City protests state sales tax on public utilities
Editor notes Hope city will challenge and seeks to recover alleged double taxation from the 3 percent sales tax on gas used by the municipal Water and Light Plant and the broader tax extension that burdens middlemen and consumers. The piece warns of tax reform failures and urges investigation into past illegal tax payments.
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City of
Hope
Municipal Water & Light Plant
State Revenue Department
Water & Light Plant Commission
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Arkansas
House Committee On Revenue & Taxation
Hung Jury Ends Trial of Lawrence J Holt
The circuit court trial of Lawrence J. Holt 39 ended in a hung jury on forgery and uttering charges after a forged $30 check passed to Foster's Shoe Store. Holt is jailed in Hempstead County with $5,000 bond awaiting a retrial set for Oct 2 before Judge John Goodson of Texarkana.
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Lawrence J. Holt
Holt
Foster's
Hempstead
John Goodson
Texarkana
Sadat Asks Soviet Advisers to Withdraw From Egypt
President Anwar Sadat requested the Soviet Union to pull its military advisers from Egypt. The report cites informed sources as the basis for the claim. The brief notes no further context or dates beyond the request.
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CARIO
Anwar Sadat
Soviet Union
Egypt
Apollo Soyuz Test Project aims for 1975 rendezvous
Houston AP reports the Soviet Union and United States plan a two-craft space docking mission in 1975. Soyuz carries two cosmonauts while Apollo carries three, with sequential dockings and crew exchanges culminating in a joint flight to wrap up with a 12 day Apollo mission duration for the American craft and a shorter Soyuz stay. The project timetable targets July 1975 as a milestone.
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Lund
Lunney
Boris N. Petrov
Council of Intercosmos
Christopher C. Kraft
U.S. Manned Spacecraft Center
Soyuz
Apollo
Teamsters Endorse Nixon in Presidential Bid
The 2 million member Teamsters Union endorsed Richard Nixon for re election after a nearly unanimous vote by its executive committee. Frank Fitzsimmons led the party’s praise amid criticism of George McGovern while officials denied any link to Hoffa clemency or a related DOJ decision.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Washington
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Independent Union
Teamster
Fitzsimmons
George McGovern
Big
Hubert H. Humphrey
John F. Kennedy
White House
Ronald Ziegler
James Hoffa
Justice Department
Department
Richard
Detroit
Teamser
Hope area visitation planned with Sweet Home residents
The third area visitation of 1972 occurs Thursday evening July 20 in Hope. The tour departs downtown Hope at 6 30 p m arriving at 7 p m for dinner and fellowship with Sweet Home community residents four miles east of Blevinson State Highway 24. Sponsored by the Hope Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce. Mary Ethel McKillion of Emmet has just returned from Los Angeles where she attended the National Meeting of Future Homemakers of America as an official delegate.
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Hope
Sweet Home
Blevinson
Mary Ethel McKillion
Emmet
Los Angeles
Calif
Future Homemakers of America
Mary
Emmet High School
FHA
Arkansas
Destroyer Warrington damaged by underwater explosions
Two underwater blasts ripped through the U S destroyer Warrington in the Tonkin Gulf on Monday injuring one crewman and causing heavy damage. Salvage ship Reclaimer towed the vessel toward Subic Bay Philippines as the cause is investigated. The Warrington, Robison, and Hull were firing on North Vietnamese coast near Hon La island, about 20 miles northeast of Dong Hoi.
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Saigon
U.S
Warrington
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
Subic Bay
Philippines
Robison
Hull
Hon la Island
Dong Hoi
IRA cease-fire feelers surface in Belfast area
IRA Provisional wing leader David OConnell in Dublin said overtures for a new truce with British forces were being made after IRA gun and bomb attacks in Lenadoon paused. Despite the hint of peace, Belfast and across Ulster saw heavy fighting with 100 shootings and multiple bomb blasts.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Lenadoon
David O’connell
IRA
Provisional
Dublin
O’connell
Londonderry
Portadown
Duncairn Gardens
No-Man’s Land
Lena
Corona held in contempt for handwriting sample
Fairfield California AP report says Juan Corona, charged with 25 murders, and his attorney Richard E. Hawk were held in contempt of court for refusing to provide a handwriting sample. Judge Richard Patten fined Corona 250 dollars and jailed Hawk for 48 hours starting July 24. Hawk plans an appeal.
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Fairfield
Calif
Juan Corona
Richard Patten
Corona
Richard E. Hawk
Hawk
Bank hostage case ends without injuries in Virginia
Everett Warner Wallace Jr., 22, of Richmond, held eight bank employees at the Bank of Chesterfield demanding 500000 dollars, a 1972 Lincoln, two pizzas, a case of beer, and a blanket. After a three hour standoff with federal and local officers he surrendered and was jailed on robbery charges.
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Richmond, Va
Bank of Chesterfield
Everett Warner Wallace Jr
Richmond
U.S
John F. Daffron Jr
Wallace
Alexandria
United Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
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da Nang
The
Hope-Hempstead County
Doon
Hope Hotel
Donald Garland
Roy Beasley
Nelson Hotel
Hope Police Department
Garland
Beasley
Ing
William Whitelaw
Britain
Father Jack Fitzsimmons
Whitelaw
Father Fitzsimmons
Hope Postal Service
James Wright
Ranson
U. S. District Court
Robert R. Merhige Jr
Eastern State Hospital
Williamsburg
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