Post Office reform defers better service to higher prices
The piece notes Postmaster General Red Blount foresees completing the conversion of the Post Office to a semi independent public corporation by June 30 and losing cabinet status July 1. The system faces a 1.5 billion deficit this year and rate hikes likely by spring, with first class mail rising from 6 to 8 cents. The five member rate commission is capped at a 33 percent increase, so overall efficiency won’t lower costs soon.
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Red Blount
Blount
Montgomery
Ala
HEW Bribes School Districts Alleged in Dallas Meeting
John Norman Warnock, attorney for Watson Chapel School Board, said the federal Health Education and Welfare Service bribed districts to comply with guidelines under threat to cut funds. He described HEW lawyers lining them up like a Nazi court in Pine Bluff. The Saturday meeting included six states with UCCI leader Dr. Mitchell Young pledging continued fight for desegregation and quality education.
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Dallas, Tex
John Norman Warnock
Camden, Ark
Unified Concerned Citizens of America
HEW
Warnock
Watson Chapel
Pine Bluff
Ark
Mitchell Young
Texarkana
Tex
National
UCCI
America
Public Votes Tuesday on School Issue
The Hempstead school elections are set for Tuesday March 9 with polls from 8 a.m. to 7 90 p.m. Voters face a 10 mill tax increase in Hope District 1-A from 40 to 50 mills and one contested board race Post No 2 incumbent Jud Martindale against James T Rowland of Fulton. Washington District asks a five mill increase from 40 to 45. Saratoga has a four-candidate race for Post No 1 Mary Spates Goodman faces J K Porter Otis Morgan and Willie F Lively. Polling places include Hope Fire Station Rocky Mound Shower Springs James Motor Co Hope City Hall Hope Youth Center and the courthouse plus Jones Field House and the library in Fulton.
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Hempstead
Hope
Saratoga
Mary Spates Goodman
J. K. Porter
Otis Morgan
Willie F. Lively
Washington
Robert Pryor
William Munn
Rocky Mound
Shower Springs
James Motor Co
Hope City Hall
Hope Youth Center
Guernsey
Little Courtroom
Jones Field House
Fulton
Rouii
Vietnam Air Force Improving
U S Air Force officials predict the South Vietnamese air force will be self sufficient in about a year for operations inside South Vietnam. They say Vietnamese pilots can hit parts of North Vietnamese supply routes in Laos but cannot resume bombing North Vietnam by themselves. Experts forecast by spring 1972 the U S Air Force role in Southeast Asia will focus on the Ho Chi Minh trail’s heavily defended areas.
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Washington
South Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Southeast Asia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vietnam
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S. Air Force
Saigon
North
Withdrawal Plan Sparking Debates Over Remaining US Troops
President Nixon plans another Vietnam troop withdrawal, prompting questions over how many U.S. forces should stay after 1972. Officials project about 326,200 troops now, with potential reductions to under 50,000 by late next year for advisory and logistical support as Saigon moves toward self-sufficiency. Critics urge complete retreat, arguing any remaining forces would prolong U.S. involvement.
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Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
Weather warms Arkansas with scattered showers likely
Weather is due to get warmer in Arkansas with showers mainly in the west by Tuesday afternoon. Highs Tuesday expected in the low 60s to upper 60s, today in the 50s, with freezing or below temps this morning and lows mainly in the 30s. Clear today with unsettled skies later. overnight lows listed for several cities.
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Arkansas
Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Texarkana
el Dorado
Man Who Tried to Kill Pope Said Insane
Manila AP. Painter Benjamin Mendoza accused of aiming to kill Pope Paul VI during his Manila appearance last November 27 was described by psychiatrist Dr Rodolfo Laserna as insane. Mendoza, 35, lunged with a knife during arrival ceremonies at the airport.
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Manila
Benjamin Mendoza
Paul VI
Rodolfo Laserna
Mendoza
Rockefeller to headline Memphis Urban League dinner
Former governor Winthrop Rockefeller will speak at the Memphis Urban League awards dinner after a three day government affairs seminar at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He will also address the State College of Arkansas Human Relations Council at Conway on Thursday.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Memphis Urban League
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
No Deaths on Highways in Arkansas Weekend
Arkansas state police reported no fatalities in traffic accidents over a 54 hour weekend period ending Sunday midnight. This marked the first time this year with zero weekend highway deaths per the Associated Press tally. The count began Friday and concluded Sunday at midnight.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Associated Press
Middle East Truce Ends Quiet Amid Egyptian Refusal
The cease-fire between Israel and Arab states ended as Egyptian President Anwar Sadat announced that Egyptian forces would no longer be bound by the cease-fire that began last August. Tel Aviv said no fighting along the Suez Canal with journalists barred and no immediate resumption seen.
