Unforeseen Peril in Abolishing the Electoral College
Our Daily Sliced Thin argues against abolishing the Electoral College. It cites fears of metropolitan vote distortion, challenges to one man one vote, and risks to small states in the Senate. The piece critiques direct election for potentially splintered parties and compares to European chaos.
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Our
Alen. H. Washburn
Electoral College
Senate
Pine Bluff
the Commercial
George Wallace
Innstead
Europe
France
de Gaulle
Nobel Prize for Literature To Irish Writer Beckett
Stockholm AP reports that the 1969 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to Irish French playwright Samuel Beckett, famed for his absurdist works. His win marks a landmark moment for Irish and French letters in world literature.
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Stockholm
Samuel Beckett
APGL Grant to University Supports Three Year Fellowship
Arkansas Power and Light Co. provides 16000 dollars to the University of Arkansas for a fellowship program funding one electrical engineering graduate student for three years.
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Ayetteville, Ark
Arkansas Power & Light Co
University of Arkansas
Unilateral Cease-fire Unlikely in Vietnam Policy Debate
AP report notes Defense Secretary Laird doubts a unilateral cease fire would end the conflict without guarantees from the enemy. President Nixon may consider a general cease-fire or limited areas around population centers if he acts. White House and Paris talks officials discuss new cease-fire proposals amid Senate pressure for halt in fighting.
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John M
South Vietnam
Nixon
Senate
U.S
Vietnam
Laird
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Defense Department
Ziegler
Som
Paris
Trumann Teen Dies Under Tractor On Family Farm
David Wray, 14, of Trumann was found dead Wednesday under a tractor in a ditch on his family farm. Coroner Homer Bata of Poinsett County said the boy used the tractor to cut stalks and apparently drove too close, causing the machine to tilt over.
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Trumann, Ark
David Wray
Trumann
Homer Bata
Poinsett County
Wray
Senate approves easing of U S trade with Soviet bloc
The Senate voted 49 24 to loosen Export Control Act limits on trade with the Soviet Union and other European Communist nations despite protests that it insults President Nixon. The measure ends bans on certain East West trade as amended while debate raged over national security concerns.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Nixon
U.S
Soviet Union
Norris Cotton
R. N.H
United States
House
Wallace F. Bennett
Gre
Utah
Marvin Says Singing Not His Strength in Paint Your Wagon
Lee Marvin, discussing his first singing role in Paint Your Wagon, says singing isn’t his forte though he enjoys the music. He describes his performance as fitting his frontier prospector character, stressing escapism in filmmaking and his fondness for seeing his own movies.
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Jerry Buck
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Lee Marvin
Marvin
Hollywood
Tole
Tole In ‘Cat Ballow
L A Raises Franchise Tax on Utilities
The Little Rock Board raised the city's franchise tax on utilities to raise 1.5 million for higher city workers pay. Utilities call the move regressive and pass the cost to customers about 26.19 per year. The hike adds roughly 25 cents to water bills 30 cents to phone 57 cents to gas and 99 cents to electric per month.
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Little Rock
Little Rock Board of Directors
John T. Meriwether
Meriwether
Hurricane's Strength Is Snapped
MEAMS AP. Colt air sapped Laurie's strength turning it from a hurricane to a tropical storm and forcing it southward, easing threats to Florida. The Hurricane Center lifted all warnings at 6 am as Langie drifted in the Gulf of Mexico. Forecaster Raymond Kraft said Florida danger is past unless something drastic occurs. Laurie’s top winds were about 70 mph near the center and further weakening is expected.
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Meams (Ap
Colt Air
Laurie
Florida
National Hurricane Center
Langie
Gulf of Mexico
Raymond Kraft
Kraft
Humphrey Linked to Minnesota Firm in $2.3 Million Fraud Suit
The government accuses Napco Industries of Minneapolis of defrauding an Indian loan using equipment shipments that were far below value. Records show Senator Humphrey intervened with U S and Indian officials from 1964 to aid the loan approval and Napco’s dealings, now under suit in Detroit federal court. Rep. Gross cites letters and telegrams as new evidence in the case.
