Newsmen Restricted in War Zone in Vietnam
Reporters in Quang Tri face ongoing limits on Laos war coverage despite some easing. Officials claim information is withheld to deny enemy gains or due to unavailability. Discrepancies exist between Saigon and Quang Tri briefings, with pilots noting higher losses than official tallies.
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Arkansas tax bills hinge on cigarette revenue and sales lift
Lawmakers debate two income tax amendments and a 0.5 percent sales tax rise expected to raise 20 million, while a full 1 percent hike would yield 40 million. Cigarette tax passage remains uncertain as House and Senate weigh votes and reform. Henslee decries the plan as regressive simulating burden on working people.
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Hope Star reports schools oppose Marine withdrawal talk
Clyde Fouse, manager of operation at Tolber Cor, spoke at a Kiwannis Club meeting in Hope Arkansas. Mike Kelly introduced him. The discussion centered on local educational needs and a stance against Marine withdrawal.
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Obituary for Ruby Loe Rayborn of Prescott
Ruby Lee Rayborn 56 of Prescott died Tuesday. Survived by husband Roy, son Denzil Rayborn, daughters Mrs. Walter Nichols and Denver Rayborn, four brothers, three sisters, and several relatives. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Friday at Central Baptist Church with burial at DeAnn Cemetery. body at Cornish Funeral Home in Prescott.
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Mystery Writer Honored by Queen at Buckingham Palace
London AP reports mystery writer Agatha Christie received the Dame Commander of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in a ceremony on Thursday.
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Arkansas Weather Summary for 24 Hours Ending Wednesday
Experiment Station report notes high 40 and low 27 with .62 inch precipitation and two inches of snow. Forecast partial clearing over the state tonight with colder conditions east and south. Sunny and not so cold Thursday with low tonight in the mid teens to low 20s and Thursday high in the 40s and low 50s.
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Jazz Making a Comeback in U.S. Youth Tastes
CHICAGO AP George London artistic administrator of the Kennedy Center says jazz is rising in popularity among the young though still behind rock and roll. He announced an American College Jazz Festival to be sponsored by the center with finals May 14-16 at the Urbana campus of the University of Illinois.
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Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
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Arkansas House defers action on Emprise stock ban at West Memphis track
The State Agencies Committee deferred Tuesday on a bill to remove Emprise Corp of Buffalo NY as principal stockholder in Southland Racing Corp operator of the West Memphis dog track. The measure by Reps J B Smith and Ernest Cunningham would also bar the concessionaire at the track from being a principal stockholder in the racing franchise. Emprise holds 46.6 percent of Southland stock and Arkansas Sportservice Inc. is an Emprise subsidiary.
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Helena
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Nixon calls Kissinger charge untrue
Washington AP reports President Nixon dismisses claims Kissinger is acting as secretary of state in all but title. Senator Symington says Kissinger is the most powerful man in the Nixon administration beside the president and that Rogers’ appearances are largely ceremonial in the capital.
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D-Mo
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William P. Rogers
Nixon confidences on secretary of state adviser role
Wednesday's remarks quoted Nixon press secretary Ron Ziegler defending the president’s confidence in the secretary of state as the chief adviser on foreign affairs. Ziegler said the secretary will remain in that role, dodging questions about rivalries or who is deemed the top adviser while noting Kissinger’s close consults on the annual foreign policy report. State Department spokesman McCloskey criticized Symington’s remarks as disappointing. Rogers was said to strive to be fully responsive to congressional questions.
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Ronald Ziegler
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Symington
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Kissinger
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Lawmakers ponder track concessions bill amid racketeering case
Rep. Sam Steiger urged House committee support for a concessions law while a Los Angeles grand jury indictment named Emprise and six others in a 1966 67 Las Vegas Frontier Hotel and Casino racketeering scheme involving conspiracy and interstate transport in aid of racketeering and aiding and abetting.
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R-Ariz
Los Angeles
Emprise
Frontier
Las Vegas
Warren Named to ILO Labor Policy Committee
GENEVA AP Former U S Chief Justice Earl Warren appointed to a special International Labour Organization committee surveying labor policies of member governments.
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U.S
Earl Warren
International Labor Organization
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