Just Case of Missing a Bus Our Daily Bread Sliced Thin
A fragmented column roundup mixed with editorials on discipline standards in the armed forces and a satire on dress sizes. Clark County and Prescott police exchange radio alerts over a Trailways bus that was never actually missing.
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Alex. H. Washburn
Armed Services
Winter Haven
Fla
Daily News
National Bureau of Standards
Shreveport
George W. Comstock
Johns Hopkins University
Washington Daily News
Columbia
S.C
Clark County
Nevada County
Prescott
Trailways
Arkadelphia
Hope
Two Held on Drug Charges in Conway Drug Store Case
Two men Shelby Collins 29 of Little Rock and Morris Frazier 26 of North Little Rock were charged with possession of hallucinogenic drugs and attempting to fraudulently pass a prescription for 60 pills at a Conway drug store. Police arrested them after the owner Dwayne Goode reported the prescription.
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Conway, Ark.ary
Conway
Shelby Collins
Little Rock
Morris Frazier
North Little Rock
Dwayne Goode
Bill to pay wages to prisoners passes Senate
Arkansas Senate approves 20 cent an hour incentive pay for select inmates in a pilot program drawn from prison profits. Measure advanced despite possible further Senate action. funding limited to under 280 inmates for a year and tied to equipment upkeep and productivity. House defeats on local official pay and public defender funding. potential reconsideration noted.
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Robert Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas Senate
House
John F. Matt’? Gibson
Dermott
Senate
State Correction Department
Cummins Prison Farm
The
Representatives
Charles Honey
Prescott
John F. Bearden
Leachville
Virgil T. Fletcher
Benton
Things That Make Life Worth While by Hal Boyle
New York AP column lists simple joys that illuminate daily life from finding a perfect seashell to reading poetry by firelight. It narrates moments of family affection, nature, letters offering hope, small triumphs at work, and shared laughter in everyday scenes.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Turkey Army Threatens to Take Over Government
ANKARA Turkey Premier Suleiman Demirel resigned as the armed forces demanded a new government to carry out basic reforms. The four top commanders warned Parliament and government have pushed the nation into anarchy and social unrest and called for a nonpartisan government to prevent a power seizure. If not realized, they said the Turkish armed forces are determined to seize power to protect the Republic.
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Ankara
Turkey
Suleiman Denire
Demirel
Textile Imports Issue Personal Fight Between Mills President
The article covers a Senate floor move to attach a $5 billion Social Security expansion to a debt-limit bill, boosting benefits by at least 10 percent and raising minimums. It notes Mills opposition and a split with the White House on timing, with tax base increases and July refunds likely. It also describes a Nixon Mills clash over textile imports and Japanese curbs, including Stans monitoring imports and ongoing policy disagreements.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Dirk Mills
Social Security Administration
Edmond Lebreton
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Congress
Arkansas Democrat
Mills
United States
U.S
Maurice H. Stans
Japan
City of Hope conducts mock nuclear attack drill
City of Hope and Hempstead County officials tested emergency response in an EOS training exercise. About thirty participants from city and county agencies simulated a nuclear attack, power failure, large fire, bridge blockage, and fallout under oversight by the State Office of Civil Defense and State College of Arkansas Civil Defense program.
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Hope and Hempstead County
State Office of Civil Defense
Civil Defense University Extension Program
State College of Arkansas
Burger proposes national center to aid state courts
Chief Justice Warren E Burger urged a national center to help state courts ease congestion and reform. He warned of a “severe case of deferred maintenance” as civil suits stall for years while law-breakers go unchecked, calling for cooperation with the American Bar Association and similar federal efforts already in place. Federal and state judges across 32 states backed the push.
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Barry Schweid
Associated Press
Williamsburg
Warren E. Burger
Burger
American Bar Association
State Prepares for Increase in Tax Take
Arkansas Revenue Department officials met to plan the income tax rise details. Revenue Commissioner A. B. Hervey noted revisions to tax scales, employer notifications, and state handling. Gov. Dale Bumpers signed the tax package March 4. the rate revision is expected to yield about half the package’s revenue.
