Consumer Protection Bill Passed by House in landslide
President Nixon's consumer aide Virginia Knauer hailed the 344-44 House approval of a consumer protection bill. The measure, largely unchanged from the Government Operations Committee draft, promises strong consumer representation on health safety and financial matters. Ralph Nader supporters urged careful review of the bill's fine print while House loyalists argued the bill is a landmark reform.
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Carl C. Craft
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Ralph Nader
Government Operations Committee
Virginia Knauer
Knauer
Arkla Gas Curtailment Plan To Go Into Effect
Arkla Gas Co said its curtailment plan to prioritize gas delivery during shortages would start today. The plan, filed with the Federal Power Commission, faced opposition from examiner Alvin A. Kurtz who urged rejection for favoring small users over major industries. The suspension period ended today and Arkla defended the plan against staff recommendations and case evidence.
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Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Arkla
Federal Power Commission
Alvin A. Kurtz
FPC
Commission
Kurtz
Institute Bomb Blasts MIT Building. No Injuries Reported
An early blast at Massachusetts Institute of Technology damaged the Grover Hermann Building fourth floor housing the Center for International Studies. No one was inside. Daniel Ellsberg, tied to the Pentagon Papers, has an office on that floor but was not harmed. A call to the Cambridge police preceded the detonation.
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Ambridge, Mass
Massachusetts ‘Institute of Technology
Grover Hermann
Institute
Center For International Studies
Daniel Ellisberg
Center
Pentagon
Boston Record American
Cambridge
Soviet Aid to Egypt May Cause U.S. to Send More Help to Israel
AP dispatch reports that Soviet aid to Egypt could trigger greater U.S. assistance to Israel as U.S. and North Vietnamese clashes continue in Indochina. A reconnaissance plane was fired upon by antiaircraft near the DMZ, with a escorts engaging targets. In Vietnam, nine killed in Mekong Delta ambush as fighting narrows to skirmishes, while U.S. withdrawal of 4650 troops is noted. In Arkansas, Lt. Gov. Riley names Minnie Gatling Wylie to fill the Dallas County Judge seat after the death of Hartis E. Wylie.
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Egypt
U.S
Israel
Saigon
North Vietnam
James d'Entremont
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Little Rock
Bob Riley
Minnie Gatling Wylie
Hartis E. Wylie
Dallas County
Juddo
Nomination odds for U.S. Supreme Court rise
Washington reports point to Herschel Friday and Mildred Lille as frontrunners for a Supreme Court nomination with at least 15 under consideration. A White House spokesman cautioned that six are not finalists and the list may grow.
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Michael J. Reilly
Associated Press
Washington
Arkansas
Supreme Court
High Administration
American Bar Association
John N. Mitchell
Herschel H. Friday
Little Rock
Mildred J. Lille
Los Angeles
John M Harlan
Hugo I. Black
Minon
Senate
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
ABA
The
Bar Association
Paul H. Roney
Charles Clark
Sth
Sylvia A Baega
District of Columbia Superior Court
Robert Byrd
West Virginnia
Foreign Aid Bill Cut by 20 Percent in Senate Panel
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to end all aid to Pakistan and set aside 85 million for Israel while slicing 20 percent from this year’s military aid. Military assistance to other nations drops from 705 million to 565 million as part of Nixon’s 3.5 billion aid request.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pakistan
Israel
Nixon
U.S
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Industrialists Back Nixon Wage Price Freeze Plan
Top industrialists within the Business Council reversed six months of opposition to Nixon's wage and price controls. They expect Phase 2 to last 18 months to two years, with wage increases around 5 to 6 percent possible. Council members support the Pay Board and Price Commission, noting statements about governance of Pay Board decisions. The White House assured Meany that Cost of Living Council veto would not apply to Pay Board rulings.
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Hot Springs
Business Council
Nixon
Labor Industry-Public Pay Board
Price Commission
White House
Afl-Cio
George Meany
California law orders price tags on caskets
A new California law requires funeral directors to display conspicuous prices on caskets and to provide customers with complete price lists before contracts. The act, signed by a Lt. Governor spokesman, also bans cremation casket requirements and takes effect early next year during Gov Ronald Reagan's absence.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Ed Reinecke
Reinecke
Ronald Reagan
Far East
Forecast for Arkansas Texas football game in Little Rock
The National Weather Service forecasts a partly cloudy Saturday afternoon in Little Rock for the Arkansas Texas game. Temperature should be in the mid 80s with southerly winds 6 to 14 mph and no rain expected.
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Little Rock
National Weather Service
Senators Ask Free Lunches for Millions
Fifty nine senators urged President Nixon to halt the Agriculture Department from enforcing guidelines they call unlawful. They say the rules would remove more than one million children from the federal school lunch program and criticized earlier revisions. The move followed a House committee rebuke and unanimous support for a bill to stop the guidelines.
