Nixon wins mock vote at Northeast High School
A reader poll at North Little Rock's Northeast High School, integrated across income areas, sees students favoring Nixon with 291 votes, while McGovern trails at 149 and Wallace at 152. Faculty votes differ, with Nixon 17 to McGovern 19. The mock election followed Nixon'sVietnam era actions.
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Richard Nixon
Vietnam
North Little Rock
Northeast High School
Nixon
George McGovern
Ed Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
McGovern
George Wallace
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Arkansas Democrat
Drop in Food Prices for April
The Agriculture Department reports the market basket of food fell by 9 dollars in April, with farmers bearing 3 and middlemen 6. Year over year, the basket costs 0.7 percent more than January and 3.7 percent more than last April, despite a 0.2 percent grocery price drop cited by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S
The
Price Commission
Income of Churches Is Dropping
New York AP reports Belt tightening hits American churches as giving fails to keep pace with inflation. In three years religious giving rose 13.5 percent while inflation reached 16 percent, shrinking church purchasing power and prompting budget cuts, staff reductions, and program curtailments. 1971 gifts totaled 8.6 billion but a smaller share of total philanthropy, dropping from 42.6 percent in 1970 to 40.7 percent in 1971, with much money shifting to civic cultural and health groups.
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New York
U.S.A
American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel
Harlan F. Lang
Lang
Claim Filed Against Prison Over Inmate Death
LITTLE ROCK AP A 240119 claim filed with the state Claims Commission by Gerald Bittle’s parents accuses the Department of Correction of negligence. He died January 3 1971 after a brutal beating in Cummins Prison Farm isolation cell. inmates Presley Hills and Ira Wallace received life and death sentences respectively.
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Little Rock
State Department of Correction
Gerald Bittle
Cummins Prison Farm
Orvil Bittle
Route 3
Heber Springs
State Claims Commission
Bittle
Presley Hills
Ira Wallace
Hills
Wallace
Balancing Urban Rural Growth Is Bumpers Goal
Arkansas Governor Dale Bumpers told the Arkansas Manpower Conference in Hot Springs that he aims to balance urban and rural growth and strengthen communities from all angles. He urged citizen involvement in manpower programs and criticized Washington plans. The campaign stop featured monitoring by Deloss Walker Advertising and filming for statewide TV on election eve.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas Manpower Conference
Arkansas
Russellville
Bumpers
Washington
Deloss Walker Advertising Agency
Memphis
Little Rock
Q. Byrum Hurst
Senior Citizens Center
Chamber of Cirece
Middle Age Years Have Consoling Rewards
HAL BOYLE argues middle age brings consoling rewards and steadier pleasures. It ends frantic dating, reduces party bravado, and curbs money worries while offering calmer joy in family growth and appreciating life's quiet architecture.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Daffy
Endorsement Could Shrink McClellan Vote Says Boswell
West Memphis businessman Ted Boswell claimed on Thursday that a endorsement by former Representative E C Took of Gatnings might reduce support for Senator Joan McClellan of Arkansas in the reelection bid. Boswell spoke about potential vote loss and political dynamics in Little Rock.
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Little Rock
E C
Gatnings
West Memphis
Joan Lo McClellan
Lark
Ted Boswell
Bryant
Nixon Tours Leningrad After Moscow Summit
President Nixon left Moscow for a one day sightseeing trip to Leningrad with Mrs Nixon. The visit included a cemetery ceremony at Piskaryov and a drive through the city to the Mariinsky Palace for lunch. The trip continued to Pavlovsk before returning to Moscow for a Kremlin evening.
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Moscow
Nixon
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Kiev
Ukraine
Iran
Poland
Piskaryov
Neva Delta
Mariinsky Palace
Summer Palace
Nixons
Kremlin
U.S
GOP Meet Rent Clash Prompts Media Shifts
News coverage at the Miami Beach convention center faces a $1.5 million rental demand for space, with networks the only buyers while The Associated Press and United Press International plan to relocate equipment to cut costs. Smaller outfits may save less but still benefit.
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Donald Sanders
Associated Press
Washington
Miami Beach Convention Center
U.S
United Press International
Convention Hall
Networks face high costs to dismantle and store gear
Major networks warn dismantling and reinstallation after the convention would take over 30 days. City officials plan to keep booths in hall with rental debates ongoing. Each network faces about 180000 in storage rent plus possibly 100000 more to dismantle and reassemble equipment. They appeal to RNC chair for relief, arguing they should not pay for idle gear storage.
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The
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
Clifford O'Key
Bob Dole
Republican National Committee For Relief
Davis Trial Recessed for Week End
Jurors enjoy a four day weekend as closing days approach in the Angela Davis murder kidnap conspiracy trial. Judge Arnas on and lawyers met in closed session on final jury instructions and potential rebuttal testimony. Deliberations may start next week with final arguments possible Wednesday.
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Edith M. Lederer
Associated Press
San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Superior Court
Richard E. Arnason
Albert Harris Jr
Harris
Miss Davis
Unconventional Volunteers Back Muskie Campaign in Washington
In Washington three Muskie aligned headquarter sites host unpaid volunteers who answer phones on dim switchboards and argue for Muskie’s continued candidacy. Betsy Boyce Sarah Morgan Nina Cohen and others describe loyalty and hopes for delegate support in Miami Beach, amid doubts about a brokered convention and party reforms shaping the race.
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Mike Shanahan
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Fann Harvey
Muskie
Sarah Morgan
Betsy Boyce
Nina Cohen
Betty Ramsey
Air Force
Toyalty
Bustor Sens
Edmund S. Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Harvey
Maryland
Miami Beach
McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Miss Boyce
George McGovern
Democratic Party
Half of OTC drug labels fail to prove claims
The National Academy of Sciences finds fewer than half of 158 labeled claims on 96 nonprescription drugs are fully supported. Of 158 claims, 36 are effective and 31 effective with reservations. 28 probably effective. 52 possibly effective. 6 rejected as ineffective. five products lack any claims. The FDA delays action pending broader safety standards for 420 OTCs and 400,000 nonprescription drugs.
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John Stowell
Associated Press
Washington
National Academy of Sciences
Academy
National Research Council
Food and Drug Administration
NAS
FDA
United States
Allies Stop Second Tank Assault at Kontum and Saigon
Allied forces halted a second tank assault on Kontum as heavy fighting raged along Highway 13 near An Loc and Hue. U.S. gunships and ground troops reported high casualties on both sides, with official tallies showing hundreds killed and wounded amid the broader Southeast Asian combat. In Memphis, Sheriff Roy Nix announces auctions of confiscated pistols dubbed Saturday Night Specials to fund the county.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Central Highlands
Kontum
Pleiku
U.S
South Vietnam
My Chanh
Hue
Quang Tri Province
An Loc
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
da Nang
South China Sea
Khe Sanh
Hanoi
Hong Kong
North Vietnam
Yen Bai
Memphis, Tenn
Shelby County
Roy Nixon
Aprl
Nixon
Bad Lady
Von
Shelby Coun
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