Governors oppose Nixon aid plan at breakfast meeting
Democratic governors unanimously opposed Nixon’s move to replace direct federal aid with special revenue sharing until they gain clearer details on budget impacts and program drops. They pledged to analyze proposals and inform Congress of the real effects on their states.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Washington
Nixon
John J. Gilligan
Ohio
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Congress
Bumpers
Linwood Holton
Virginia
Republican Governors Association
Holton
Mandel
Crouch speaks on EFNEP efforts to fight malnutrition
Becky Crouch, area extension home economist nutrition, told the Lions Club that the Cooperative Extension Service advances malnutrition prevention in Arkansas through the Expanded Food and Nutrition Educational Program EFNEP. Nutrition Aides, trained and supervised by the Extension Home Economist, visit eligible families to boost knowledge, skills and attitudes in food selection, buying, preparation and sanitation. EFNEP began in February 1969 in seven counties and expanded to 28, including Hempstead County in March 1970. A youth program drive complements the effort as families and youths are assisted daily.
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Rebecca Crouch
Area Extension Home
The
Lions Club
Cooperative Extension Service
Arkansas
Extension Home
Crouch
EFNEP
Hempstead
Lion Warren Plyler
Lion
Lion-Kiwanis
Dist
Wilson C. Hansard
Arkadelphia
Harold Hensz
Migrant Workers Center
Lion Harry Cagle
Bob Gross
Baptist Mission For Migrant Workers
Lion Bobby Joe Lee
Ethnic stereotypes in cinema face growing scrutiny amid Oscar nods
Hollywood researchers note progress in minority portrayals but critics insist misrepresentations persist. The piece traces shifts from Stepin Fetchit to Sidney Poitier, highlights black activists led by CORE's Conrad Smith, and cites reactions to films like Sounder and Superfly while signaling ongoing debate about authentic minority experiences in modern cinema.
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Bob Thomas
Associated Press
Hollywood
Willie Best
Philip Ahn
Diana Ross
Cicely Tyson
Paul Winfield
Coalition Against Blaxportation
Conrad Smith
Congress of Racial Equality — Core
Charles Correll
Freeman Gosden
Amos ‘N’ Andy
Stepin Fetchit
New York
Sidney Poitier
South
Mark Warren
Charleston Blue
Harlem
Isaac Murphy
Sammy Davis Jr
Governors seek money timing in midwinter confab
Washington governors pressed for concrete dollars and schedule amid budget cuts and aid fears. Democrats led protests while Republicans argued defense priorities. They criticized lack of accounting for future state aid and revenue sharing as a five year, 30.2 billion program unfolds.
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National Governors Conference
Kenneth Curtis
Maine
Bumpers
Skylab crews train in medical and surgical skills for missions
Nine astronauts assigned to Skylab earth orbital flights are learning how to pull teeth and sew up flesh wounds for potential in-flight emergencies. Commander Charles Conrad said the May 14 launch of the first Skylab flight will feature a station 50 times roomier than the Apollo craft and stocked with medical supplies. The crew includes Dr. Joseph Kerwin and astronaut Paul J. Weitz.
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Vern Haugland
Associated Press
Washington
Earth
Charles
Pete'' Conrad
Conrad
Skylab Space Station
Moon
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Arkansas Event Listings and Tournament Schedule
On the Road in Arkansas spans February 9 to April 7 a 50 day thoroughbred meet at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs with Sundays closed. It lists Ark High School Basketball Tournament in Little Rock Coliseum. Girls basketball tourney in Searcy March 3. Coin Show in Fort Smith. Skeet Shoot at Hot Springs Gun and Country Club March 10. Sloan Hendrix School Imboden hosts 4 H drama March 12. Pine Bluff community concert March 13 18. Midwest Sport Travel and Boat Show at Little Rock fairgrounds. Mill Red Locking Revue in Fort Smith March 17. Quark Mountain Music Makers contest in Salem. Centennial festival in Cleveland Co Bison March 16 18. Hot Springs gun and country skeet shop March 18. Arkansas National Bass Tournament Lake Ouachita Hot Springs March 21 23.
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Oaklawn Park
Hot Springs
Ark
Little Rock
Searcy
Fort Smith
Sloan-Hendrix
Imboden
Pine Bluff
Midwest
Little Rock Mill
Quark Mountain Music Makers
Salem
Cleveland Co
Bison
Arkansas
Lake Ouachita
Win at Bridge Classic Coup by Oswald Jacoby
The article previews Oswald Jacoby and James Jacoby analyzing a classic coup by David Bruce in a 1930s masterpoint list context. It details the bidding sequence, the unusual play preserving trump control, and the ensuing play leading to an overtrick with dummy’s long diamonds. It invites readers to mail in answers for a modern bridge puzzle.
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David Bruce
Dave
Vanderbilt
East
Trump
Ting
Ast
Bast
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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John R. Watson
Future Farmers of America
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Jacoby Modern
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