Kiwanis Farm Week program honors 1971 Farm Family of the Year
Orval Childs, professor at Souther State of Magnolia, spoke at Hope Kiwanis Farm City Week noting an agricultural revolution and that 2 percent of the U.S. population will produce for all. He praised farm families and urged work ethic while Johnny Burke family received a commemorative plaque as 1971 Farm Family of the Year. Carl Hamilton welcomed as new Hope Kiwanis member.
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Kiwanis Club
Orval Childs
Souther State of
Kiwanis Agriculture Committee
K.G. Hamilton
Childs
Christ
U.S
Carl Hamilton
Hope Kiwanis Club
Campaign Issue Aimed at Nixon faces House split
Democrats push to force Nixon veto choice over campaign financing in a bill allowing a 1 tax refund to support parties. Mills, a potential 1976 contender, heads House talks and signals possible support for the checkoff if other tax relief remains intact. He warns a veto would jol t the economy but favors trimming revenue losses toward the House plan.
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Washington
Nixon
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Senate
Congress
Mills
House
U.S
Urban League Receives Grant to Ease Desegregation Costs
The Little Rock Urban League has been awarded 46,746 by the Department of Education to ease the impact of court-ordered school desegregation. The funds come under the 1957 Emergency School Assistance Program Act.
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Little Rockap
Little Rock Urban League
Department of Education
Yale economist E Wight Bakke dies at 68
E Wight Bakke 68 a Yale economics professor and former cochair of the War Labor Board appeals committee in World War II died Monday. He was a noted scholar and public figure in labor policy.
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Wight Bakke
Woodbridge, Conn
E. Wight Bakke
Yale
Cochairman
National War Labor Board
Appeals Committee
Peyton Ford
Washington
Ford
Nine Inches of Snow Reported Across Arkansas
The snowstorm that moved into Arkansas produced a 24 hour snowfall with 4.4 inches in Little Rock, nine inches at Mountain View, five at Harrison, and six to seven inches in higher northern areas. Forecasts expect fair, cooler weather tonight and warmer readings for Thanksgiving with highs in the 50s to 60s. Overnight lows range mid 20s to low 30s. precipitation totals include trace to 0.3 inches in several cities.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Little Rock
Forest Service
Mountain View
Harrison
Texarkana
Fayetteville
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Memphis
Fort Smith
Spy Amendment Defeated in Senate Vote
Washington AFP reports Senator John L McClellan of Arkansas joined the majority to reject an amendment seeking a four billion dollar ceiling on U.S. intelligence spending. The measure failed 6 to 31 with Senator J W Fulbright of Arkansas voting in favor.
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Washington
AFP
John L. McClellan
U.S
Saigon Troops Push Into Cambodia Across Dual Offensives
South Vietnamese forces with U S air support drive into Cambodia on Highway 7 from Krek toward Mimot Snuol and Chup while 1500 troops move along Highway 1 toward Svay Rieng The operation involves more than 20000 troops and signals a broad escalation with hard fighting expected at several rubber plantation towns.
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George
Esper Associated Press
Tay Nenh
Vietnam
Saigon-Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Saigon
Highway 7
Krek
Mimot
Snuol
Chup
Associated Press
J. T. Volkerstorfer
Chrum
Suong
Highway 1
Phnom Penh
Parrot’s Beak
Svay Rieng
Taft-Hartley Action Considered to End Dock Strike
Federal mediator J Curtis Counts says President Nixon may invoke the Taft Hartley Act to force a return to work on the 55 day long shoremen strike at Fast Coast following failed talks. ILA President Gleason says workers would obey a back to work order during a cooling off period. about 45 000 ILA members and 30000 related union members are affected.
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Ken Gepfert
Associated Press
Nixon
J. Curtis Counts
Miami Beach
Fla
Thomas Gleason
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Anthony Scotto
Taft Hartley
Gleason
James Dickman
Council of North Atlantic Shipping Association
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