Page Two Progress on Vietnam and Cambodia War Debate
President invites a week-long tour of Comtexia and Vietnam with John Tower George Murphy Howard Cannon and four House members plus three governors and two Nixon advisers. Sen Church denounces the Dole amendment as a travesty while Sen Kennedy calls for humane prisoner treatment and for independence from foreign policy politics. House war critics push to cut defense spending or raise the debt ceiling as Vietnam trip participants Mel Price William Bray O C Fisher and G William Whitehurst prepare to depart.
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Vietnam
John Tower
Texas
George Murphy
California
Howard Cannon
Nevada
House
Nixon
Sen. Church
Dole
Cambodia
Edward M. Kennedy
D. Mass
Church
Senate
Indochina
Congress
Melvin Price
D-Nl
William G. Bray
R-Ind
O. C. Fisher
D-Tex
G. William Whitehurst
R-Va
First Lt. Michael Allen stationed in Thailand with 29th Signal Group
First Lt. Michael P. Allen, son of Mr and Mrs J D Allen of Emmet Rt 1, is stationed at Khorat Thailand as Systems Control Officer at the Circuit Coordination Reporting Center of the 29th Signal Group handling all communications in Thailand. His wife Jacque and son Andy live in Hope while he serves overseas.
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Michael P. Allen
J. D. Allen
Emmet Rt. 1
Khorat
Thailand
29Th Signal Group
Jacque
Andy
Hope
Assures All Areas Serviced Properly
Arkansas attorney general office says the state auditor must judge if the Revenue Department serves all areas as required by Act 100 and Act 116 of 1970. Assistant Attorney General Garner Taylor Jr advised Auditor Jimmie Red Jones that lawmakers intended full statewide office service. The acts tie funding to reopening offices closed in 1969.
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Little Rock
State Revenue Department
Asst
Atty
Garner Taylor Jr
Jimmie “Red” Jones
Jones
Weather Experiment Stas and Papert Forecast
Weather forecast for Arkansas notes cloudy north to partly cloudy south through Thursday. Occasional light showers mainly in the north tonight and into Thursday northeast. Cool trend through Thursday with tonight's lows in the 50s to 60s and Thursday highs in the 70s.
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Arkansas
Weather Outlook Tests Improvement and Labor Debate
Six months earlier 1500 polled saw 417 report improvement while 344 were dissatisfied or saw no change. AFL CIO leader Goldfinger urged Nixon to use selective credit controls and warned of high unemployment and sky high rates. Senate allies introduced standby powers for controls with June hearings set. Dow Jones index fell slightly after a four day rise. A pedestrian, Virt Gilbert, 6, of Lexa, was killed by a car driven by Alvin Richard Hall, 20, of Marianna, near Marianna Arkansas.
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Goldfinger
Mutual Broadcasting System
Afl-Cio
Nixon
House Banking Committee
Banking Committee
William B. Widnall
New Jersey
al Ready
Congress
New York Stock Exchange
Marianna, Ark
Gilbert
Lexa
Here
Alvin Richard Hall
Marianna
Peace Youths Win Praise in Congress Peace Youths Win Praise
Peace youth lobby on Capitol Hill drew praise from lawmakers for orderly conduct and dedication after a probe into their Indochina antiwar push. Sen. Alan Cranston touted possible shifts among two senators following visits, while a few representatives criticized some as merely on a lark.
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Carl C.craft
Associated Press
Washington
Capitol Hill
U.S
Cambodia
Indochina
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Cranston
Silvio O. Conte
R+Mass
Nixon
John R. Rarick
DeLa
Vietnam
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Hope Arkansas STA Forms to Promote Constitution
The bipartisan executive committee formed to back the proposed 1970 Arkansas constitution decided to delay active campaigning until after the summer primaries. Robert Meriwether, executive director and former Constitutional Convention delegate, aims to recruit youth while avoiding campus protest clashes. The group, named Arkansans for the Constitution of 1970, plans offices in Little Rock and seeks broad endorsements from parties labor and the Arkansas congressional delegation. A party committee chair also plans county level organizing to support the measure ahead of the November general election.
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Little Rock
Robert Meriwether
Conway
Meriwether
Arkansas
Arkansans
Capitol Hotel
Charles D. Matthews
State
Democratic Party
Collision Claims Life in Arkansas 22 Crash Near Charleston
Dewey O. Biggs, 26, of Radcliff in Logan County, was killed Tuesday when two cars collided on Arkansas 22 near Charleston. Police report details remain limited, with investigators drawing preliminary conclusions at the scene.
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Charleston, Ark
Dewey O. Biggs
Radcliff
Logan County
Arkansas
Charleston
Background on New GOP Candidate Gibbs Seeks Arkansas Governor Nomination
Lester L. Gibbs, 64, a 1968 Republican convert who once campaigned with Orval Faubus and reportedly voted for George Wallace, filed for governor and offered few details about his past. He resigned recently as a state Revenue Department tax collector and led a band called Les Gibbs and the Arkansawyers. Gibbs promised more disclosures at a forthcoming news conference while noting age may blur self‑perception and joking about a doctor’s verdict and elm club remedy.
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Tommy Yates
Associated Press
North Little Rock
Lester L. Gibbs
Gibbs
George Wallace
Orval &. Faubus
State Revenue Department
Les Gibbs and
The
Arkansawyers
Unruh Takes California Election
Washington AP dispatch reports George C. Wallace won Alabama’s Democratic showdown ousting Gov. Albert Brewer. Jess Unruh emerges as a runaway leader for the California Democratic nomination to face Ronald Reagan. Senate races in New Jersey, Montana, and New Mexico also feature notable renomination results.
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Washington
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Albert Brewer
State House
Jess Unruh
Big
California
Assembly
Ronald Reagan
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Harrison A. Williams Jr
New Jersey
Joseph M. Montoya
New Mexico
Anderson Carter
David F. Cargo
Montoya
George Murphy
White House
Southeast Asia
John V. Tunney
George Brown Jr
U.S
Indochina
Brown
15Th
Louis Kaden
Lawsuer
Edward J. Patten
Wallace
Brewer
Scientists Cleared Politically By Nixon Era Policy
Washington AP report says the Nixon administration requires political clearance for scientists appointed to major government advisory committees. HEW officials confirm partisan screening to ensure appointees reflect administration philosophies, affecting air quality and health policy committees while strictly technical panels appear exempt.
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G. C. Thelen Jr
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Frederic V. Malek
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department
Malek
Antipollution
Air Quality Advisory Board
Marijuana Find Brings Arrests in Malvern
Malvern police arrested four people after marijuana and other narcotics were found in a car they stopped, a vehicle resembling one used in a Bryant branch bank robbery. At Tate Tuesday no charges had been filed.
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Malvern, Ark
Malvern
Bryant
Tate
Jim Johnson Attacks Media Over Arkansas Recall Effort
Jim Johnson of Conway, leading a campaign to recall Sen. J. W. Fulbright, criticized media outlets including the Arkansas Gazette, Arkansas Democrat, and Pine Bluff Commercial via AP for using shabby tactics to portray the recall as unconstitutional.
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Little Rock
Jim Johnson
Conway
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Johnson
Arkansas Gazette
The
Arkansas Democrat
Pine Bluff
Associated Press
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