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William Barton
Associated Press
Washington
Hulbert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Justice Department
H. R. Gross
Humphrey
Minneapolis
India
Agency For International Development
Napco
Detroit
Gross
Iowa Republican
Inflation easing cited by top economic adviser
Hot Springs Ark AP says Paul W McCracken chairman of the Presidents 16 member Council of Economic Advisers told about 500 at the North American Securities Administrators meeting that the worst of the inflation crisis is behind us. He predicted visible results within six to twelve months as budget controls take effect and policy shifts begin to show in the economy.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Paul W. McCracken
McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
North American Securities Administrators
Insurance Rate Hike Rejected
Allstate Insurance Co of Northbrook Illinois sought higher rates for homeowners insurance but state Insurance Commissioner Alan W. Horne rejected the request. He stated the loss experience did not justify the proposed increase. Allstate said it will appeal. The policy combines fire allied perils theft and liability in one home owner plan.
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Little Rock
Allstate Insurance Co
Northbrook
Ill
Alan W. Horne
Horne
All State
U.S. Peace Moves Ease Vietnam Diplomatic Pressure
U.N. diplomats report eased criticism of U.S. Vietnam policy after two years of peace moves beginning with the 1968 bombing halt. Deliberations at the General Assembly show many delegates avoiding Vietnam debates, with nonaligned nations focusing on hopes for a negotiated settlement.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
N.Y
U.S
Vietnam
U.N
Soviet Bloc
U.N. General Assembly
Paris
Associated Press
Assembly
United States
North Vietnam
U Thant
Czechoslovakia
U. S
William P. Rogers
Possibility of Showers for State
A weather forecast notes cooler temperatures and increasing clouds with a chance of showers across the region. A cold front and a Great Lakes high pressure system bring drier air behind the front while scattered rain shifts east from western Oklahoma and Texas toward Arkansas tonight.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Great Lakes
Arkansas
Blytheville
Texarkana
Jonesboro
Harrison
Memphis
E Dorado
Pine Blaft
Little Rock
Fayetteville
Texarcana
Fort Smith
Jack Spates joins Artists and Craftsmen Association
Wednesday notification confirms Jack Spates accepted into Dallas based Artists and Craftsmen Association to display realist paintings for marketing. Two paintings required for admission, Spates received unanimous approval. Leonard Zimmerly of Peoria will attend Bobcats reunion. pre game neo team at 7:20 p.m. Hammons Stadium. Hempstead County Hospital Auxiliary meeting set for October 28 at 10 a.m. Memorial Nursing Home dining room, all members and interested persons invited. Thurston Hulsey and Judge Royce Weisenberger visited DeQueen where judge spoke on Youth and Courts at School Masters Club. about 50 in attendance. About 170 attendees from Standard Automotive Components at Constitutional Reform Rally in Little Rock at Teamsters Hall. joint UAW and Teamsters event with bused attendees from across Arkansas. dinner and program planned. Final school insurance listing closes Friday. parents to send money with child for addition to list. Terrence Keating, nephew of the late Mrs. Emmet Thompson, sent Washington Daily News clipping about a large melon arriving at the White House. Keating lived in Hope briefly. Melon displayed for some time then given to Junior Village Washington, D.C. center for homeless children. children ages five and up, melon cut into 552 pieces for a feast.
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Robert Black
State Hospital Auxiliaries
Hempstead County Hospital
Memorial Nursing Home
Auxilary
Little Rock
Teamsters Hall
UAW
Teamsters
Arkansas
Terrence Keating
Emmet Thompson
Doc
Hyattsville
Washington Daily News
White House
Keatying
Hope
Washington, D.C
Desegregation Debate Flares Over Speed and Law
The Associated Press reports a clash between the federal government Mississippi and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund over desegregation timing. Assistant Attorney General Jerris Leonard defends gradual plans, noting many southern districts still lack desegregation schemes and that the all deliberate speed doctrine has been overturned by later Supreme Court rulings.
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Barry Schwed
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Supreme Court
Mississippi
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Asst
Jerris Léoneard
Naacp Fund
Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
John Doar
Leonard
Inlo
U.S. Office of Education
Rockefeller Aides Charged In Disturbing The Peace
LITTLE ROCK AP A hearing for Gov Winthrop Rockefeller aide Eugene Young and ex investigator Jim Best on disturbing the peace was postponed to Nov 6. Judge Quinn Glover delayed the case as Young’s attorney James McHaney was in Texarkana giving depositions. Bleidt of Searcy, a Republican active businessman, says he was injured by the pair with threats and loud language. Best and Young deny trouble.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
State Revenue Department
Quinn Glover
Eugene Young
Rockefeller
James McHaney
Texarkana
Young
Jim Best
Connie Bleidt
Searcy
Bleidt
Best
Republican Party
Glover
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