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Austin Scott
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Agriculture Department
House Education and Labor Committee
Gazette Opposes Herschel Friday for Supreme Court
The Arkansas Gazette editorialized against nominating and confirming Little Rock lawyer Herschel Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court. It noted Friday’s firm opposed desegregation in court for over a decade, arguing his appointment would hinder racial equality and trigger a fierce Senate confirmation fight.
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Little Rock
The
Arkansas Gazette
Herschel Friday
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
the Gazette
Arkansan
Supreme Court
Senate
Discovery Would Cost More Now
A direct descendant of explorer Christopher Columbus says discovering America today would cost about $523,000 using the same material as in 1992. Lt Cmdr Christopher Columbus of the Spanish navy says the original voyage might have cost less given wood shipyards and today's techniques. The Columbus scholar in New York for Spanish Week notes the family archives and creator lineage.
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New York
Christopher Columbus
America
Cmdr
Chistopher Columbus
Columbus
Cristobal Colon
Explosion Shatters Iran Consulate in San Francisco
An explosion at the Iranian Consulate in Presidio Heights San Francisco wrecked the interior with gas-fed fires and shattered all windows. Police say a powerful bomb caused the blast, four unidentified youths fled in night clothes, and structural damage is estimated at $100,000. No injuries were reported.
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San Francisco
Keith Calden
Calden
Theodore Peck
Pack Gas & Electric Co
Presidio Heights
Iran
Cannon Explodes Wounding Henderson State Student
Shelby Lyon 18 of Warren and a student at Henderson State College Arkadelphia was critically injured Thursday afternoon when a homemade cannon he was firing on campus exploded, police said.
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Arkadelphia, Ark
Shelby Lyon
Warren
Henderson State College At
Arkadelphia
All Around Town and Local News Highlights
Lyle Jones Jr. had knee surgery at St. Michael’s Texarkana and rests in room 455. National Guardsmen from across Arkansas attended a Camp Robinson workshop in North Little Rock led by Hope’s Staff Sergeant William A. Walden. Oklahoma State University reports 18,695 enrolled this fall including William Joseph Bright and Calvin Leslie Underwood. The Star notes its seventh year with a date in October. Spring Hall and West’s Department Store bake sales slated for Saturday. Area floods reported with 1.40 inches by 7 am and heavier rain after 7 am. Millwood Reservoir recreation funding of 91,000 dollars included in a public works bill. Saratoga Senior Class officers listed: Dwayne Stewart president, Jwanny Fincher VP, Mary Jefferson secretary, Jan Fontaine treasurer.
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Arkansas
Camp Robinson
North Little Rock
Hope
William A. Walden
Two Hope
Ark
Oklahoma State University
William Joseph Bright
Calvin Leslie Underwood
Committee votes to raise minimum wage to $2
The Rules Committee backed increasing the minimum wage for about 35 million workers to $2 an hour on Jan 1, two years earlier than Nixon proposed. The measure also hikes pay for 10 million workers under the 1966 law to $1.80 on Jan 1 and then to $2 the following year, with current rates at $1.60. An alien-hiring ban with penalties was added, amid possible impacts on Nixon wage price guidelines. The bill would also lift agricultural wages from $1.30 to $1.50 next Jan 1 and to $1.70 in two years, while floor action remains uncertain.
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Washington
House Education and Labor Committee
Nixon
United States
Los Angeles
Romana Banuelos
William D. Ford
D-Mich
Rules Committee
House
Guardianships Sought Against Pulaski County School Board
A Chancery Court suit in Little Rock seeks to force the Pulaski County School Board to recognize at least three guardianships for district students. Supt J K Williams said some guardianships were altered to move pupils to different schools. Plaintiffs include Myrtle Gourgues guardian of Pamela Ann Brown and John H Brown guardian of Laurel Lesly and Julia Ellen Brown.
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Little Rock
Chancery Court
Pulaski County
Myrtle Gourgues
Pamela Ann Brown
John H. Brown
Laurel Lesly
Julia Ellen Brown
Alexander to hold Oct hearings on county needs in Arkansas district
Rep. Bill Alexander announces a hearing to assess community development needs in five Arkansas counties. The event on October 23 at Walnut Ridge invites leaders from Jackson Lawrence Randolph and Clay counties to participate.
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Washington
Bill Alexander
D-Ark
Walnut Ridge
Jackson
Lawrence
Randolph
Clay
Woman Injured In 29 Wreck At Highway 24
At about 4 20 p m autos driven by Rich Peterson and Nicky Marlar both of Lewisville collided nine miles south on Highway 24 A passenger Mrs Gilmer Smith was taken to a Lewisville hospital for what was described as minor injuries State Policeman Wallace Martin said the Peterson vehicle traveling north turned left into the path of the Marlar car There was heavy damage
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Rich Peterson
Nicky Marlar
Lewisville
Highway 24
Gilmer Smith
Crumeat
Wallace Martin
Peterson
Marlar
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