Compromise Repeals Use Tax Exemption and Revises Income Tax
The governor and legislature reached a compromise repealing the use tax exemption over three years to ensure big corporations like Arkansas Power & Light pay a fair share. The income tax also moved toward a modified version, cutting the top bracket from 9 to 7 percent and potentially adding a 5 cent cigarette tax to offset lost revenue. A graphic in the Star explains how the changes affect families, including a example of a four-person household with income between five and six thousand dollars.
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Bumpers
Arkansas Power & Light
Arkansas River
Russellville
Arkansas
House
Senate
Arkansas Tax Increase Support Rationale by State Official
A long commentary advocates approving a modest tax rise in Arkansas. It argues the increase funds education and state programs, notes the plan aims for self paying projects, and cites a mandate from voters plus reforms for efficiency. The author stresses accountability and a three fourths majority needed to enact taxes.
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Rockefeller
Bumpers
Tom Sparks
Fordyce
House
Arkansas
Soviet Bishop Visits Vatican Mass at St Louis des Francais
Archbishop Agostino Casaroli, the Vatican's first official envoy to the Soviet Union, led a Sunday Mass at St Louis des Francais in Moscow. About 60 attended, mainly Polish Russians and foreign Roman Catholics. A Galapagos tortoise is believed to be about 200 years old, likely the longest living animal.
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Moscow
Agostino Casaroli
Vatican
Soviet Union
St. Louis Des Francais
Fire ant control gains ground after long study
After 13 years of research scientists report a mirex and corncob grit pesticide sprayed by airplane may curb the South American fire ant that has invaded nine Southern states. The program spends about 15.2 million dollars annually as mounds spread five to six miles yearly and threaten livestock pastures nationwide.
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Gordon Brown
Associated Press
Washington
Mobile
Ala
United States
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Agriculture Department
Congress
Texarkana School Board Reinstates 16 Suspended Students
Texarkana Texas AP The school board ended three days of hearings and reinstated 16 students suspended after racial disturbances at Texarkana High on February 17. A total of 224 students were suspended as whites and blacks fought outside the student union before classes began.
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Texarkana, Tex
Texarkana
Texarkana High
Ad Ban Fails to Halt Sale of Cigarettes in 1971
Durham report outlines that cigarette manufacturers see growth despite advertising bans. 1970 U.S. cigarette production rose 17.4 billion to 575 billion, with Liggett & Myers posting income gains. Tobacco Associates notes a production reversal from 1968, while surveys hint at a 1-3% sales rise aided by higher prices.
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Durham
N.C
United States
Liggett & Myers, Inc
John Palmer
Washington
Tobacco Associates
Forbes
Barron's
Palmer
American Cancer Society
U.S. Public Health Service
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MTEC
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Adel
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Saris
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