Tax-Exempt Bonds Critique and Constitutional Omission Confusion
Printer concerns over a missing section number in the Arkansas Constitution draft prompt scrutiny. Editors verify no text omission across issues while noting revisions, with officials citing tax-exempt local bonds as a broader issue. The piece contrasts effects on yields and income tax, arguing tax exemptions are prepaid in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
George T. Frazier
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas Democrat
W.H. Etter
Hempstead County
Bill Etter
Democrat
Etter
The
Haynsworth nomination sparks Senate floor uncertainty
The fight over Clement Haynsworth’s Supreme Court nomination moves from committee to the Senate cloakroom with about 46 votes against, 33 for, and 21 undecided. ABA position may shift, debate on floor awaited reports, while Maryland Senator Mathias abstained and voiced grave doubts needing public resolution. In Texarkana, Dr. Mitchell Young urges governors to declare a freedom of choice day and a rally is planned to boost support.
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H. L. Schwartz
Associated Pee Washington
Clement F. Itivesworth
Judiciary Committee
Associated Press
Senate
Ami
American Bar Association
Haynsworth
U.S. Court of Appeals
Richmond
ABA
Maryland
Charles McC. Mathias
Mathias
Judiciary
James 0. Eastland
D-Miss
Maethias
Texarkana, Tex
Mitchell Young
Texarkana
of Freedom, Inc
Young
Nashville Woman Wins Big Judgment
Nashville woman Linda Copeland of Howard County won a 201000 judgment in U S District Court in Texarkana against Norton Co Worcester Mass. She sued for 650000 after her husband Shirley Eugene was decapitated in July 1967 when a grinding wheel made by Norton came apart at Case Shear Company in Nashville. The award reflected the wheel's defect. Also noted is John Lloyd delivering melons to the U S Veterans Hospital in North Little Rock, recognized for 20 years of volunteer service with about 300000 to 320000 pounds of melons delivered.
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Texarkana, Ark
Linda Copeland
Nashvile
Howard County
U. S. District Court
Texarkana
Norton Co
Worchester
Mass
Copeland
Shirley Eugene
Case Shear Company
Nashville
John Lloyd
U.S. Veterans Hospital
North Little Rock
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Lloyd
Veterans Voluntary Service Organization
Veterans Hospital
Mr. Lloyd
KJ. O’brien
Robert Day
O'Brien
Lee Linder
Associated Press
Wilkes-Barre
Massachusetts
Mary Jo Ko Pechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Bernard
Bromineki
Mary Jo
Joseph Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
N. J
Miss Kopechne
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Cod
Brominski
Dist. Atty
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Dinis
Big Firms Kick Older Men Upstairs When Ownership Changes
HAL BOYLE describes a transfer of power in a large corporation as two executives toast a boardroom shift. The older executive moves to the chair, while the younger gains presidency amid talks of bond costs and local tax implications affecting public debt and investor taxes.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Limited Farm Subsidy Bill Is Doomed
Washington AP reports efforts to impose a $20,000 limit on farm subsidy payments are nearly doomed for the second year running. After a Thursday House vote, even supporters admit slim chances as conferees face senators on the Agriculture Department funding bill. Rep. Paul Findley called it the critical vote likely sealing the measure’s demise. The House had approved the limit last May, but the Senate rejected it in July.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Paul Findley
RTI
House
Senate
U S Renews Pledge to Aid South Vietnam
The United States renews its pledge to aid the South Vietnamese government as 80 river patrol boats are transferred to the Vietnamese navy. Ambassador Samuel J. Berger declares progress toward the goal of allowing the South Vietnamese people to determine their own future without outside interference and notes the growing, capable navy. The transfer moves responsibility for nearly half the river patrols to Saigon, with 229 craft already handed over since 1968 and 321 more to come.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Wester Saigon
Samuel J. Berger
U.S
Berger
Nixon
U S
U.S. Air Force
United States
Oo Aus
Air Force
Nha Trang
South China Sea
Bloodmobile Returns Here October Visit
The Red Cross Bloodmobile schedules a two day stop in Hope on October 20 and 21 at the Red River Vocational Technical School from noon to 6 PM. The drive targets 240 pints total with 134 pints already secured on the last trip. new hospital regulations limit blood use in Texarkana and Little Rock unless donors or immediate family have contributed in the past year.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Red River Vocational Technical School
Hempstead
Texarkana
Little Rock
Red Cross
Haskell Jones
Bloodmobile
Red River
Elderly Maine man charged in Keiser Bank robbery
Osceola Arkansas AP Clyde Clifton Atchley 93 of Maine Mississippi County is charged with Monday's Bank of Wilson Keiser branch robbery. Deputy Prosecutor Henry Swift said a warrant is issued and Atchley was arrested Wednesday afternoon, held in jail in Osceola.
