Our Daily Sheets Thin on Sharing the Tax Burden
Editor Alex H Washburn voices opposition to raising the Arkansas state sales tax from 3 to 4 percent. He traces four decades of tax policy, arguing the burden shifts to the poor, cites 1930s and 1950s tax battles, and notes clashes with the Arkansas Education Association PTA and Arkansas Gazette. He recalls past support for a sales tax but warns against further increases without broader fiscal reform.
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Alex. H. Washburn
Common Sense
Arkansas
Arkansas Education Association
The
Parent- Teacher Association
Arkansas Gazette
Star
Fort Smith
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
General Assembly
Arkansas Pta
Revenue Department
Soldier testifies to My Lai killings and related fallout
An Army sergeant says he saw American troops kill hundreds of South Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in March 1968 under a company command order. The Cleveland Plain Dealer published photos by Ronald L. Haeberle of the alleged killings. Charges against Lt. Calley and Sgt. Mitchell are noted, with a Pentagon response and mentions of Newsweek. Separate items discuss Haynsworth nomination and a tax strategy critique.
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Associated Press
Ft. Dix
My Lai
Michael Bernhardt
20Th Infantry
11Th Brigade
Cleveland Plain Dealer Today
Ronald L. Haeberle
Cleveland
Haeberle
U. William L. Calley Jr
Miami
Fla
California
Newsweek Magazine
Calley
Senators weigh Haynsworth fate as votes near
A Friday vote on Clement Haynsworth faces a tight deciding line as 44 senators support confirmation, 41 oppose, and 15 remain uncommitted. Jennings Randolph John Sherman Cooper and Charles Mathias plan early announcements while Hatfield Saxbe refuse to disclose until after voting.
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John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Charles M. C. Mathias
Maryland
Mark Hatfield
Oregon Republican
William B. Saxbe
Robio
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Embassy says majority back Nixon peace bid at Paris talks
Paris AP report notes US Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge told the 43rd session that a great majority of Americans support President Nixon's push for peace. Lodge countered Viet Cong charges of US war crimes, offered that Washington willing to consider Hanoi timetable for mutual withdrawal, and warned against pressuring Nixon from his chosen course.
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Michael Goldsmith
Associated Press
PARIS
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vietnam
Nixon
Lodge
United States
Quang Ngai
U.S
Hanoi
Washington
Laird reports stepup of enemy infiltration into South Vietnam
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee there has been a rise in enemy infiltration into South Vietnam in the last two weeks. He declined to give figures, while officials said U.S. combat deaths rose for the second straight week, with more than 100 killed last week. Laird offered no precise troop numbers for future Vietnam plans.
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Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Secreetary of
Melvin R. Laird
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Laird
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Saigon
Two Killed in Collision Near Forrest City Arkansas
In Forrest City Arkansas a crash on gas 70 about three miles west killed two people. The state police identified the dead as Alvin Ross 47 of Marianna and Susie Cotton 62 a passenger in his truck. A third truck struck Ross rear causing it to spin into an oncoming car as Ross tried to turn left.
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Forrest City
Ark
Alvin Ross
Marianna
Susie Cotton
Ross
Welfare Rule Scheduled for Study
The State Welfare Board will study rules linking welfare aid to school attendance after a Carthage school boycott dispute. Welfare Commissioner Len Blaylock noted welfare aid for parents with dependents may be reduced if children miss school while boycott organizers hold classes in area churches.
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Little Rock
State Welfare Board
Carthage
Len Blaylock
Buying New Car Puts Strain on the Family Budget
A New York AP piece notes that buying a new car tests family budgets and even more so relationships. The author describes negotiating with a dealer, balancing color and upholstery desires, and the lure of numerous optional accessories, revealing how choices strain spouses and finances.
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Joy Stilley
NEW York
Paris
Santa Claus Arrives in Hope for Nov 28 Parade
Santa Claus visits Hope on Friday November 28 at 3 00 PM. He arrives by fire truck and parades downtown stopping at 2nd and Main to meet children in streets and shops. The Downtown Merchants Association sponsors, with recordings aired on KXAR at 6 PM and nightly 6 to 7 reading letters left in Santa mail boxes.
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Santa Claus
Santa
2Nd and Main
Downtown Merchants Association
KXAR
Hope
Explorers Link With Mother Ship After Moon Walk
Space Center Houston update details Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Alan Bean completing lunar exploration and docking Intrepid with the mother ship in a tense rendezvous. They maneuvered in an orbital ballet, transferring to Intrepid and preparing to crash- land the craft to study a moonquake detector left earlier.
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Associated Press Space Center
Houston
Charles Conrad Jr
Alan L. Bean
Moon
Richard J. Gordon Jr
Earth
Howard Benedict
Space Center
Dona
Minon
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Conrad
Gordon
Mission Control
Intrepid
Bean
Surveyor
Foes Pin Tax Defeat on Broyles Support
In Rogers Arkansas AP report, opponents of a regional airport tax blame coach Frank Broyles of the Arkansas Razorbacks for helping defeat the two mill tax. Benton County's special election result: 6,597 against, 4,820 for a plan to fund an all-weather airport at Tontitown.
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Rogers, Ark
Frank Broyles
Arkansas Razorbacks
Benton County
Tontitown
Nigerian Plane Down near Lagos Kills 77
A Nigeria Airways VC10 jet from London crashed four miles north of Lagos airport. There were no survivors among 77 aboard. The crash followed loss of radio contact in foggy weather. wreckage lay charred in dense jungle near Lagos.
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Mort Rosenblum
Associated Press
Lagos
Nigeria
Nigeria Airways
London
Dance at VFW Hut on Highway 67 Saturday Night
Community notices report a dance at the VFW Hut on Highway 67 this Saturday night with The Country Boys providing music. Also listed is a church request for return of a borrowed Hoover carpet sweeper and various local events and honors including a fall optometric seminar in Hot Springs, a chicken supper, Eagle Scout achievement, Apollo 12 recovery details on the Hornet, and a note about Arkadelphia vs Hope football history.
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VFW Hut
Country Boys
Don Freeland
Emmett Thompson
Arkansas Optometric Association
Velda Rose Rover
Hot Springs
Jerel W. Ehlert
USN
E.E. Ehlert
Rt. 2
Hope
Ark
Hornet
Samos
Heliscopter
Gates of the quar k region to meet in Fort Smith
The Quarks Regional Commission plans a December 1 meeting in Fort Smith to plan for next year and review the 1969 program. Expected attendees include the governors of Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri, as regional planning agency members. The commission aims to boost salaries and create jobs across 44 Arkansas counties 37 Oklahoma counties seven in Kansas and 44 Missouri counties.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Qearks Regional Commission
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
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Gls
John L. McClellan
U.S Supreme Court
D- Ark
Haynsworth
SUN
Mariner
Red Planet
Sato
AP News Digest
Spencer
Eisaku Sato
Okinawa
Japan
Geneva
Secetary of Defense
Melin R. Laird
Clement F. Haynseworth
Democratic Party
Hyannisport
Mass
Joseph P. Kennedy
Broyles
Bodcan No. 1 Missionary Baptist Church
Douglas
Ladies Auxiliary
First United Pentecostal Church
B.W. Lane
Wendel McCorkle
State College of Arkansas
SCA
Paul Greenberg
Dale McGee
Bossier City
B,b
McGee
Shreveport
Gazette
Arkadelphia Badgers
Bobcats
Gork Grou
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