Cities and counties press 7 percent tax demand in Arkansas
In opening week of the 1973 General Assembly Governor Dale Bumpers faces local government pressure for higher revenue. Cities seek 4 percent and counties 3 percent, with a compromise bill floated. The public resents how one government taxes and another spends, risking broader tax increases at the state level and eroding citizen influence.
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General Assembly
Dale Bumpers
Associated Press
Star
County Judges Association
Municipal League
Arkansas
Little Rock
Arkansawyer
General Revenue
John Citizen
Hunger Strike Ends As IRA Orders Mac Stiofain Fit
Sean Mac Stiofain, jailed chief of staff of the IRA provisional wing, ends an eight week hunger strike after IRA command orders him to get fit. He began with no food or drink since Nov. 19, then accepted liquid nourishment and will be gradually fed solid foods as doctors monitor his recovery. His wife and priests urged restraint amid reports of pressure from IRA partisans.
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Dublin
Sean MacStiofain
Irish Republican Army
Provisional
IRA
Curragh
MacStiofain
Sharp fighting still reported in contested South Vietnam
In Saigon the fighting continued as Saigon forces and the Communists battled to gain or hold territory in advance of a cease fire. The clashes were reported at both ends of the country with ongoing efforts to control key areas before the agreed cessation.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam warns as U S halts attacks amid rapid frontline fighting
North Vietnam issued a warning after the United States suspended all bombing on North Vietnam. It said that past pauses were followed by intensified attacks and urged continued readiness on military political and diplomatic fronts. U S air support persisted in South Vietnam Laos and Cambodia as heavy fighting persisted in Que Son Valley and the Mekong Delta's U Minh Forest with casualties reported.
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Hong Kong
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Nixon
U. S
Laos
Cambodia
Saigon
Que Son
da Nang
Mekong
U Minh Forest
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
Thach Han River
Saigon River
Ceasefire Planned Before Nixon Inauguration
Reports from Saigon say the United States and South Vietnam will declare a unilateral cease-fire on the eve of President Nixon's inauguration to enable a peace accord in Indochina. Haig met Thieu as Kissinger and Tho draft progress, with talks on prisoner exchanges and the possible deployment of an international supervising force.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Thieu
Florida White House
Neal Ball
Paris
Hanoi
Thien
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Haig
New Highway Commission member defends agency amid criticism
James Branyan, Camden businessman, took oath as Gov. Bumpers appointee to a 10 year term and defended the Arkansas Highway Commission against claims of unresponsiveness. Meanwhile the House approved a bill to add 10 to 12 rural miles per county to the state system, with broader reform proposals for the commission’s size and terms.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
James Branyan
Camden
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Highway Department
Commission
Branyan
Arkansas House
Senate
Highway Commission
Lloyd R. George
Danville
Highway Commissioners
Roscoe Brown
Jonesboro
Brown
Nance Highway
Ode Maddox
Oden
House
Soviet Lunokhod 2 Rover Lands on Moon Sea of Serenity
A Soviet Luna 21 mission reports a soft lunar landing with the 1,848 pound Lunokhod 2 rover deploying from the lander at 1:35 a.m. EST on the Moon’s eastern Sea of Serenity. It rolled onto the surface at 4:14 a.m., began relay of television pictures, and will recharge before continuing experiments with a French corner reflector to improve lunar location fixes.
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Moscow
Tass
Sea of Serenity
Lemognier
Lunokhod 2
Lunokhod
Earth
Three year old earns reward for flagging train
Roger Smithson, 3, of McCaskill waved to a Prescott and Northwestern train as it passed his yard. Benny Phillips, head brakeman, noted the boy, who then alerted his father to flag the train. The front of a loaded car had jumped tracks, causing a fire beneath. Phillips said Roger’s action likely prevented greater damage or a derailment. On Jan. 12 Phillips presented Roger a $50 Savings Bond on behalf of the railroad.
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Roger Smithson
Gene Smithson
McCaskill
Prescott and Northwestern
Benny Phillips
P&nw
Roger
Phillips
Prescott and Northwestern Railroad Company
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Alex. H. Washburn
North
Ings
Washington
Stuart
Anne Lee
Sheriff’s Office
Carl D. Ward
Joe McCulley
Henry Singard
Hicks Funeral Home
Hope
Ark
Brenda Flenery
Bennie Stuart
N. Spruce St
Miss Flenery
J. T. Honeycutt
B.D
Doug’ Brandon
Moon
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