State tax reform proposal to base income tax on federal figures
Arkansas lawmakers consider a constitutional amendment to simplify filing by tying state income tax to a fixed percentage of federal tax. Representative Talbot Feild Jr proposes House Joint Resolution No. 8 to allow reference to federal provisions, aiming to reduce paperwork and prepare for future revenue needs amid shifting property assessments and broader tax reform trends.
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Washington
Talbot Feild, Jr
General Assembly
Rep. Feild
United States
Arkansas
Florida
Felld
Three Men Charged in Woman's Death Near Paragould
PARAGOULD Ark AP three men face murder charges in the death of Judy Evans 28 whose body was found in a car near Rector. Eight men total tied to auto thefts were charged in the broader investigation. Clyde Ray Glover 36 Randy Glover 18 and James Tatham 23 were named among those charged.
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Paragould
Ark
Judy Evans
Near Rector
Clyde Ray Glover
Randy Glover
James Tatham
Ficers
End Book Censorship Call From Saigon Writers
About 100 writers in Saigon urged an end to government censorship of books, calling it a legacy of French domination and a barrier to cultural freedom. They urged authorities to permit open publication and discussion without political interference.
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Saigon
East Germans Close Berlin Autobahn During Heinemann Vote
East German authorities again closed the main autobahn between Berlin and West Germany during the West German presidential vote. They shut the highway from 9 a.m. to noon and then blocked roads into West Berlin for four hours in the afternoon, delaying convoys and traffic while the Federal Assembly elected Gustav Heinemann president. The closures appeared aimed at challenging the vote and signaling ongoing Warsaw Pact pressure.
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George Thomsonn
Associated Press
Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Helmstedt
U.S
A New Gold Rush Building in Europe
In London AP reports a fresh gold rush as belief grows that the French franc will be devalued. At Zurich the price of gold rose to a record around $43.40–$43.70 per ounce on the world’s largest free bullion market with heavy volumes and widespread buying, though dealers were overwhelmed with orders and could not offer det analysis yet.
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London
Zurich
Switzerland
Pentagon plans purchase of 60 more F111 aircraft
The Pentagon is set to ask Congress for about 500 million dollars to buy at least 60 additional F111 fighter bombers. The move comes after the F111 suffered its 13th crash in 26 months and aims to lift total production to about 400 planes, with General Dynamics contracted to deliver 331.
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Bob Horton
Washington
Pentagon
Congress
Air Force
Fiji
Capitol Hii
General Dynamics
Melvin R. Laird
Astronaut Schweickart Performs First Space Walk in Two Years
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Astronaut Russell L Schweickart exited Apollo 9 to perform Americas first space walk in over two years. He drifted from the LEM hatch at 12 03 p m EST for a 45 minute photo session wearing a gold slip tether and oxygen backpack while a 25 foot safety line kept taut. Commander David R Scott remained aboard the command ship and retrieved a pack designed to measure external contamination.
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Schweicker
McDivi Air Force
David R. Scott
JCs Sponsor Move to Refer Merger to Vote
Fayetteville Jaycees sponsor a move to put to voters the merger of the University of Arkansas and Little Rock University. Dr Ben B Israel optometrist and Jaycees member says the effort is financed partly by the Committee on University Preservation. He adds we are for a merger of some sort but not this one.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Ben B. Israel
Fayetteville Jaycees
Jaycee
University of Arkansas
Little Rock University
Israel
Committee On University Preservation
Common Prayer Adopted by New York Faiths
A common prayer for religious and racial tolerance has been adopted by readers of New York Protestant Roman Catholic and Jewish faiths. The prayer to be read in churches and synagogues beginning Friday asks for divine guidance to make us know there is no place for hatred bigotry racism overt or subtle.
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New York
Middle aged people deserve a bigger civic spotlight
A Nation columnist argues conservationists overlook middle agers 40 to 65 while youth attract all attention. They are a large, workholding demographic with proven societal contributions, yet public concern favors teenagers and novelty rather than the middle aged. See Conservationists low page two.
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New York
Science
Major Tax Issues Rejected
Arkansas lawmakers rejected several administration tax proposals on Wednesday while approving two minor ones. The Senate defeated a proposed increase to the individual income tax and both chambers opposed corporate tax hikes. All three measures remained alive through reconsideration notices or expunged votes. The Senate did pass a documentary stamp tax bill imposing a $1.50 levy per $500 of real estate transfer. The House backed and sent to the governor a Senate bill See MAJOR Tax.
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Little Rock
Arkansas General Assembly
Senate
House
Oklahoma City arrest ties Honduran woman to Georgia kidnapping
Ruth Eisemann Schier the only woman on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list faces arraignment on kidnapping charges in Georgia. Bail set at 500000 as she sought a court appointed attorney. She and Steven Krist are charged in the Decatur case where Barbara Mackle was buried alive but later found unharmed after an 86 hour ordeal.
