Would Tax Hike Be Used to Increase Legislative Pensions
Our Daily Bread Sliced Thin by The Editor Alex HW Washburn questions Senate moves to grant retirement pay at 2 percent of salary for General Assembly members. He calls it propaganda, a personal money grab, and warns of legislative fraud while noting past subsidies to county judges to fund a lobbying effort for more turnback funds.
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Alex
HW. Washburn
Arkansas
Senate
General Assembly
Arkansas County Judges Association
Senate Bill Aims Higher Retirement Payouts
Arkansas Senate considers SB 87 to allow elected constitutional officers to retire at full salaries and legislators to retire at more than 24 percent above their pay. Introduced January 18 by Sen. Q. Byrum Hurst of Hot Springs. would require general revenues to cover any shortfall.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Senate
Senate
Q. Byrum Hurst
Hot Springs
National debt per person tops $2080 under 1972 budget
Washington AP reports that if the 1972 federal debt is divided equally among Americans, each would owe over $2,000. The $229.2 billion Nixon budget proposal would raise the total debt to about $429.4 billion, yielding a per capita debt of $2,080 from a population estimate of 206,433,000.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Sinatra helps Tunney pay debt in Beverly Hills event
Beverly Hills, California AP reports Frank Sinatra is aiding Senator John Tunney's campaign by paying half a million dollars in debt. Sinatra headlines an entertainment program tonight at a Beverly Hills hotel, with events priced at about $1000 per couple.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Frank Sinatra
John Tunney
D-Calif
Singer
Ronald Reagan
Tunney
Bumpers Faces Setback On Consumer Protection Bill
Arkansas House delays debate on Governor Dale Bumpers consumer protection bill as Rep. Boyce Alford threatens a filibuster. Senate amendments to the reorganization bill could set up a vote today. The measure would create a state attorney general led consumer protection division to handle complaints and coordinate actions. The House also votes to repeal habitual intoxication penalties for women and defeats a liquor outlet cap proposal.
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Robert Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas House
Boyce Alford
Pine Bluff
Senate
Bumpers
Alford
Arkansas
Atty
Ray H. Thornton Jr
Guy H. ‘Mutt” Jones
Conway
Jones
House
Bernice Kizer
Fort Smith
Wayne Courtney
Forrest City
Census Report Shows Hempstead Population Drops 1 8 Percent
Hempstead County's official 1970 population was 19 308, down 1 8 percent from 1960. The state counted 1 923 295 residents, up 7 7 percent. The 1970 census details race and age distributions, with 12 062 whites, 6 393 Negroes, and 53 others, and 1 483 children under 5.
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Hempstead County
Bureau of the Census
U.S. Department of Commerce
Cyclone Felice Devastates Quelimane Area in Mozambique
Hundreds feared dead as Cyclone Felice devastates the Quelimane region on the Indian Ocean coast of Mozambique. Pilots report Quelimane looking like an island with floodwaters over palm trees. rail lines washed away to Mocuba, roads severed, and many settlements isolated. Rescue operations by helicopter and motorboats have begun as Mozambique and Portuguese officials assess the disaster.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Felice
Mozambique
South African Press Association
Quelimane
Indian Ocean
Beira
Mocuba
Heliccopter
Ganges River
Pakistan
Legislators Draw Expense Money Under New Procedures
Arkansas lawmakers fast tracked weekly expense allowances in a 60 day session. Eighty six of one hundred House members filed vouchers for up to 140 dollars weekly with funds drawn under their own names. Senate participation was near universal, though two senators did not claim. Some payments covered a four day period while others were split across weeks. The reform followed past controversies over using relatives or ghost employees to access funds and aligns with stricter reporting rules introduced for the session.
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Robert Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas House
House
Robert Harvey
Swifton
Joe Ford
Senate
Rep
W. F. Foster Sr
England
House Efficiency Committee
Marion H. Crank
Arkansas Projects Included In Nixon Budget
Nixon budget proposes specific Arkansas water project funding for 1972. Construction items include Arkansas River locks and dams 16.225 million, De Gary Lake 975 thousand, De Queen Lake 2.6 million, Dierks Lake 3.2 million, Gillham Lake 2.38 million, Ouachita and Black Rivers 253 thousand, Ozark lock and dam 4.8 million, Red River levees below Denison Dam 1.55 million. Planning items cover Bayour Barthlomew Arkansas and Louisiana 145 thousand, Bell Foley Lake 175 thousand, Pine Mountain Lake 95 thousand.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Army Engineers
Reclamation Bureau
Arkansas
DeGary Lake
de Queen Lake
Dierks Lake
Gillham Lake
Ouachita
Black Rivers
Ozark Lock and Dam
Red River
Denison Dam
Ark
Tex
Police Report: Wreck at 16th and Main
Yesterday at 16th and Main two cars collided causing considerable damage. Juanita Gunter of Hope and Columbia Winchester of Mineral Springs drove the vehicles. Officers said Gunter left turn into the other car and Patrolman Purtle charged Gunter with failure to yield the right of way.
