Move to restrict funding for Cambodian forces in Vietnam era
Page Two reports Senate amendments to bar funding after July 1 for U S troops in Cambodia and for advisers and air support. Senators Cooper Church Dole Gore Kennedy Scott discuss presidential war powers while antiwar forces push for withdrawal deadlines and broader troop limits.
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Very Costly Reading Math Program to Be Launched by GEO
The Office of Economic Opportunity will launch a multimillion dollar experimental reading and math program this fall aimed at poor students in grades 1-3 and 7-9. Six private firms and 24 school districts will participate, with $3.5 to $5.5 million in costs and 12,000 to 17,000 children affected. The project will compare new technologies and incentive-based methods against current teaching, measuring outcomes to judge effectiveness.
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Office on Aging Runs 15 Elder Center Projects in Arkansas
The Arkansas Office on Aging operates 15 local projects to aid the elderly, mostly recreation centers offering activities like quilting ceramics and dominoes. Funding: three year plan with initial 75/25 state federal split, then 60/40, then 50/50, potentially extended for self-sufficiency. Centers exist in North Little Rock Little Rock Deer Salem Fort Smith Camden Fayetteville Clarksville Gassville Jonesboro Newark and Texarkana.
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Final Rites for Walter Reuther
Leaders of industry and government join labor today for the double funeral of Walter P. Reuther 24 year UAW president and his wife May after their death in a charter jet crash along with four others. The rites at Detroit's Ford Auditorium will be broadcast to mourners outside as the bodies are cremated.
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Hope Arkansas Admits Women to On-Campus Housing
The CBC President’s Council voted to provide dormitory rooms for female students beginning in fall terms. Maurelian Hall’s fourth floor will house up to 40 girls with a separate dorm counselor suite. Mrs. Carruth notes closet space and decor needs. security doors will separate male and female areas. One girl has been accepted, about 15 more have applied, and careful admission decisions will be made to maintain a coed living environment.
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Nixon aide Burns outlines economic trends before Congress
Arthur Burns, chair of the Federal Reserve Board and former Nixon domestic adviser, spoke to Congress as the administration faced a flurry of data. Prices rose an annual 5.4 percent in Jan–Mar, production fell 0.3 percent, factory output slid, and the Dow dropped to 684.79. Personal income jumped 17.8 billion in April due to Social Security and federal pay raises, while corporate profits fell and the budget deficit loomed. Treasury officials warned the latest figures did not change the overall picture, with some saying the worst may be over.
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Weather and war notes mix from Far South News
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Friday shows high 86 and low 66 with considerable cloudiness and cooler air through Saturday. Arkansas forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms, diminishing in the west and north, with tonight’s low 50s northwest to 60s elsewhere and Saturday’s high mainly in the 70s. In Vietnam, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces continue operations in Cambodia near Saigon, with thousands deployed, casualties reported on both sides, and battalion-level movements described amid a broader drive to disrupt North Vietnamese bases across the border. An accompanying photo features Mary Turner presenting a nursing scholarship to Cheryl Tyer at Hope High, with other officials present.
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Cool Air Spreads Across Arkansas as Front Moves In
The Associated Press reports a cooler trend for Arkansas over the next two days as a cold front crosses the state. Showers and thunder showers are expected tonight and Saturday with clearing by Saturday afternoon. Highs Thursday ranged from 86 in Little Rock Memphis and Jonesboro to 80 in Harrison, with varied overnight lows in Fayetteville Harrison Jonesboro Pine Bluff Texarkana El Dorado Memphis Little Rock and Fort Smith. Precipitation totaled .19 inch at Fayetteville in the past 24 hours.
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Justice Dept to Probe Augusta Shootings Riots
The Justice Department Civil Rights Division will investigate the deaths of six Augusta Georgia men shot during Monday night riots amid looting and arson connected to the beating death of a Black youth in Richmond County jail. Autopsies were ordered after doctors disagreed on wound counts and shooting angles. The inquiry will assess possible violations of federal civil rights laws. Meanwhile Col John K Stoner was named commanding officer of the Pine Bluff Arsenal replacing Col Clyde L Friar in June.
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$100 a Year Pay Increase for Little Rock Teachers
The Little Rock School Board approved a $100 annual base pay rise for teachers at a special meeting on Thursday. The raise does not apply to custodians, maintenance staff, secretaries, or unclassified supervisors and directors or the superintendent. The total cost is $133,000.
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Weather The Associated Press nationwide forecast list
A garbled weather list shows city by city conditions and temperatures. Around Albany Albuquerque Atlanta and many others report varied skies from clear to cloudy with highs mostly in the 60s to 90s and occasional rain noted in Buffalo Des Moines and Kansas City.
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