Half of School Tax Hikes Pass in Recent Elections
Election results show mixed outcomes with incumbents Becker and Ward defeated while Bart Smith and Cora Martin won rejections. In Arkansas, School Board contests in Texarkana and El Dorado feature candidates like Bob Douglas and Mrs. John Yo cum, with several white and Black contenders noted in vote tallies. Weather mentions indicate rain in Piland and Ore.
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Ie Becker
Willie B. Ward
Smith
Cora Martin
Wi E. Walker
Ree Walved Sivotes
Lite Rock
Tlahialu
White
Rock
George P. Beene
Abbins Rin
Sangro
Owen Pear Vie Ton Oneal
Wilson
Hadijah Gray
Bob Douglas
Texarkana
Douglas
N. K. Hilliard
Lewis P. Henry
Henry J. Bohleke
Watson Chapel
Calvin Johnson
J. M. Shultz
el Dorado
John Yocum
Ron Tawatt
Hone
Onelia Wil-liland
Piland
Ore
Lamar reopens school as attendance slowly rises
In Lamar South Carolina the reopened combined high and elementary school resumes with heavy security after a March 2 protest. State troopers and National Guardsmen guard the campus while turnout counts show 76 of 1,058 pupils from the district reporting to class. Local election results show several white candidates defeating Black opponents in nearby towns, and Hope Kiwanis hears a drug education talk stressing abstinence and moral guidance.
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Lamar
S.C
Cliff Severance
Arkansas school tax millage votes loom large across districts
Voters acrossArkansas approved about half of proposed school tax millage increases on Tuesday. Conway led with ten mills to back a $1 billion high school bond. Newport approved nine mills for a vocational building and facilities costing $1 million. Hope rejected ten mills. Pine Bluff and White Hall also voted down and up respectively on smaller mill increases, while Little Rock approved four mills for operations and expansion. Other towns debated bonds for new schools, classrooms, auditoriums, and gymnasiums amid mixed results across Arkadelphia, Okolona, Helena-West Helena, Atkins, Warren, Nettleton, and more.
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Fiy
Associated Press
Arkansas
Conway
Newport
Hope
Pine Bluff
Little Rock
White Hall
Ashdown
Stamps
Siloam Springs
Arkadelphia
Okolona
Helena
West Helena
Atkins
Warren
Nettleton
Dorado
Junction City
Glen Rose
Blevins
Westside
Jonesboro
DeWitt
Fountain Lake
Battle reports and casualties in Vietnam and US races
Battle updates describe ongoing clashes along the Vietnamese frontier with enemy losses and American casualties including helicopter strikes and drone actions. Separate notes report local election results with Dale Cook defeating Edwin Horton and incumbent James Orr in Arkadelphia.
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Recontalssdhee
1 Ith Armored Cavalry
1St Air Cavalry Division
Lo1st Airborne Division
da Nang
U.S
Lith Armored Cavalry
Quan Loi
Saigon
Unions Strike Las Vegas Luxury Hotels on Strip
Two unions move to strike Las Vegas Strip luxury hotels. Culinary Workers and Bartenders unions aim for higher wages with a 35 percent rise over three years, while hotels stock up and prepare for possible walkouts.
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Las Vegas
Terry Ryan
Associated Press
Nev
Las Vegas Strip
Howard Hughes
Desert Inn
Culinary Workers
al Bramlet
Vegas Strip
Nevada Resort Association
Professional Nursing Home Probe Sought by Rockefeller
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller urged an out of state professional team to probe nursing home operations rather than the legislature. He cited a strong lobbying influence during the special session that created a committee, and Rep David Pryor pressed for a congressional inquiry into nursing homes.
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Little Rock
Winthop Rockefeller
Nursing Homes
Rockefeller
David Pryor
TALK
Key Figure in Tate Case Won't Testify
LOS ANGELES AP Denise Atkins, whose testimony before a grand jury helped indict six in the Tate LaBianca slayings, will not testify at her trial. Her new lawyer says she will be kept off the stand and deny prior statements. Deputy D.A. Stovitz says the attorney change should not affect the case. Atkins had described in a copyright interview the killings of actress Sharon Tate and five others, including Lena LaBianca and her husband.