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Little Rock
State Revenue Department
State Revenue
A. B. Hervey
Dale Bumpers
Army Plans 10 Million Ad Campaign Faces Interservice Fears
Army launches a 10.6 million prime time ad drive to recruit in enlistees, triggering fears from Marines Navy and Air Force about losing free air time and sparking an interservice ad war. Defense officials pause further contracts for 13 weeks to evaluate impact and set limits on paid time.
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Dick Barnes
Associated Press
Washington
Marines
Navy
Air Force
Army
Marine Corps
Secretary of Defense
Marine
Paul Wollstadt
Defense
Congressional
Vietnamese troops pull back toward Laos border near Sepone
South Vietnamese forces in Laos retreat from positions closest to Sepone and move southeast toward the Vietnamese border, according to headquarters officers. An AP digest item notes the shifting front as U S and allied command assess new lines.
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Associated Press Saigon
Laos
Sepone
Man Held for Burglary of Fulton Store
A 25 year old man named Ben P. McGary was charged with grand larceny for stealing between 300 and 500 dollars from Weaver's Grocery Store in Fulton. The crime occurred when a store attendant left to gas an auto. Hempstead County Sheriff and Deputies arrested him Thursday. he was released on bond Friday with part of the money recovered.
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Ben P. McGary
Weaver
Fulton
Hempstead
Town Notes and Local Updates From Hope Arkansas
Economy move closes 53 of 78 draft board offices by May 1 transferring duties to 25 offices. Hope office to manage Hempstead Howard Nevada and Pike counties. Offices close at Nashville Prescott and Murfreesboro. Century Bible Class honors past presidents since 1946 on March 14. Hope Fire Department responded to three calls including at Hope Auto Company and a late night ceiling fire at a metal building. Col Wade N Powell, Vietnam veteran, returns home for wife’s surgery in Florida. Poleda C Glanton, Hope native, teaching at El Dorado West Campus as student teacher this spring. Fall semester honor roll includes Betty R Schenck Jimny D Alford and Judy D Bruin from the area.
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Draft Board
Hope Selective Service
Hempstead
Howard
Nevada
Pike
Nashville
Prescott
Murfreesboro
Wade N. Powell
Hempstead County
W.A. Powell
Park Drive
Hope
Vietnam
Florida
Lafayette County
University of Arkansas’ College of Arts and Sciences
Betty R. Schenck
Jimny D. Alford
Judy D. Bruin
Vietnamese Pull Back to Avoid Trap Near Sepone
Vietnamese infantry abandoned Fire Base Sofia 2 1/2 miles southeast of Sepone to avoid a trap by North Vietnamese forces. Saigon troops limited westward advance, sweeping for enemies along a 25 mile front while helicopters resume heavy flights after fog.
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Robert Tuckman
Associated Press
Saigon
Laos
Sepone
Sofia
George Esper
Ham Nehi
Sotia
Esper
Lolo
Panhandle
U.S
America
Ho Chi Minh
Fourth Annual Jonquil Trail at Washington Arkansas
Washington Arkansas hosts the fourth annual Jonquil and Daffodil Trail on Sunday March 14. The event highlights historic displays of jonquils and daffodils with bulbs brought by early settlers over a decade ago. The Qld Tavern reconstruction will feature, showcasing pieces from its Crowded history. Here Sam Houston.
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Washington, Arkansas
Washington
Qld Tavern
Ggg
Sam Houston
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Tony” Boyle
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Star
Century Bible Class
First Methodist Church
Hope Fire Department
Hope Auto Company
2Nd
Louisiana Streets
Hope Auto
Poleda C. Glanton
Fred Glanton
Southern State College
el Dorado High School
West
Hope High
Ouachita Baptist University
Hendrix
Southern State
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