IRS probes tax preparers for law violations
IRS agents pose as taxpayers to check commercial tax preparers for violations. Commissioner Johnnie M. Walters says undercover work uncovers improper practices and prosecutions, with some preparers suggesting inflated exemptions or deductions. He notes most issues stem from small firms and rules out licensing now due to manpower limits.
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Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Johnnie M. Waiters
Walters
Arkansas forecast for Monday into Tuesday with scattered showers
Experiment Station report notes 4 hours ending 7 a.m. Monday with high 66 and low 43 and .08 inch of precipitation. Forecasts cloudy to partly cloudy in Arkansas with drizzle this morning, then warmer by midday. Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms mainly east this afternoon, ending early Tuesday. Highs upper 60s northeast to low 80s southwest, lows 40s to mid 50s, Tuesday highs 60s to mid 70s.
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Arkansas
Branch Hospital Plans Intensive Care Units
Dr. James W. Branch returns from Missouri course on coronary care to open an Intensive Coronary Care unit at Branch General Hospital. Hospital adds staff including RNs, a new administrator, and a director of nurses. An opening announcement will appear in the Star with details and public inspection invitation.
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Columbia Missouri
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R.N
Chicago
Jimmy Branch
Branch, Jr
Clarence Keller
Davenport
Iowa
Augusta
Arkansas
Heritage Manor
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Keller
Nebraska
Air Force
Vivian Mahon
Court Rules Tax Notice Denied Due Process In Ouachita
The Arkansas Supreme Court held that failure to notify a property owner of 1970 tax assessment increases violated due process. It affirmed Chancellor Rowan’s ruling that increases on Wilson Hargett’s real estate, 30 to 57 percent above 1969, were illegal and that only 1969 taxes were due. Chief Justice Harris and Justice Fogleman dissented.
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Little Rock
State Supreme Court
Ouachita County
Jim Rowan
Wilson Hargett
Hargett
Rowan
Jerry McMahon
Equalization Board
Supreme Court
Frank Holt
Holt
Carleton Harris
John A. Fogleman
Fogleman
Board of Equalization
Arkansas
Storms Lash Nation Shatters Central U S Weather
Storms from the central nation dump snow sleet rain and wind over a wide area. Chicago and South Bend report up to four inches of snow in six hours with thunder. Warm damp air ahead brings storms to Missouri and Oklahoma while cold winds threaten crops in the Intermountain West. Dust storms close JaJunta airport as Utah fruit growers lose most of their crop.
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Associated Press
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Great Lakes
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South Bend
Ind
Missouri
Oklahoma
Intermountain
JaJunta
Colorado
Utah
Visible Nuclear Navy Advocated by Admiral Rickover
Long Beach California AP reports 72-year-old Admiral Hyman Rickover, called father of the nuclear submarine fleet, urges a visible nuclear navy to project U.S. sea power. He favors speedy carrier task groups with nuclear frigates to deter rivals, paraphrasing Roosevelt about carrying a big stick.
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Long Beach
Calif
United States
Hyman C. Rickover
Theodore Roosevelt
Obituaries from Bodcaw and Bearden Areas
William Arthur Caudle 82 lifelong Bodcaw resident died Sunday in a local hospital. Survived by son Nolan Caudle Atlanta Texas daughter Mrs Alvin Butler Bodcaw two brothers Austin Elmer Caudle Carol Texas four sisters Mrs Ola Deaton Houston Mrs Pearl Watson Magnolia Mrs Belva May and Mrs Nathan Cassidy Hope. Services set Monday Bodcaw No 2 Church burial Bodcaw Union Cemetery Smith Funeral Home Stamps. Elvin Rhodes 59 local painter died Friday funeral Sunday Herndon Chapel burial Salem Cemetery near Bearden Herndon Funeral Home.
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Bodcaw
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Atlanta
Texas
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Austin Caudle
Elmer Caudle
Carol
Ola Deaton
Houston
Pearl Watson
Magnolia
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Hope
Bodcaw No. 2
Bodcaw Union Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home of Stamps
Elvin Rhodes
Herndon Chapel
B. W. Lane
Salem Cemetery
Bearden
Herndon
Afro Hairdo Is Fire Hazard Spark Ignites Car Headliner
Richmond fire authorities report a new hazard after a woman in the East End lit a cigarette in a car. A struck match set her hair afire and ignited the headliner. she escaped unharmed.
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Richmond
East End
Rotary program highlights Hope High graduates in college success
The Hope Rotary Club heard Vocation Guidance Counselor Earl Downs at Town and Country on Friday March 24. He reported on a follow up of Hope High School graduates showing they perform as well or better than average after entering college. Superintendent James H. Jones thanked voters for support to the schools and noted student response to test results. Downs discussed college entrance tests and the rising role of grades, and noted many loans and scholarships exist though recipients often lack awareness of aid.
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Earl Downs
Hope High School
HHS
Hope High
James H. Jones
Downs
State Court Rulings March 27 1972
Summary of Arkansas state court rulings from Lincoln, Saline, Pulaski, Craighead, Lonoke and Ouachita districts. Affirms on multiple cases including Arkansas Highway Commission v Eargle Phillips, Virgil Garrett v Puckett, and Development Co v Inman. Some justices dissent. Court actions include per curiam orders and motions granted or denied. Community notes: Rotary meeting hosted by Hope club president with guest Al Zimmerebner and Cindy Roberts.
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Virgil Lee Darrough
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Lincoln
George Rose Smith
Lowell Byrd
Christine Byrd
Saline Chancery
Byrd
Lyle Brown
Don McCorkley
Billy Russell Jefferson Jr
Pulaski
John A. Fogleman
Arkansas State Highway Commission
Eargle Phillips
Craighead
Jonesboro
Cery
Harris and Fogleman
Russell Fields
Chris Sugar
Et Ax
Floyd Summerville
Fred Pannell
Cecil L. Earle
Five Killed in Collision Near Neosho Missouri
Five youths died and a sixth was seriously injured when two cars collided head on on alternate U.S. 60 about two miles northeast of Neosho. Victims were Jimmie Wayne Whaples 19 Tessie Louise Lawson 16 Leland S. Wilson 20 Kathy Schenck 17 and Brenda L. Sanders 17. Clyde Sanders Jr. 18 the other driver was in serious condition.
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U.S. 60
Jimmie Wayne Whaples
Granby
Tessie Louise Lawson
Wheaton
Leland S. Wilson
Newtonia
Kathy Schenck
Brenda L. Sanders
Clyde Sanders Jr
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