Editorial: Schools Eye Sales Tax Hike Frustrates AEA
Our Daily Shiced Thin argues the Arkansas Education Association overstates a need for a one cent sales tax increase while ignoring local school directors. The piece criticizes reliance on state sales taxes, calls for property assessment reform, and supports Gov. Bumpers while favoring a higher income tax to fund schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. H. Washburn
Arkansas Education Association
Dale Bumpers
General Assembly
Arkansas
AEA
Bumpers
O.K
Four Persons Killed on Highways
An Associated Press report records four traffic fatalities in Arkansas during a 54 hour weekend from Friday 6 pm to Sunday midnight. Victims: Doyle Bratton 18 and Donald Banks 27 of near Atkins in a pickup-train crash. Patrick Owen Kelley 16 of North Little Rock in a rollover near North Little Rock. Ronald Eugene Carter 17 of Berryville in a two vehicle collision on Arkansas 21 near Berryville.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Missouri Pacific
Atkins
Doyle Bratton
Donald Banks
Patrick Owen Kelley
North Little Rock
Ronald Eugene Carter
Berryville
Arkansas 21
Cambodia Head in Hawaii
Cambodian Premier Lon Nol remains in intensive care at Tripler Army Hospital Honolulu after suffering a stroke, officials said.
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Cambodia
Hawaii
Honolulu
Lon Nol
Tripler Army Hospital
Bumpers Rejects Compromise on Tax Plan in TV Appeal
Gov. Dale Bumpers said he can win passage of a 26 million tax program without compromise. He urged residents to contact legislators, argued the plan is fair, and noted a three fourths vote is needed in each house for the income tax adjustment that would raise about 15 million. He dismissed sales tax increases as expedient and regressive.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Bumpers
Arkansas Radio Network
General Assembly
Group Seeks Governor Backing on Watson Chapel Desegregation
The Reverend J F Cooley of the Committee for a Peaceful Coexistence urged Governor Dale Bumpers to issue a statement in support of black and white Watson Chapel parents who fought for desegregation. He said the governor should encourage those who backed school unification after a court-ordered integration last week.
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North Little Rock
J. F. Cooley
Committee For
Dale Bumpers
Watson Chapel
Cooley
Jonesboro Man Charged With Murder
Horace Hoss Cargill a 53 year old Jonesboro resident is charged with first degree murder in the Friday night shooting death of Roxie Cargill 45 a local restaurant operator. Cargill was arrested Saturday in a Jonesboro apartment and is the victim's estranged husband who had filed for divorce the day before.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Horace “Hoss” Cargill
Roxie Cargill
Astronaut Roosa and Mitchell Receive Space Flight Promotions
The White House announced on Sunday that astronaut Stuart A. Roosa was promoted to Air Force lieutenant colonel and Edgar D. Mitchell to Navy captain. The promotions mark standard advances for crews embarking on their first spaceflight.
Chambers Oppose Day Law School in Little Rock
Fort Smith and Fayetteville chambers adopt a resolution opposing establishing a day law school in Little Rock. Fayetteville chamber argues it duplicates the University of Arkansas Fayetteville campus offerings.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Fort Smith
Threat of rail strike dimmed by union agreement
The threat of a nationwide rail shutdown on March 1 has dimmed after the Labor Department announced a deal between carriers and the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks. Other unions had reached agreements, but the United Transportation Union remains undecided about striking after the deadline. The strike ban imposed by Congress ends in March.
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Michael J. Reilly
Associated Press
Washington
Labor Department
Brotherhood of
Railway
W. J. Usery Jr
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Workers
James D. Hodgson
United Transportation Union
UTU
Congress
Hope Masons Attend Meet at Little Rock
Whitfield Lodge No. 239 sent seven candidates to Little Rock on Saturday February 13 to receive the Thirty Second Degree of Free Masonry. The group included Carter Russell Jewell Still Horace Samuels James Matt Walters W D Dub Flowers Rev Gordon Renshaw and Herschell Pat Patterson. The Mid Winter Reunion continues on February 20 with the first session already through the 18th Degree and plans to complete the 19th and 32nd. Other attending masons besides the candidates were Austin Hutson Chester Armand Reymond Byers Y C Coleman R M Jones Fay James Olin Purtell Clovis Title Bill Mudgett Paul Klipsch and Harry Whitworth.
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Whitfield Lodge No
Little Rock
Carter Russell
Jewell Still
Horace Samuels
James “Matt” Walters
W. D
Dub” Flowers
Gordon Renshaw
Herschell
Pat" Patterson
Austin Hutson
Chester Armand
Reymond Byers
Y. C. Coleman
R. M. Jones
Fay James
Olin Purtell
Clovis Title
Bill Mudgett
Paul Klipsch
Harry Whitworth
Group backs AEA salary demands in Arkansas report
LITTLE ROCK AP The Education Committee of the Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunity adopted a resolution backing the salary demands of the Arkansas Education Association. It opposed raising the 3 percent sales tax to fund raises, arguing it would burden the poor more than the rich. AEA has asked for a sales tax increase, but Senator Bumpers opposes raising the tax.
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Little Rock
Budget Chief Sees U S Inflation under Control in 1971
Budget Chief George P. Shultz says wage gains have not driven inflation and productivity gains will moderate price rises. He notes construction wage settlements remain problematic and questions whether expansionary policy could spur inflationary psychology.
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Sterling F. Green
Bill Neikirk
Associated Press Writers
Washington
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Associated Press
Office of Management and Budget
Labor Meets to Attack Nixon at AFL-CIO Winter Meet
The AFL-CIO opened its annual winter leadership meeting with a broad attack on President Nixon’s economic policies and a legislative agenda. Andrew J. Biemiller urged Congress to create new jobs, address urban crises, and guarantee health security dignity and prosperity for all Americans.
