Tucker criticizes AP&L techniques
Arkansas Attorney General Jim Guy Tucker accused Arkansas Power & Light Co. of using unacceptable, coercive rate‑hike tactics to push a 37.3 million dollar increase. He urged the state Public Service Commission to deny immediate effect, saying Middle South Utilities controls Arkansas rates and funds facilities for a multi‑state system.
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Little Rock
Jim Guy Tucker
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Tucker
Ap&i
State Public Service Commission
Ap&l
PSC
Middle South
Arkansas
New York
New Orleans
First Lady Betty Ford Keeps Busy in Helsinki
First Lady Betty Ford resumes a full schedule in Helsinki visiting an open-air museum on Sourasaari with folk music and dance programs. She views the Sibelius Monument, travels by boat to Suomenlinna Fortress for a fashion show and lunch, then attends a government reception with the President. She had canceled Poland activities earlier due to fatigue and jet lag.
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Helsinki
Finland
Betty Ford
Ean
Suomenlinna
E. S. Annikki Mattila
Detroit Patrols Keep Watch Over Turbulent Northwest Side
Detroit's police, including hundreds with riot gear, patrol a 10 square mile area after three days of street violence in the Northwest. Mayor Coleman Young tours the scene noting limited hostility, while Obie Wynn’s death and Andrew Chinahan's murder case loom over a tense community. Unemployment, pegged high by Young, fuels the unrest as residents observe from the sidelines.
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Detroit
Coleman Young
Philip Tannian
Obie Wynn
Andrew Chinahan
Wynn
Young
Chinaman's
1973 big year for farmers
Washington AP reports 1973 farm income at 29.5 billion, 8.4 percent below earlier government figures, though still the best year on record for overall farm profits. 1974 income revised up to 27.7 billion, a 1.8 percent rise. 1975 prospects look to be 20 to 25 billion with costs rising less than before.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soviets offer helicopters as Turkey arms shift
U.S. intelligence says the Soviet Union plans to demonstrate MI8 Hip helicopters in Turkey within months as Moscow presses to supplant the United States as Turkey’s military supplier. Turkey has seized U.S. bases after Congress kept the arms embargo in place amid Cyprus intervention and a widening split with Washington.
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Washington
Turkey
United States
U.S
Russia
Moscow
Congress
House
Police recount fatal Little Rock shooting involving three youths
In Little Rock, police describe a July 21 burglary as it led to the death of 17-year-old Gene Edward Shaver. Witness accounts detail four officers on stakeout firing one shot each at a boxcar as three youths fled, with Shaver struck by the second and third shots while he continued to run after warnings.
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Little Rock
Gene Edward Shaver
North Little Rock
Isenman Distributing Co
Arkansas River
Shavers
Marshall
Edly
Shavers Brothers
George Shavers
Gene Edward Shavers
Maharani of Jaipur Arrested in India on Smuggling Charges
The Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, a longtime MP, was taken into custody in New Delhi on charges under foreign exchange and smuggling laws. Government says gold and jewels worth over 17 million were found in Jaipur palaces and Delhi homes, with potential long prison terms and fines.
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New Delhi
India
Maharani
Jaipur
Gayatri Devi
Tihar
Indira Gandhi
Gandhi
University president visits refugee center in Arkansas
University of Arkansas President Dr. Charles E. Bishop visited the Ft. Chaffee refugee relocation center to discuss VA involvement in refugee education. He met with George Goss and Health Education Welfare officials, noting UA could assist in assessing educational levels and providing programs for Vietnamese refugees. Officials cite about 1,300 potential higher education qualifiers and 747 refugees resettled in Arkansas.
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FT. Chaffee, Ark
Charles E. Bishop
University of Arkansas
Ft. Chaffee Refugee Relocation Center
Bishop
George Goss
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Arkansas
False ad suit filed against Oklahoma distributor
Arkansas Attorney General's office says it filed suit against International Sewing Machine Distributors of Norman Oklahoma for false advertising. Consumers were invited to register for free prizes including a dressmaker sewing machine but all contestants were told they won a $200 credit on a $299.95 machine, while the actual value was under $100. The suit alleges misrepresentation that prizes would be awarded by drawing and that the machine could be serviced in Arkansas and was a top of the line model.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Attorney General’s Office
International Sewing Machine Distributors
Norman
Okla
Attorney General’s
Attorney General's Office
Arkansas
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