Budget Calls for Deeper Troop Cut
Defense officials warn deeper cuts to U.S. troop strength are needed amid a projected budget deficit and expected Congress veto. The administration cites a $1.3 billion deficit for 1971 and Mahon signals at least $1 billion in cuts, while Nixon’s budget targets 1.9 million armed services personnel and 1.1 million civilian workers.
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Fred
Hoffman
Washington (Ap
U.S
Congress
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Cambodia
Nixon
Melvin, R. Laird
Defense Department
Nixon Administration
George Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
United States
Vietnam
Snowmobile Replaces Old-Time Sled Dogs in Alaska
AP News features writer Jules Loh traces how snowmobiles transform life across Alaska from Point Barrow to Kotzebue. Eskimos praise cleaner, broader mobility while dog teams decline. for many, snowmobiles serve as arctic family cars enabling kids to school, workers to rigs, and families to theaters, reshaping settlement patterns and daily life.
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Jules Loh
Point Barrow
Alaska
Bob Poole
Arctic
Seward Peninsula
Nome
Prudhoe Bay
Arctic Ocean
Kotzebue
Eben Hopson
Civb
Barrow
Bill Leavitt
Arestle
Cape Halknett
Robert Atwood
Anchorage
Arkansas Weather Report Sees Warmth and Thunder Showers
Weather station reports 24 hour period ending 7 am Monday with high 90 and low 62. Forecast for Arkansas calls for partly cloudy skies and continued warmth through Tuesday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers. Temperatures expected in the 80s to low 90s during today and Tuesday. tonight’s low in the 60s.
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Arkansas
Weather Elsewhere Report Shows Varied Conditions Across Cities
Weather data lists multiple cities with observed conditions and temperatures. Notable figures include Albany rain 74 high 74 low 50, Albuquerque cloudy 88 61, Denver cloudy 77 47 with 0.5 inches, Juneau rain 56 43, Jacksonville rain 83 69 1.08, Omaha cloudy 85 52, Portland Maine cloudy 70 44, Portland Oregon clear 80 52, Seattle clear 73 55, Washington cloudy 88 65 0.76, Winnipeg cloudy 70. Missing entries noted as M or 1,8 M.
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Helena
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Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk
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San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
McClerkin Announces Run for Arkansas Governor
Hayes McClerkin, House Speaker from Texarkana, launches Democratic campaign for Arkansas governor. He cites distrust in government and calls for sacrifice to heal state leadership. Biography notes 1960s service, Navy background, law career, and civic leadership in Texarkana and Miller County.
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Little Rock
Hayes McClerkin
Texarkana
Arkansas
Jonesboro
Fort Smith
McClerkin
Arkansans
Miller County
Smith, Stroud, McClerkin & Conway
House of Representatives
Texarkaena
Lions Club
Tor
University of Arkansis
He American
Lillian Riggs
Martha
Katherine
Lauren
McClerkins
First Presbyterians Church of
Toxarkana
Hayes
Nixon seeks $18 billion debt limit increase
The Nixon administration asks Congress to raise the debt ceiling from 377 billion to 395 billion due to lower than expected tax receipts. Without action, the limit would drop to 365 billion on July 1. Treasury Secretary Kennedy cites reduced current year and next year revenues and ongoing inflation controls. The telegraph’s political use note and Polk nomination flash are added historical context.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy
NOSE TO NOSE TURTLE AT NASSAU AQUARIUM
YELLVILLE Ark AP Marion County residents denied a private club mixed drink permit accuse the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of discrimination. La Pintura Club applicant Charles H Muntzell intends to refile within a year and may close his Yellville restaurant due to insufficient support amid a dry county opposition fight.
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Yellville
Ark
Marion County
Arkansas Alcoholc Beverage Control Board
ABC
la Pintura Club
Little Rock
Charles H. Muntzell
Muntzell
Bombers Hit Buildup of Enemy Force
In South Vietnam near the DMZ U S B12 bombers dropped nearly 2000 tons on North Vietnamese base camps and staging areas while South Vietnamese troops engaged a force moving across Laos and the DMZ. American battlefield deaths reached 1425 days of operations in Cambodia with about 201 killed and 756 wounded among U S forces.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Danang
Dmz
Laos
6Th Marine Regiment
da Nang
101St Airborne Division
A Shan
Hue
108Th
U.S
Chup Rubs Ber
Indochina
Kompong Cham
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