State revenue up nineteen million in past fiscal year
Arkansas General Fund totals rose to about 259 million with 251.36 million in general revenue. Tax collections lagged forecasts with corporate income taxes down, offset by gains in sales and use taxes. Final day kept open to fund Allotments A and B under the Revenue Stabilization Act. Yoko Ono Lennon's ex husband Anthony Cox sues for custody of Kyoko Cox in Houston court.
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Administration Department
Max Milam
Department
Revenue Department
Milam
Insurance Department
Yoko
Houston, Tex
Anthony D. Cox
Yoko Ono Lennon
Harris County
Kyoko Cox
John Lennon
Beatle devotee alleges nasal injury in Scotland incident
Carolyn Mitchell a 24 year old from Salt Lake City says she was socked in the nose by one of the Beatles during an incident at Paul McCartney’s hillside hideaway near Campbeltown Scotland. She demanded an apology from McCartney for the assault and injury.
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London
Carolyn Mitchell
Salt Lake City
Paul McCartney
Campbeltown
Scotland
Arkansas Weather Station Report For 24 Hours
A 24 hour weather summary shows a high of 88 and a low of 64 with 0.96 inch precipitation. Forecasts call for variable cloudiness and warmth with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the southern half tonight and Saturday. Low temperatures range from the 60s in the north to the low 70s in the south, with Saturday highs in the 80s to low 90s.
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Arkansas
West Coast longshore strike halts shipping across 24 ports
The first coastwide walkout by ILWU longshoremen in 23 years has shut most dock work from Seattle to San Diego. Negotiations stalled as employers and the ILWU trade demands, with wage increases and a 62 pension, while mutual agreements handle mail and military cargo. Picket lines quiet. Hawaii feels impact as mainland shipments drop unless rerouted.
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San
Joe Glick
ILWU
Los Angeles
Teamsters Union
IUWU
Henry Bridges
Hawaii
Alaska
British Columbia
Mainland
Gulf
Explosion at Newport Kills One Injures Another
One man died and a second was seriously burned in an early morning explosion and fire at Warehouse Sales food store and the Continental Trailways bus station in Newport Arkansas. Coroner T E Dillinger said the dead man’s identity was not yet determined. Frank Neely 33 of Ash Flat suffered severe burns and was hospitalized in Little Rock in serious condition. Police searched the ruins for Bobby Sherrill believed to have been in the buildings at the blast. Newport officer Stanley Montgomery sounded the alarm at 2 20 a m after spotting flames. Montgomery said the fire rapidly engulfed the structures as responders arrived. Neely reported to officials that he was standing near the grocery store when the explosion occurred.
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Ark
Front Street
T. E. Dillinger
Frank Neely
Ash Flat
Veterans Hospital
Little Rock
Continental Trailways
Bobby Sherrill
Stanley Montgomery
Montgomery
Neely
House backs $3.5 billion for medical training plan
The House approved three-year measures totaling 3.5 billion for medical training amid a broader five-year, 6.9 billion health manpower package. The bills aim to shorten medical curricula, expand medical schools, boost family doctors, aid financially weak schools, and direct doctors to shortage areas.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
Public Health Subcommittee
Nixon
Rogers
Death notices and obituaries from multiple cities
Death notices report the passing of Mrs. Lucille Lay of Russellville sister of Mrs. Jim Sewell of Hope with funeral plans incomplete. Ella E. Lonberger of Lancaster California will have funeral services with a Pinecrest Cemetery graveside service in Little Rock and local arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home. Herbert J. Biberman Hollywood director, 71, blacklisted, dies of bone cancer after refusing to answer Congress questions. Walter Wolfner, 73, Cardinal movement leader, dies. former managing director and policy chief. Dr. Earl F. Hargett, 46, Lincoln College president, dies of heart attack after assuming post earlier that day.
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Lucille Lay
Russellville
Jim Sewell
Hope
Sewell
Ella E. Lonberger
Muman Funeral
Lancaster
Calif
Pinecrest
Little Rock
Harrison Funeral Home
Benton
Lloyd Hendrix
New York
Herbert J. Biberman
Biberman
Congress
ST. Louis
Walter Wolfner
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago
Wolfner
Lincoln
Til
Earl F. Hargett
Lincoln College
Stafford in Moscow for Funeral
American astronaut Thomas P. Stafford arrived in Moscow to represent President Nixon at the funeral for the Soviet Soyuz 11 cosmonauts. He viewed the urns with the ashes and took part in the honor guard before continuing to Belgrade for American Day ceremonies on July 4.
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Moscow
Thomas P. Stafford
Nixon
Central Army Hall
Monauts
Earth
Stafford
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Former Solon Dies in L A
Wil lam E. Fletcher age 76 of Lonoke died in a Little Rock hospital after a long career in Arkansas politics. A former legislator, he also led several county and state agri business groups including the Land Bank Association, Lonoke Grain Corp, Memphis Cotton Council, Rice Dryers Association of Lonoke, and Arkansas Livestock Exposition Board. The report notes two companions were in the buildings.
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Little Rock
Willam E. Fletcher
Lonoke
Arkansas
Land Bank Association
Pulaski
Lonoke Grain Corp
Memphis Cotton Council
Rice Dryers Association of
Arkansas Livestock Exposition Board of Directors
Johnson resisted early action against North Vietnam
Four months after taking office President Lyndon B. Johnson rejected moves to strike North Vietnam as premature. The secret Pentagon papers show he aimed to build a strong military and political base in South Vietnam for possible later action. He instructed Saigon to plan contingency actions while pressuring North Vietnam through measured military steps.
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Spencer Davis
Associated Press
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Johnson
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
McGeorge Bundy
Walt W. Rostow
Bundy
Lodge
Maxwell Taylor
Taylor
White House
Vietnam
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Laos
U.S
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