Gazette Attacks Mack-Blackwell Highway Reform
In its lead editorial the Arkansas Gazette criticizes the Mack-Blackwell amendment creating the autonomous Highway Commission. It argues the reform would spread road funds statewide and curb political influence, while praising the measure as protecting Arkansas residents outside Little Rock from being shortchanged. The piece defends the commission as serving all people, not just the capital city.
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Arkansas Gazette
Mack-Blackwell
State Highway Commission
the Gazette
Arkansas
Pulaski
Jefferson
Gazette
Highway Commission
Little Rock
Bitter Debate on Higher Education
Senate House conferees reach an agreement on a student assistance package from the Senate version of the 23 billion higher education bill. The Pell plan would provide a maximum 1400 dollar annual federal aid per student minus family contribution, expanding aid to middle income families and reauthorizing existing programs to supplement new basic grants.
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Senate House
Senate
House
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Edith Green
Dore
Pell
Severe Weather Moves East Across Arkansas and Nearby States
The low pressure storm center causing severe weather in Arkansas Monday and Tuesday has shifted eastward and lies over western Tennessee and southern Kentucky. Skies should clear with partly cloudy conditions by Thursday as cooler air spreads southeastward. Light snow possible in southwest Missouri and flurries in northwest Arkansas, with a moderate freeze forecast in northern sections. A new low developing over southern Nevada may bring more precipitation by Thursday afternoon or night. Early temperatures ranged from the mid 30s to mid 50s.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
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Weather Service
Missouri
Nevada
Ranch Sells for Over Half Million Dollars
One of Hempstead’s largest land deals was announced March 29. Vincent Foster of Foster Realty Co. said 3,710 acres known as the old Tom Jones place near Columbus were sold to William Beaumont of Little Rock. Beaumont plans a Grandview Ranch focused on registered Angus cattle and notable improvements.
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Vincent Foster
Foster Realty Co
Tom Jones Place
Columbus
William Beaumont
Little Rock
Beaumont
Grandview Ranch
Oil Portrait Donated to State by Bernard C Nae der
A donated oil portrait titled Patriarch of the Mountain by Bernard C Nae der of Mountain Home has been given to the state. The work won the national senior portrait contest held by the White House Conference on Aging last fall.
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Little Rock
Bernard C. Naeder
Mountain Home
Mountain
White House Conference On
ITT Hearing Sparks GOP Move to Halt Circus
Washington AP Senate Judiciary hearings on Richard Kleindienst as attorney general nominee continue while ITT controversy looms. GOP Leader Hugh Scott calls the proceedings a frantic circus and seeks to end the hearings, citing ITT antitrust settlements and a memo linked to San Diego hosting the 1972 GOP convention.
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ITT
Harold S. Geneen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
Hugh Scott
GOP
Jack Anderson
Anderson
Justice Department
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
San Diego
Geneen
Denver
Tion
Dita D. Beard
Beard
Scott
White House
Kleindienst
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Executive Committee
Eastland
Nixon
Peter Flanigan
Berlin Wall Opens for West Berlin Visitors Today
Berlin opened its border to tens of thousands of West Berliners after six years of restricted contact with East Berlin. Gates at nine crossing points opened before 6 a.m. as families reunited with smiles and hugs amid limited distractions and gift restrictions.
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Associated Press
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Berlin Wall
West Berlin
Klaus Schuetz
Wall
State filings in Democratic primary for Arkansas secretary of state
State Sen. Oscar Alngood of Little Rock and Vernon Whitten of Bearden filed Tuesday for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state. Also filing was Sen. Ben Allen of Little Rock seeking a third term, with others including Rep. Roger Logan Jr., Sen. Morriss M. Henry, Don Brown, Oliver L. Adams Jr., Rep. John P. Bethell, Fletcher Long Jr., Pros. Atty. Walter Wright, Chancellor Robert H. Dudley, Rep. Kenneth R. Camp, Rep. J. B. Smith, and John Gammon Jr. seeking various re‑elections or third terms in districts across the state. The slate reflects follow‑through on reapportionment plans and district placements.
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Little Rock
Oscar Alngood
Vernon Whitten
Bearden
Kelly Bryant
Alagood
Whitten
Ben Allen
Allen
Roger Logan Jr
Harrison
Morriss M. Henry
Fayetteville
Don Brown
Pine Bluff
John P. Bethell
Des Arc
Fletcher Long Jr
Forrest City
Robert H. Dudley
Pocahontas
Kenneth R. Camp
Jonesboro
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Progress on the 29th Kiwanis Show at City Hall Auditorium
Progress is being made toward the April 14 Kiwanis Show at City Hall Auditorium. Veteran funny men Eddie Whitman Guy Grigg Harry Hawthorne and others join newcomer Jim Tate with Larry Patterson as interlocutor. Act lineup includes Jim and Claudie Hart, Barber Shop Quartet and returning specialty acts. Proceeds go to Kiwanis Youth Work and the Golden Age Club.
