GM Hikes Prices on All Models
General Motors raises average new car prices by $24 to reflect a seven tenth of one percent increase in suggested retail prices. The move, effective immediately, follows the UAW contract kickoff and accompanies resumed production after a strike, with some models up to $40 and others down by $18 while Vega 300 stays at $2,091.
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Stephen H. Wildstrom
Associated Press
Detroit
General Motors
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Ford
Chrysler
Three Americans Among Deaths In Air Collision
In the Me Kong Delta a light U S and a South Vietnamese helicopter collided near Binh Thuy air base about 80 miles south of Saigon. Initial field reports state three Americans and fourteen Vietnamese were killed and there were no survivors. The Army Beaver had just taken off from the base.
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Saigon
U.S
Mekong Delta
Binh Thuy
Army Beaver
Quiz on the first lame duck Congress and regional quizzes
The Hope Star presents the People and Places Quiz focusing on the return of the lame duck session. It guides readers to Page 4 for five questions with answers on Page 3 and offers daily one-question quizzes.
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Hope Star
People and Places
Congress
WEC
First National Bank
Farm Belt Senators Hold Strategy Session Over Trade Issue
Farm Belt senators meeting with manufacturing allies plan to block a House trade bill impacting 700000 jobs and 6.6 billion dollars of farm exports annually. White House aides noted limited progress with Japan on voluntary textile restraint, while the bill targets textiles shoes oil quotas mink skins and certain chemicals.
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Washington
U.S
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
Japan
Inflation Pushes Cost of Living Up in October
Washington reported October living costs rose six-tenths of one percent the sharpest in six months. Average weekly pay for about 45 million workers slipped 33 cents to 121.03 as the work week shortened and purchasing power fell 2.5 percent from a year earlier. Grocery prices dropped three-tenths, while the Federal Home Loan Bank plans over 1 billion to lower mortgage rates next year. The CED urged voluntary wage and price guidelines to curb inflation.
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Washington
White House
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Home Loan Bank
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Man Found Dead Near Springdale
Denver Skaggs aged 29 from near Springdale was found dead about 100 yards behind his home. Washington County Sheriff said death appeared from a skull fracture and that a tree likely fell on him. The incident occurred Monday.
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Ark
Denver
Skaggs
Bill Long
Washington County
Man At Mercy Of The Things He Built To Please
HAL BOYLE surveys modern life noting how the automobile airplane and plastics promise ease yet threaten nerves with crowded traffic and hurried living He muses on philosophy love work and wealth in a wry Thanksgiving era column with aphorisms and satirical vignettes about society and human foibles.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Spending Bill Veto Upheld in Senate
The Senate sustained President Nixon's veto of a campaign broadcasting spend ing bill by a 58-34 margin, short of two-thirds. The veto leaves Congress with a pledge for broader political reforms next year as Kennedy and Scott weigh options to revive the measure.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Senate
Nixon
Chamber
Congress
Fulton Open Wednesday 1 30 to Hope segment opens
A 12.3 mile section of Interstate 30 from the Red River at Fulton to the junction with Arkansas 4 at Hope is slated to open Wednesday. The Highway Department says this completes 1 30 to Hope and leaves 16.1 miles to Prescott unfinished with completion expected in 1972.
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Livile Rock
Red River
Fulton
Arkansas 4
Hope
Highway Department
Prescott
Invasion of Guinea Seems Over
Radio Conakry reported new attempts by Portuguese fascists and mercenaries to land in Guinea during the night after weekend hostilities appeared to end. Travelers in Abidjan said invasion fleet sailed away and Guinea urged citizens to return to work while keeping weapons ready.
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Liberia
Radio Conakry
Guinea
Httle
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Sekou Toure
Federal Home Loan Bank to push down mortgage rates
President Nixon faces mixed signals as the Federal Home Loan Bank plans to inject 85 million through the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp to buy federally guaranteed mortgages. The move aims to ease the high rate burden, while the Committee for Economic Development urges voluntary wage price guidelines to curb inflation, a plan the administration views as unworkable without broader controls.
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Preston Martin
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp
Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank
Nixon
Committee For Economic Development
Hope Star Observes Thanksgiving Holiday Closure
The Hope Star will suspend publication on Thursday, November 26, in observance of Thanksgiving. Regular issues resume Friday, November 27, with July 4 and Christmas remaining the other two holidays observed annually.