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Juanita Gunter
Hope
Columbia Winchester
Mineral Springs
Gunter
Purtle
Man Shot to Death in Prescot Resident Dies in Little Rock
Germán T. Moss Jr., 17, of Prescot died in a Little Rock hospital from gunshot wounds suffered during a Wednesday night argument at a Prescot residence. Authorities said a person was being questioned in the shooting.
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Little Rock
German T. Moss Jr
Prescott
Prescot
Moss
Gean McDonald
Sheridan
Baptist Hospital
Seven Children Die In Arkansas House Fire
In Dermott Arkansas seven children of Mr and Mrs Grant Woods died when a five room frame home burned Thursday night. Neighbors said the Woods were visiting a nearby neighbor when the fire started from an overheated wood stove. Fire Chief Morris Parker noted the children, aged 12 to 4, were found in and around beds as flames rushed from the dwelling. A neighbor reported the alarm at 11 05 p m. and Parker said the victims had no chance.
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Dermott
Ark
Arkansas
Grant Woods
Morris Parker
Daisy May
Mary Anne
Juanita
Flora
Dorothy
Grant Jr
Carolyn
Parker
Bitter Cold Grips Northeast as Power Crises Mount
Bitter cold persisted across the Northeast with near zero temperatures and heavy snow in parts of New York and New England. Utilities reduced voltage by five percent to conserve power as several major generating units were out of service, while New England returned to normal by nightfall. Fourteen inches fell near Oswego as four climbers remained missing on Mt. Washington amid frigid winds. In Washington, Rep. Bill Alexander was appointed to the Governmental Cooperation Committee, signaling a push on executive branch reforms.
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U.S. Y
Associated Press
New York
New England
Great Lakes
New York State Public Service Commission
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Oswego
Northcentral
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Mt. Washington
Deep South
Georgia
Florida
South
Alexander
Washington
Bill Alexander
D-Ark
House Committee On
Nixon
Nixon Budget Outlines Full Employment Spending Plan
President Nixon sent a 1972 budget totaling 229.2 billion dollars aimed at full employment, forecasting deficits this year and next but promising a "full-employment surplus." The plan includes a major revenue sharing program, defense boosts, social security increases, and a shift toward activist fiscal policy amid inflation risks.
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Sterling F. Green
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
Pentagon
Treasury
Soviet sanctions blamed for Moscow street attacks on journalists
Washington AP reports the State Department accuses the Soviet Union of sanctioning attacks on two American reporters in Moscow. Press officer Robert J. McCloskey condemns the assaults, saying such acts require Soviet authorities’ acquiescence or approval. The embassy filed protests over assaults on AP correspondent Jael K. Peipert and Washington Post correspondent Anthony Astrachan.
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Russia
Washington
State Department
Soviet Union
Moscow
Robert J. McCloskey
Jael K. Peipert
Washington Post
Anthony Astrachan
Living Costs Rise Sharply in December 1970
NEIL GILBRIDE reports that December 1970 saw a 0.5 percent rise in living costs, driven by higher housing, medical care, food, and auto prices. The year closed with a 5.5 percent gain, the second-worst inflation since 1950s.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
All Around Town items from Millwood Lake and local events
Millwood Lake water almost normal at 259.23 feet with 900 cfs discharge. December visitors totaled 84 100. Bass fair on Fliptail worms at Saline and Mine Creek. Crappie fair on minnows at Little River and Baker's Bend. Debbie Connelly named to Dean's List at State College of Arkansas Conway for fall as a senior elementary education major, daughter of James and Mrs. Connelly. Hope Junior Auxiliary seeks donations for Thrift Shop on South Walnut Street. Items needed include children clothing, household goods, dishes, pots, pans, curtains, fur niture. Contacts Peggy Whitaker and Martha Tyer. Proceeds aid Auxiliary projects. Stan Parris friends fund plate for Miss Arkansas signs noting Hope as home of NAIA All-America football player. funds from Citizens Bank, Wesley Huddleston, Mike Kelly KXAR and others. signs erected by Hope Sign and Neon. All-region band members listed. public concert Saturday at 7. Scout Troop 91 to Rich Mountain Campout Saturday noon. Lions Club sponsors. Ex tension specialist Ethel Bennet retires Jan 31 after joining 1942.
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Millwood Lake
Saline
Mine Creek
Little River
Baker's Bend
Hope Junior
South Walnut St
Peggy Whitaker
Martha Tyer
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State College of Arkansas At
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Miss Arkansas
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Mike Kelly
KXAR
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Debbie Cole
Benita Powell
Agnette Smith
Marilyn Harris
Marilyn Dodson
Polly King
Tenior
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Becky Huff
Bill Atterbury
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Ken Trout
Shelia Wheeler
Don Williams
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