Arkansas Sales Tax Aims To Expand Injustice In Taxation
A consumer group failed to secure a Do Pass on HB 620 to repeal Arkansas 3 percent sales tax on food and drugs, leaving the bill in committee. The piece argues the tax burden worsens for the poor and notes past expansions, including taxing labor and a war era rise in rates, with no effective opposition lobby. It recalls editor Washburn’s campaigns against the tax and urges continued activism.
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Arkansas
House Rules Committee
General Assembly
Consumer Group
Washington
Ford Meets Yugoslav Premier Bijedic in Washington
President Ford meets with Premier Dzemal Bijedic, starting a two day visit to Washington. Bijedic, head of Yugoslav government since 1973, arrived after traveling from Williamsburg Virginia and will hold talks to assure continued U S interest in Yugoslavia during the working visit.
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Washington
Ford
Dzemal Bijedic
Yugoslavia
Bijedic
U.S
United States
Williamsburg
Defense motions in Ashdown murder trial set for March hearing
Three of five charged with capital felony murder in the January 8 slaying of Curtis Eugene Zachry of Ashdown ask for charges to be dismissed. Motions claim private conversations with lawyers were monitored by an electronic device in a jail office used by an Arkansas State Police investigator. Hearing scheduled March 26 before Circuit Judge Bobby Steel.
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Ashdown
Ashdown. ‘Ark
Curtis Eugene Zachry
Little River County
Carolyn Dianne Zachry
Bessie M. Tolleson
Texarkana
Tex
Zachry
Jimmy Lee Dyas
Ark
Bobby Steel
Nashville
Boyd Tackett Sr
Louis J. Raffaelli
Howard County
Carroll J. Page
Arkansas State Police
Atty
George Steel Jr
Page
Little River
Sevier
Howard
Pike
Polk
Montgomery Counties
George Steel
Conrad Bagley
Tolleson
Dyas
Charles Watson
James Monroe Lindsey
Bean
Sunken Soviet Sub Salvage Tied to Hughes and CIA
The CIA and Howard Hughes backed a secret 1974 salvage attempt to raise a sunken Soviet submarine 750 miles northwest of Oahu. About one third of the hull, including bodies of over 70 Soviet officers and crew, was lifted. No missiles or codes were recovered. future efforts were planned. The Glomar Explorer, funded by Summa Corp, used a claw device to lift the sub.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Howard Hughes
Pacific Ocean
CIA
U.S
Los Angeles Times
The
Washington Post
New York Times
Oahu
Hawaii
Jack Anderson
Mutual Broadcasting System
Washington-Moscow
Anderson
United States
Soviet Union
U.S. Navy
Navy
Hughes
Hughes’ Summa Corp
Pine Bluff mill begins slow back operations
International Paper Co said its Pine Bluff mill started a slow back in operations, potentially idling up to 75 workers temporarily. The No 2 machines for milk cartons and food board remain reportedly not shut, though exact layoff numbers were not confirmed. The mill employs about 1,500 workers.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Ap) International Paper Co
Pine Bluff
South Vietnam abandons Quang Tri province in light of push
Saigon officials disclose that South Vietnam will abandon Quang Tri and consider giving up Thua Thien with Hue, as North Vietnamese forces tighten control. About 100,000 flee toward Da Nang while Hue authorities urge evacuation and radio gear is prepared for destruction if needed.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Hue
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Kontum
Pieiku
Barlac
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Quang Tri City
No Man’s Land
Thun ‘Thien
Laos
Cambodia
Highway 1
Ministry of Social Welfare
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Darlac
Dinh Quan
Hoai Duc
Gia Ray
Aunt Mary Bittlebrun Turns 111 In Arkansas
MENA Ark AP Mary Bittlebrun age 111 known as Aunt Mary is Arkansas oldest resident and reportedly the nation’s oldest social security recipient. Born March 19 1864 in Bloomington Illinois she taught school and farmed in Nebraska and South Dakota before moving to Arkansas in 1920. She’s lived at Leisure Lodge rest home for 10 years and received birthday wishes from President Ford Governor Pryor and Senator Bumpers.
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Mena, Ark
Mary Bittlebrun
Tlebrun
Leisure Lodge
Georgia Emerson
House approves UA appropriation with higher administrator pay
The Arkansas House voted 79 to 12 to approve the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville appropriation including the Joint Budget Committee amendment raising salary authorizations for top administrators. Rep. Lloyd George failed to block the amendment. The Senate earlier approved about 6.2 million dollars for Social and Rehabilitative Services construction, and a separate 3.74 million from state surplus for a Warren facility to treat retarded children.
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Little Rock
University of Arkansas At
Warren
David Pryor
State Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services
Southeast Arkansas Human Development Center
Ers
Robert Harvey
Swifton
Southeast Arkansas
Harold King
Sheridan
Southeast
Arkansas
Balance of payments hits record quarterly deficit
The Commerce Department reports the latest quarter showed a deficit of 5.9 billion dollars, the largest three month shortfall for the basic balance. For the year the deficit reached 10.6 billion, the second worst since 1960, with 1972 preceding two dollar devaluations.
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Washington
The
Commerce Department
United States
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Alex. H. Washburn
Frank Douglas
Hope
Crescent Drug Store
Main Street
Douglas
Mike Kelly
Jake Honea
Downtown Merchants Association
Lois Shirley
Silly Burton
City Board of Directors
Sheraton Inn
Sam Strong
Merchants Assn
Board of Directors
Lyle Brown
Mount Ida
Mena
Pine Bluff Mill
Ing
Tuy Hoa
Dalat
Mary
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