State buys Crater of Diamonds for park near Murfreesboro
Arkansas completes a $750,000 purchase of 867 acres including the 78 acre Crater of Diamonds. The state will operate the site as a public park with a $2 adult and $1 child search fee. Diamonds found remain the finder’s property.
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Little Rock
Murfreesboro
William FE. Henderson
State Department of Parks and Tourism
Henderson
Lloyd F. Surles
Surles
Price Commission tightens rules lowering price cap to 1.8 percent
The Price Commission unanimously cut the maximum average price increase under Term Limit Pricing from 2 percent to 1.8 percent to curb inflation and better align with Nixon's target. Exclusions apply to 120 firms already at 2 percent or under or currently negotiating. The move marks a policy shift from earlier statements of progress toward 2.5 percent inflation. In Arkansas, Bill Hacker, 41, died after being crushed by a bush hog while inspecting a tractor casualty near Imboden.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Price Commission
Commission
Nixon
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Bill Hacker
Imboden
Hacker
Kiwanis slate speaker discusses 1972 election shifts
Joe Purcell, chair of the State Democratic Committee and former Attorney General, spoke on New Election Procedures in 1972 Elections at the Hope Kiwanis noon meeting. He outlined changes such as moving up primary dates May 30 and June 13 and explained the delegate flow from county to state to national conventions.
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Joe Purcell
State Democratic Committee
Kiwanis
Dean Murphy
Purcell
United States
Democratic Committee
Democratic Convention
Texas Upholds Death Penalty
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the death penalty, affirming Ronnie Farr Tezeno’s conviction for the 1969 Houston slaying of Odie C. Wright. The court rejected cruel and unusual punishment challenges, citing the U.S. Constitution’s amendments and noting California’s recent reversal on capital punishment.
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Tex
Texas’ Court of Criminal Appeals
California Supreme Court
Ronnie Farr Tezeno
Odie C. Wright
Houston
Wright
Tezeno
Sirhan Sirhan
Charles Manson
Texas
Truman Roberts
Jordan King Plan Sparks Arab Rejection and Surplus Plans
King Hussein proposes a semiautonomous Palestine state on the West Bank after Israeli withdrawal and unites it with Jordan into a United Arab Kingdom. Arab governments, guerrilla groups, and several regional media denounce the plan as a move toward peace with Israel or liquidation of Palestinian cause. Israel signals guarded skepticism while Baghdad Radio stirs opposition. Jerusalem would be capital of the Region of Palestine, Amman would host the Region of Jordan and United Arab Kingdom. A government assembly would be elected by direct ballot.
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Hussein
Jordan
Palestine
West Bank
Jordan River
Egypt
Syria
Libya
Iraq
Israel
United Arab Kingdom
Baghdad Radio
Jerusalem
Arkansas Weather Summary for Wednesday Forecast
The report covers a 24 hour period ending 7 am Wednesday with a high near 70 and low near 47. Increasing clouds today with scattered showers and thundershowers in the afternoon. Tonight remains cloudy with more showers and thundershowers then, cooler in the north. Thursday clears and cools with highs in the 60s to near 70 and overnight lows mid 40s to mid 50s.
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Arkansas
Prison Officials to Be Demoted in Tucker Incident
Correction Commissioner Terrell Don Hutto says two Tucker Intermediate Reformatory officers, Dale May and Maj. Pat Whittington, will be demoted after a U S District Court inquiry into an escape incident that injured two inmates. The judge had demanded a thorough, personal investigation into alleged beatings.
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Little Rock
Terrell Don Hutto
Tucker Intermediate Reformatory
Hutto
Dale May
Tucker
Pat Whittington
Reformatory
U.S. District Court
J. Smith Henley
Henley
Danny Hodges
William Jones
Spence Holder
Tucker Or Cummins
Jones
Holder
Hodges
Whittington
May
Britton
Import Meat Rejections Rise at U S Ports
U S Department of Agriculture confirms a sharp rise in imports rejected at ports last year totaling 29.2 million pounds about 1.7 percent of the 1.7 billion pounds imported. The GAO cites port inspection upgrades and stricter checks as contributing factors with quota policy adjustments noted.
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U.S
Agriculture Department
United States
Congress
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Nixon
Consumer and Marketing Service
General Accounting Office
GAO
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