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Los Angeles
Denise Atkins
Gram
Tate-LaBianca
Triad
Dave Shian
Richard Cabillero
Aaron H. Stovitz
Miss Atkins
Stovity
Sharon Tate
Market
Lena LaBlanes
Voting Age Debate Shapes Constitutional Change
A Democrat pressed a constitutional amendment to set the voting age at 18 while highlighting obstacles. He noted Nixon administration support for the 18 year old proposal, but opposed Mansfield's plan and cautioned Congress action. States like Georgia and Kentucky have lowered to 18, Alaska and Hawaii to 20.
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Osee Nixon
Congress
Mansfield
Georgia
Kentucky
Alaska
Hawaii
Oil shipments from Canada are cut back by Nixon order
Washington AP reports President Nixon signed a proclamation setting a 395000 barrel daily import cap on Canadian oil for the rest of the year. The limit retroactive to March 1 replaces voluntary controls, with mixed reactions from Sen. Proxmire and Sen. Tower. In other action, Cabot voters approved a $490000 bond for an elementary school and Poyen residents approved a seven mill tax increase after a 711 596 vote.
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Washington
Canada
White House
United States
Nixon
William Proxmire
D-Wis
John G. Tower
Rtex
Cabot
Poyen
Permits Revoked for Pine Bluff Cemeteries
Arkansas state Cemetery Board revoked perpetual care permits for Pine Bluff Memorial Park and Roselawn Memorial Garden, citing missing funds in trust totaling over 30 000 dollars. Temporary permits extend to January 1 with annual reviews. Former board member W A Harris of Pine Bluff faced embezzlement charges.
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Liptle Rock
Pine Bluff
State Cemetery Board
Pine Bluff Memorial Park
Roselawn Memorial Garding
W. A. Harris
Harrison
State Securities Department
Harris
Water Works Strike Persists as Mediation Rejected
Union rejects a third party mediation for a 22 day old water works strike in Little Rock. Manager-engineer Jack H. Wilson declines, says a mediator would be undesirable, but offers Thursday talks with union leaders as workers protest the firing of W. H. Looney, AFL CIO Waterworks Chapter Local 994.
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Little Rock
Jack H. Wilson
W. H. Looney
The
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes
Afl-Cio
Obituary: Eva Hatfield 17 of Was easee dies
Funeral services for Mrs Eva Hatfield 17 of Was easee were held Wednesday at New Hope 1st Church with Rev Merlin Cox and Rev Carlton Roberts. Burial was in Holly Grove Cemetery. Survivors include five sons Ralph Dale Carlol Merrell and John Hatfield a daughter Mrs Horace Alford two brothers George Morton Sid Morton.
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Waseasee
New Hope 1St Church
Merlin Cox
Carlton Roberts
Holly Gorve
Herndon Funeral Home
Ralph
Texarkana
Dale
Elorado
Carlol Dallas
Merrell
Anchorage
Alaska
John Hatfield
Washington
Horace Alford
George Morton
Commanche
Okla
Sid Morton
Atlanta
Texas
Hijacked United Jet Carrying 99 Lands Then Takes Cuba
An airline hijack in Atlanta involved a United Airlines Boeing 727 with 99 passengers and seven crew. The hijacker ordered refueling, held a pistol on the crew, and the jet landed at 10 05 a.m. then departed for Havana at 10 35 a.m. FBI and airport police guarded the scene while refueling proceeded. Flight 361 originated in Cleveland and was bound for Havana.
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Atlanta, Ga
United Air Lines
Cuba
Federal Aviation Administration
Cleveland
Ohio
Havana
Pittsburgh
P. E. Galant
Atlanta
FBI
K. F. Price
United
Gallant
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