Open-Ended Arkansas Convention Center Push Faces Pine Bluff Snub
The Arkansas Legislature backs a $22 million Little Rock Convention Center and Sports Arena for 18 000 spectators, with state funding potentially expanding to other cities. Pine Bluff lawmakers opposed taxes for food and medicines while supporting the plan, prompting sharp monologues about Rome like governance. The writer urges caution as officials push monuments over tax relief.
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Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Boyce Alford
Sturgis Miller
G.W. Turner Jr
Henry Wilkins III
Donald L. Corbin
Little Lewisville
Mr. Corbin
Rome
Byzantium
Corbin
Pine Bluff Commercial
Star apologizes for miscrediting editorials
The Star corrects a February 12 column error by noting two editorials republished from Camden News with lead piece likely from Pine Bluff Commercial. Paul Greenberg confirms the Commercial published the editorial reprint Lobbying for the Judge. The current reprint is also stated to be from Pine Bluff Commercial.
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Star of Saturday
Camden News
Pine Bluff
Paul Greenberg
The
Star
A.hlw
Bomb hits Buenos Aires airport runway near Videla flight
Security sources say a remote control device caused a blast under a runway as President Videla's twin engine jet departed. The blast left a 10 by 15 foot hole, a second bomb was defused, no injuries reported, and the plane landed safely at a nearby air force base. Army and police swept the area.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jorge Videla
Air Force
Navy
Carlos Corti
Police seek three thieves
Hope police are searching for three men who took an undetermined amount of cash from Hardees Grocery on Highway 29 about 9 45 a m Friday. One man lured the owner to the rear while the other two took the money. They fled in a brown 72 or 73 Buick north on Highway 29.
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Hope
Hardees Grocery
Highway 29
Dangerous chemical spill drifts down Ohio River toward Cincinnati
A 7 percent mile long spill of carbon tetrachloride, likely from West Virginia, flows downstream toward Louisville and Cincinnati as EPA officials warn residents to boil drinking water. Tests from FMC South Charleston show the chemical downstream in the Kanawa River and at 150 parts per billion, with other plants testing clean. The spill travels about 12 miles per day and could reach Cincinnati in four days.
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Cincinnati
West Virginia
Ohio River
Louisville
Joseph Harrison
Chicago
Environmental Protection Agency
Harrison
James Manwaring
EPA
Philadelphia
FMC Corp
South Charleston
W.va
FMC
Parkersburg
Manwaring
Diamond Shamrock
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Allied Chemical Co
Charleston
Kanawa River
Ohio
CIA payments to world leaders spark Carter intelligence review
President Carter orders an intensive review of U.S. foreign intelligence operations amid reports the CIA paid secret sums to leaders including Jordan’s King Hussein West Germany’s Willy Brandt Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta South Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Thieu Zaire’s Mobutu and Guyana’s Forbes Burnham The payments and names are tied to a 1974 book and raised questions about embassy oversight and stability in the Middle East and beyond.
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Carter
U.S
CIA
King Hussein
Jordan
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya
Joseph Mobutu
Zaire
Forbes Burnham
Guyana
Makarios
Dalai Lama
Washington Post
Victor Marchetti
John D. Marks
Cult of Intelligence
United States
White House
State Department
Hussein
Jody Powell
Middle East
Marchetti
Marks
Intelligence
Kenyatta
Brandt
Thieu
Mobutu
Burnham
Senate approves child custody bill in 28 to 0 vote
The Arkansas Senate sent SB 259 to the House unanimously after backing a measure to adopt the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. Senator Stan ley Russ of Conway said the act would curb interstate custody battles by ensuring courts honor each other’s decrees and prevent parental abductions amid divorce.
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Little Rock
Senate
House
Stanley Russ
Conway
Arkansas
National Conference of Commissioners On
American Bar Association
Phillip Carroll
Russ
Ozark Couple Clings to Old Ways and Modern Comforts
Esther and Neal Crow of Cave City Arkansas live in the Ozarks balancing old pioneer skills with electricity television and a deep freeze. They recall 1931 when drought forced cotton picking in the Mississippi delta for 7 cents a hundred and say their simple life remains appealing despite modern comforts. They farm raise hogs and vegetables milking cows for daily chores and perform at the Arkansaw Traveller Folk Theatre in Hardy while preserving 150 years of mountain work and customs.
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Neal Crow
Rt. 1
Cave City
Arkansas
Ozark Mountains
Neal
Esther
Mississippi River
Crow
Ozark
Arkansas Traveller Folk Theatre
Hardy
Mrs. Crow
Arkansaw Traveller Folk Theatre
27 Counties Report Flu Outbreak in Arkansas
Arkansas Health Department says 27 counties report a widespread outbreak of a mild influenza strain. The department notes the illness is mild, mainly affecting school children, and runs its course in about two to five days.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Health Department
A Department
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