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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1971
Page
1
Page Two Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. Friday with a high of 91 and a low of 71. Forecast calls for generally fair weather in Arkansas through Saturday with patchy clouds and isolated thundershowers this afternoon and Saturday afternoon. Temperatures remain hot by day and warm at night. Highs in the 90s, lows in the 70s.
LITTLE ROCK AP The state Claims Commission took under advisement a $40,000 claim by Donald Albright of near Salem. Albright said he was injured when a State Police trooper hit him with a flashlight. The commission will allow briefs within 30 days and plans to rule at the August meeting. The incident is dated April 19, 1970 and involved Trooper Lloyd Martz.
AP survey projects at least 16 US lawmakers will quit or switch races as districts redraw to equalize populations after the 1970 census. States losing seats include New York and Pennsylvania, with others merging incumbents into single districts to fit new maps.
Chancellor Terry Shell ordered the Paragould water system to be operated by the Water and Sewer Board until August 30. The dispute centers on control and rate setting authority, with the City Council creating a new Water Commission in June to take control, a suit now pending.
The Pentagon warns a 200 million dollar ceiling on U S spending in Laos is unworkable due to lack of nation by nation spending records amid combat conditions. Sen Symington argues the administration cannot ensure adherence to the Southeast Asia aid cap while Laos operations continue.
Washington AP reports civilian leaders at the Pentagon avoided a direct clash with top generals by reorganizing the command structure rather than a broad shakeup. The changes largely abolish the Strike Command and create a Readiness Command at MacDill Air Force Base, maintaining similar duties for joint training and reserve forces.
Maj. Gen. Ngo Dzau rejected Rep. Robert Steele’s accusation that he is a chief heroin trafficker in Southeast Asia. He called for documentation, said he and American adviser John Paul Vann run a large anti narcotics campaign in Pleiku, noting a recent seizure of over 200 kilos of marijuana. He suggested anonymous letters from personal enemies spurred the charge. There is no federal tax on the first $100 of stock dividends.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lively of Hope died last night in a local hospital. Graveside services were held today at Shower Springs Cemetery by Rev. Chester Bullock. Oakcrest Funeral Home directed arrangements. Grandparents named in the notice include Mrs. Anna Lively of Pasadena and Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Grisham of Hope.
The Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University will conduct a nine month study of the Arkansas Legislature's organization and procedures for the Committee on Legislative Organization. After completion Eagleton will propose improvements and deliver recommendations for follow up by the committee. The institute offered to do the work for $29,500.
Dr. Paul W. McCracken told Congress the Nixon administration abandoned its $1.065 trillion GNP target for 1971, saying pursuing it could raise inflation. He warned that pushing growth now might revive inflation, making unemployment decline unlikely, while the Fed would maintain easier money policies at a slower pace.
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