State tax hearings discussed amid numerous tax bills
The state lawmakers prepared hearings to review many tax bills including sales and severance taxes. Senator Harvey claims ending exemptions for public carriers and utilities could raise about 30 million annually. Senate bills funded session expenses and publication of acts, with adjournments and plans to finish the week. In London, Prime Minister Trudeau accompanied actress Jennifer Hale to Hadrian VII at the Mermaid Theatre.
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Robert Harvey
Swifton
Senate
House
Hayes C. McClerkin
Texarkana
London
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Jennifer Hale
Hadrian Vir
Tiny Mermaid Theater
Obituary Notice for Ben Turner of Paragould
Ben Turner, 77, of Paragould, died suddenly Wednesday morning. Survivors include two sisters Mrs J M Harbin and Mrs Byrd Brooks of Hope. Funeral services set for 3 pm Friday in Paragould. Mamie B. Smith, 83, died yesterday in Dallas, Texas. She is survived by son William B. Smith Jr of Dallas. Funeral services incomplete, to be announced by Herndon Funeral Home of Hope.
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Ben Turner
Paragould
J.M. Harbin
Byrd Brooks
Hope
Pam
Mamie B. Smith
Dallas
Texas
William B. Smith, Jr
Herndon Funeral Home of
Pension Plea Held to Be Incorrect
LITTLE ROCK AP The former director of utilities for the state Public Service Commission was told by the attorney general that he cannot draw retirement benefits from the Quasi Judicial Retirement System He can transfer years to the State Employer Retirement System Michell 73 left the commission Nov 1 He had paid five percent into the system since 1965 An amendment in 1967 barred pensions for service under the three commissions if under ten years
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Little Rock
State Public Service Commission
Attorney General's Office
Asst
Atty
Henry Ginger
M. C. Michell
Michell
Commerce Commission
Jimmie Jones
Public Service Commission
Jones
Ginger
Ade
Poor Whites Overlooked Says WR at Little Rock
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller criticized the Office of Economic Opportunity on Wednesday for emphasizing Negro poverty while neglecting impoverished white Americans. He spoke in Little Rock accusing federal programs of bias and urged broader aid coverage to all poor people.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Office of Economic Opportunity
Douglas City Council Board Reorganizes and Approves Purchases
Douglas city officials wrap up a meeting with praise for retiring leaders and announce a new Board of Directors that will serve without pay. They authorize replacing two patrol cars, a Fire Department first aid vehicle, and approve timber sales from airport property with selective cutting to sustain future growth. Floyd Young Jr. nominated to Planning & Zoning. next meeting January 28 pending hospital recovery of Forrest Singleton.
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Douglas
Donal Parker
Bill Wray
Jack Garher
Floyd Young, Jr
Planning & Zoning Commission
Gunter Lumber Company
Forrest Singleton
Average Teacher Pay Tops Six Thousand In Arkansas
A fiscal report to Governor Rockefeller shows Arkansas teachers averaging 6112 per year for 1968 69, up 604 from the prior year. The report also estimates district per pupil expenditure at 391 for the year, up from 354, as waves of military and conservation notes appear in the same page. It covers casualty counts in Korea including U S and South Vietnamese losses, and features remarks by Kenneth Grant on conservation district development and the Soil Conservation Service.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
U. S. Command
U. S
U.S
Slomon Goodlett
Kenneth E. Grant
Washington , D.C
Soil Conservation Service
Grant
Einar L. Roger
SCS
Arkansas Weather Summary Report For 24 Hours
The briefing notes a 24 hour period ending 7 a.m. Thursday with a high of 65 and a low of 42 and precipitation of .14 inch. The forecast from the Associated Press calls for cloudy skies through Friday with occasional rain ending in the western half of the state Friday and cooler conditions westward. Lows tonight expected mostly in the 50s and highs Friday in the upper 50s to 60s.
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Hope
Ark
Offset Weather Experiment Station
Associated Press
Arkansas
Johnson outlines economic plan amid continued prosperity
Nation marks 95th month of growth with hopes for price stability. Johnson cites wage-price spiral blamed on delayed 10 percent surtax and urges New Economies focus. He calls for tax cuts, increased spending in slowdowns, higher rates in inflation, productivity gains, and voluntary restraint by business and labor. He forecasts 1969 output at about 60 billion with a 3 percent price rise target and a budget surplus of 3.5 billion, stressing equal prosperity and equal opportunity for all citizens.
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Congress
Johnson
Defense Department
United States
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Old British Empire Torn by Dispute
London AP reports five days of Commonwealth summit talks left major disputes unresolved. A 23 page communique directed questions back to individual governments on independence timing for Rhodesia, Nigerian civil war not on the agenda, and migration issues. Iran-like notes on Vietnam and Middle East peace were tied to broader Commonwealth cooperation in education and youth studies.
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London
Britain
Nigeria
Rhodesia
Commonwealth
Nigel MahsBiafran
Harold Wilson
Pakistan
Kenya
Uganda
Vietnam
Middle East
Miss World Blames Herself for Doctor Plans Fading
London AP Miss World 1966 winner Reta Faria says she failed her medical qualifying exam and refused to blame the era's hype. She admits not working hard enough rather than blaming “ballyhoo” surrounding her reign. Staff Set. Joseph W. Mosley to be discharged from the Air Force January 17, 1969 after five years. Administrative specialist at Forbes AFB Topeka Kansas. One of noncommissioned officers chosen to transfer records to a new computer system. Soon to go into effect.
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London
Reta Fa
Ria
Miss Faria
Joseph W. Mosley
WR. Mosley
Hope
Air Force
Forbes Afb
Topeka
Kansas
Streisand Named Entertainer of the Year by Friars Club
Barbra Streisand is named Entertainer of the Year by the Friars Club, the all male theater group. She is the second woman to receive the honor in the club’s 65 year history. Dinah Shore won the award in 1960.
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New York
Barbra Streisand
Friars Club
Dinah Shore
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