Nixon abandons value added tax, cites inflation risk
Washington Star News reports President Nixon reversed his stance on a value added tax. The tax would be pyramided through production and distribution, inflating prices and burdening the poor. Advocates warn Europe’s model misleads, while critics foresee a nationwide turnover tax similar to Spain’s feared cost.
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Washington Star-News Wire Dispatch
Arkansas Gazette
Washington
Nixon
Europe
America
Arkansas
Hall
Spain
Gazette
Washington Star-News
Hijackers to be tried in Havana for Cuba jet incident
Three men who hijacked a Southern Airways jet to Cuba nine days ago will be tried in Havana on extortion and related charges. The hijackers threatened to blow up the plane at Jose Marti airport to force a fuel refueling. The men were captured after a return trip to Havana. extradition remains under discussion.
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George Gedda
Washington
Southern Airways
Cuba
Havana
State Department
U.S
Jose Marti
Henry Jackson
Lewis Moore
Melvin Cale
Charles W. Bray
Democratic chairman clears path for resignation
Washington sources report DNC chair Jean Westwood may resign after a tumultuous period. Possible successors discussed include Robert Straus of Texas and George Mitchell of Maine, with Wallace allies moving to influence the national committee.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Robert Straus
Texas
George Mitchell
Portland
Maine
Sen
Edmund Ss
Afl-Cio
Westwood
John English
DNC
Muskie
Alabama
George C Wallace
National Committee
Charles Snider
Wallace
Democratic Governors Caucus
Congress
McGovern
Inflation Up Three-Tenths In October Across Nation
The October consumer price index rose three-tenths of a percent, producing a 3.7 percent inflation rate over six months. Higher clothing prices drove most of the gain, with used cars, health insurance, and property taxes also cited as contributors. The report notes the rise fell short of Nixon administration targets for under 3 percent by year-end.
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Washington
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Freese
Nixon weighs cabinet reshuffle during Vietnam talks
President Nixon, at Camp David, weighs reshuffle options for Cabinet aides as he receives Kissinger reports on Paris talks with North Vietnam. A meeting with New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller is planned to discuss domestic reorganizations, though Rockefeller is not yet set for a cabinet post.
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Vietnam
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New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Ronald L. Ziegler
Defense
Kenneth Bush
Henry Kissinger
Paris
White House
Kissinger
Courthouse Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
Hempstead County Courthouse offices will be closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving. Revekah Moore a freshman English major from Hope has been named AWS representative at Ouachita Baptist University. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J V Moore Jr of Hope.
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Hempstead County
Revekah Moore
Hope
AWS
Ouachita Baptist University
J.V. Moore Jr
Hempstead County budget approved by JPs in unusual meeting
The Hempstead County Quorum Court approved a 1973 budget of 107128 dollars, up 14413.14 from 1972. New appropriations include 6608 for a Criminal Investigating Unit with federal matching funds, 1000 for county service office salary, 150 monthly for treasurer, 2000 for the School of Hope, 470 for the Blood Bank, 4008 requested for ambulance coordination, and various adjustments to sheriff expenses and health office funding. Several requests including County Extension, Child Development Centers, and regional councils were denied, and Odom was authorized to add courthouse parking and two weigh-station radios. Annual officer reports were approved.
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Hempstead
Sheriff's Office
Harry Hawthorne
School of Hope
City of Hope
Judge Finis
Association of Arkansas Counties
Jps
Hempstead County
Hopewell School
Southside Child Development Center
Red River
Death of Hempstead County Clerk Jim Cole
Hempstead County Circuit Clerk Jim Cole died early today at Branch Hospital after a long illness. Aged 67, he served as circuit clerk for nine years. Born March 31, 1905, he is survived by his widow Leona Upton Cole a daughter Ann Gilbert two Bryan Texas grandsons a sister Mrs Dale Jones and other relatives. Services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Herndon Chapel with Rev Norris Steele, burial in Memory Gardens under Herndon Funeral Home. Pallbearers listed. attorneys in Hope are honorary pallbearers.
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Branch Hospital
Cole
Leona Upton Cole
Ann Gilbert
Bryan
Tex
Dale Jones
Herndon Chapel
Norris Steele
Memory Gardens
Herndon Funeral Home
Jesse Duckett
Harry Hawthorne
Henry Singard
Finis Odom
Carter Sutton
Cecil Delaney
Woodson Baker
Austin Hutson
Hope
Kissinger and Tho plan Paris cease fire talks again
AP reports Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho set a second meeting in a Paris suburb after a five hour session on the Vietnam cease-fire draft. Kissinger conferred with Pham Dang Lam while Hanoi indicates ongoing contact with Viet Cong reps. Thieu remains opposed, seeking full North Vietnamese troop withdrawals and a different supervision council. Rogers meets Sharp on a four nation supervisory force including Canada, Indonesia, Poland and Hungary.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Kissinger
Pham Dang Lam
Saigon
Ese
Thieu
Nixon
Haig
New York
William P. Rogers
Mitchell Sharp
Canada
Indonesia
Poland
Hungary
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Georg
Strauss
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Michael Goldsmith
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Hanoi
Tho
South Vietnam
Council of Communist
Alexander M. Haig Jr
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