Our Daily Bread Audits Start Of Spring Notes
Captain Bob Peterson visit to San Antonio and plan for a South Padre Island fishing trip is mentioned. Auditors from the Audit Bureau of Circulations arrive in Dallas to audit Our Daily Bread’s 1970 circulation, with 3,499 average paid copies cited and 22 years without a loss to ABC audits. Lewis Br Coopaz CPA of Little Rock will audit company books and assist with income tax returns.
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Bob Peterson
Pinecrest
San Antonio
Bob
South Padre Island
O.K
Padre Isle
Pettersons
South Padre
Hope
Charles Goodness
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Chicago
Dallas
Star
ABC
Lewis BR
Coopaz
CPA
Little Rock
Arguments Continue in Arkla Case
An Arkansas Public Service Commission hearing heard that Arkla gas deliveries fell after an out of state contract with Cities Service. Attorney William Grove said Arkla must supply Cities Service 100 million cubic feet daily for resale to Cities Service customers in Jane Missouri under a 20 year deal. The PSC weighs reversing approval of industrial customer contracts as Arkla seeks rate hikes to fund a new pipeline into the Anadarko Basin to boost gas supply.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Louisiana Gas Co
State Public Service Commission
Arkla
Cities Service Corp
William Grove
Washington
Jane
PSC
Anadarko Basin
Oklahoma
Texas
Texarkana High Suspends 300 After Race Disturbances
Texarkana Arkansas AP reports more than 300 pupils involved in last week’s disturbances at local senior high schools were suspended. Texas High classes were halted last Wednesday after fights between black and white students. Pupils will not be readmitted until parents meet with school officials.
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Texarkana, Ark
Texarkana
Texas High
Veto Looms on Oil Inspection Fee Repeal Bill
LITTLE ROCK AP The Arkansas House was told Gov Dale Bumpers would veto a bill to repeal oil and gasoline inspection fees, signaling a likely clash over fuel regulation and state revenue.
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Little Rock
Arkansas House
Dale Bumpers
Nixon backs off wage price freeze amid inflation row
President Nixon shelves union wage standards on federal building projects to curb inflation in construction. Leaders from unions and management denounce the move as inadequate, arguing it won’t halt rising wages and prices. Meany calls it an invitation to undermine fair labor standards.
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Nixon
Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
William E. Dunn
Associated General Contractors of America
Miami Beach
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Associated Press Washington
Trying to Get a Car Inspected in Georgia Will Make a Man Cry
Georgia driver narrates his quest to have a new pickup insured and inspected for safety. He battles busy stations long waits in rain and fear of law enforcement, fearing fines after hearing of an uninspected wreck case. A sergeant finally reaches the station as the inspection process begins.
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Georgia
William Us Oan
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Florida
Air Force
Action Dope Worth 13 Million Seized
Washington officials announced the largest federal narcotics crackdown, seizing nearly 13 million in drugs and arresting 54 people after raids in New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia Hartford Baltimore and New Orleans. The five month probe, Operation Flanker, involved 12 wiretaps and yielded 71 pounds heroin 49 pounds cocaine and 256 pounds marijuana with a street value of 212.8 million.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphi
Hartford
Conn
Baltimore
New Orleans
Mitchell
la Cosa Nostra
Mafia
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Rain Returns to Arkansas Forecast Overnight Thunderstorms
Rain and thunderstorms are expected to begin in Southern Arkansas tonight and spread northward overnight with additional showers likely statewide Thursday. Temperatures will be mild, with highs in the 60s Thursday and overnight lows in the mid 40s to mid 50s. City by city lows include Fayetteville 22 and Little Rock 34.
