Creating Surplus Outranks Tax Cut Says Mayo
Budget Director Robert Mayo outlined Nixon administration goals to improve the budget surplus before cutting the 10 percent surtax. He called for retrenchment through moderate stages, reducing spending while keeping high taxes to spread sacrifice between the Have-Nots and the Hayes. The plan aims to move the government into the black to curb rising public debt and avoid a recession.
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Nixon
Mayo
Porgy and Bess
Hayes
Last miners rescued from Humphrey No. 7 mine
In Mt. Morris Pennsylvania the final 10 of nearly 100 miners pulled from Humphrey No. 7 after dawn roof collapse and an electrical fire. Gov. Arch Moore said all have reached safety, one hospitalized for smoke inhalation, as rescue operations ended at noon.
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MT. Morris
Arch A. Moore
West Virginia
Charleston
Humphrey No. 7
Moore
Allies See More Trouble at Talks
U S and South Vietnamese officials expect three moves by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong in Paris negotiations. They foresee battlefield strain and conference tension, plus a possible diplomatic retreat to win public support. Signs point to intensified propaganda against Saigon and a push to redefine the Saigon regime as the legitimate South Vietnamese state.
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Stephens Broening
Associated Press
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Farm Bureau to Hear About Tax Proposals at Hope
Tax proposals before the General Assembly will be among topics at a regional Farm Bureau meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Town and Country Restaurant in Hope. District kickoff for the 1969 campaign will include officers, board members and membership committee members from Hempstead to Sevier Counties. Andrew Whisenhunt of Lafayette County will outline legislative developments relevant to Farm Bureau policies. Garland Grace of Miller County will discuss as an alternate delegate to the recent American Farm Bureau Federation convention.
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Sevier
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Bradley
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State Board of Directors
Garland Grace
Texarkana
Miller County Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kansas City
Inflation Fears Tops Bomb Threats in Current World
HAL BOY LI says inflation now alarms most people more than the hydrogen bomb. He notes numbness to atomic war but rising anxiety over prices, with comments on wheat germ, old cars, and the social scene. He also jokes about a college student designing picket placards and crowded supermarkets on Saturdays.
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S. Hal Boy LI
New York
Tion
Burton offered 74000 for La Peregrina pearl
Actor Richard Burton reportedly offered 74 thousand dollars for La Peregrina a pearl he bought last week. Aaron Frosch Burtons lawyer said a man claiming to be Prince Alfonso de Bourbon Asturias proposed gifting the pearl to Queen Victoria Eugenia former Queen of Spain.
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Aaron Frosch
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Prince Alfonso de Bourbon Asturias
Frosch
Queen Vic
Farla Eugenia
Spain
Nixon Tries for Friends in Congress
President Nixon, fresh from a well received news conference, launches a broad push to win Democratic support in Congress. He schedules meetings across Capitol Hill with leaders, members from both parties, and plans visits to key departments including the Senate, State Department, and Pentagon.
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Associated Press
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White House
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Disney's Mineral King Resort Wins Forest Service OK
The U S Forest Service approved a $35 million year round resort in Mineral King Valley Sequoia National Park 55 miles east of Visalia with no cars within 14 miles Roy O Disney said the plan fulfills Walt Disney's dream Conservation groups led by the Sierra Club and Cy Edgar Wayburn warned of potential harm to Mineral King and Yosemite Valley and may pursue legal action The project expects 5000 weekend skiers by 1973 rising to 8500 by 1978 with summers favored for hiking fishing camping and horseback riding
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San Francisco
Cy. Edgar Wayburn
Visalia
Los Angeles
Ams
Plane hijacking over Everglades forces Cuba flight
Two men hijacked a National Airlines jet with 25 aboard over the Florida Everglades and forced it to Havana. The attack followed another National hijacking five days earlier, as a Key West to New York flight was steered to Havana by a self described U S Navy deserter in a separate incident.
Achievement Awards at Hope Junior High
Hope Junior High awarded excellence for the second nine weeks of the first semester. One eighth grader Kathy Elaine Smith earned an all A record, joined by seventeen seventh graders including Paul David Bain and Glenda Anne Buckley. The A and B Principal's Roll highlighted seven eighth graders and fifteen seventh graders for strong academic performance.