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Osceola
Ark
Clifton Atchley
Maine
Mississippi County
Keiser
Bank of Wilson
Henry Swift
Atchley
Oseceola
House Passes Tax Reform Bill On Capital Gains Cut
The House approved key tax changes including extending the capital gains holding period to one year and reducing the top earned income tax rate to 50 percent. The final agreement also rejected eliminating state and local gasoline tax deductions, a move that would have raised revenue but hurt filers. Secretary Kennedy attended the session, supporting the panel’s stance to drop the capital gains extension.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Wall Street
House
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Battle Over Gun Control Provisions Advances in Senate
Opponents of strict gun use limits push to strip four major provisions from the 1968 Gun Control Act after a Senate victory, with Democratic and Northeast opposition failing to block the move. The measure, backed by the Nixon administration, aims to drop registration requirements for shotgun and rifle ammunition and limits on .22 caliber ammo. The bill heads to the House, which last year voted against including shotgun, rifle, or .22 caliber controls.
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G. David Wallace
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Bennett
Utah
Republican
Nixon
Hershey Called In by Nixon on White House Visit
President Nixon summoned draft chief Lewis B. Hershey to the White House fueling speculation about Hershey's retirement. Spokesman Ronald L. Ziegler said they would discuss Hershey's immediate and long-range future and denied any resignation had been submitted.
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Washington
Nixon
Lewis B. Hershey
White House
Hershey
Nixon-Hershey
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Arkansas Baptist News Highlights Teen topics and local notices
The Arkansas Baptist News highlights Rev. Jimmy R. Allen of First Baptist Church San Antonio and his Good News TV talk show for teens across Texas. It notes Hope relatives of Mr and Mrs Leo Hartsfield and lists Hope High School class of 1954 reunion planning on October 16. It also covers L D Perdue’s 60 year Masonic pin in Louann and Whitfield Lodge. Jim Pilkinton at Hendrix College joins Student Senate. Louis E Phillips earns Breckinridge Job Corps graduation with 495 welding hours and resident advisor duties.
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Arkansas Baptist News Magazine
Jimmy R. Allen
First Baptist Church of
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Leo Hartsfield
Hope High School
Citizens National Bank
Webb Laseter
Syd Mermath
Louann
Guachita County
L. D. Perdue
Hope
Perdue
Jim Pilkinton
Hendrix College
Conway
Hendrix
Jim
James H. Pilkinton
East 15 Street
Louis E. Phillips
Rt. 4
Breckinridge Job Corps Center
Morganfield
Kentucky
Phillips
Nixon and Humphrey discuss Vietnam peace efforts
President Nixon and Senator Humphrey met at the White House to review Viet Nam policy. Humphrey supported the President’s moves toward a peace process and said he could assist, adding he would back a systematic drawdown of combat forces if the administration opts for it.
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Frank Cormier
Wester
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Vietnam
Humphrey
White House
Paris
Chaneed
Henery A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Southeast Asia
Humphreys
Phrey
Mae House
46th Plane Hijacked to Cuba
An undistinguished but polite hijacker seized National Air Lines Flight 42 from Los Angeles to Miami, the year’s 46th airliner hijack to Cuba. The jet carried seven crew and 63 passengers including MLB figures Roger Craig, Mel Queen, Dave Marshall, Dick Corkins, and Dennis Paepke. Stewardess Ann Baker described the hijacker ordering Havana, Cuba, cockpit words with a gun as the plane diverted for a four hour, six minute unscheduled stop in Havana.
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Miami
Cuba
National Airelines
Los Angeles
Texas
Roger Craig
San Diego Padres
Mel Queen
Cincinnati Reds
Dave Marshall
Freshmen Enrollment Falls at Arkansas Colleges
Freshmen enrollment across Arkansas colleges and universities declined for the first time in several years, dropping from 14,166 to 14,852. Full-time student totals rose from 43,000 to 45,308 as overall enrollment increased.
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Beeshmen
Arkansas Colleges and Universities
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