Bumpers Fall Short Yet Tested Session Ends Strong
Arkansas Governor Dale Bumpers saw most of his special session programs approved in some form as the Legislature adjourned. The session yielded a broad social services package to draw in about 26 million dollars in federal funds, expanded mental and physical handicapped programs, a group hospital and medical insurance plan for 16,000 state employees, and a loan scholarship program for medical students in rural practice. Opposition and compromises arose over AM&N College merger timing, drug control measures, and election procedures. The vote kept most major bills intact despite some modifications and a few defeats.
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Robert Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Bumpers
Booneville
B. D
Doug” Brandon
General Assembly
Brandon
Legisla
Tion
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Arkansas Am&n College
University of Arkansas
East Arkansas
Senate
Am&n
Capitol
Secretary of State
House
Kelly Bryant
Bryant
Rudy Moore
Springdale
Circuit Court
Warren E. Wood
Wood
Bryan
Moore
Execution in Ireland Raises Northern Ireland Toll
In Northern Ireland terrorists killed a part time Ulster Defence Regiment militiaman and a British soldier, bringing the death toll to at least 245 in 24 years of sectarian violence. Thomas Callaghan was dragged from his bus in Londonderry, shot, and left by a road. In Belfast a jeep was machine gunned, wounding a paratrooper. A tire depot was bombed with no casualties. A bomb found aboard the ferry Duke of Argyll bound for Belfast prompted security alerts.
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Colin Frost
Associated Press
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Thomas Callaghan
Ulster Defense Regiment
Londonderry
Creggan
Duke of Argyll
England
Hughes Song Released Amid Airport Security Review
In Nashville AP reports the distributor Shelby Singleton will release a record titled Howard Hughes is Alive and Well. The item, linked to The Battle Hymn of St. Casey and Harper Valley P T A, aims for market release soon as authorities widen safety reviews at airports and harbors after a ferry incident.
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Nashville, Tenn
Howard Hughes
St. Casey
Harper Valley
District Suit Progresses Over Apportionment Plan
U S District Court trial on the state Board of Apportionment plan continues as Deputy Atty. Gen. Roger Glasgow testifies about census difficulties in West Memphis and Hot Springs. A three judge panel will hear oral arguments in Little Rock March 3. Republicans allege multimember Fort Smith district dilutes GOP votes and violates one man one vote. The plan uses single member Senate districts and most House seats with single members, ten multimember districts remain.
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Little Rock
U.S. District Court
State Board of Apportionment
Roger Glasgow
Glasgow
West Memphis
Hot Springs
Fort Smith
U.S. Supreme Court
State
Senate
House
Maintenance of Hope School Buses Studied
The Auxiliary Sub committee studied Hope district bus maintenance versus Arkadelphia Nashville and Crossett. Hope with 24 buses runs at 2 480 per unit annually and could save if owning a shop, drivers cost and per unit labor examined. Five new buses at about 40 000 dollars total would reduce overcrowding from 80 to 66 passenger capacity.
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Citizens Committee For Better Quality
Doyle Shields
Bill Gunter
J.D. Felder
Tom Buchholzer
Elaine Burtch
Tom Duncan
Troy Buck
Wesley Huddleston
Arkadelphia
Nashville
Crossett
Hope
Hope School District
Funeral services set for Curtis Ward in Herndon Chapel
Curtis Ward, 56, died Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Herndon Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Union Cemetery by Smith Funeral Home of Stamps. State Insurance Commissioner A Gene Sykes rejected a request by the Insurance Services Office of New York for a homeowners coverage change that would have raised net premiums about 17 percent. ISO represents companies writing about two thirds of state homeowners policies.
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Curtis Ward
Herndon Funeral Chapel
Union Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home of
Stamps
Little Rock
A. Gene Sykes
Insurance Services Office of
New York
Sykes
ISO
Arkansas forecast and 24 hour report
Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Thursday with a high of 62 and a low of 32. State forecast for Arkansas calls for partly to occasionally cloudy conditions through Friday with scattered light rain early tonight. Turning cooler tonight and Friday with lows from the mid 20s to the upper 30s and highs Friday from the mid 40s to the upper 50s.
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Arkansas
Tragedy in Tulsa as family of three slain at home
In North Tulsa a 21 year old mother Marie Eileen Castleberry and her two children Richard Alan 2 and Brenda Lee 5 were found dead with throats cut. Husband Kenneth Ray Castleberry arrived home from work and discovered the scene after forcing a kitchen door. Police labeled the deaths homicide and investigated a forced window entry.
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Tulsa
Okla
North
Marie Eileen Castleberry
Richard Alan
Brenda Lee
Kenneth Ray Castleberry
Castleberry
Bill Jones
Friends
Needhum Tire Co
Harvey Sellars
Humphrey Tops AFL-CIO Polls In Three Cities
Sen Hubert H Humphrey leads in AFL-CIO COPE polls among delegates in Atlanta Dallas Cincinnati and Florida though none reach a majority with Muskie and Jackson close behind in several locales. Humphrey wins Minnesota union leaders endorsement while Meany doubts an early labor seal of approval. Michigan moves toward a presidential primary May 16. California poll shows Muskie leading among announced candidates.
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Michael Putzel
Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
Minnesota
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Atlanta
Dallas
Cincinnati
Florida
Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Jackson
Muskie
Gov
George Wallace
Alabama
Nixon
Minneapolis
Minneapolis-St. Paul
George
Meany
Labor Federation
Michigan Senate
William G. Milliken
Michigan
Texas
California
Wallace
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Two Americans Killed in Viet Nam War Weekly Toll
AP report notes two Americans killed in action and 28 wounded in the Viet Nam war last week, while South Vietnamese casualties climbed to 360 with 948 wounded. Four more Americans died nonhostile, and enemy losses were 1,106 killed and 128 captured. The week marked the eighth straight with fewer than six U.S. battle deaths. The figures come ahead of Tet celebrations.
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Saigon
U.S
Dollar Falls in Europe After Connally Policy Move
The dollar hits record lows in France West Germany and Switzerland while slightly recovering in Britain amid a balance of payments deficit news and Connally's gold convertibility rejection. A broader currency realignment follows with doubts over December agreements and a 2.25 percent float band described.
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West Germany
Switzerland
Britain
U.S. Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
U.S
Washington
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