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Hope Junior High School
Kathy Elaine Smith
Paul David Bain
Glenda Anne Buckley
Debra Ann Cole
Kenneth Rae Cornelius
Carol Stuart Frazier
Peggy Beth Fulter
Janet Ruth Gilbey
Jill Herring
Denise Lauterback
Larry Stephen Lavender
Cathy Nell Mc Corkle
Bud McLarty
Stan Lowell Nix
Steven Skinner
Tony Stevenson
Mary Sue Stone
Mark Wayne Wright
Mars Ilyn Harris
Betty Honeycutt
Donna Keen
Anita McCauley
Billy McCorkle
Arlene Treat
Judy Reyenga
Steve Barton
Lance Beard
Patsy Burtch
Margaret Callicott
Karlene Coleman
Tim Cornelius
Joey Galloway
Tim Gunter
Micky Hodges
Rangers Kill 320 Cong in Bloody Fight
South Viet Namese headquarters said a battalion of government rangers supported by U S planes and artillery killed 320 North Vietnamese in a blood battle near the Laotian border. U S bombers and artillery accounted for about 200 enemy dead. Thirty five rangers were wounded in the clash northwest of Pleiku. A second battle near the Cambodian border yielded 23 enemy bodies as U S flare ships and helicopter gunships aided.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Sumay
Pieiku City
Highlands
Paris
Hope High Bands Win 12 Chairs at LV District Finals
Hope High Bandsmen won twelve chairs in the all district band after 30 schools competed using elimination and point judging. The following Hope players placed Belinda Bandy Jackie Townsend Jacky Easterning Judy Pettit Becky Huff Marilyn Dodson Mike May Ken Trout Ashley Hoggard Tammy Lavender Dan Williams Doug Byrd. They advance to Arkadelphia for clinic bands January 31 and February 1, with a concert at 7 30 p m Saturday after two days of rehearsal.
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Hope
Belinda Bandy
Jackie Townsend
Jacky Easterning
Judy Pettit
Becky Huff
Marilyn Dodson
Mike May
Ken Trout
Ashley Hoggard
Tammy Lavender
Dan Williams
Doug Byrd
Arkadelphia
Clinic
All Around Town and Local Happenings in Texas and Arkansas
District headquarters for the Arkansas State Police has a new telephone number. Wayne Woodall left for Paris Texas to re enter school. A pianist will accompany the Southernairs Quartet which records on Sword and Shield and will appear on Nashville gospel programs. At the Texarkana Service Center the Conifer Girl Scout Council approved a 75782 operating budget. Army Private First Class John F Witherspoon, 20, wife Zayde in Hope, was assigned to the 101st Airborne in Vietnam. Dr Palmer Pilcher will speak at the Hope Rotary program with a 28 minute U of A growth film. Graduates last Saturday numbered 1,100. Virginia Rochelle Parker sues Curtis Publishing for 24 million. her mother Roberta Howard Parker files. Attorney is Waverly Parkagr.
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U of A
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Waverly Parkagr
Nixon's Post Conference Push to Win Democratic Support
AP News Digest notes President Nixon, fresh from a news conference, aims to build ties with a re-controlled Congress as Vietnam combat deaths near 31,000. Israel warns the UN of risks to Jews in Iraq while Czech leadership faces internal struggle. Americans react to hijacking stories and Cuba travel debates as Harlem exhibit draws crowds. Nixon’s approach echoes Truman’s 1945 policy style.
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Paris
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Truman
Principal's Roll at High School Listed 47 Students for First Semester
The list shows 47 students with GPA 3.5 required for the semester and registration by Principal Barentine. Seniors include Lee Almond and Jenny Callicott. juniors include Jimmy Alford and Bonnie Bobo. sophomores Pat Harris and Jane Harrison. freshmen Jim Browning and Richard Butler. Senate panel undecided on Arkansas university merger bill after hearing from Dr. Silas Snow of SCA.
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Sue Dope Hign Scnoe
Barentine
Lee Almond
Jenny Callicott
Donna Connelly
Robyn Galloway
Linda Goodwin
Eva Jo Hale
Susan McCain
Martha Mosley
Butch Reeves
Junanne Reynolds
Sue Russell
Carla Turner
Pat Westbrook
la Verne Williams
Sarah Vin
Little Rock
Senate Education Committee
University of Arkansas
Little Rock University
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State College of Arkansas At
Conway
SCA
Israel cites threat of more Jewish executions
The Associated Press reports Israel told U N Secretary General U Thant that another group of Jews faces possible execution. Iraq announced nine Iraqi Jews were hanged for spying for Israel amid planned trials for 65 others. Israel decried the executions as barbaric and urged U N action. Western leaders condemned the acts as harmful to Middle East peace efforts.
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Associated Press
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U Thant
United Nations
Joel Barrami
Thant
Abdullah el Samarral
Baghdad
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Iraq
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Rogers
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Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
American Jewish Committee
London
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Washington
Soviet Union
Showers to Continue in Arkansas Weather Update
Precipitation includes scattered showers and a few thunderstorms tonight across Arkansas. A weak cold front should clear by Wednesday, bringing cooler temperatures after a warm spell that began Monday. Moist Gulf air persists, keeping temperatures mild for now.
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