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Rhe
Associated Press
Arkansas
Texas
Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Authority of Military Trials Upheld
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld military tribunals to try service members for crimes on military posts. Justice Blackmun noted the military’s interest in protecting people and property on posts, limiting civilian trial concerns, as in the Relford case involving kidnapping and rape at Ft. Dix.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Harry A. Blackmun
Isiah Relford
Georgia
Ft. Dix
N.J
Relford
Ft. Leavenworth
Kaw
Honolulu
Blackmun
Court expands libel freedom of newspapers nationwide
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that newspapers may report on political candidates without fear of libel suits if malice is not shown. It reversed awards to a New Hampshire congressman and a Florida politician, expanding prior standards from 1964 to include minor officeholders and private figures in public affairs.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New Hampshire
Florida
New York Times
America Sings Theme Art Show by Hope Junior Auxiliary
The Hope Junior Auxiliary hosts the Elementary School Art Show with the theme America Sings on March 5 and 6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Douglas Building. Classes enter five works per grade from Grade 1 Turkey in the Straw to Grade 9 Yankee Doodle, with co chairmen Mrs. Bill Haire and Mrs. Charles Sharpe Jr guiding the event.
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Hope Junior Auxiliary
Douglas
Suzanna
Land
Bill Haire
Charles Sharpe, Jr
Bill to Increase the Sales Tax to 4 Per Cent Is Before House
Arkansas House considers raising the state sales tax from 3 to 4 percent. Sponsored by Reps. Ode Maddox Lloyd McCuiston and Boyce Alford, the bill faces opposition over a routine second reading. The House declined to suspend rules delaying the measure by one day.
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AP News Digest
Little Rock
Arkansas
Ode Maddox
Oden
Lloyd McCuiston
West Memphis
Boyce Alford
Maddox
House
Virgil T. Fletcher
Benton
George Locke
Hamburg
City to Take Bids on New Equipment
The City Board authorized bidding for about $60,000 of machinery to run the sanitary landfill including a yard dragline and a tractor dozer. The move aligns with new State Pollution Control Commission waste rules. The board also pushed for an amendment to the health ordinance to fund the sanitation program and establish a replacement fund with monthly transfers for future gear.
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Board of City Directors
State Pollution Control Commission
Mike Kelly
Housing Authority
Seniors win scholarships to Southern State College
Three Blevins High School seniors Dean Head Cathy Montgomery and Carol Walters have won $300 scholarships for full tuition and annual renewal while maintaining a B average. Counselor Robert Warrick Jr notes the awards and renewals. Dick Schrader of Hope will be honored by State Farm in Biloxi Feb 26 28 for high life production during a company campaign.
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Blevins High School
Southern State College
Dean Head
Claud Head
Blevins
Cathy Montgomery
Harvey Montgomery
Carol Walters
Dutch Walters
McCaskill
Robert P. Warrick Jr
Dick Schrader
Hope
State Farm Insurance
Biloxi
Miss
S. Main
Child Runs Into Path of Auto on Hazel Street
Hope City police logged three accidents Tuesday including a 7 year old girl struck on North Hazel by a car driven by Lucille Scott of McCaskill. She was treated at a local hospital and the incident ruled unavoidable with no charges.
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Hope City
North Hazel
Sherry Turner
Lucille Scott
McCaskill
Hempstead Ambulance Service
James Rowe
Richard Rowe
4Th
Pine Streets
Bill Browning
Andrew Bishop
Purtle
Browning
Bishop
Chauiffer
Elm and
W. Sixth Streets
Herbert Greenhaw
Marion Glasgow
Sinyard
Six Choppers Lost Under Sharp Attack
AP dispatches report a renewed attack around two South Vietnamese bases inside Laos with six more American helicopters shot down or damaged. One base lies north of Highway 9, the other south, both within Laos. Sixty-nine helicopters lost across the border have been noted in the 17 day Laos drive, with U.S. base at Quang Tri hit but no casualties confirmed. ARVN says the Laos operation aims to disrupt supply lines, not occupy territory, and no further advances are promised.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Highway 9
U.S
Quang Tri
William Barton
U.S. 24Th Corps
North Vietnam
le Trung Hien
ARVN
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Do Pass for Revenue Bills Moves in Arkansas House
Revenue measures received do pass recommendations from the Revenue and Taxation Committee led by Speaker Ray Smith Jr. The bills seek to cut merchant discounts on state sales tax from 2 to 1 percent, extend the 3 percent tax to repair services, and restore a use tax exemption for certain utilities and transportation firms as lawmakers push to finish work by budget deadlines.
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Little Roc
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