Senate Approves $33.6 Billion Revenue Sharing Bill
The Senate passed a $33.6 billion revenue sharing measure 63 to 20 after a 12 hour session and sent it to conference with the House. If agreed, first payments to about 39,000 local governments could begin in October. The bill would retro back to Jan 1 and run to Dec 31, 1976.
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Russell B. Long
D-La
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Long
Obituary Joshua Judson Bennett 93 Hope resident dies
Joshua Judson Bennett 93 of Hope died in a local hospital. He is survived by his widow Mary, two daughters Birtie Mae Bennett and Ruth Mc Williams, two sons Henry and Robert, nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Herndon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Sayers officiating. Burial at Union Cemetery in Nevada County under Herndon Funeral Home direction.
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Bennett
Union Cemetery
Nevada County
Herndon Funeral Home
Nine more bodies recovered at Consol No. 9 mine
At Farmington West Virginia nine additional victims were recovered from Consol No. 9, lifting total found since 1969 to 31. Officials identified the nine as Henry Skarzinski of Monongah. James Kniceley and John Toothman of Mannington. Robert Glover of Ihamay. Albert Takacs of Farmington. Robert Sigley of Tunnelton. Forrest Goff and Russell Snyder of Shinnston. and Walter Martin of Fairmont.
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Henry Skarzinski
Monongah
James Kniceley
Ihamay
Robert Glover
John Toothman
Mannington
Albert Takacs
Farmington
Robert Sigley
Tunnelton
Forrest Goff
Russell Snyder
Shinnston
Walter Martin
Fairmont
Woman escapes abduction after bank robbery in Marshallville
Barbara Pritchett, 20, a Georgia Southwestern College student and bank teller, was abducted at gunpoint after the city hall and bank robbery. She was held for about 12 hours, warned of death twice, and escaped at night near a 7,000 acre farm. Police captured one suspect. warrants issued for Robert Bonner of Atlanta and Gloria Williams. Hospital treatment reported for abrasions and observation.
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Barbara Pritchett
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First State Bank of
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Georgia Southwestern College
FBI
Robert Bonner
Atlanta
Gloria Williams
Miss Pritchett
Montezuma Hospital
Nita Lockerman
Absdctors
Climer accuses Bryant of failure as secretary of state
Jerome Climer a Republican candidate for secretary of state says Secretary of State Kelly Bryant has failed to provide access to Arkansas data. He proposes an Arkansas Institute to coordinate data, fund research, and promote Arkansas studies across higher education and government with summer seminars a rotating Chair of Arkansas Studies and microfilmed archives for universities and libraries.
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Kelly Bryant
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Arkansas
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Climer
Arkansas Institute
Lebanon Premier fears new Israeli attack amid regional terror drive
Premier Saeb Salam told Lebanon's parliament that last week's Israeli raid might not be the only one, citing troop concentrations on the southern border and threats against Arab terrorists. Waldheim urged U.N. action against terrorism as General Assembly debate looms. Israel vowed to strike terrorists with full force, while security moves and vetoes cloud prospects for a Middle East cease fire.
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Kurt Waldheim
General Assembly
Saeb Salam
Salem
Syria
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Golda Meir
Israel
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Waldheim
Assembly
Soviet Union
China
Security Council
Hans George Selzer
Mohamed Hassan el Zayyat
Organizing meeting for library-science course in Hope
An organizational meeting for a library science course titled Children’s Literature will be held in Hope at 6 30 p m tomorrow in Beryl Henry Elementary School as part of Henderson State College continuing education. Dr Charles Winer joins HSC faculty this fall as instructor.
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Hope
Henderson State College
Beryl Henry
Charles Winer
HSC Education
Weather summary for Arkansas amid warm, sunny spell
The report notes a high near 92 and a low around 70 with clear skies today. Tonight will be fair and mild, followed by partly cloudy skies and a warm Thursday with a chance of showers and thundershowers. Temperatures remain in the 90s, with lows in the low to mid 70s.
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Arkansas
Washington Meeting on Pioneer State Park Development
A 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting in the Washington gymnasium will discuss a proposed long range development program for Pioneer Washington as a state park site. Officials from the state Department of Parks and Tourism will present a film on Colonial Williamsburg. The town is identified as the Washington Historical District in the National Historical Registry.
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Pioneer Washington
Washington Gymnasium
State Department of Parks and Tourism
Colonial Williamsburg
Department of Interior
Washington Historical District
National Historical Registry
Kissinger in Russia for secret talks before Europe trip
Henry Kissinger stayed in Moscow for an extra day of talks with Kremlin leaders before heading to London and Paris. The White House termed the meetings part of ongoing consultations with European allies as Brezhnev and others were reported to be involved.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Paris
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Kissinger
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Vietnam
Saigon
le Duc Tho
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Edward Heath
Georges Pompidou
Ronald L. Ziegler
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