Arkansas Constitution Proposed Changes In Legislature
The 1970 constitution plan would create single member districts, let the Legislature set salaries for its members, allow annual sessions, and raise House seats from 100 to 102 while reducing Senate seats from 35 to 34. It would empower special sessions, ban secret committee meetings, shift start of sessions to March, and require three-fifths votes to tax or override vetoes, with local governments gaining limited authority.
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Litle Rock
General Assembly
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
Debunked Health Facts and Local Pharmacy Ad
A column notes liver transplants may become common by the late seventies with lung transplants on the horizon. It references rickets now rare due to vitamin D fortified milk, and mentions ephedrine use historically. An ad proclaims DEANNA DRUG is open with two locations inviting customers to bring prescriptions.
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Deanna Drug
American Education Week Observance Focuses on School Reform
Millions of parents and citizens are urged to assess education during American Education Week October 25 31 with the theme Shape Schools for the 70s. Sponsors NEA American Legion NCPT U S Office of Education urge goal reevaluation and reform while Nixon urges bold action. A coroner's inquest is set for Batesville in the shooting of Duane E King by his 13 year old son.
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Education Week
National Education Association
The
American Legion
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
U. S. Office of Education
Leslie Huddleston
Post 12
Nixon
N.E.A
Lucy Mae Williams
Hope Unit 12
Hope High School
United States of America
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Batesville, Ark
Duane E. King
Batesville
Independence County
Paul Kelly
King
Larry
Bearded suspect denies five Calif mansion slayings
Santa Cruz California AP report says John Linley Frazier 24 denies the killings at a hilltop mansion. Public defender James Jackson cites his client as not guilty and unaware of the victims. Details describe a head injury, personality change, and planned insanity considerations. a separate notice notes a new Benton County Post Office project.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
James Jackson
Jackson
John Linley Frazier
Frazier
Earier
Victor Ohta
Virginia
Derrick
Taggart
Dorothy Cadwallader
David Marlow
University of California
No Debate As Governor Seeks Third Term In Arkansas
Governor Winthrop Rockefeller announced there would be no gubernatorial debate with Dale Bumpers and Walter Carruth citing scheduling conflicts. He urged a majority vote to strengthen the legislature and denied seeking a third term for patronage. He criticized Bumpers public relations and highlighted campaign notes amid Arkansas stops.
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Associated Press
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
el Dorado Municipal Auditorium
Dale Bumpers
Bumpers
Walter Carruth
Lexa
American Party
Southern State College
Magnolia
National Guardsmen
South
Arkansas
New York
Fiorello LaGuardia
de- Lois Walker
Walker
Southern State
Camden
Warren
Montreal Mayor Warns Kidnapping Could Spread to U S
Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau, who says he is marked for assassination, warns that if Quebec FLQ kidnappings of diplomats continue it could spread to the United States. He cites a list of targets and notes his own name is on it as the FLQ escalates. Cross’s wife appeals for his release, saying she fears for his life.
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Richard E. Meyer
Associated Press
Montreal
Quebec
United States
Jean Drapeau
Quebec Liberation Front
FLQ
Drapeau
Rome
James Cross
Pierre Laporte
Laporte
Canada debates sweeping tanker control bill in Commons
Ottawa AP The House of Commons approved in principle a bill granting the government broad powers to regulate tankers in Canadian waters. Transport Minister Don Jamieson said the act extends jurisdiction beyond territorial waters yet stops short of a 100 mile Arctic limit, noting sentiment that it could be stronger. John Le Carre novel tops 1965 fiction lists.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Don Jamieson
Canadian Arctic
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Rexall Drug Store
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Hope, Ark
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Washington
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Rark
Post Office Department
Benton County
Hope Lions
Town & Country
Arthur Wimmell
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Bob McCullough
Tulsa
Okla
Lion Wimmell
Elmer Wagner
Lioness
Ida
McCaskill
Frank King
U.S
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Arkansans
Canada
John le Carre
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