Military members use food stamps study finds
A Pentagon study estimates as many as 38 000 active duty personnel draw food stamps with 62 000 eligible under current pay and allowances. It notes overseas stations limit participation and that one third have working wives, while overseas limits and moonlighting reduce eligibility.
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Washington
Armed Services
Pentagon
United States
Guam
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Return of the $2 bill attracts skeptical Arkansas views
AP reports mixed reception as the $2 bill returns after a decade. Banks and merchants in Little Rock and across Arkansas say cash drawers and customers resist the denomination, with few seeks and limited use beyond novelty. Oaklawn Park notes similar scarcity at the betting window.
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Little Rock
Uncle Sam
Arkansans
Jean Blackwood
Metropolitan National Bank
Raymond Erickson
Bob's Thriftway
Gary Garton
First National Bank of
Oaklawn Park
Bumpers Pryor clash marks shift in state revenue policy
Arkansas swings from a Bumpers veto on earmarked funds to Pryor proposing a 6.27 percent turnback of general revenue to cities and counties for fiscal 1979 drawn from personal income tax. The plan requires local votes to endorse transfers, and would grow as income tax receipts rise.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Dale Bumpers
David Pryor
Pryor
Arkansas Bill To Raise Motor Fuel Tax Cleared Committee
In Little Rock the House Revenue and Taxation Committee recommended a do pass on a bill raising the motor fuel tax two cents per gallon. Key votes came from Rep. Joel Ledbetter and 9 other supporters. The measure would boost Highway Department funding, with distribution 70 percent to the department, 15 percent to cities, 15 percent to counties, and about 24 million in new revenue overall.
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Little Rock
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Wayne Hampton
Stuttgart
Foster
England
Highway Department
Charles Moore
Luxora
Joel Y. Ledbetter
Foster, Moore
Ledbetter
Cecil Alexander
Heber Springs
Bennie Ryburn
Monticello
Preston Bynum
Siloam Springs
Bill Randall
Sheridan
Arlo Tyer
Pocahontas
Bob Arnold
Arkadelphia
E. C
Bubba” Benton
The
Kansas Oil Marketers Association
Hampton
Exxon
Arkansas Petroleum Council
Foster Oil Co
U.S
Arabs seek Saudi backing for Alaska offshore oil bid
In Anchorage, Koning Inc. the Native Claims Settlement Act firm says it plans to qualify for offshore oil lease bids with Saudi financial backing. A Koning VP confirms Saudi interest and notes board members may visit Saudi Arabia to discuss resource development.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Saudi Arabia
United States
Associated Press
Koning Inc
Harry Carter
Koning
Carter
OCS
Airlines face record CAB complaints in 1976
Air line passengers flooded the Civil Aeronautics Board with 16124 complaints in 1976 up 35 percent from 1975. Issues include reservations, overbooking baggage handling and late flights. CAB warns not all complaints are verified and many arise from airline reporting.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Air Transport Association
Consumer Advocate
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Senate Nutrition Committee
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HHB Divarty
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Annie B. Weston
Route 3
Hope
MG Calvert P. Benedict
Ft. Riley
Kansas
CSM
Pat Chumley
Texarkana
Commercial National Bank
Oaklawn
Ron Wagers
Suede
Hope Village Shopping Center
Hope, Ark
Sale
Reg
Ceylon
India
Brazil
Arkansas Educational Television Network
Office of Arkansas State Arts and Humanities
Richard A. Harding
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
Denver
Colorado
Dirks
Fitzsimons
Harding
Mattie
Regina Lucine
Dereke Harding
U.S. Naval Base
Philadelphia
Will V. Rutherford
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