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The editor Alex H Washburn presents a concise daily bread reflection titled Our Daily Bread. The piece offers brief meditations on sustenance, work, and gratitude within a compact, period-voice frame.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1973
Page
6
The editor Alex H Washburn presents a concise daily bread reflection titled Our Daily Bread. The piece offers brief meditations on sustenance, work, and gratitude within a compact, period-voice frame.
A press bulletin reports President Nixon ending mandatory wage price controls except for food and health sectors while urging Congress to cut federal spending to fight inflation. amid protests on Capitol Hill over cuts, Arkansas Senator Knox Nelson proposes a 9 percent income tax cut for 1973 and 1974. The piece notes the debt nearing 400 billion dollars and reflects on the press while criticizing tax policy history.
DON KENDALL reports that beef and pork driven price increases are expected to lift supermarket food costs through mid-1973. The Agriculture Department has allowed at least 30 million more acres to be planted, while Earl L. Butz says canceling set aside requirements for 1973 wheat will have little near-term impact. Retail prices are forecast to rise at about 4.5 percent annually through mid-1973.
In Arkansas the administration moved a public school kindergarten bill and a companion $10.1 million appropriation to finance it, introduced Thursday in both the Senate and House. Also filed were measures on city county state aid, road funding, and tax and regulatory reforms affecting income tax, sales tax exemptions for seniors, foreign materials in state projects, quarterly school terms, and updating terms in older civil rights related laws.
Arkansas representative Paul Van Dalsem of Perryville decided not to seek ratification of the federal Equal Rights Amendment, citing an uneasy House mood though he claimed the votes were there. The move follows his return from six years away and a history of controversial remarks about women. House friction arose as he helped delay an Education Committee textbook measure, with fears the ERA could be diverted to the Judiciary Committee. ICE ART lighting and glassy icicle finishes are noted in local scenes.
Washington AP reports President Nixon abolished tight mandatory wage price controls except in food and health sectors, set voluntary guidelines, and asked Congress to extend停 standby authority. Market reacted with a Dow surge while critics warn of inflation.
Capt. Michael J. Heck, 30, of Chula Vista California, tells Sen. John V. Tunney he hopes Congress can push action to stop the war. He says I’ve done what I can and has written about his stance from a base in southern Thailand where he now performs administrative duties while the Air Force considers court martial, resignation, or conscientious objector status following his 175th mission on Christmas Eve. He is the first American pilot known to refuse combat in Vietnam.
The conviction of state Senator Guy H. H. Jones of Conway on federal income tax charges prompts officials to consider state action. Walter Skelton, assistant director for revenue, says nothing has been started yet but notes the possibility has crossed minds.
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