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Associated Press
Israel
Egypt
Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Union Agrees to Postpone Railroad Strike Plan
The United Transportation Union with 150,000 members agreed to delay possible selective strikes against railroads pending a federal judge hearing on Thursday. The dispute centers on work rules and job losses from proposed changes.
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Cleveland
United Transportation Union
UTU
Charles Luna
U.S
Howard F. Corcoran
Washington
Luna
Burlington Northern
Chicago
Burlington
Nixon to LBJ Dedication Ceremony Planned
The White House says President Nixon will likely fly to Austin on May 22 to attend ceremonies dedicating the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Austin
Lyndon Baines Johnson
University of Texas
Two Negro Churches Burned and Bombed in Texarkana
In Texarkana over the weekend two Negro Baptist churches were burned and two others fire-bombed amid racial tensions. Damage from the two burned churches is estimated at 375,000 dollars with Mount Orange Baptist suffering about 200,000 dollars and St. Paul Baptist about 175,000. A fire bomb failed to ignite at New Town Baptist and another at Holly Chapel Baptist. fire officials sent evidence to the FBI.
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Texarkana
Tex
Texas- Arkansas
Ed Berbig
Mount Orange Baptist
St. Paul Baptist Church
B.C. Green
St. Paul
New Town Baptist Church
Holly Chapel Baptist Church
Reynolds Presents Bryant With Park Land Deed
Reynolds Metals Co. chairman Rich ard Reynolds gave Bryant Mayor Dean Boswell the deed to 80 acres east of the city for a new park and recreation area named Wilbur D. Mills Park. Attending dedication were Lt. Gov. Bob Riley and U.S. Reps. Wilbur Mills and David Pryor, both Democrats from Arkansas.
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Bryant, Ark
Richard 5. Reynolds
Reynolds Metals Co
Bryant
Dean Boswell
Wilbur D. Mills
Bob Riley
David Pryor
D-Ark
Two Held in Shooting Death in Arkansas
Police hold Oscar McElroy and Emon McElroy of Lou Ann in connection with the shooting death of their uncle Bill McElroy 55 of Smakeover. His body was found on a county road about 18 miles west of El Dorado. he had a single gunshot wound to the head.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Oscar McElroy
Emon McElroy
Lou
Academic scholarship honors for area students
Senior Cathy Montgomery of Blevins High School received an Arkansas Polytechnic College scholarship covering tuition and fees for one year with renewal contingent on maintaining a B average. John D. Watkins of Hope earned a bachelor of business administration in accounting at North Texas State University. The Southern State College concert band plans a spring concert at Magnolia with Hope area members among its players. Forty two law students at the University of Arkansas School of Law made honor roll, including Vincent W. Foster Jr. of Hope. Civil Defense Exercise moved to 7:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory due to seating. Pack 92 Brookwood School canceled meeting due to a local election. Girl Scout Week observed. Hope Council Garden Clubs received a $35 Sears award at the Southwest District Convention in Benton, with remarks on junior garden club work.
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Cathy Montgomery
Blevins High School
Arkansas Polytechnic College At
Russellville
Harvey Montgomery
Prescott Rt. 5
John D. Watkins
Hope
North Texas State University
Watkins
Dick Watkins
East 14Th St
Hope Council of Garden Clubs
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Benton
L. C. Crow
Hope Council
Guy Basye
Charles Carey
Royce Weisenberger
Gardenia Garden Club
Crow
Supply Road Seizure Highlights Laos Drive
Lt. Gen Hoang Xuan Lam said Saigon troops reached junctions at Ban Dong Muong Nong and Sepone as Sepone was reported captured 25 miles inside Laos.US air power aided the drive with B52s and fighters. up to 400 enemy bodies were found at Sepone and many antiaircraft guns knocked out. 1st Infantry Division troops found 112 enemy dead southeast of Sepone amid heavy air strikes. Combat operations totaled 6,487 enemy and 435 friendly killed in Laos over four weeks.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Ham Nehi
Hoang Xuan Lam
Ban Dong
Muong Nong
Sepone
Usi
U.S
Sam
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Charges Filed in Accident at 6th and Main Streets
Late Friday at 6th and Main Streets autos driven by Jack R. Turner and Johnny James collided with heavy damage. City Officers Ward Sulzer Culley charged James with driving while intoxicated.
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Jack R. Turner
Johnny James
Ward
Sulzer Culley
James
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