Present Danger coalition backs bigger defense budget
A cross party group forms the Committee on the Present Danger to bolster the Defense Department budget and warn of Soviet military strength. Key figures include Paul H. Nitze and Henry Fowler with Lane Kirkland and David Packard guiding the effort. They urge firm action to avoid diminished alliances and a split global posture, signaling possible hard choices ahead.
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Jimmy Carter
Defense Department
Carter
Paul H. Nitze
Defense
Johnson
Nitze
Washington
Henry H. Fowler
the Treasury
Lane Kirkland
Aflcio
David Packard
U.S
Soviet Union
China
Mr. Carter
Eugene Rostow
Native craft revival powered by Arkansas guilds and shops
The Ozark Foothills Handicraft Guild built a statewide network including Sylamore Creek Craft Shop near Mountain View and sister shops in Heber Springs and Hardy. Since 1961 the guild grew from 30 members to about 400, promoting authentic early day crafts through shows, shops, and the Arkansas Crafts subsidiary at the Folk Center.
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Sylamore Creek
Mountain View
Ark
Seven Springs
Heber Springs
Sugar Creek
Hardy
Ozark Foothills Handicraft Guild
Arkansas Crafts, Inc
Ozark Folk Center
Arkansas
Garlinburg
Tenn
Batesville
Rackensack Folklore Society
Guild
Leo Rainey
Area Cooperative Extension Service
Martha Crocker
Greers Ferry
Andy Williams
Ozarks
Ozark Foothills
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism
State Capitol
Little Rock
Rural areas see comeback as cities lose appeal says United Methodist bishop
Bishop Jack M. Tuell of Portland argues that rural regions gain cultural and religious strength as urban centers decline. He cites church growth in small towns, more educated rural members, and a shift in demographics and industry dispersal driving the trend.
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United Methodist
Jack M. Tuell
Portland
Ore
Tuell
United Methodists
Quake toll climbs as aid reaches eastern Turkey
Death toll in Muradiye area nears 4,000 with 1,400 wounded in Muradiye alone. International airlift delivers tents blankets and food while snowbound roads hamper rescues. Caldiran is hardest hit with only two buildings standing and 450 survivors from 3,000. Saudi Arabia pledges 5 million. Districts shift to hospital care in Van as relief expands.
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Muradiye
Turkey
Mevlut Sivasoglu
Erzincan
Van
Turhan Feyzioglu
Caldiran
Mehmet Zeki
Red Crescent
Red Cross
Tion
Incirlik Air Base
U.S
West Germany
Iran
Italy
Saudi Arabia
Steel price hikes spread as demand supports gains
Four more steel firms raised sheet steel prices by 15 to 20 a ton effective Dec 1, bringing the week’s total to six. The increases average about 6 percent, affecting autos and appliances, with U S Steel and Bethlehem not joining. production fell 4.1 percent to 2.21 million tons the week ending Nov 20, while Armco and Wheeling-Pittsburgh reported improving bookings.
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U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Armco Steel
Middletown
Ohio
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Youngstown
Inland Steel
Chicago
National Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Ford
Council
White House
Scott
Wheeling-Pittsburgh
National
American Iron and Steel Institute
Carter Mulls Kissinger as Special Diplomatic Envoy
President-elect Jimmy Carter may ask Henry Kissinger to serve as a special envoy for Middle East diplomacy, with Jody Powell saying Carter would not find it improper to enlist Kissinger if fitting. Powell notes past presidents have recruited prominent figures for such chores. Carter may attend a NATO session in London next May, but no overseas travel planned in year one.
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Kissinger
Powell
Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Carter
Middle East
NATO
London
Washington
Stolen car bust on I 30 ends with marijuana find
State Police arrested a man and a boy on Interstate 30 in Clark County after spotting a case of beer in a stolen vehicle. Ten pounds of marijuana were found in the car. The driver Joel Eichler of Stuttgart faced pending marijuana for sale charges. both suspects were jailed in Arkadelphia.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Inerstate
Clark County
W. R. Loyd
Robert Gibbs
Glen Owens
Gibbs
Loyd
Joel Eichler
Stutt
Caldwell Cleared in Larceny by Bailee Case
Bentonville Arkansas AP Circuit Court Judge William Enfield directed a verdict of acquittal Friday for state Senator Jim Caldwell of Rogers on a larceny by bailee charge. The judge found the evidence did not show Caldwell acted as a bailee but that he had legal title to the stock involved. Caldwell, eight-year state senator, thanked the court and praised Prosecutor Gary Kennan as fair.
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Bentonville, Ark
William Enfield
Jim Caldwell
Rogers
Caldwell Enfield
Caldwell
Alston Jennings
H. William Allen
Little Rock
Enfield
Gary Kennan
Union predicts victory at Monroe GM plant vote
The United Auto Workers forecast a win in the Monroe Louisiana Guide Division plant election set for December 22. UAW notes 58 percent of the 600 workers signed cards seeking representation and cites 99.9 percent of GM workers covered by a UAW contract nationwide.
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Monroe
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
UAW
Carlton Horner
Horner
Guide Division
Southem
Soviet Women Loses Femininity Warned by Readers
The Literary Gazette reports dozens of angry readers claim liberated Soviet women have forsaken femininity, becoming crude and masculine in dress, speech, smoking, drinking, and sex. Readers cite World War II images and postwar statistics showing women at about half of collective farm and factory labor.
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Moscow
Literary Gazette
Soviet Union
Grigory Molodtsov
Volzhsky
A. Arkilov
Nikolayev
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Little Rock, Ark
Otis
Iris
Times
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Delbert Allen
Allen
Kennan
McIlroy Bank of
Fayetteville
Jennings
State Senate
Union
Soviets
J.L. Powell
Hempstead County
Hope
First Baptist Church
Hal A. Coones
B.C. Daniels
Leonard Ellis
Olin Lewis
Herndon Funeral Home
Rose Hill Cemetery
Theron H. King
James A. Lewis
Jerry Jackson
Joe Mercer
David Roy Lewis
Hubert Barksdale
Joe Hart
Clyde Browning
Allyene Powell
Raceland
Methodist Church
Nevada County
Mike Powell
Prescott
Philip Levin
Lorene Jodra Jordan
Kilgore
Tex
Prescott Funeral Home
Bluff City
Alma G. Barnes
Alma Gilleysen Barnes
Murfreesboro
Nashville
Delight Church of Christ
Corb Manning
Lynn Matheny
Delight Cemetery
Latimer Funeral Home
J. Carlos Barnes
Wylma Jester
Garrett Gilleglen
Delight
Nora Wilson
Texarkana
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