Governor Rockefeller Allows HB 39 To Become Law
The governor decided not to veto HB 39, enabling annexation rules that require majority approval in both urban and rural areas. State Senator Olen Hendrix and Rep Talbot Feild, Jr. pressed the case. the measure saw support from local interests and was celebrated as a fair outcome in limiting annexation.
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Nixon to Meet Pope in Vatican Visit Planned
AP report states President Nixon will fly to Rome on Sunday March 2 to meet Pope Paul in the Vatican, following the Pope's week long Lenten retreat.
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Prince Philip Plans Private Africa Visit Next Month
Buckingham Palace announces Prince Philip will undertake a private visit to East and West Africa next month, with details of itinerary and engagements not released. The trip underscores royal diplomacy and relations with African nations.
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Private Foundations Target Tax Code Review Starts
Washington opens sweeping tax code review with a proposal for a 20 percent tax on private foundation investment income. Rep. Wright Patman says reform is needed, while the National Foundations group argues self-policing suffices. The probe marks a two year effort to overhaul laws last reviewed in 1954.
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World Can't Help But Admire America's Business Efficiency
HAL BOYLE surveys why the world lauds U S productivity. A anonymous executive’s eight hour time sheet reveals breaks, gossip, and idle rituals, suggesting apparent efficiency masks lax discipline, coffee breaks, and personal chatter behind high output.
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Deadlock May Be Good Sign at Peace Talks
Experienced diplomats foresee a new deadlock at the Vietnam peace talks, likely over negotiating South Vietnam's political future. Saigon rejects international talks on internal affairs, while U S and Saigon push for deescalation and a demilitarized zone. Washington says it will back a freely reached settlement by South Vietnam but won’t impose a solution. A future bargaining clash is expected as Hanoi and the NLF demand U S withdrawal and Thieu regime dissolution.
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Princess Margaret Visits New York in Brief Stopover
Princess Margaret, sister to Queen Elizabeth, stopped briefly at Kennedy Airport on Monday. airport police escorted her from a BOAC plane to a VIP lounge for a connecting flight. She arrived from the Caribbean and departed on a London-bound jet to board a London flight.
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Prosecution Says Murder of RFK Planned
Los Angeles AP reports prosecutors show Sirhan Bishara Sirhan planned Kennedy’s murder and practiced firing at the San Gabriel gun club in Duarte with witnesses testifying. Defense argues the killing was impulsive and unpremeditated. Jesus Percy testified he spoke to Sirhan in the pantry about Kennedy’s approach.
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Prosecution On Page Eight Blood Drive Honorees
Prosecution notes list numerous donors who gave blood at the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Hope on February 1. The names include John A. Treat, Leta Sanders, Raymond Jordan, James E. Sewell, E.M. Turner, Mat thew Robinson, Curtis Standoak, Charles Cooks, G.P. Townsend, Jack McClendon, Joe H. McCulley, Robert Bucks, Lonnie Collins, Peggy Britt, Edward Torrence, Helen Smith, Wendell P. Murphy, and many others. The item thanks participants and notes blood will be available for those in need.
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Nixon to realign war on poverty by shrinking OEO
President Nixon plans to cut roughly half of the Office of Economic Opportunity as major programs head Start and Job Corps move to HEW and Labor respectively. Community action and VISTA stay in OEO, with a $800 million remaining budget to run local antipoverty efforts amid a broader restructuring.
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Nixon realigns programs as Job Corps Head Start cut
AP News Digest reports President Nixon trimming Job Corps and Head Start while preserving community action programs. Congress debates deep tax cuts and broader budget reductions as Vietnam and national security issues loom.
Youth Council Meets Here February 22
The Governor's youth Council plans a February 22 meeting at 10 a.m. in the Hope Public School Administration Building. The session in Hope, featuring high school and college student body leaders, includes informal discussions with invited General Assembly members Talbot Feild Jr. and Gladys M. Oglesby. This marks the council's first such legislators' meeting since its December 1967 organization.
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Cong Bases Pulverized by Bombers
U S B52 bombers shifted focus from the Ho Chi Minh Trail to Viet Cong bases near Saigon. Over seven days they dropped about 7 200 tons of explosives, aimed at preventing a four division North Vietnamese assault. Thirty five miles north to sixty three miles northwest of Saigon, raids continued after Tet, with Laos strikes reduced to eighteen sorties daily as planes targeted Saigon region bases.
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Emergency Repairs on I-30 Planned
Arkansas Highway Department announces emergency repairs on Interstate 30 to fix approach slab movement over Gillespie Ditch, three miles west of the Red River Bridge. Saturated subgrade from heavy rainfall has caused pavement and bridge deck misalignment, creating a notable bump for motorists.
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Hope Group to Constitution Revision Meet
Four Hope High School students Donna Connelly Susan McCain Jimmy Alford and Sans ty Smith will travel to Ouachita University in February 2002 for a second discussion on constitutional revision. The Arkansas Constitution Revision Committee backs the study with OBU political science support and Hope High School history teacher Harrel Dickerson selecting the students to help youths engage with the constitution.
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