Club hears modern version of old story
Hope Rotary Club held its last meeting of 1976 at the Sheraton Inn with President Yancey Reynolds in charge. Guests included Sydney MacMath David Yderstad and Rev Jim Harris. An impromptu program featured The Little Red Hen with modern excuses for not helping. Pamphlets on the Rotary Foundation were distributed.
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Hope Rotary Club
Sheraton Inn
Yancey Reynolds
Sydney MacMath
Boston
Mass
David Yderstad
Waynesburg
Jim Harris
Guy Gasge
America
Lester Sitzes
Garland Medders
Arkansas to probe four state retirement systems
The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee voted to examine the four major state supported retirement systems with a plan costing up to 50000 dollars. A preliminary report is due by March 1 and a final report by September 1 to Gov. Pryor and the legislature.
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Little Rock
Doug Brandon
Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
David Pryor
Arkansas
Legislative Council
Brandon
NBC Violence in America draws fire for graphic 34 hour special
NBC airs a 34 hour special starting 8 p.m. inviting criticism for graphic scenes and sensational presentation. The piece features gory medical images and rapist victim confrontations while offering little guidance on mitigating violence.
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Malcolm N. Carter
Associated Press
NEW York
NBC
America
Stuart Schulberg
Edwin Newman
Carl Stokes
Floyd Kalber
Linda Ellerbee
Edmund Kemper
Kalber
Kemper
Neworks
Newman
Ford weighs veto power on GOP chairman pick
President Ford desires veto authority over the selection of a new Republican National Committee chairman but may not back a specific candidate. White House aides say a decisive endorsement hinges on party leaders and future plans as the Jan. 14-15 RNC meeting approaches.
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Washington
Ford
Republican National Committee
White House
Nelson Rockefeller
California
Ronald Reagan
Texas
John Connally
National Committee
Mary Louise Smith
Connally
Arthur Fletcher
Utah
Richard Richards
Fletcher
Richard Nixon
GOP
Bill Brock
R.tenn
Robert Carter
Washington, D.C
Buehl Berentson
Republican Governors’ Conference
Republican Senate Campaign Committee
William Mclaughlin
Michigan
Kent McGough
Ohio
Thomas Milligan
Indiana
James Baker
First American astronaut in orbit
The question asks who was the first American to travel in orbit. The Boston Massacre mob leader options include Crispus Attucks and others. The Singapore time question compares noon in New York to late night in Singapore.
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New York City
Singapore
Boston
Crispus
Paul Revere
Peter Salem
Three Children Die in Arkansas House Fire
In Madison Arkansas three children Delores Jennings four Vernon Jennings two and Latonya Jennings one month died in a four room wood framed house fire. Their mother Berta Jennings was slighty injured and treated before being released. The fire department said she was at a neighbor’s when the blaze started and hurt while attempting rescues. The cause was under investigation.
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Madison, Ark
Forrest City Fire Department
Delores Jennings
Vernon Jennings
Latonya Jennings
Berta Jennings
Forrest Memorial Hospital
Forrest City
France faces a quiet sexual revolution amid restraint
A French shift toward openness about sexual problems emerges as doctors report rising tensions and many women report nonorgasmia. Health officials note a surge of referrals and magazines offer guidance while historians say liberalism was once limited to a small elite.
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France
Albert Netter
Dahlia Torchin
United States
Benjamin Davshani
Death of Israel Housing Minister Avraham Ofer shocks nation
Avraham Ofer, Israel housing minister, died by suicide in Tel Aviv. Cabinet holds memorial session as questions arise over kickback allegations from his former semigovernmental housing firm. Rabin silent on police probe and graft claims as May 17 elections are set.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Avraham Ofer
Ofer
Aharon Azan
Yitzhak Rabin
Sesson
Jerusalem
Rabin
Eir
Shoshana
Knesset
Labor Party
Politi
Falcon Jet Seen Winning $228 Million Coast Guard Contract
Sen. John L. McClellan says a federal contract to Falcon Jet Corp. of Little Rock for 41 medium-range surveillance aircraft is imminent. The award would bring 300 new jobs, boosting payroll to about $8 million yearly, with assembly in Little Rock. Falcon Jet is half Pan American and half Avions Marcel Dassault.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
Falcon Jet Corp
Litle Rock
Little Rock
Arkansas
Falcon Jet
McClellan
Transportation
William T. Coleman
U.S. Coast Guard
Department of Transportation
Coleman
Tax Tables Get Simpler Yet Tax Credits Grow More Complex
Last year 12 tables based on AGI guided tax due. This year a single table uses TI after deductions and exemptions. A married couple with two dependents faces $35 per exemption or 2 percent of TI up to $180, with choice to maximize credit.
Batesville youth pleads guilty to capital murder
Keith Allen Deaton an 18 year old from Batesville pled guilty to capital felony murder in Independence County Circuit Court. Linda Joan Reed a Batesville waitress died Oct 21 from injuries after a Sept 24 assault at her home. The state waived the death penalty and Judge Andrew Ponder imposed life in prison without parole.
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Batesville, Ark
Keith Allen Deaton
Batesville
Independence County
Linda Joan Reed
Leroy Blankenship
Andrew Ponder
Newport
All The Presidents Men Wins Critics Award 1976
The National Society of Film Critics named All The Presidents Men best motion picture of 1976, repeating the honor after the New York Film Critics Circle. Taxi Driver earned second best, with Martin Scorsese as best director and Robert De Niro as best actor.
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New York
National Society of Film Critics
New York Film Critics Circle
Algonquin Hotel
National Society
Martin Scorsese
Alan Pakula
Sissy Spacek
Carrie
Faye Dunaway
Robert de Niro
William Holden
Gerard Depardieu
Jodie Foster
Talia Shire
Jason Robards
Harvey Keitel
Alain Tanner
John Ber
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Reynolds
Rotary Foundation
Boyce Alford
Pine Bluff
Alford
Highway Department
World Almanac
Ego
Cal
Haim Zadok
Hadlam Hazeh
L.A. Jet
Larry
Patterson
Joe C. Short
East Third Street
Hope
Winthrop
Murray Sawtelle
Ger
Jonah
Paddy Chayefsky
Haskell Wexler
Nestor Almendros
James Cain
Luchino Visonti
Animal Tongues
National Geographic Society
Society
Dixon Texaco Station
Ave. A & Walnut
Dale Keiper
Hollis Dixon
Mr. Keiper
South Elm
Hope, Ark
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