Tax Policy Sparks Debate on Local Sales Taxes
Our Daily Bread notes a legislative clash over SB 11 arguing it would raise consumer costs by removing exemptions for utilities and carriers. The Arkansas Senate rejected SB 11 while approving a bill allowing cities to vote on a 1 percent local sales tax for municipal government. The piece critiques the state turnback system and advocates city sales tax autonomy to improve school funding and local finances. The Arkansas Gazette favors higher state tax and warns against eroding state revenue. The editorial discusses home rule, school funding, and the balance between city and state taxing powers.
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Senate
The
Star
Arkansas Gazette
Gazette
Arkansas Senate
Emmet School Funds Cut Off for Desegregation Compliance
Washington AP Secretary Robert H. Finch cut off federal funds to three Southern districts for failing to meet desegregation standards. Emmet School District No. 13 in Arkansas and Chester County Tennessee were named, with Emmet Nevada County Arkansas districts noted for mixed-grade integration under a freedom of choice plan amid small enrollment.
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Washington
Robert H. Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Finch
Greenwood County
South Carolna
Emmet
Arkansas
Chester County
Tennessee
Nevada County
Gene Ross
Uecote
Ross
Elections Set in Hempstead County School Districts
Hempstead County voters face six district elections on March 11 with two or more board seats open in Hope Spring Hill Blevins Patmos Saratoga and Washington districts plus millage renewals and a county board of education seat from Zone 3. Filing ends February 18 at 5 pm.
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Hempstead County
Hope
Blevins
Patmos
Spring Hill
Saratoga
Reeset
Washington
County Board of Education
Washington & Saratoga
Court House
Attorney General's Office
Forney Holt
Soybean Meet Planned Friday Night At County Court House
County Extension Agent Calvin Caldwell invites all soybean producers to a Friday night meeting on February 14 at 7 PM in the Extension Conference Room. Speakers Ruel Nester and Dr. Harold Hurst will discuss production practices and chemical weed control.
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Calvin Caldwell
Ruel Nester
Extension Agronomist
Harold Hurst
Extension Chemical
Caldwell
Nixons Honor Alice Roosevelt Longworth Birthday
President and Mrs Nixon hosted a White House party in Washington for Alice Roosevelt Longworth on her 86th birthday. Longworth has hosted every president since Theodore Roosevelt and attended the Nixons private dining party earlier that day. The president noted her calling him Mr President and later she began calling him Dick at a small guest gathering.
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Washington
Nixon
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Mrs. Longworth
Massachusetts Avenue
White House
President
Destruction of Data Not Supervised on Pueblo
Navy court of inquiry hears testimony that no one supervised destruction of secret material before North Koreans seized the USS Pueblo. Communications Technician J C Ritter testified Lt Stephen Harris commanded the intelligence center but no oversight occurred. The five admiral court reviews 1,700 pages of testimony as witnesses may be called later. Harris previously said orders to destroy papers came from Cmdr Lloyd M Bucher.
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Richard E. Meyer
Associated Press
Coronado
Calif
Uss Pueblo
J.C
David L. Ritter
Menlo Park
Navy
Stephen Harris
Layton
Ritter
Pueblo
Harris
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Actor David Janssen seeks missing Rolls Royce convertible
Beverly Hills California AP reports actor David Janssen known for The Fugitive asks police to locate his leased 32000 dollar Rolls Royce convertible stolen from a garage Wednesday. The vehicle belonged to a leasing firm and was taken in the incident.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
David Janssen
Old Red the Station Wagon Wins Our Hearts and Inbox
In a fond reminiscence, a family recalls Old Red the station wagon that served six years and 65 000 miles. It towed boats and hauled groceries, endured dents from a barbed wire fence and a pet coon, and kept children cheerful as their family car on dates. Now traded for a new wagon, Old Red stands in memory as the sentimental hero.
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Joe Wint
NEW York
Old Red
Red
Tom
Soviets strained by race for U S nuclear edge
Defense analysts say the Soviet Union faces economic strain as it outlays heavily to match U S atomic power. Moscow reportedly finances most North Vietnam and Arab arms while its overall output runs about half U S levels. The view links Vietnam war costs to pressure for a nuclear balance and possible talks.
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Y Freds. Hoffman
Military
Wester Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Middle East
Pentagon
Russia
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Vietnam
Washington
Defense
State Department
Nixon
Norodom Sihanouk
John D. Eisenhower
Belgium
Shaw Trial Spotlight and Hypnosis Issue In Court
New Orleans AP report notes Judge Haggerty bars testimony by Dr Esmond Fatter on hypnotism used to refresh Perry Russo's memory about an alleged plot tied to President Kennedy. Defense objects to hypnotism evidence. ruling upholds exclusion as trial proceeds.
