Nixon defends budget cuts and holds line on prices
President Nixon defended fiscal reductions as the path to stretch family budgets while predicting continued food price rises into the second half of the year. He argued social programs should be pruned if they fail and affirmed ongoing controls on wages and prices. The address previews a State of the Union economic section to Congress and cites devaluation and monetary reform as steps toward broader changes.
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Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Congress
State of the Union
U.S
Florida White House
Key Biscayne
Restrictions tighten on Arkansas office duplicating
In LITTLE ROCK AP state Auditor Jimmie Jones tightens rules on offset duplicating by agencies limiting copies to 2000 single pages or 5000 total pages and barring work not done under state printing contracts. Officials warn costs will rise and private printers will take more work, with four agencies already affected.
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Jimmie Jones
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The
Arkansas Gazette
Rogers to testify on postwar aid for Indochina
Secretary of State William P. Rogers testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee amid opposition to postwar aid for North Vietnam. President Nixon has not set reconstruction funding levels, though Paris peace pact promises aid to all Indochina states. Mansfield reiterates support for rebuilding Indochina.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Vietnam
Nixon
Congress
Indochina
Rogers
Mike Mansfield
Senate
U.S
Kissinger Return Fuels Hopes For U S China Ties
Kissinger arrives in Washington from Asia amid reports of a joint Washington Peking statement this week. Officials foresee a formal economic framework with trade missions and possible government to government contact. The trip also yielded a Hanoi deal creating a joint economic commission and the early release of 20 U S prisoners. A Laotian cease fire was anticipated as well, tying to broader diplomacy. In Arkansas, James H. Franklin, 23, was killed and five others injured in a two car crash on U S 167 near Sheridan.
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Washington-Peking
Washington
White House
Nixon
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Cho En-lai
Hanoi
Tokyo
Asia
Joint Economic Commission
Peking
U.S
China
Bake Sale Friday February 24 at T G Y Family Center
Joe Jones of Hope was recently dismissed from the hospital. The Catholic Youth Organization sponsors a bake sale in front of T G Y Family Center on Saturday February 24 starting at 9 a.m.
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Joe Jones
Hope
Catholic Youth Organization
T.g.&y. Family Center
Experiment station 24 hour report ends Wednesday
Weather bulletin from the experiment station records a 24 hour period ending 7 a.m. Wednesday with a high temperature of 58 degrees and a low of 33 degrees. No precipitation is noted. Observers report clear to partly cloudy conditions and light winds varying from north to west.
Arkansas House weighs state aid bill for cities and counties
The Arkansas House reflected a split over a $20 million annual state aid plan for cities and counties. Reps rejected the administration backed bill, 54 to 32, threatening a veto point. A compromise amendment to fund $19 million next year and $19.5 million the following year was narrowly recommended 38 to 34 but requires full House approval.
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Little Rock
Arkansas House
House
Senate
H. Woody Clark
Forrest City
Jimmie Don McKissack
Star City
Dale Bumpers
McKissack
Bumpers
Charles Honey
Prescott
Mistrial Declared In Civil Case At Jonesboro
Judge G Thomas Hisele paused a $400000 civil suit after a mistrial in one count and an other under advisement following a long jury deliberation in the city of Jonesboro. The suit by Paige Miller names Billy Brown Lanny Greene and Garland Stokes over a March beating.
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G. Thomas Hisele
U.S. District Court
Paige Miller
Earle
Billy 8. Brown
West Memphis
Lanny Greene
Hughes
Garland Stokes
Crittenden County
Stokes
Greene
Crittenden
Eisele
Harrisburg
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