Arkansas Boat Engine Registration Faces Reform Drive
A two year campaign by The Star aims to require title certificates for outboard engines in Arkansas. Representative Larry Patterson introduced a bill to demand a title or proof of engine number at registration, aligning boat engine rules with autos to aid tracing stolen engines. The piece cites theft cases, cites Ohio and Michigan practices, and urges boat owners to support the reform.
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Arkansas
Hempstead Conty
Larry Patterson
General Assembly
Star
Cypress Slough
Millwood Lake
Michigan
Ohio
George T. Frazier
Anderson-Frazier Insurance Agency, Inc
National Association of Insurance Agents, Inc
New York
Patterson
Financier indicted in drummer Robbie McIntosh death
Two papers report a secret indictment of Kenneth Moss for murder and narcotic provision in the 1974 death of Scottish drummer Robbie McIntosh of The Average White Band. Cher Bono testified before the Los Angeles County grand jury after the Troubles night party at Moss’s Hollywood Hills home.
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Los Angeles
Wall Street
Robbie McIntosh
Cher Bono
New York Daily News
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Moss
Cher
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Moss
the Entertainer
Los ‘Angeles
The
Times and
Daily News
Street bands outlawed in New Orleans
In the French Quarter street music was temporarily banned amid merchant complaints that busier crowds hurt business. The council exempted gospel singers and solo performers, and 29 shopowners attended a hearing, with 28 favoring the ban on street music as crowds blocked shop entrances.
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New Orleans
Vieux Carre Commission
Wayne Collier
Welfare grant cuts hit states in AFDC program
The Ford administration reduced family welfare grants by 97.2 million for the first quarter, aiming to weed out ineligible and overpaid AFDC recipients. HEW warned of further April cuts, with New York taking the largest hit at 27 million and several states facing substantial reductions. Nevada and Montana were not yet decided. States must curb improper payments or cover losses from state funds through March 31.
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Washington
Ford Administration
HEW
Social and Rehabilitation Service
New York
Nevada
Montana
South Carolina
Senate backs generic drug bill amid House salary dispute
Arkansas Senate passed David Pryor's generic drug measure 26 to 3 amid House fights over Amendment 55 setting minimum county official salaries. The bill allows pharmacists to substitute lower priced generics unless doctors prohibit. Contention arose over safety concerns and impact on heart patients. The same session approved a tuition aid bill offering needy freshmen up to 300 dollars for college, despite opposition that it aids private schools.
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Little Rock
David Pryor
Senate
House
Arkansas
Ralph Patterson
North Little Rock
Patterson
Knox Nelson
Pine Bluff
Watergate figures sentenced by Sirica in Nixon era case
Three Nixon aides John N. Mitchell H R Haldeman and John D Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2% to 8 years each for conspiring to obstruct justice and lying under oath Robert C Mardian received 10 months to three years All four may appeal and remain free without bond The sentences mark the start of a lengthy appeals process with potential reductions possible upon petition.
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Washington
Richard M Nixon
U.S
John J. Sirica
John N. Mitchell
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
New Mexico
Mardian
Sirica
Haldeman
Bob Haldeman
United States
John J. Wilson
Richard Nixon
Wilson
Ira M. Lowe
Lowe
Senior Citizens Nutrition Grant Awarded in Southwest Arkansas
The Southwest Arkansas Planning and Development District Inc received a federal grant of 124000 for nutrition services for older persons in Hempstead and Ouachita Counties. The Arkansas Office on Aging and Adult Services Division of Social Service issued the funds, to be administered by the Area Agency on Aging in the district, funding hot meals programs with local matching assets.
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Southwest , Arkansas Planning and Development District, Inc
Hempstead
Ouachita
Arkansas Office On Aging and Adult Services Division of Social Service
Department of Social and Rehabilitative
Area Agency On Aging
White House counts on Senate switch to sustain veto bid
The White House aims to preserve President Ford’s veto of a bill suspending higher oil tariffs for 90 days. Vice votes loom as several Republican moderates flirt with defying party lines to avoid direct clashes with Ford. Meantime, House Democrats press to end the oil depletion allowance, with a caucus meeting set to push for a floor vote and hearings on energy taxes.
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Washington
White House
Ford
Senate
House
Ron Nessen
Congress
Nessen
House Democrats
House Rules Committee
Ways and Means
al Ullman
D-Ore
January prices show rise in consumer costs
Washington AP reports January consumer prices rose six-tenths of one percent led by food costs cereal bakery products and fruits and vegetables. Overall CPI 11.7 percent above a year earlier with seasonally adjusted figures and unadjusted gains.
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Washington
Labor Department
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Cea Rain Oy
Alex. H. Washburn
Boat Engine Bill
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Pennsylvania
California
Rep
Charles Honey
Prescott
Honey
James E. Harris
Judsonia
John Miller
Melbourne
Charles Moore
Luxora
Association of Counties
County Judges Association
Harry Carter
Carter
Paul van Dalsem
Perryville
Gauites
Mote
Mitchell
Martha Mitchell
Senior Citizens Food Services
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