Desperate, Indeed, Are People Who Resort to Double Taxation
The editor warns against Gov. Dale Bumpers proposed 15 million dollar increase and a 26 million tax package expanding the sales tax base. He argues that taxing used cars and cigarettes creates double taxation, raising living costs. The piece recalls Arkansas tax history and predicts disaster if sales tax is transformed into a broad transaction tax.
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Alex. W. Washburn
Dale
Arkansas
Spain
University arrest over on campus newspaper sales
Fayetteville AP Joe Saunders 22 not a student arrested Monday after selling copies of the Ozark Mountain Times Collective on the University of Arkansas campus. Denman dean said Saunders held on a warrant for refusing to leave university property after administrators asked him to depart. Bond set at 50 dollars. Officials had warned students and nonstudents that selling the radical paper on campus violated university solicitation rules.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Joe Saunders
Fayetteville
Univrsity of Arkansas
William F. Denman
Petudent Affairs
Saunders
Univrsity
Ozark Mounain Times
Ozark Mountain Times
Bumpers Tax Plans Face House Setbacks
LITTLE ROCK AP Some of Gov Dale Bumpers tax proposals meet tougher replies than expected The House Revenue and Taxation Committee recommended against passage of the repeal of use tax exemptions while likely to recon sider The administration wants sales tax extended to second hand goods and cigarettes. public hearing drew strong opposition to the used goods plan The cigarette extension could add 25 million annually and the used goods about 3 million. split into two proposals likely to occur
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
B. D
Doug” Brandon
Brandon
Bumpers
Brad Jesson
Sen
Robert Harvey
Swifton
Actor Sean Connery and Diane Cilento Part Ways
London AP reports Sean Connery and actress writer Diane Cilento have parted after eight years of marriage. Cilento left their Putney home to live in Wimbledon. Connery offered no reason for the breakup as newsmen were briefed Monday.
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London
Sean Connery
Diane Cilento
Newsmen
Miss Cilento
Putney
Wimbledon
Connery
Bill to Repeal Fair Trade Liquor Law Reaches Governor
Arkansas Senate approved Gov. Dale Bumpers' bill to repeal the 1949 fair trade liquor markup law by a 28 to 6 vote, with the House earlier backing the measure 85 to 13. The proposal bans liquor price advertising, blocks grocery or drug store sales with licenses, and tightens licensing to deter chain stores.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Senate
Dale Bumpers
House
Senate
Jim Linder
West Helena
Prime Rate Dropped by Major Banks Across The U.S.
Major New York banks and others cut prime lending rate to 5 from 6 percent, a fourth quarter-point cut this year. Banks including Bankers Trust Chase Manhattan and First National City led the move as the Dow rose and Fed actions pushed rates lower.
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New York
Bankers Trust Co
Chase Manhattan
First National City
Chemical
Irving Trust
Manufacturers Hanover
First National Bank of Chicago
First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co
Philadelphia
First National Bank of Boston
National Bank of Detroit
District Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve System
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Bankers Trust
Federal Reserve Board
Bad Check Artists Are the Hardest of All Criminals to Reform
AP columnist HAL BOYLE discusses social quirks and everyday ironies in a collage of humorous observations. Topics range from paperhangers who repeat schemes after prison to dated fashion shifts, workplace dynamics, police graft terms, and light social quirks.
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Hal Boyle
New York
America
National Can Signs Pact as Strike Shorts 4 Firms
National Can Co signs a three year contract with the United Steelworkers, breaking a united front and triggering a 40,000 worker strike at American Can Co Consolidated Can Co and Crown Cork. The deal, praised by USW President I W Abel, raises lowest wages by one dollar per hour and adds cost of living protections and enhanced pension medicare and medical benefits.
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Michael J. Reilly
Associated Press
Washington
National Can Co
United Steelworkers of America
Steelworkers
I.W. Abel
National
American Can Co
Consolidated Can Co
Crown, Cork and Seal Co
A Warming Trend for Arkansas
The Associated Press reports a warming trend in Arkansas through Wednesday with highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s and no precipitation expected. Skies are cloudy in the morning and should become partly cloudy by afternoon with overnight lows in the 30s to 50s across cities such as Fayetteville Harrison Jonesboro Pine Bluff Texarkana El Dorado Memphis Little Rock and Fort Smith.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Jonesboro
Texarkana
Fayetteville
Harrison
Pine Bluff
White House Says Laos Push Cuts Ho Chi Minh Trail
A White House official reports the South Vietnamese invasion of Laos has cut about half the supply routes on the Ho Chi Minh trail used by North Vietnam. The operation is progressing slowly as bases are built to prevent reestablishment of sanctuaries. The official cautions against a North Vietnamese cross DMZ move and notes China’s likely lack of support unless allied troops enter North Vietnam.
