Painting Yourself Into a Corner With a Tax Brush
In a letter to The Star editor Alex H Washburn responds to readers about a proposed county reassessment. He clarifies that the program targets Hope district property, with potential county participation, and disputes a $100,000 outsider appraisal figure saying costs would be about $37,000 for Hope only or $78,000 for the whole county. He argues for a 100 percent assessment approach and notes political hurdles and millage implications.
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The
Hope Star
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Hope
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Guernsey
Charles Jones
Washington
Pye
Arkansas
Francis Cherry
State Association of County Tax Assessors
Florida
Court to Hear Private Club Racial Exclusion Case
The Supreme Court agreed to review a Moose Lodge case from Harrisburg Pennsylvania on whether private social clubs with liquor licenses may exclude Negro members or guests. A 3 judge federal court ruled the policy illegal after K Leroy Irvis, Pennsylvania House Democratic leader, was refused dinner and drinks three years ago.
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Supreme Court
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High Court
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Pennsylvania House
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Banks Tied to Penn Central Dumped Stock
House Banking Committee staff report finds banks with Penn Central ties dumped large blocks of the railroad’s stock last year before the public learned of its dire finances. The study notes eight of nine banks cut holdings while one slightly increased. Nonpublic events cited include Penn Central meetings seeking financing, notably a May 27, 1970 director’s session in which debt plans failed and government aid was pursued.
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Penn Central
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Wright
Banks Tied On Page Two In Nixon Plan For Natural Resources
Interior would become Department of Natural Resources absorbing the Forest Service Soil Conservation Service research services and watershed loans from Agriculture. Planning civil functions from the Army Corps of Engineers civilian atomic energy duties from the AEC and all Water Resources Council work. NOAA would be folded in, expanding Interior to a much larger nationwide scope with about 57,920 employees and a $2 billion budget.
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Associated Press
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Commerce Department
Foreign SST subsidies killed by Congress end US program
U S Congress kill SST subsidies ending federal role. Magruder says the program may move to private financing or foreign bidders while layoffs threaten 7,000 Boeing and GE workers. refunds and costs total hundreds of millions. Japan’s Aka trading firm has shown interest in a trade mission visit.
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Vern Hauglani
Washington (Ap
U.S
William M. Magruder
Department of Transportation
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House
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Japan
West Germany
Middle East
Ataka
State Department
General Electric and
Boeing Co
George McGovern
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Seattle Area
Boeing
WABC
New York
McGovern
B.G. Vierling
Way Sought to Speed Cailey Jury
At Ft Benning Georgia the My Lai murder trial judge asks how to handle a deliberating jury delaying a verdict after 13 days. Lt William Calley faces 102 alleged deaths and a two thirds verdict rule in a military court martial. Judge Kennedy notes limited precedents for judicial intervention during verdict deliberations.
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Associated Press
FT. Benning, Ga
William Cailey
My Lai
Calley
Reid Kennedy
Aubrey Daniel
George Latimer
Col. Kennedy
Daniel
Latimer
Kennedy
William L. Calley
Accident parks car backs into parked vehicle
Minor damage reported in a Saturday incident at the Harris Clinic parking lot on South Main. A car driven by Ed Young of Washington backed into a parked car owned by Howard McMillan with little damage. Officers Sulzer and Neal investigated.
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Neal
Passenger Service in State to End
Missouri Pacific Lines will discontinue the last two passenger trains through Arkansas on May 1. A northbound and a southbound daily run between St Louis and Texarkana with stops at Corning Newport Hoxie and Little Rock will end under Railpax provisions. MoPac officials expect crew layoffs but labor arrangements are unsettled.
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Newport
Hoxie
Harry Hammer
MoPac
Railpax
Hammer
Bumpers Blamed for Shortfall in Education Funds
Rozzell, executive secretary of the Arkansas Education Association, told local presidents that Gov. Dale Bumpers is responsible for the AEA not obtaining its proposed 30 million for education. He cited the legislature’s failure to meet the goal as directly due to the governor's refusal to request the required amount.
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Forrest Rozzell
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Dale Bumpers
AEA
Rozzell
Three Persons Killed on Highways in Arkansas
An Associated Press tally shows three people died in Arkansas traffic accidents over the weekend, each in separate crashes. Victims include Harry Davis, 61, of DeWitt, in a Saturday one car crash on Arkansas 1 near St. Charles Ferry. Houston Sparkman, 35, of Fort Smith, in a Sunday one car crash in Fort Smith. and Sharon Wilkinson, 9, of near Sheridan, in a Friday night two car crash near Pine Bluff.
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Harry Davis
DeWitt
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St. Charles Ferry
Arkansas County
Houston W. Sparkman
Fort Smith
Sharon Wilkinson
Sheridan
Pine Bluff
Little Rock Crime Rise Across Most Areas in 1970
FBI preliminary crime data show Little Rock crime rising in all major areas except robberies in 1970. Murder and non negligent manslaughter jumped 81 percent, robberies fell from 314 to 300, while national crime across all categories grew 11 percent.
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Hearing Planned on Bank Shares Transfer
State Bank Commissioner H C Adams will hold a 10 am Wednesday hearing on the transfer of 3953.4 shares of the Bank of Montgomery County in Mount Ida to Sen Q Byrumn Hurst of Hot Springs following the ownership change inquiry.
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Enemy Sappers Attack U.S. Jungle Base
North Vietnamese sappers attacked a U.S. artillery base south of Da Nang killing 33 Americans and wounding 76 in an hour. The base was largely overrun but remained under American control as a wider action region saw heightened hostilities.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
da Nang
Local events and notices span town meetings and politics
All Around Town notes an annual meeting for the Midway Cemetery Perpetual Care Association on April 6 at 7 p.m. at Midway Church. Congressman Hammerschmidt’s district aide Archie Lantz will be in Hope March 31 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Social Security room of the Post Office building to take federal client cases. Peggy Butler, Bodcaw High School alumna, plays for the Southern State Riderettes state champions with noted playmaker status. Mr. and Mrs. Carter Russell attended an Arkansas Meat Processors meeting in Little Rock where Russell was named a director. Hope Police report four traffic violations and 75 auto accidents with 22 injuries and one fatality in city limits. Vincent Foster Jr. passed the Arkansas Bar Association spring exam. Bodeaw PTA sponsors an Independent Basketball Tournament starting March 30 with Perry’s Truckers vs Bodeaw Independents, Bradley vs Murfreesboro, finals Saturday.
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Archie Lantz
Hope
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Mr. Lantz
Bodcaw High School
Peggy L. Butler
Miss Butler
Margaret Downding
Carter Russell
Little Rock
Arkansas Meat Processors and Locker Association
Russell
PTA of
Bodeaw
Perry’s
Truckers of Hope
Bodeaw Independents
Bradley
Murfreesboro
20 Missing From Tanker in 36-Hour Sinking
At least 20 men were missing after the tanker Texaco Oklahoma broke in two in heavy seas about 120 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras. Eleven crewmen were rescued from a life raft. most missing were from Port Arthur, Texas. The ship carried 220,000 barrels of sulphur fuel oil en route from Port Arthur to Boston. The Sasstown reported 11 survivors and an oil slick was seen miles east of Elizabeth City, with seas 8 to 10 feet as the Coast Guard investigated the mystery of the missing crew.
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