
The
Times
Jordan
the Times
Evelle J. Younger
California
Lincoln
Herbert V. Walker
Precipitation May Move Into Arkansas Statewide
The Associated Press reports a west to east moving upper trough will bring increased clouds and possible precipitation into Arkansas by Thursday night or Friday. Temperatures shift from mild on Tuesday to colder today, then slight warming for Thursday. Harrison posted 57 degrees as Texarkana reached 68 on Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Harrison
Texarkana
Court bans distribution of Two Virgins album cover
In Newark New Jersey a Superior Court judge ruled the Beatles John Lennon and Yoko Ono nude album cover obscene and not distributable. The judge said the cover mainly promotes teen sales and has no relation to the records. The cover and front images were seized in two raids this year in Union County.
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Nelson X, Mintz
John Lennon
Mintz
Lennoy
Yoko
Tod
Union County
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