Arkansas lawmakers introduce varied bills in bold session
LITTLE ROCK AP State legislators introduced multiple measures. Senator Guy H Jones proposed a ten dollar monthly police raise funded by 10 million from the Capital Improvement Reserve Fund. Womack Harvey and Womack sought constitutional amendments to expand state printing by allowing more contracts. Bookout pushed motorist penalties and a five cent beverage container deposit. Osterloh sought higher hunting licenses. A Public Building Authority bill would authorize site acquisition and construction of public buildings.
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Guy H. Jones
Conway
Capital Improvement Reserve Fund
J. A. “Dooley’ Womack
Camden
Robert Harvey
Swifton
Harvey
Womack
Kelly Bryant
Jerry Bookout
Jonesboro
Jones
Henry Osterloh
North Little Rock
Game and Fish Commission
Dale Bumpers
Legislative Joint Budget Committee
Johnson knew of VN pact and prepared statement
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson died thinking a cease fire in South Vietnam had been reached. His widow says Johnson was told by President Nixon and was preparing a public statement when the cease-fire was announced. Johnson died of a heart attack January 22. Nixon announced the cease-fire January 23.
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Austin
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
South Vietnam
Johnson
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Weems Cleared On Five Counts Of Forgery In Grant Case
Pros. Atty. Sam Weems of Stuttgart says he is tired and lucky after a U S District Court jury found him innocent on five counts of forging documents tied to a 79000 federal youth bureau grant. He asserts charges were politically motivated and criticizes Arkansas Crime Commission involvement.
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Little Rock
Sam Weems
Stuttgart
U. S. District Court
Weems
Arkansas
Ed ‘Staten
R. A. Bilbott
Pine Bluff
Saint
Woman attorney helped push abortion ruling sparks debate
Linda N Coffee a Baptist attorney who helped bring Norma McCorvey's case to the Supreme Court says the ruling frees no one from personal moral or religious responsibility. She notes the decision may be misinterpreted and expresses personal reluctance toward abortion except in very early stages.
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Supreme Court
Linda N. Coffee
High Court
Norma McCorvey
Texas
Miss McCorvey
Washington
Robert O’brien
Dallas Bureau of Baptist Press
Miss Coffee
Weather and legal note mix in 14th Amendment context
Weather report covers 24 hours to 7 am Tuesday with high 45 and low 20. Arkansas forecast: increasing clouds, scattered showers, warmer tonight, mild Wednesday. highs 50s to 60s. In legal news, Miss Coffee and Sarah Wedding of Austin discuss a 7-2 Supreme Court ruling that a fetus lacks legal person status under the due process clause.
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Arkansas
Miss Coffee
Sarah Wedding
Austin
Tex
Supreme Court
Ozark Society in Texarkana elects new chairman Royce Weisenberger Jr
All Around Town reports Royce Weisenberger Jr. elected chairman of the Caddo Chapter Ozark Society for the coming year. Mrs. Weisenberger is a member, and he is the son of Judge and Mrs. Royce Weisenberger of Hope. Also noted are local health and homecomings and a mistaken court docket name mix up involving Jerry Winer and Jerry H. Winer at Myers Bakery.
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Caddo
Texarkana
The
Ozark Society
Royce Weisenberger, Jr
Mrs. Weisenberger
Royce Weisenberger
Hope
Jerry Winer
Jerry H. Winer
Myers’ Bakery
Watergate trial nears jury verdict in espionage case
The last two Watergate defendants McCord and G G G Dutton are set to argue today that they converted a valid assignment into an illegal political espionage campaign against the Democratic party. E Howard Hunt, a White House consultant, has pleaded guilty, while four Miami area defendants pled guilty in subsequent days.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Liddy
Heath Nixon to discuss Middle East peace plan in Washington
Prime Minister Edward Heath sails to Washington for a two day talks with President Nixon. Britain seeks U S pressure on Israel and coordinated Western pushes toward Arabs while addressing Soviet and Chinese aims and European security.
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Arthur Gavshon
Associated Press
London
Edward Heath
Washington
Nixon
Middle East
Heath
Israel
White House
Britain
Camp David
Alec Douglas-Holme
William P. Rogers
Soviet Union
China
India
Europe
Indian Ocean
Far East
Food prices still rising in 1972 market basket study
AP Farm Writer Don Kiendall reports USDA figures showing a typical family of four would spend about 64 dollars more on food at home in 1972. The 5.0 percent December rise lifts the yearly market basket to a record 1338 dollars, with farm prices contributing 59 dollars of the increase and middlemen 15 fewer than November.
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Haskell Jones
KXAR
Hope
Don Kiendall
Washington (Ap
Agriculture Department
USDA
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