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Bill Crider
Associated Press
New Orleans
Star State
Perry Raymond Russo
John F. Kennedy
Esmond A. Fatter
Clay Shaw
Fatter
Edward A. Haggerty Jr
Lee Postman
Senate Vote Defeats Use Tax Exemption Bill in Arkansas
Arkansas Senate defeated a proposal by Sen. Penn and Sen. Harvey to remove use tax exemptions for utilities and transport firms. The 10 to 24 vote rejected an amendment that would have preserved some exemptions while repealing others, challenging lawmakers to find revised tax plans.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Senate
Thomas Penn
Cave City
Robert Harvey
Swiftton
Penn
Penn-Harvey
Harvey
Hmself
State Revenue Department
Senate
Peon
John F. Gibson
Der
Mott
Arkansas
Gisbon
Gibson
Sen
Clarence Bell
Parkin
Olen Hendrix
Prescott
Adult Sewing Classes Planned by Hope High
Mrs. Joe Harmon will lead five week adult sewing courses starting the first Monday in March at the Hope High School Home Economics cottage from 7 to 3 p.m. each Monday night. Open to non students, new techniques taught, fabric costs only, attendees may miss sessions. Future Homemakers of America volunteers babysitting this year.
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Joe Harmon
Hope High School
Sirhan Plea Change Moves Ahead in Kennedy Murder Trial
Los Angeles AP. Sirhan Sirhan faces a pivotal moment as his trial enters testimony with questions over a possible guilty plea to assassinating Robert F. Kennedy. Jurors have been sequestered and guarded at the Biltmore Hotel. Defense and prosecutors discuss the option amid conflicting reports while no deal has been made.
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Los Angeles
Trai
Robert F. Kennedy
Harry F
Rosenthal
Associated Press
Sirhan
Sir’an
Jordatan
Lincoln
Biltmore
California
Dist. Atty
Evette J. Younger
Burnett to Receive Harvard Pudding Award in 1968
Carol Burnett will become the first television actress to receive Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year award. The Cambridge club, claimed as the nation’s oldest theatrical organization, announced the 1968 winner on Wednesday.
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Cambridge, Miss
Carol Burnett
The
Hasty Pudding
Harvard University
Sirhan Sirhan Hal moves to testimony phase in RFK case
AP digest notes Sirhan Sirhan advances toward testimony with questions only jurors and attorneys can answer. Analysts weigh a possible guilty plea to assassinating Robert F. Kennedy as unions temper expectations of GOP relations. Vietnam reports heavy fighting near Saigon with 156 enemy soldiers killed and six US helicopters down.
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Sirhan Sirhan
Hal
Ito
Robert F. Kennedy
Afl-Cio
GOP
George Romhey
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Audubon Group Plans Visit to Bois d Arc Lake
Shugart vice president of the Arkansas Audubon Society schedules a field trip to Bois D Arc Lake on Saturday February 15 for the South Arkansas Society of El Dorado and Hempstead Audubon Society. Conservation minded individuals are invited to meet at Bois D Arc recreation area around 9 Saturday morning to be guided by Arkansas Audubon Society authorities.
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Hlh, Shugart
Arkansas Audubon Society
Bois D'Arc Lake
South Arkansas Society of el Dorado and Hempstead Audubon Society
Bois D’arc Recreation Area
Community notices and local roles in Hempstead County Arkansas
All Around Town items list events in Hempstead County Arkansas including a singing convention at Providence Memorial Baptist Church Perrytown at 1:30 p.m. on February 16 and a Catholic Women's Council game party at Parrish Hall on February 18 at 7:30 p.m. Whitfield Masonic Lodge buys Cannon property, Charles E. Downs promoted to Lt Col in Engineers, and tours in Vietnam. Airman James C. Hamilton arrives at Torocston AB Madrid Spain for duty. University of Arkansas fall honor roll includes Johnny William Brown of Lewisville and other Hope area students. Conifer Girl Scout Senior Planning Board hosted 95 Conifer Scouts and 33 Senior Scouts from other councils in Hope. Elmer Grant to preach at Shower Springs Baptist Church at 11 a.m. service Sunday.
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Hempstead County
Providence Memorial Baptist Church
Perrytown
Ark
Hope
D.D. Fairchild
Charles E. Downs
Bodcaw
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Vietnam
Arizona State University
Fort McClellan
Ala
E.D. Downs
Bodcay
Helen Atkins
Business Administration
University of Arkansas
Johnny William Brown
Lewisville
Susan Anice Ward Prescott
James Neal Nutt
Mineral Springs
Peggy Nell Franks
Dennis E. Ritchie
Nashvile
Anna Cathy Feild
Arkansas House blocks tax plan and other measures
Arkansas House rejected a 5 cent per 500 transfer tax on real property, dimming Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller's tax program. The vote was 37 to 49 with 51 needed. Other defeated measures included a higher education commission and a tax appeals board. a Senate tax repeal for utilities exemptions passed. The session also saw a pro abortion bill surface and parking and street work items discussed.
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ED Shearer
Associated Press
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas General Assembly
House
George Nowotny
Fort Smith
Herbert C. Rule di
Commission On Higher Education
State Board of Tax Appeals
Senate
Nowotny
Fis Gu
Gayle Windsor
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Russell E. Parsons
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Bois d’ Arc
Council of Catholic Women
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Whitfield Masonic Lodge
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James C. Hamilton
Melree Hamilton
Hope, Ark
Torreston AB
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Joyce Battee
Mary Stuart
Elmer Grant
Shower Springs
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Diamond Cafe
A.L. Glanton
Rocky Mound Road
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