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Neil Gilbril
Miami Beach
Afl-Cio
Nixon
White House
Andrew J. Biemiller
Federation
Congress
Asi
Five Year Oil Pact Tightens Western Talks With Libya
Tehran AP report says Gulf oil states promised five years of steady supply but Western firms face tougher Libyan price talks this week. Ahmed Yamani and Iraq's Saadan Hammadi join, while Libya demands about 60 cents above posted price. Gulf pact raises light crude to 2.17, heavy to 2.125, with inflation adjustments through 1975.
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Dennis Neeld
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Persian Gulf
Libya
Ahmed Zeki Yamani
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Saadan Hammadi
Abdul Salam Jalloud
Gulf States
Algeria
Europe
Kuwait
Abu Dhabi
Qatar
Japan
Mediterranean
Yamani
Hammadi
Gulf
Mild Arkansas Weather Persists Through Tuesday
Mild weather continues in Arkansas with the National Weather Service forecasting isolated thunderstorms in extreme southern areas today. Rain is expected to move out this afternoon. Highs Tuesday in the 60s. Sunday highs ranged from 46 in Jonesboro to 67 in Texarkana, with overnight lows from Fayetteville to Texarkana. A few light snow flurries and sleet were reported in northern areas, but no significant accumulation occurred.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
National Weather Service
Jonesboro
Texarkana
Fayetteville
Turks Kidnap American Gs Near Ankara
Armed Turks believed to be leftist extremists abducted U S Air Force Airman J C Jimmy Finley 24 on guard duty at the Balgat base near Ankara. The crewless pickup truck was left ten miles from the capital after a hail of bullets. no contact with kidnappers. US Embassy seeks Turkish help and no clues yet.
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Nick Ludington
Associated Press
Ankara
U.S. Air Force
U.S
J.C. Jimmy Finley
Fort Worth
Tex
Finley
Air Force
Foreign Ministry
Turkey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Balgat
Freedom Inc President seeks meeting on Watson Chapel desegregation
Texarkana AP Dr Mitchell Young national president of Freedom Inc says he will try to arrange a meeting with the Arkansas delegation to appeal the court ordered desegregation of the Watson Chapel schools. He says four school board members and their attorney John Warnock are under federal observation and federal officials oppose taking the case to the Supreme Court. He adds federal officials deny the five men freedom and warn against outside interference in school affairs.
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Texarkana
Tex
Mitchell Young
Freedom Inc
Arkansas
Watson Chapel
Young
John Warnock
U.S. Supreme Court
North Vietnam raids and Laos base hit amid labor talks
An American fighter-bomber renewed strikes on North Vietnamese missile sites while US planes inadvertently bombed a CIA base in northern Laos. Labor Department reports a tentative deal between carriers and the main holdout union, and United Steelworkers strike three car-manufacturing firms. AFL-CIO opens its winter meeting with broad attacks on Nixon policy and new legislative demands. Iran and Libya price talks loom as Western oil majors prepare, and Israel reportedly rejects Jarrett peace proposals while Egypt signals a positive response.
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Associated Press Saigon
North
Vietnam
U.S
CIA
Laos
Conviction of Murder Reversed in Arkansas Ruling
The Arkansas Supreme Court reversed the second degree murder conviction of Mrs. Mable Rooks of Newport. Convicted April 29, 1970 for shooting her husband Marvin in their Bay area home on October 2, 1969, she claimed self defense. The reversal centered on how an alleged police statement was admitted at trial.
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Little Rock
Mable Rooks
Newport
Arkansas Supreme Court
Board to Hear Fired Fort Smith Official Friday
Chris Corbin, fired as Fort Smith schools superintendent last week, will appear before the school board Friday to show cause why he should be retained in the position.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Chris Corbin
Fort Smith
Public meeting seeks help for stressed city schools
A Tuesday 7:30 p.m. town hall gathering in Hope calls for community input to aid Hope and County schools facing teacher losses and operation cuts in the 1973-72 year. Parents and interested residents urged to attend. The Life Insurance Co. of Virginia announces J L R Allison as Assistant Sales Administrator in Group Insurance Sales Division. he rose from Group Sales Trainee in 1969 to Group Representative in 1970, a Hope native and Davidson College alum. Richard Stone performed clarinet in Iowa recital toward an MA in music, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Stone. Lincoln Day dinner hosted by Jefferson County GOP featured Haskell Jones as MC at Pine Bluff Town House. J C Howell admitted to VA Hospital in Little Rock.
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Hope City Hall
the Life Insurance Co
Virginia
J. L. R. Allison
Hope
Roy
Richard Stone
University of Iowa, Department of Fine Arts
Homer Stone
Haskell Jones
Pine Bluff
Jefferson County Republican Organization
Missile Sites Hit Area Amid Laos War Updates
In Saigon AP reports two more U S helicopters shot down in southern Laos as field reports cite three dead and three wounded. U S gunships attacked enemy positions, raising Laos losses to 15 helicopters. Meantime American bases in North Vietnam and Laos faced air actions, while South Vietnamese forces seized a 400-building training center and large stockpile near Highway 9. Casualties include six Meo and civilians, plus an American CIA agent, as Long Cheng base suffered damage from mortar and air strikes.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Laos
North Vietnam
CIA
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Highway 9
Lao Bao
Demilitarized Zone
Thailand
Long Cheng
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Vang Pao
Vientiane
Aar
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OPEC
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Israel
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Cairo
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J. C. Howell
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