Edite Alex H Washburn Puerto Rico letter on Star and profanity
The article recounts a letter from Albert E. Fink, National Biscuit Co. Island General Manager, about Puerto Rico and the San Juan Star, discussing unemployment and subversive elements, weather, beaches, and the tabloid format. It also notes a Bellefontaine Examiner column urging profanity cleanup and a crash pattern near Mena Arkansas with multiple fatalities amid difficult mountain terrain.
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Hope
Albert E. Fink
Puerto Rico
National Biscuit Co., Inc
P.O. Box
Bayamon
P.R
San Juan
Pod Rogers
U.S
Prison librarian testifies on Huntsville library siege
In a Texas death penalty trial, prison librarian Mrs. Lynda Woodman described the 11 day siege at Huntsville prison library led by convicts Carrasco Cuevas and Dominguez. She recounted constant threats at gunpoint, hostages handcuffed, and a fatal shootout during a failed escape.
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Houston
Huntsville
Lynda Woodman
Ignacio Cuevas
Fred Gomez Carrasco
Rudolfo, Dominguez
Ian
Usrary
Carrasco
Cuevas
Dominguez
Heard
Glennon Johnson
Johnson
Bobby Heard
Texas Department of Corrections
Mr. Robinson
Robinson
Bruce Noviskie
Noviskie
Scott linked to getaway car in Hearst case report
San Francisco Chronicle reports Burlingame police filed an auto embezzlement warrant against sports figure Jack Scott tied to the Patricia Hearst case. Scott rented a car Feb 27 due March 1, the day of an aborted Oakland jailbreak by Symbionese Liberation Army members Russell Little and Joseph Remiro. The car, recovered March 11, had only 27 miles driven, puzzling investigators.
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SAN Francisco
Jack Scott
Patricia Hearst
Burlingame
San Francisco Chronicle
Chronicle
Scott
Oakland
Jay Edwards
Trans Rent-a-Car
Bur
Rock Island fate debated as rail line seeks reorganization
Representatives of 15 railroads meet the Interstate Commerce Commission today to discuss the Rock Island Lines fate after the railroad filed for reorganization under federal bankruptcy laws. The Rock Island board voted to stop accepting shipments by March 31, and officials warn takeover could cost up to 60 million.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
John W. Ingram
Robert M. Brooks
ICC
Office of Procedure
Congressmen
Rock
Senate opens debate on massive tax cut bill
The Senate moves to debate a $29.2 billion tax cut aimed at boosting consumer spending and cutting unemployment. Ford urges quick action as House and Senate square over oil depletion allowances and deficit concerns. The measure favors working poor and large families under $20,000, with a family of four earning $15,000 saving about $166.
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Washington
Ford
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
South Bend
Ind
Congress
Simon
Senate Budget Committee
Concert Tonight At HHS Features Three Bands
The Verger Jr High band, Hope High School second band, and Hope High School first band perform in the high school auditorium at 7 30 p m. They will play the three numbers slated for the region playing festival in Arka delphia March 21 22. Directors are Jim Fairchild and Gary Wells.
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Verger
Onassis Funeral Journey Returns Body To Scorpios
Aristotle Onassis is being transported from Paris to Actium and then to Scorpios for burial beside his son Alexander. The voyage includes a Boeing 727 charter and the Christina yacht, with family and Sen. Edward Kennedy among the mourners arriving in Greece.
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Scorpios
Greece
Aristotle Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy
Paris
Actium
Athens
Onassis
Ionian
Olympic Airways
Christina
Sen
Edward Kennedy
New York
Alexander
Hope Centennial Day feature race marks city event
Trailways charters bus to Hot Springs for Hope Centennial Day events. Only 15 seats remain at $6 each, with a 10 30 a m departure from city hall and return after the final race. Denris Butler offers tickets.
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Oaklawn
Hot Springs
Trailways
Denris Butler
City Hall
Ford proposes 2 billion highway bonanza for states
President Ford aims to send a new federal highway program to Congress within weeks offering states half of the current four cent per gallon gasoline tax. About 2 billion dollars a year would be available for road use with discretionary spending and reduced federal matching requirements. Indiana Governor Otis Bowen noted his state directs its gasoline tax revenue to others as Indiana leads in highway building. Ford met governors at Notre Dame to discuss diverting half the gas tax receipts as White House sources said.
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Finance Committee
Treasury
William E. Simon
Ford Administration
Senate
Washington
Ford
White House
Congress
Indiana
Otis R. Bowen
South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame University
Bowen
Notre Dame
Indochina
Cambodia
Miss your Star paper city subscribers contact number
City subscribers are urged to call 777-8841 between 6 and 6 30 p m Saturday before or by 5 p m to arrange delivery if the Star paper was not received.
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Alex. H. Washburn
Mena
Tom Buchholzer
S. Main St
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Gay Pauley
Star
Belanca
Texas International
Rich Mountain
Tall Peak
Royce Pendergrass
Red River
Ark
Billy Burton
Strong
Mildred McPherson
Mars
Nell Turner
Alvin Willis
Frank Ramsey
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
New Mexico
U.S. District Court
Inpram
HHS
Greek Island
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