Two Stage Offensive Reported By Prisoners
Washington reports quote Communist prisoners saying a two stage winter spring offensive is planned from February to May. Small attacks test defenses then major strikes target Kontum Hoi An and refugee camps as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong aim to pressure Saigon for a coalition government while supplies remain insufficient for a prolonged push.
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Cambodia
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Arkansas and Louisiana Weather Summary for Thursday
Experiment Station reports 24 hours to 7 am Thursday with high 33 and low 27 inches of precipitation. State forecast warns hazardous driving in northern Arkansas tonight with occasional rain or drizzle and colder conditions. Friday brings decreasing clouds and a slight warmup with lows from the 20s north to upper 30s south and highs mostly in the 40s. Louisiana outlook calls for partly to cloudy skies with scattered showers and some thundershowers, milder tonight, then colder in north and west Friday. lows 40s northwest to 60s southeast, highs 50s northwest to 70s southeast.
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Arkansas
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State Board to Buy 11 Million in Government Bonds
The Arkansas State Board of Finance approved an 11 million purchase of government bonds maturing in May 1974. Bonds carry 4.25 percent interest but the state's yield will be 4.8 percent due to purchase below par, per Finance and Administration Director Max Milasn.
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Little Rock
State Board of Finance
Max Milasn
Nixon appoints Peterson after Stans resignation
President Nixon announces Maurice Stans resigns as commerce secretary to work on the 1972 campaign. Peter G. Peterson moves from international economic policy adviser to commerce secretary, with Peter Flanigan stepping into Peterson's prior role. Stans notes his move aids the re election effort while Nixon praises his service and fundraising prowess.
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Washington
Nixon
Maurice Stans
Peter G. Peterson
Stans
Peter Flanigan
Peterson
President
Council of International Economic Policy
Commerce
Eisenhower
Ice Storm Warnings Placed Over Large Texas Regions
The Associated Press reports ice storm warnings for North Central North East and Northwest Texas as an Arctic front moves in. Freezing rain and icy roads threaten travel by nightfall across much of the Panhandle and higher elevations west of the Pecos. Temperatures fall below 20 in many areas with several towns recording single digits. Extreme caution is urged on highways around Amarillo Lubbock Childress Wichita Falls and Abilene due to ice on roads. Freezing drizzle affects Southwest Texas east of the Pecos with snow atop the Panhandle widespread.
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Pecos River
Pecos
Panhande
Amarillo
Panhandle
Perrytan
Dalhart
Dumas
Bushland
Pampa
Shamrock
Childress
Texas Highway Department
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Six Million Low Bid Leads I 430 Bypass Contract
Bar ber Bridge Builders of Fort Smith and McGeorge Contracting of Pine Bluff submitted the low bid of 6,029,233 for a section of the Little Rock Interstate 430 bypass in Pulaski County. The project included four bridges and was the most expensive among 19 road and bridge projects bid Wednesday.
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Little Rock
Barber Bridge Builders, Inc
Fort Smith
McGeorge Contracting Co., Inc
Pine Bluff
Pulaski County
Poinsett County
Bradco Construction Co., Inc
Warren
Torco
North Little Rock
Russia Tops U S. Steel Production
The Soviet Union produced 132.8 million tons of steel in 1971, outpacing the United States which logged just over 120 million tons, the lowest level in eight years. The USW cites widespread use of open hearth methods as a factor in the gap.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers of America
Meyer Bernstein
USW
American Iron & Steel Institute
U. S
Vietnam Says 107 Enemy Killed Amid Rising Fighting
Vietnamese and American forces reported heavy fighting across the country. South Vietnam claimed 107 enemy dead, corrected earlier claims about tanks, and noted at least one tank and three trucks destroyed in the highlands. A district adviser was killed near Ba Xuyen Province, with air strikes accounting for many enemy deaths. One U.S. soldier was wounded by a booby trap near Da Nang.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Saigon
Central
Highlands
U.S
da Nang
196Th Infantry
Mekong Delta
Ba Xuyen
Tan Canh
Obituary notices list four deaths with services in Arkansas
MISS EMMA WALLACE age sixty nine of MALVERN former Saratoga resident died Wednesday She was a member of the Saratoga Church of Christ Survivors include four brothers William P and Carl D Wallace both of Little Rock Joe T Wallace of Texarkana and Jess T Wallace of California Services will be at 2 p m Saturday at Herndon Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Saratoga Cemetery by Herndon Funeral Home ALTON E MASSEY Alton E Sonny Massey formerly of HOPE died January 20 in Cheyenne WY Survivors include his wife Pasty Lorene Massey a daughter Mrs Charmagne Wagner of Cheyenne his parents Rev and Mrs A A Massey one brother Arden M Massey all of Hope two sisters Mrs Clyde L Cook of Little Rock and Mrs Anie L Taylor of Gordon Services were held in the Chapel of the Chimes with burial in Memorial Cemetery in the Garden of the Last Supper on the High Prairie of Cheyenne HOLLIS F STULTZ Hollis F Stultz 58 of KLAMATH FALLS Oregon died Tuesday in a Portland Oregon veteran s hospital He formerly lived in HOPE Survivors include his step mother Mrs Eva Biddle of Lewisville three aunts of this area Mrs Ada Owens of Ble v n s Mrs Rosie Bryant of Hope and Mrs Aliie Shearer of Washington Burial will be at Klamath Falls by Ward Funeral Home CHICAGO AP Mahalia Jackson gospel singer and recording artist who performed throughout the world died today of a heart seizure hospital attendants said.
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Malvern
Saratoga
Saratoga Church of Christ
William P
Carl D. Wallace
Little Rock
Joe T. Wallace
Texarkana
Jess T. Wallace
California
Herndon Funeral Home
Saratoga Cemetery
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Alton E
Sonny) Massey
Hope
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Pasty Lorene Massey
Charmagne Wagner
A.A. Massey
Arden M. Massey
Clyde L. Cook
Anie L. Taylor
Gordon
Memorial
Hollis F.stultz
Hollis F. Stultz
Klamath Falls
Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Chicago
Mahalia Jackson
Critics Push for Withdrawal Date in Indochina
Washington AP reports war critics urge a fixed withdrawal date from Indochina despite Nixon's speech. Senators Ellender Fulbright Hughes Brooke challenge the plan claiming it lacks a firm deadline and risks a North Vietnamese rejection. Nearby items note Tokyo earthquake and Arkansas tax case involving Francis L. Hurst.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
North Vietnam
Allen Ellender
D-La
Ellender
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Harold E. Hughes
Nixon urges peacetime job growth to cut unemployment
President Nixon cites 1971 unemployment at six percent and argues peacetime job creation is needed to lower it. He credits Aug 15 decisions for groundwork, notes defense-related job losses and inflation pressures. He pledges persistence with wage price controls until price stability is reached.
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