Arkansas seeks plane for seven constitutional officers
Governor Dale Bumpers backs a move by the Arkansas Legislative Council to provide a state aircraft for the seven constitutional officers and department heads. He notes other states offer planes to governors and cites his preference for avoiding private flights due to potential conflicts of interest. The plan, inspired by Intrastate and interstate travel, aims to reduce reliance on private planes and commercial travel.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
University of Arkansas
Game and Fish Commission
Highway Department
State Police
Arkansas Legislative Council
Dale Bumpers
Bumpers
Aeonautics Commission
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Winthrop Rockefeller
Highway Commission
Archie Schaffer III
Hayes
Florida
Apopka
Wilfred Fisk
Orange County
Southeast Florida Water Management District
Fisk and Hayes
Arkansas Weather Forecast Report for 24 Hours
Weather experiment station notes a 24 hour period ending Thursday 7 am with a high of 95 and a low of 66. Forecast calls for mostly fair conditions in Arkansas through Friday with isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers mainly east. Warm trend continues with night lows in the 60s to low 70s and Friday highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
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Governor says travel fund will buy a decent plane
A new appropriation for Governor’s travel expenses, first of its kind, would be used mainly for air travel. The governor stated he is not concerned about the state owning a luxurious plane, adding that “decent” will do.
Lockheed Faces Split Over Government Loan Guarantee
AFL-CIO President George Meany backs a 250 million loan guarantee to keep Lockheed solvent citing 45 700 potential jobs saved across 35 states. Leonard Woodcock opposes the measure warning of dangers and doubtful saving power. Floyd E. Smith of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers warns bankruptcy would shock aerospace and ripple through the economy, with substantial layoffs among Lockheed and subcontractors.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Senate Banking Committee
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Lockheed
Labor Federation
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Woodcock
Floyd E. Smith
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Smith
Britain
Rolls-Royce Ltd
McClellan Joins Majority On Vietnam War Funds Vote
In Washington the Senate rejected an amendment 52 to 41 that would have cut funds for Vietnam War prosecutions after June 1 1972 unless U S prisoners of war are released 60 days prior Sen John L McClellan D Ark voted with the majority while Sen J William Fulbright D Ark did not vote
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John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
U.S
J. William Fulbright
Pdark
Leaks Tie Ellsberg to Pentagon Vietnam Report
Former Times reporter Daniel Ellsberg is named as the source of the 47 volume Pentagon Vietnam study. Sidney Zion claims Ellsberg, now at MIT, turned the secret report over to Neil Sheehan of the Times after leaving government service. The FBI and Justice Department weigh criminal action against the Times or leakers.
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Pentagon
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Gurfein
Times
Abrams
Sidney Zion
Daniel Elisberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Defense Department
NEW York
New York Times
Zion
United States
Vietnam
The
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Harvard
Cambridge
Rand Corp
Rand
Elisberg
Neil Sheehan
Washington
Justice Department
FBI
Department
Temperatures to Stay Hot in Arkansas
The Associated Press reports clear to partly cloudy skies and highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s across Arkansas through Friday. A weakening frontal system caused isolated thunder showers and rare tornado sightings with hail near West Memphis, though no danger was reported. Overnight lows ranged from 60 to 73 across cities including Fayetteville, Harrison, Jonesboro, Texarkana, and Little Rock.
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Arkansas
West Memphis
Memphis
Fayetteville
Harrison
Texarkana
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Okinawa Returns to Japan with US Bases Retained
The United States and Japan sign a treaty restoring Okinawa to Japanese sovereignty after 27 years of occupation while keeping 88 U S base facilities. The agreement, signed in Washington and Tokyo, awaits ratification and sets conditions on nuclear weapons and compensation totaling 320 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Japan
Okinawa
Tokyo
William P. Rogers
Kiichi Aichi
Diet
U.S. Senate
Nixon
Eisaku Sato
Alexis Johnson
U.S
Sato
Naha
Lake
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