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Jay Phonun
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Ruth Eisemann- Schier
FBI
Georgia
Petite
Miss Schier
Norman
U.S
James Bullett
Steven Krist
Barbara Jane Mackle
Decatur
Krist
Punta Gorda
Fla
Miss Mackle
Robert F. Mackle
Atlanta
Mackie
Florida
Dist
Atty
Richard Bell
DeKalb County
Miss Schler
Rurial
Donna Wills
Central State Hospital
Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation
Clonnie Fox
Russell Schweickart
Vietnam
Saigon
Nixon
Washington
Pentagon
Air Force
Congress
Ruth Eisemann-Schier
Fbis
Utah
Mud slides threaten California oil field operations
Mudslides in Venlura California clog 12 producing wells in Getty Oil Co field. The slide swallows portions of a $ million gasoline plant at School Canyon, as spokesman notes about 4000 barrels daily value around $50,000 are being lost due to recent heavy rains.
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Venlura
Calif
California
School Canyon
Getty Ol Co
SDS recruiting drive in high schools meets limited impact
AP Education Writer Garven Hudgins reports a nationwide AP survey shows Students for a Democratic Society has limited reach in high schools despite claims by Buttny of Colorado that SDS is pushing into campuses. Los Angeles Denver Boston Columbus show some activity while Atlanta Philadelphia Kansas City Minneapolis Des Moines Chicago Milwaukee report none.
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Garven Hudgins
Washington
Students For A Democratic Society
Associated Press
SDS
Tom Raredon
Ohio State University
Tom Buttny
University of Colorado
Los Angeles
Denver
Boston
Columbus
Ohio
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Chicago
Milwaukee
Tom Reddin
Progressive Labor Party
Freemont High School
Reddin
Ralph Richardson
Accident Investigated at busy city intersection
At 7:20 a m Thursday a collision occurred at the Here very and West Avenue D intersection involving vehicles driven by Olin Lewis and Marvin Tony. Both cars sustained heavy damage but no injuries were reported. Officers Atterbury and McCulley filed no charges.
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Olin Lewis
Marvin Tony
Herevery and
West Avenue D
Nopady
Atterbury and
McCulley
U S Peace Team Protests Saigon Shelling At Talks
U S ambassador Lodge warned North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front about consequences of Saigon shelling during the four hour peace talks. Nixon had warned of an appropriate response as Saigon faced the war’s heaviest shelling. Hanoi and the Front rejected pressure for restraint. The talks resume next Thursday as U S forces seek to end bombing in North Vietnam.
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Michael Goldsmith
Associated Press
Paris
United States
Saigon
North Vietnamese
National Liberation Front
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Front
North Viet
Nam Now
Hanoi
Lodge
Laird Warns Enemy of Consequences in Saigon
In Saigon Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird warned that if enemy forces keep attacking South Vietnamese cities they must be prepared to accept the consequences. He said the U S will not tolerate any escalation of the war.
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Saigon
U.S
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Precipitation Ending In Arkansas Forecast Tonight
The Associated Press reports precipitation will end in Arkansas tonight with clearing skies expected Friday. A low pressure system off the Louisiana coast controls Arkansas weather and moves northeast today. Snow fell Wednesday night in northern areas but stayed unfrozen above freezing. highs fell to 45 at Harrison and around Little Rock and Texarkana. Overnight lows ranged from 32 at Harrison to 38 at Texarkana.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Louisiana
Harrison
Little Rock
Texarkana
March for Increase in Taxes at Arkansas Capitol
About 400 people gathered on the steps of the Arkansas capitol to demand higher taxes. The crowd wore buttons reading Arkansas Is Worth Paying For and It Not Now When. Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller House Speaker Hayes McClerkin and Senator Morrell Gathright greeted the demonstrators.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Capitol
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
House
Hayes McClerkin
Sen
Morrell Gathright
Senate
Country Music Jamboree and Local Happenings
All Around Town outlines a March 8 concert at Patmos School Auditorium featuring Rainbow Melodies and Country Cutups with no admission. The Challengers from Nashville will sing at First United Pentecostal Church Thursday evening. County tax measures discussed for the school election. Hope Ladies of Rocky Mound conduct a clean up on local roads with fines for littering. Cynthia Sisson and Cathy Cox served 25 pages for Rep Talbot Feild Jr in the House on February 26, with Feild guiding talks on Junior College of Hope.
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Patmos School
Luke and
Duke
Nashville, Tenn
First United Pentecostal Church
Mr. Lane
Jewel Moore
Rocky Mound
Cynthia Sisson
Harley Sisson
Cathy Cox
Cecil Cox
Hope
Talbot Feild
House of Representatives
Cynthia
Rep
Feild
Junior College of Hope
Casualties Rise as Cities Are Shelled in Viet War
The first week of the Viet Cong spring offensive produced the highest casualties yet, with 453 Americans killed and 2,593 wounded, and Saigon reporting 521 enemy deaths. Civilians suffered heavy losses as Saigon endured the most devastating shelling, including a rocket strike that killed and wounded dozens, mostly children, shortly after Nixon warned.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Paris
South Vietnam
United States
Nixon
Arkansas Senate considers 10.8 million for UA Little Rock merger
Senate proposal by Sen. Max Howell would appropriate 3,952,745 in year one and 7,199,404 in year two to fund the University of Arkansas at Little Rock merger. House measures include financing indigent hospital care in Memphis through dog-racing revenues and other bills on bonds, wine tax, and development funding.
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Arkansas
Memephis
Southland Park
West Memphis
House
Senate
G. W. “Bude Dy’ Tyrer
State Industrial Development Commission
Mike Womack
Yd Roseoe Brown
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