Tax bills spark Arkansas Senate action and quotes
Lawmakers at the Arkansas Senate pursue income tax reforms with multiple bills. Rep. Henslee proposes a 1 percent cut for incomes between 3000 and 15000, while higher brackets see a 1 percent rise. others seek exemptions for low income pairs and seniors, free textbooks, and redistricting study. Senate rules tighten calendar placement on unfavorable measures as Gov. Bumpers backs tax relief measures.
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Frank Henslee
Pine Bluff
House
Knox Nelson
Pine Bloft
Virgil T.‘Fiétchar
Benton
George “Ladke
Hamburg
Jerry D. Jewell
Little Rock
Nelson
W. K. Ingram
West Nally
Harold Sheridan
Henslee
Ity Nelson
Ingram
King
Roger Logan
Harrison
Arkansas Senate
Senate
Army to streamline command structure changes announced
The Army unveiled a major reorganization to improve readiness and cut 15,000 manpower, saving about 1 billion dollars over five years. Two new major commands will oversee readiness and doctrine, with bases not closed but scaled back. The Continental Army Command will disappear, and Ft. McPherson will host a new Force Command while Training and Doctrine Command forms at Ft. Monmouth.
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Fred
Hoffman
Military Watet
Washington
Army
Pentagon
National Guard
Ft. McPherson
Continental Army Command
Ft. Monroe
Things We Could All Do Without This Holiday Season
Hal Boyle lists annoyances and gripes that rankle readers at year end. Unpaid bills, stray trees, late cards, slim seat buses, odd restroom names, health foods that taste off, gifts to hostesses, cats howling in January cold, stubborn New Year resolutions, and lingering small talk about the cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Arkansas Weather Summary for 24 Hours Ending Thursday
Experiment station report notes 24 hour period ending 7 am Thursday with a high of 28 and a low of 23, and precipitation totaling .03 inches with new snow of unknown inches. Arkansas forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday, followed by colder tonight and a slight warming Friday, with lows in the low teens to low 20s and Friday highs in the low to mid 10s.
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Arkansas
Prison official denies using funds from inmates
In a lengthy federal hearing on prison conditions Judge J Smith Henley heard testimony about remodeling funded by the Inmate Welfare Fund at Tucker and questioned whether such improvements were appropriate. Britton denied diverting funds, while Hutto testified the work was ordered to attract qualified staff. Inmates testified of retaliation for prior testimony as the session wrapped after 14 days of hearings. 138 Ouachita Baptist students named to President and Dean lists for 1972 fall semester included Patricia Westbrook, Patricia Huckabee, and Joanne Reynolds. Additionally Randy Smith and Jim Johnson were drafted as pitchers in the baseball draft.
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Little Rock
U. S. District Court
J. Smith Henley
Philip E. Kaplan
Wich
Henley
Ted Boswell
State Department of Correction
Kaplan
Robert G. Britton
Tucker Intermediate Reformatory
Terrell Don Hutto
Paul Gross
Tucker
Britton
Jack Holt Jr
Cummins
James G. Ellingburg
Ouachita Baptist University
Carl E. Goodson
Patricia A. Westbrook
Bob Westbrook
Hope
Patricia L. Huckabee
Dorsey Huckabee
Joanne Reynolds
Alvin Reynolds
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Legislative Review
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Camden
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Ae Star
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Bill Walmsley
Batesville
8Th Chancery Circuit
W. E. Rainwater
Greenwood
10Th Chancery District
Ris Moerry
Aelavi
U.S
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Conway
Claude Wade
Yellville
State Livestock and Poultry Commission
L.L. Bryan
Russellville
Bernice Kizer
B. G. Hendrix
Fort Smith
Art Givens
Sherwood
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
Commission
Public Safety Department
Guy H
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Jones
Bob W. Douglas
Texarkana
Joe T. Ford
Arkansas’ Legislative Council
General Assembly
Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services
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Heber Springs
Alexander
John E. Miller
Melbourne
B. D. Brandon
Arkadelphia
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AIC
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Crescent Drug
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Herndon Funeral Home
Norris Steele
Memory Gardens
Jim Thompson
Shreveport
James Thompson
Richland
Henrietta Nelson
Ruby Hill
Sarah Elizabeth Baker
Greggton
Earnest
Henry Thompson
Herndon Chapel
Lacy Rowe
Bright Star Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home of
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Blytheville
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Lonoke
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South Elm
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