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City Hall Auditorium
Eddie “Axle Grease” Whitman
Guy ‘Perpetual
Grigg
Harry
Hawthorne
Andy
Caldwell
Horace ‘‘Lienin” Fuller
Jim
Claudie Hart
Barber Shop
Nancy Ross
Lowell Harris
Hubert Shirley
Larry Keel
Bobbye
Dean Murphy
Luke
Duke
W. H. Peterson, Jr
Winfred Huckabee
Kiwanis
Golden Age Club
Big Chains Called in on High Meat Prices
Treasury Secretary Connally summoned executives from 12 large food chains in a closed Texas chat as the Nixon administration moves to curb rising meat prices. The Cost of Living Council outlined four fronts including IRS compliance surveys of meat packing firms, probes of wholesalers, and scrutiny of 17 manufacturers with annual sales over 100 million dollars to uncover illegal markups and profiteering. Major chains named include A&P Safeway Kroger Acme Markets National Tea Jewel Companies Lucky Stores Grand Union Allied Super Market Supermarkets General and Stop and Shop.
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Treasury
John B. Connally
Texas
Nixon
Connally
Cost of Living Council
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Great Atlantic & Pacific Co
Safeway Stores Inc
Kroger Co
Acme Markets Inc
National Tea Co
Jewel Companies
Lucky Stores Inc
Grand Union Co
Allied Supermarket Inc
Supermarkets General Corp
First National Stores Inc
Stop and Shop Co
A&p
Safeway
Kroger
Acme
Price Commission
Ecologists' Arguments on Gillham Dam Rejected
U S District Judge G Thomas Eisele tentatively rejected ecologists claims that the Army Engineers NEPA environmental impact statement for the Gillham Dam on the Cossatot River in southwest Arkansas failed to be objective. The letter noting the tentative stance was sent to Rich ard S. Arnold, attorney for conservationists opposing the dam.
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Little Rock
U. S. District Court
G. Thomas Eisele
Army Engineers
Gillham Dam
Eisele
Richard S. Arnold
Texarkana
Cossatot River
Arkansas
Arnold
Congress
Fisele
NEPA
Thornton seeks 4th District seat amid food cost concerns
Atty. Gen. Ray Thornton of Sheridan filed for the Democratic nomination in Arkansas 4th District Congress. He cited rising food costs and belief residents feel left out of development as key issues, while noting federal litigation over the Gillham Dam may shape the race.
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Little Rock
Ray Thornton
Sheridan
Congress
Thornton
Richard Mays
el Dorado
Richard Arnold
Texarkana
Rep
David Pryor
U.S. Senate
Jack Coleman
McGehee
Gillham Dam
Arkansas
All Around Town at Millwood Lake and Local Events
Millwood Lake runs just above normal at 259.22 feet with two tainter and two sluice gates discharging 2000 cfs. February visitation reached 159000. Fishing reports cite Treeline Big Bayou Saline Rebels Red Fins purple and black worms for bass and minnows Yellow Jiggs Bitty Bite for crappie. channel catfish slow. Easter singing at Corinth Baptist Church April 2 starts 10 30 with lunch at noon. schools dismiss Friday and Monday for holidays. classes resume April 4. UMY meets tonight at 7 30 at Jack Turner’s home for Easter. Dr Fred Faas of University of Arkansas Medical Center to visit Hope April 4 for physician sessions. Storms bring a tornado watch until 9 pm. rain 0.45 inch. temps 69 and 43. hail reported between Hope and Fulton and at the Experiment Station.
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Millwood Lake
Big Bayou
Hatcher
Cannon Field
Bakers Bend
Hope
Fulton
Nader suit dismissed in ITT Hartford merger case
Hartford judge dismisses Ralph Nader suit challenging the ITT Hartford Fire Insurance merger settlement. ITT, based in New York, said it was gratified by the decision denying Nader’s appeal of former Insurance Commissioner Cotter’s tendering order. Nader’s third attempt to block the ITT Hartford affiliation failed.
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Hartford, Conn
Ralph Nader
Justice Department
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
ITT
New York
Nader
William Cotter
Cotter
Somme
Hartford
Itt-Hartford
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