Personal income up 17.8 billion in April driven by Social Security
The Commerce Department reports April personal income rose a record 17.8 billion mainly from higher Social Security payments and a 6 percent federal pay raise. Income at an annual rate reached 801.1 billion, up from 783.3 billion in March, with government pay and Social Security including retroactive elements. Private wages fell 1.5 billion, while corporate dividends edged up to 25.3 billion.
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Commerce Department
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Showers Predicted For Arkansas From Texas Flow
The Associated Press reports a warm spell ends as showers and thundershowers move into Arkansas from Texas this afternoon and spread across the state. Warm tonight gives way to cooler air Friday and Saturday with highs from 87 in Jonesboro and Fort Smith to 61 in Harrison.
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Harrison
Camden Plant to Close in May After Defense Cutbacks
Camden Manufacturing Co in Camden Arkansas will shut down about May 30 due to lack of defense contracts. The plant, which opened in November 1966, now employs 250 people after once peaking above 1,000 workers.
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Camden Manufacturing Co
Camden
Saratoga High Honors Graduates Named for 1970
Saratoga High announces co valedictorians Sandra Lively and Janice MeJunkins, saluting salutatorian Donna McCorkle. All three have honor roll records, scholarships, and leadership roles in Glee Club and plays. Janice to Harding College, Sandra to Henderson State, Donna to Atlantic Airline Training. Baccalaureate May 17, Commencement May 22 at 8.00.
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W.F
Bill) Lively
Columbus
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Fred McJunkins
Saratoga
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Joe McCorkle
Janice
Sandra
Saratoga Glee Club
Donna
Harding College
Henderson State Colege
Atlantic Airline Training School
Kansas City
Nixon Daughter Julie Eisenhower Skip Graduation at Smith and Amherst
The White House announced Julie Eisenhower and her husband David Eisenhower will not attend their Smith College and Amherst College graduations. They cited ongoing antiwar protests and said grades qualify them for diplomas without exams.
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Carbondale
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Public Obscenity Brings a Fine in Jonesboro
Ernest Phacker of Black Oak, 22, Arkansas State University student, received a $200 fine and a 10 day suspended jail sentence for public obscenity. The charge followed his on campus arrest May 5 for wearing a sweat shirt with two pen printed words.
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Arkansas Weather Outlook With Scattered Storms Likely
The report notes increasing cloudiness and warm temperatures with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Severe storms possible in the northwest tonight, then a cooler Friday especially in the northwest with highs near 70 to mid 80s southeast. Low temperatures tonight upper 60s northwest to low 70s southeast.
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Experiment Stasion
Arkansas
Five Arrested as NY Cop Seizes Stolen Radios Cargo
WESTFIELD, N.Y. AP Five persons including two Little Rock residents were arrested after a New York police officer stopped to aid a distressed motorist and found a car laden with stolen radios and stereo equipment. Driver Charles Linden 20 from Detroit and four occupants William Jakubee and Jerry Beemer both 18 IT of Ransomville N.Y. Jana Huffaker 18 and Karen Cottery 17 both of Little Rock Ark were taken into custody.
Israel pounds Egyptian, Lebanese targets in Suez raid
Israeli forces and Arab guerrillas clash as two Egyptian MIG 21s are shot down near the Suez Canal while Lebanon rockets hit Kfar Blum and Ramat Naftal. Israel claims 30 guerrillas killed, 15 captured, and major booty taken in a 32 hour operation.
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Haaretz
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Ford Not to Build Plant for Russia
Ford not to build a Russian truck plant after Henry Ford notified the Russian government it is not feasible to proceed. He returned from a nine day visit and said the U S government did not discourage the talks though Defense Secretary Melvin Laird had criticized the venture. Ford asserted the company's competitive position remains strong in worldwide markets.
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Indians Get Paid for Their Florida Land
Miami AP reports the federal government offered 12.3 million dollars to the Seminole Indians for Florida land seized in the 1800s. Tribal leader Joe Dan Osceola called the move a low sum after 20 years of court action, noting deductions for prior expenses and the lack of monthly support from government sources.
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Final rites held for Mrs Linnie Magness in Little Rock
Mrs Linnie Loudermilk Magness 80 of Little Rock died Tuesday. Final rites were held Wednesday at Emmett United Methodist Church with burial in Snell Cemetery. Survived by husband Adolph Magness, son Robert E. Magness of Louisiana, daughters Delton Houston of Little Rock and Jack Bell of LeQueen, a brother Dave Loudermilk of Texas and sisters Ruth White of El Dorado and Will Ellis of Prescott.
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Auto firm to unveil two new cars this fall
A company executive stated the firm will introduce two new car models this fall. Details on names, specs, and pricing were not disclosed.
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Flation
Stock Market Prices Slip Toward Seven-Year Low
New York AP reports stocks extended a downtrend in moderate activity. The Dow Jones average at 10:30 a.m. dropped 4.89 to 688.95 as declines outpaced advances 8 to 1 on the NYSE. Prices slid to a seven year low breaking the 700 level.
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New York Stock Exchange
Fulbright on access and youth policy in Nixon era
Imunications difficulty with Nika and top aides. a GOP source says they cannot reach the White House. The reference echoes Interior Secretary Flicker’s complaint about getting through to Nixon on youth concerns. Senate GOP Leader Hugh Scott presents daily White House casualty and supply reports on the floor.
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GOP
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Nixon
Senate
Hugh Scott
Senators clash over Cambodia funds and veterans groups
Thursday May 14 1970 remarks show Scott crossing White House lines as he seeks a waiver on the funds cutoff for Cambodian operations. He admits lacking White House backing while promoting a news conference with leaders of two veterans organizations who denounce the appropriation limits.
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