Revolt against state sales tax dies swiftly
Arkansas lawmakers again fail to exempt food and prescription drugs from the 3 percent sales tax as Rep. Robert Johnston of Little Rock sees his bill killed by a do not pass ruling. The piece argues the tax harms the poor and criticizes extensions to auto and shoe repairs, calling the tax a burden on labor.
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Robert Johnston
Little Rock
General Assembly
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Hall
Arkansas
West German leaders fret as oil sheiks seek control
In Bonn, West Germany, concern grows over foreign investment in key industries as Iran and Kuwait holdings in Krupp and Daimler Benz raise nationalist fears. Chancellor Schmidt backs a vigilante system with possible veto powers, while Deutsche Bank's Ulrich leads blocking actions to protect strategic assets. Local note closes with newspaper delivery antiseptic.
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Bonn
West Germany
Middle East
Iran
Krupp Steel Works
Kuwait
Daimler-Benz Auto Company
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Daimler
Mercedes
Schmidt
Daimler- Benz
Franz Heinrich Ulrich
Deutsche Bank
Algerian minister blames inflation on Western nations
Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelaziz Bouteflika denounces Western economic policies claiming industrialized nations caused rising inflation by living beyond their means. At a special OPEC meeting, he calls for a new world economic order based on justice, equity, and cooperation among developing countries.
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Algiers
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Bouteflika
Houari Boumedienne
U.N. General Assembly
Police blame IRA militants for London waterworks bombing
London police accuse war hungry IRA members of bombing a Walthamstow pumping station to derail cease-fire talks. Two workers and a woman were injured, water service disrupted in East London and Essex. A Belfast paper linked to the IRA said a guerrilla command may suspend hostilities again.
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London
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Walthamstow
East London
Essex County
Belfast
IRA
Andersonstown
Democrats move to block Ford energy plan amid debt increase push
House Democrats rush to curb Ford energy proposals by delaying oil tariff hikes and attaching a debt ceiling measure. The Ways and Means Committee opens debate on raising the federal debt limit as Ford argues a delay would be a backward step and presses for fuel allocation and rationing as last resort. Senate backs a 90 day tariff veto.
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Washington
House
Ford
Ways and Means
al Ullman
D-Ore
Congress
White House
NBC
United States
America
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Capitol Hill
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
Senate
Chorus Auditions Set For The Music Man In Hope
Auditions for adults and teens to perform in the on stage chorus of The Music Man will be held January 27 at First United Methodist Church in Hope. Teens must be in grades nine through 12 and arrive by 7 p.m. Adults will be heard around 8 p.m. Future rehearsals will be organized at the meeting. The Arkadelphia Players present The Music Man February 28 to March 1 at the City Hall auditorium.
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Music Man
Jériuary
Four defendants held without bail in Zachry murder case
NAPD, Ark Ninth Circuit Judge Bobby Steel ordered four defendants Carolyn Zachry Bessie Tolleson Charles Bean and Jimmy Dyas held without bail on capital felony murder charges related to the slaying of Curtis Eugene Zachry 32. They pleaded not guilty at arraignment. Trial date set for April 8 with separate trials for each defendant and March 10 as motion deadline. Jail placements followed the hearing with Zachry Dyas to Sevier County Jail Tolleson to Howard County Jail and Bean to Hempstead County Jail due to bed space. witness James Monroe Lindsey held as material witness in Texarkana jail with bond set at 25000.
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Ashdown
Ark
Ninth Circuit
Bobby Steel
Nashville
Curtis Eugene Zachry
Here
Carolyn Zachry
Bessie Tolleson
Charles Bean
Jimmy Dyas
Zachry
Dyas
Sevier County
DeQueen
Tolleson
Howard County
Bean
Hempstead
Hope
James Monroe Lindsey
Texarkana
Judge Steel
Heidi Peterson search ends as bones found near home
In Seattle the 11 month nationwide hunt for Heidi Peterson appears closed after park workers found a child's skeleton and matching clothing a block from her home. King County Medical Examiner to identify the remains. the case had drawn thousands of volunteers and mass poster campaigns.
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Seattle
Heidi Peterson
Park Department
King County Medical Examiner's
Sally Peterson
Heidi
Carl
Star's new building nears completion in final week
The Star's future plant site at W. Third and Grady Sts nears completion with an 18-ton press door, a 10 by 12 foot overhead door, and a 19 foot ceiling clearance for an upper former. Duct work tops the composing room, York air handling will serve the space, and carpet from Don Roberson's is installed as moving of composing rooms and offices begins.
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J.L. Lavender Construction Co
Star
W. Third
Grady Sts
Mickey Holt
Arkansas Machine Specialty Co
Jerry Chambless
Greenlee
York
Borg-Warner
Don Roberson
Carpet World
King Press
Joplin
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Heidi Go
M. D. Wilson
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