AIDC Representative Addresses Hope Lions Club
William M. Seeger administrative assistant of information services for the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission spoke at the Hope Lions Club weekly luncheon. He outlined AIDC data collection and dissemination efforts to attract industry, noted Hope’s five page local file, and described collaboration with state and local agencies on site data, financing, and community information. Tom Ed Hayes reported on local plants under construction and possible companies seeking discretion, with two firms totaling about 1,100 jobs. Seeger also edits the Directory of Arkansas Industries and cited about 79 prospects interviewed monthly since AIDC’s creation.
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William M. Seeger
Inormation Services
Arkansasndustrial Development
Hope Lion's Club
Seeger
Leslie
Arkansas Ec
Russellville
Hhosen
AIDC
Agust
IDC
State of Arkansas
Siice Seeger
Ata
Directory of Arkansas Industries
Hope
Tom Ed Hayes
Lion Royce Pendergrass
Garland Medders
Chamber of Commerce
B. N. Holt
Lion A
Record signatures filed to repeal Arkansas train crew laws
In Little Rock Arkansas the largest petition in state history with about 200000 signatures was delivered to Secretary of State Kelly Bryant by Fort Smith shippers committee head Bob C Worley. The measure would repeal old train crew laws and protect current railroad workers earnings and jobs. The filing included statements urging Arkansas economic growth and alerting that the act would be pro Arkansas not anti labor. Wayne Russell of Hope is named on the steering committee. In a separate note Worthen Bank in Little Rock argued in federal court that National BankAmericard Inc violated antitrust laws by restraining banks from issuing competing cards.
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Arkansas
Kelly Bryant
Bob C. Worley
Fort Smith
Shippers’ Committee
Worley
Secretary of State
Shippers’ Group
Wayne Russell
Hope
Corn Belt Hatcheries, Inc
Little Rock
Ap) Worthen Bank & Trust Co
U.S
National BankAmericard Inc
NBI
Bank- Americard
Nixon press conferences urged by news media
Press correspondents press President Nixon to hold a full scale news conference with live TV and radio coverage. Nixon has not held such a session since June 1, 1971, drawing criticism about limited access and questions left unanswered by aides and Kissinger’s on the record briefings.
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Washington
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Oval Office
Washington News Committee
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Senate approves $2.95 billion child care bill in history
The Senate passed a $2.95 billion child day care bill after attempts to win Nixon’s approval, sending the measure to a House wary of action. Support spans women’s groups, churches, unions, and civil rights circles. it would double the nation’s day care children in its first full year and include broader services like Head Start and in home tutoring.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
House
Women’s Liberation
Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Mondale
Laird demands ultimatum on arms package in Senate
Defense Secretary Laird tells the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he will oppose Moscow arms pacts if Congress rejects any item in a costly weapons package. He and Adm. Moorer urge funding for Trident submarines and the B1 bomber, arguing the programs prevent U.S. obsolescence while the treaties curb Soviet missile momentum.
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Washington
Melvin Baird
Congress
Laird
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
State Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm
Thomas FH. Moorer
Senate ‘Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Dean C. Stennis
D-Miss
Queiter
Nixon
Henry A Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Foreign Relations Committee
Moorer
U.S
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Lions Club
BankAmericard
Worthen Bank
APME
Associated Press
Henry A. Kissinger
John Ehrlichman
Robinson Auditorium
Carnes Construction Co
Broadway
L. O. Davis
Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini
Roman Catheli
Louisiana Gas Co
Arka Gas
Anadarko Basin
Arkla Gas
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