Controls on Small Firms Are Lifted Nationwide
Washington AP The government lifted wage and price controls from millions of small businesses and small government units generally 60 or fewer employees. Health and construction sectors kept controls. rent controls unchanged. The move aims to reduce regulatory red tape and affects about five million exempt firms vs 1.5 million previously. It covers $500 billion in annual sales and 19 million payroll workers.
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Court Rejects ABA News Guidelines
LITTLE ROCK AP The state Supreme Court rejected proposals to restrict release and publication of criminal matters. Justice Lyle Brown said Arkansas had no proven problem in court news dissemination and questioned constitutional validity. The Arkansas Bar Association sought five rules affecting courts attorneys and papers amid opposition from press groups. The court affirmed freedom of the press and right to impartial trial, noting balance is needed but expressing doubt about constitutionality of all proposed provisions.
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Americans Evacuate Advisers From Quang Tri City
AP dispatch reports all American advisers were evacuated from the besieged Quang Tri City as North Vietnamese pressure grew. Up to 89 advisers were in the provincial capital, with helicopters employed despite intense anti aircraft fire. No losses or final destinations were confirmed.
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Corporate ties slip through on fund raising groups
An AP investigation finds that more than 600 registration statements filed since the new federal election law took effect show 24 committees with officers who also hold corporate posts. Ten failed to disclose, including Gulf Oil and Union Oil, while others noted affiliations. Officials cite bylaws permitting broad donor bases, with few employees restricted.
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General Accounting Office
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Ilinois Central Industries
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General American Transportation
Quaker Oats
Wilson
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TEC
Showers Are Due Across Arkansas After Thunderstorms
The Associated Press reports thunderstorms, some severe, swept Arkansas today and are forecast to end by Tuesday. A cold front will bring decreasing clouds and cooler highs in the upper 40s to upper 50s tonight, with Tuesday's high in the 70s. Rainfall is expected near one inch statewide, with heavier amounts possible in stronger storms. 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. recorded totals include Fayetteville 1.34 inches, Harrison 1.4, Jonesboro .57, Memphis 1.05, Little Rock .07, Fort Smith trace.
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National Weather Service
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Harrison
Jonesboro
Memphis
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Fort Smith
Centennial Meeting for Hope's 100th Birthday Planned
City of Hope invites residents to a town hall meeting on Tuesday May 2 at 7:00 p.m. at Hope City Hall to form committees for centennial events. General Chairman Haskell Jones will oversee volunteer roles including Historical Program Events Property Advertising Publicity Finance Religious Sports Agricultural Merchants Music Pageantry Industrial and Supply. A proposed calendar of events will be discussed and acted upon by the new committees.
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Hope City Hall
Haskell Jones
Kelly Bryant
Hempstead Candidates Draw for Ballot Position
Hempstead County Democratic Central Committee met April 29 in Hope City Hall to draw names for the May 50 Preferential Primary ballot. The order includes U.S. Senator Pryor, Johnson, McClellan, Boswell. Congress 4th District Thornton, Coleman, Arnold, Mays. Governor Bumpers, Davis, Byrum, Hurst, Harbour, Gibbs. Attorney General Thompson, Tucker. Secretary of State Bryant, Rigel, Alagood, Whitten. Land Commissioner Jones, Roark. Prosecuting Attorney 8th District Young, Smith. County Judge Sutton, Henley, Odom. Tax Assessor Easterling, Garrett. County Clerk Turnage McMurrough, House. Central Committeeman Spring Hill Kidd, Tarpley. Mayor McAskill Adams, Epperson. McAskill Alderman three positions filled by Honeycutt, West, Spicer, Moses, Gaines, Clendenen.
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Fall of Quang Tri Biggest Red Victory
Saigon reports South Vietnamese provincial capital Quang Tri fell to North Vietnamese forces after five days of heavy fighting. It marks Hanoi's largest victory in a 38-day offensive, with terrain and key rice crops now in enemy hands along the central coast and Highway 1 severed north of Da Nang.
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Kontum
Highlands
Arkansas Weekend Highway Toll Reaches Eleven Dead
The Arkansas highway death toll climbed to 11 after a Sunday night U S 64 wreck. State Trooper Joe Jacobs named the deceased as 17 year old Janette Spradlin of near Russellville and Howard Dean Thompson of Altus. Spradlin was alone in her car while Thompson rode with another driver. The Spradlin car was said to be attempting a pass on a hill crest when the two vehicles collided on the shoulder.
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U.S
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Janette Spradlin
Russellville
Howard Dean Thompson
Altus
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Thompson
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Nixon says no ground troops to Vietnam war
President Nixon told a Texans crowd at Connallys ranch that no U S ground forces will be recommitted to the war in South Vietnam and bombing will be limited to military targets. He warned Hanoi faces great risk from its current offensive and urged continued U S air and naval support for Saigon.
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Money Housing Probe Launches by G C Thelen Jr
Congressional investigators launch a double-barreled probe into the FHA inner city homeownership program losses and scandal. Hearings in the House and Senate will examine alleged financial institutions aiding speculators who plundered the FHA by selling decrepit houses to poor families at high profits. The Senate antitrust subcommittee will focus on the New York City case involving Dun & Bradstreet and others, while a House subcommittee probes Philadelphia Detroit Chicago and other cities. Mortgage companies banks and insurers are named as profits from these schemes, with appraisers bribed and families forced to abandon repaired homes after rising repair costs.
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St Louis
Doctor Bulloch to Visit Hope Area on May Second
Dr Robert Bulloch of the University of Arkansas Medical Center will meet local doctors in Hope on May 2. He is a consultant in the University Medical Extension Service and will discuss new techniques taught at the Medical Center during sessions assisting area physicians.
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University of Arkansas Medical Center
Hope
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University Medical Extension Service
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Secret Peace Talks Tip Reopens in Paris
Le Duc Tho, North Vietnam negotiator, returned to Paris via Cairo and Moscow and said he was ready to continue negotiations. Colleagues predicted a new round of secret Vietnam talks may begin soon, despite U.S. silence. Tho rejected Porter's demand to start with South Vietnam invasion as the right of self defense.
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le Duc Tho
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