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Hope Star
Warming Trend Expected Across Arkansas
The Associated Press notes a slight warming trend in Arkansas as a high pressure system over Oklahoma shifts east. Morning readings ranged from near 10 degrees in the northwest to teens and low 20s elsewhere. Temperatures were forecast to rise into the upper 40s to low 50s today with lighter winds, then upper 40s to upper 50s Wednesday. No precipitation was recorded in the 24 hours to 6 am, but a northwest cold front could bring rain Thursday or Friday.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tornado Damage Estimated at 25000 in Benton County
Rogers Ark AP- Harley True Benton County Civil Defense director said a tornado that touched down last Thursday caused 25000 in damages. Roofs blew off several houses and no trailer homes were blown from their foundations in Spen sy rings.
Senate Doves Stirred Over Raids
Senator J W Fulbright with Edward M Kennedy and George S McGovern denounced weekend U S commando raid near Hanoi and air strikes. They argued the actions amount to a major escalation that could sharply intensify the war and reveal a move toward military victory rather than diplomacy.
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Carl P. Learsdorf
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Nixon
Senate
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Edward M. Kennedy
George S. McGovern
Arkansas Democrat
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
See SENATE DOVES The Starving Pakistanis Didn't Wait
AP report from Dacca describes U S relief workers led by Ambassador Joseph S. Farland to Char Chubcia in the Ganges delta where a cyclone left two million survivors. Refugees surged for aid, damaging two helicopters brakes and injuring a man. Farland withdrew to a helicopter as 30 Americans based near Maijdi distributed food and two doctors. The cyclone's death toll surpassed 150,000 and rising.
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Ganges River
Maijdi
Farland
Henry Wiley Mosely
U.S. Keeps Open Possibility of More Raids
Pentagon sources say the United States may mount additional commando raids to free American prisoners in North Vietnam. A daring but fruitless weekend operation near Hanoi was announced by Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, prompting questions about Nixon administration policy and POW negotiations.
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Washington
Pentagon
United States
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Senate
Laird
Jeader
Air Force
Son Tay
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Removal urged for correction commissioner Sarver
State Sen. Clarence Bell of Parkin urged that Correction Commissioner Robert Sarver be removed before prison reforms proceed saying a fresh administrator is needed. Sarver refused to quit, saying he would not be browbeaten. He is due to present a budget proposal Monday at a Legislative Council meeting.
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Little Rock
Clarence Bell
Parkin
Robert Sarver
Bell
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Sarver
El Dorado Man Charged With Manslaughter Over Jail Death
James Robert Frazier, 27, of El Dorado was charged with manslaughter in the death of Douglas H. Manor, 52, of Norphlet, at the El Dorado city jail. Manor was struck on the head, police said.
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EL Dorado, Ark
James Robert Frazier
el Dorado
el Dorado City
Frazier
Douglas H. Manor
Norphlet
R. E. Pennington
Manor
Deer kill season opens with 265 bag limit in Hempstead County
Hempstead County Game Warden Bev Waller announced the first season deer take reached 265. The Buck and Doe season starts Thursday and runs through Saturday with no dogs allowed. Navy WAVE Susan A. Faulkner, daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil F. Fincher Sr of Hope Arkansas, graduated from Naval Hospital Corps School at Great Lakes Illinois. She is a 1967 Hope High School graduate. Mrs Robert Vandivere underwent surgery Monday at St Michael’s Hospital in Texarkana. J W Keen, Saratoga High School graduate, completed Basic Police Training in East Camden and will join Texarkana Arkansas Police Department as patrolman. All local public schools dismiss at 2 pm Wednesday for Thanksgiving. no school Thursday and Friday, return Monday November 30. Hempstead County Ducks Unlimited chapter will hold Mulligan supper at the Coliseum Tuesday at 7 pm with prizes including a shotgun. Mississippi Flyway regional director Don Thompson will show a film on Pintails. Hope Fire Department responded to a car fire on Avenue A and Elm Street. owner Ernestine Johnson, limited damage. Town & Country Day in Hope and Hempstead with free parking all day. At Kiwanis Club luncheon, Hempstead Farm Family of the Year Dick Lively family of Washington will be honored. Mrs Dorothy Johnson of First United Methodist Church Youth and Junior Choirs asks members to meet after school Wednesday around 2:15 pm. practice ends at 3:30 pm.
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Hempstead County
Bev Waller
Navy Wave
Susan A. Faulkner
Cecil F. Fincher Sr
North Louisiana St
Hope, Ark
Naval Hospital Corps School
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Hope High School
Ducks Unlimited
Don Thompson
Mississippi
Hope and Hempstead
Kiwanis Club
Hempstead Farm
Richard E
Dick) Lively
Washington
Dorothy Johnson
First United Methodist Church
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