Legislature deals heavy blow to ERA in Arkansas
In Little Rock the Arkansas House sent Rep. Beaumont's ERA ratification resolution and a statewide referendum bill to the Rules Committee. The move, with a 44 to 28 vote, signaled a likely end to ERA passage this session, as leaders and supporters faced uncertain fate and record-keeping disputes.
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Little Rock
House
Rules Committee
W. E
Beaumont
ERA
Boyce Alford
Pine Bluff
Arkansans
General Assembly
Alford
Frank Willems
Paris
Arkansas
Gloria Cabe
Cabe
Ernest Cunningham
West Memphis
Julian Street
Camden
Cecil Alexander
Heber Springs
Alexander
Beaumont’s
Bill Thompson
Marked Tree
Sinatra opens London charity concert amid royal reception
Frank Sinatra drew 6 000 London fans at Royal Albert Hall, spoke of colonies and the tooth fairy, and earned about 93 500 for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children as seven more shows sold out. Princess Margaret attended before his two year British return.
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London
the Tooth Fairy
Frank Sinatra
Royal Albert Hall
Princess Margaret
Sinatra
Elizabeth II
Barbara
National Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Extradition signed and Loral Julson jailed in Arkansas
Gov. Pryor signed extradition papers to send Loral Julson to Tennessee on a kidnap charge in Memphis after she failed to appear at a Little Rock extradition hearing. She was arrested hours later while penniless and staying with transients, then jailed until transfer.
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Little Rock
David Pryor
Loral Julson
Tennessee
Memphis
Pryor
Linda Lipe
Robert Mitchell
Sheriff's Office
Julson
Mrs. Julson
Billy Eugene Blaydes
Peggy Wells
Mitchell
Rock Street
Switzerland
United States
U.S. Enforces 200 Mile Fishing Limit Across Regions
The Coast Guard expands staff and assets as U S effort to enforce a new 200 mile fishing limit takes effect in the Gulf of Alaska, New England waters, and areas shared with Cuba. Enforcement includes stopping foreign fishing from the Pacific Northwest to the Gulf of Mexico, with permits awaited for some nations and initial suspensions in key zones.
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Associated Press
Gulf of Alaska
New England
Cuba
U.S
Coast Guard
Washington
Adm
Owen Siler
Congress
Ford Administration
Ken Creamer
Creamer
National Marine Fisheries Services
The
Alaskan
Boston
Daniel Russ
Commerce Department
Canada
North Carolina
Pacific Northwest
North Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Arkansas News Briefs and Local Court News
Environmental groups pursue a national campaign to back Carter’s recommendation to discontinue 19 water projects including Cache River channelization in Arkansas. Circuit Judge Means will not preside over two murder plot cases against Sheridan suspects, with new judges assigned. a Fort Smith man dies in an auto pedestrian crash after being struck by a car at Arkansas 45 and County Road 181.
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Washington
Carter
Cache River
Arkansas
John Burdick
Citizens Committee On Natural Resources
Capitol Hill
Sheridan, Ark
Henry B. Means
Lewis Shirron
Grant County
Shirron
Means
Sheridan
Randall L. Williams
Pinebluff
State Judicial Department
Monty Sharp
Cleveland County
James Roberts
Fort Smith, Ark
Danny Gene Redwind
Fort Smith
John F. Dumond
Redwin
Arkansas 45
Sebastian County
Arkansas Senate Hears Transfer Plan on School Aid Delay
The Arkansas Senate approved the school aid distribution compromise attached to HB 470 but delayed the governor’s 17 percent net personal income tax transfer proposal for cities and counties, scheduling a four hour public hearing led by Sen. Bill Walmsley. The plan would divert funds to local governments with vetoes by lawmakers over its impact on the education fund.
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Little Rock
Senate
Bill Walmsley
Batesville
David Pryor
Clarence E. Bell
Parkin
Pryor
Bell
House
John F. ‘‘Mutt
Gibson
Dermott
Walmsley
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Ben Allen
Max Howell
Jacksonville
Higher Education
Howell
AEA
Arkansas Education Association
Universities and Colleges
Walmsley, Gibson
Rates Committee
Knox Nelson
Pine Bluff
Carter promises working relation with governors despite friction
President Carter pledges a working relationship with governors as they press for input in federal policy. A handful complain of sudden cancellations of 19 water projects cutting 288 million dollars. hearings will be held to argue for reinstatement. Governors, led by Florida’s Reubin Askew, seek collaboration to tackle energy, drought, and welfare reform.
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Washington
Carter
Walter F. Mondale
Florida
Reubin Askew
National Governors Conference
White House
Georgia
Askew
Resolution on Means Defeated in House Action Reopens Panel
The House defeated a measure calling on Gov. Pryor to probe 7th Judicial Circuit Judge Henry B. Means of Malvern. The vote was wiped out by the House and the resolution returns to the calendar for further action. Rep. Clark said Means’s drug case handling merits investigation though not alleging wrongdoing. Rep. Smith argued the resolution could set a precedent for statewide review of local officials.
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Little Rock
House
David Pryor
7Th Judicial Circuit Court
Henry B. Means
Malvern
Means
William Clark
Sheridan
Clark
Ray Smith
Hot Springs
Police chief quits citing city council pressure in Arkansas
Police Chief Wilfred Pelz resigned in SILOAM SPRINGS Arkansas citing lack of support from the City Council. He had been named chief three months ago after predecessors Sam Stinnet and Tommy Hines left in the prior year. Pelz criticized the council committee for reinstating 14 Frank Brooks after firing him for policy violations.
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Siloam Springs
Ark
Wilfred Pelz
Pelz
Frank Brooks
Sam Stinnet
Stinnet
Tommy Hines
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