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Washington
Laos
White House
Nixon
Florida
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
China
Heart Sunday Scheduled February 21
The 1971 Heart Fund Campaign in Hempstead County peaks on Heart Sunday February 21 with a residential canvass led by Mrs. George Young. Volunteers will visit homes through February 28 to share heart attack warning signs, gather contributions, and support Arkansas Heart Association research and education efforts.
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Heart Fund
Heart
Hempstead
George Young
Arkansas Heart Association
Young
Man Suffers Heart Attack and Dies in Missouri Pacific Yards
Grady Mayes an itinerant worker about 55 died Tuesday after a heart attack in the Missouri Pacific yards near the depot. Hempstead Coroner J T Honeycutt ruled the death a heart attack. He worked in several local plants and efforts to contact survivors are underway. none are in this area. The body lies at Herndon Funeral Home.
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Grady Mayes
Missouri Pacific
Hempstead
J. T. Honeycutt
Honeycutt
Herndon Funeral Home
Laos Success May Mean Trouble for Democratic Hopefuls
White House officials foresee South Vietnamese Laos victory creating political risk for Democratic presidential contenders. They say most top names opposed the Laos invasion, while Nixon plans further troop withdrawals in April, keeping the war’s military aim in focus.
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Laos
Carl P. Leabsdorf
Washington (Ap
White House
Nixon
U.S
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
See
Kidnapper Kills Three Deputies in Texas Shootout
Ex convict Rene Adolpho Guzman is sought after fatally shooting three of five Dallas County deputy sheriffs who were kidnapped during a burglary probe. One deputy survived with injuries as the group was taken to a river bottom before the gunfire.
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Denner
Freeman Associated Press
Dallas, Tex
Clarence Jones
Dallas County
Rene Adolpho Guzman
Jones
Trinity River
Donnie Reese
Sam Infante
Ellis County
A. J. Robertson
Associated Press
Hope police report lists 13 traffic arrests and 6 city wrecks
The City Police log shows 13 traffic related arrests and three license violations, six drunkenness charges, one assault with a deadly weapon, one shoplifting arrest, and 10 injuries from 48 city wrecks this year. A Florida garden visit by Mrs. Hodnett is noted along with community projects, new Veterans Club members at Southern State College, and Baptist seminary coverage.
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Houston Gunter
Rose Garden Club
Housing Authority
Douglas
Garden Clubs of Hope
John E. Crow
Hope
Veterans Club
Southern State College
Crow
Southern State
Future Farmers of America
Arkansans
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
Fort Worth
Tex
Tom Urrey
Southwestern
Camden
I.T. Urrey
Jesse Brown
John Britt
John H. McClanahan
First Baptist Church of
Pine Bluff
Martin Luther King
22 Americans Killed Five Copters Lost
The US command reported 22 Americans killed 22 wounded and one missing amid air operations over Laos and North Vietnam. Four helicopters and two other aircraft were lost or crashed in Laos Cambodia and South Vietnam with multiple crew deaths and injuries amid continued missions to support South Vietnamese forces along the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
George Esper
Associated Press
US Command Today
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laotian Panhandle
Hoang Xuan Lam
Chipone
Stolen car found abandoned on Highway 24 west of Nashville
A car stolen between midnight and 6 a.m. was found abandoned on Highway 24 west of Nashville. Officers said it apparently ran out of gas. The vehicle belonged to George Phillips. Deputy Sheriff Howard Milam reported the time frame and recovery details.
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Highway 24
Nashville
Howard Milam
George Phillips
Quiz Spotlight On Women In Politics
A weekly five part People and Places quiz challenges readers to test their knowledge of women already active in politics locally and globally. The feature appears on Page 4 with answers on Page 3 and is part of the VEC Instructional Material program sponsored by Ladies Specialty Shop and Star for area school program.
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Ladies Specialty Shop and Star
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AP News Digest
FT. Benning, Ga
My Lai
William L. Calley
Senate Commerce Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Penn Central
State Department
Japan
Vietnam
Alaska
North Slope
Ankara
Turkey
Texas
U.S. Air Force
The
Star
Sarasota Jungle Gardens
Sarasota, Fla
C.B. Hodnett
Rt. 2
Hope, Arkansas
Arkansas Baptist
H.M. Dunlap
Shower Springs
Haskell Jones
Red Cross
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