Senate page two on SST vote and market signals
The article notes reactions to the March 23 vote on the SST program, citing Proxmire's tempered stance after a 13 year Senate career and international interest from Japanese firms priced at 10 cents on the dollar. It also covers political fallout in parties and labor, with warnings about jobs debates and the President’s ideological coalition. An advertising insert promotes Odrinex weight loss tablets with a money back guarantee.
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Arkansas Weather Forecast Summary
Weather Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 am Thursday with high 57 and low 34 and rainfall of .04 inch. Forecast indicates precipitation ending from the west tonight then clearing Friday with little temperature change. Low tonight in the 30s northwest and 40s elsewhere. High Friday in the upper 40s to 50s.
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Withdrawal routes from Sepone risk Laos exit and back to South Vietnam
Defense sources say public U.S. support would have backed a continued air lift beyond eight weeks, but Thieu aimed to preserve South Vietnam for security and re election. Generals saw Laos as a chance to inflict losses before a counterattack forced a return to home territory. U.S. pressure on Thieu is reaching its limit as withdrawal proceeds.
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Money for Dental Health Approved
Gov. Dale Bumpers backed by the Senate approved spending above his recommendation with a 28-2 vote for a $63,616 increase in the 1971-72 Dental Health Bureau budget and 27-1 for a $1.5 million municipal aid hike. Bumpers had urged keeping aid at $1.2 million and warned against piecemeal funds harming construction. The committee also approved a $500,000 contingency fund for colleges for two years and a $50 per semester tuition rise.
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Jim Fowler
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Hope Arkansas Stai Obituaries Focus on Local Figures
Louis E Crain 55 died in a Little Rock Veterans Hospital. He was a World War II veteran, member of First United Methodist Church Hope and Day Zimmerman employee at Texarkana. Survived by wife Margaret Atkins Crain and three sons, plus his Malvern mother. Funeral Friday 10 am Herndon Funeral Chapel. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs Dicie Clingan 74 Hempstead resident died Thursday. Survived by daughter Denzil Putman and siblings Joe Huckabee Lester Winfred Huckabee Reuben Smith. Services Friday 2 pm Herndon Funeral Chapel. Burial Huckabee Cemetery. W E Tate 71 Hope died Thursday. Retired farmer and Washington Presbyterian Church member. Survived by sisters and a brother. Services Friday 4 pm Herndon Funeral Home. Burial Memory Gardens. Lt Gen George G O Connor 55 died of heart attack in San Antonio. Named commander of 4th Army, WW II and Vietnam veteran. Scheduled to command new 5th Army upon merger. Judge Albert L Reeves 97 Dunedin Florida died. Presided over Bobby Greenlease kidnap murder trial in 1953. Wendell C Nystrom 78 Springfield Ohio died. Dean of Wittenberg University for 20 years.
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Lawton
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Malvern
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Norris Steele
Rose Hill Cemetery
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Hope
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Morriston
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Nixon distressed but philosophic after SST funding vote
President Nixon says he is distressed yet philosophical about Congress blocking federal financing for two SST prototypes. He notes past unsuccessful drives on Carswell and SST funding, urging continued support for keeping America at the forefront of science and technology. He also signed a Portsmouth Navy yard closure action while criticizing Capitol Hill.
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America
Arkansas cigarette tax raised five cents per pack
LITTLE ROCK AP The cost of cigarettes in the state increased five cents a package this week when Act 328 of 1971 which raised the tax on cigarettes became law. Cigarettes now cost from 43 to 50 cents a package depending on where they are purchased.
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