Union Cautious On Inflation Study In Construction
AFL CIO building trades leaders promise to cooperate with a White House inflation study, while blaming high interest rates and material costs for rising construction costs. Official reports and convention remarks outline labor's stance on wage hikes and managerial profits tied to rates. A Hope Lions Club lunch included nature film and community notices.
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Neil Gilbride
Atlantic City
White House
Nixon
Haggerty
Labor
Tion
Bartlett Defends Role in Arkansas Loan Firm Trial
FORT SMITH Ark AP government portrayed Ernest Bartlett Jr as a main figure in forming Arkansas Loan & Thrift Corp during his trial on a 26 count federal indictment. Bartlett called himself merely an errand boy while former chief executive officer of the insolvent AL&T facing charges.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Ernest Bartlett Jr
Fort Smith
Arkansas Loan & Thrift Corp
Bartlett
U.S
Al&t
Black Monday protests surge in four U.S. cities
Across Chicago, Oklahoma City, Seattle and other cities, Black Monday demonstrations targeted job discrimination in the building trades. In Chicago, Rev. Jesse Jackson addressed about 3,000 people at Civic Center Plaza after dismissing a 4,000 job offer as insufficient. The article also notes military updates from Vietnam with airstrikes and prisoner statements amid ongoing conflict.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Oklahoma City
Seattle
Jesse Jackson
Breadbasket
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Civic Center Plaza
Jordan Israel canal deal prompts renewed fighting and repairs
Reports say a secret Jordan Israel agreement allows canal repairs to resume water flow from the Yarmuk River, with US mediation. Guerrilla activity and Israeli air strikes resume after opening, as Nasser condemns the Jerusalem mosque fire. Also coverage of Terence Young on film realism and SST program funding debates.
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Associated Press
Joredan
Ghortetigation
Jordan
Israel
Beisan
United States
Yarmuk
Sea of Galilee
Zafririm
Jerusalem
Morocco
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
al Aksad
Nasser
Cairo
Rabat
Anwar ‘Sadat
Future shifts in film industry under director driven era
Lt Gov Maurice Britt said Arkansas river navigation will impact the state in 10 to 15 years. Terry predicts a new film era where directors gain prominence and stars become less essential. Actors still matter for certain star vehicles, but many films can succeed without big names as writers grow.
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Ay Hal Boyle
New York
ADB
America
Terence Young
Britain
Mike Nichols
Virginia Woolf
Terry Young
Dr. No
Russia
Young
William Holden
Brook Fuller
Camsbridge University
Irish Guards Armored Regiment
EL Dorado, Ark
Maurice Britt
Arkansas River Navigation Projet
Terry
al Fust
Right to Read Goal Urged by U S Education Chief
Washington AP James E Allen Jr the U S Commissioner of Education will press delegates in Los Angeles to set a national goal guaranteeing every American the right to read He calls for a crash program to end illiteracy among children and adults with the federal government coordinating efforts across educators lawmakers business and civic groups.
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Washington
U.S. Commissioner of Education
James E. Allen Jr
Education
Moon
Allen
National Association of State Boards of Education
Los Angeles
Nixon
Mexican Plane Crash Death Toll Reaches Thirty
The death toll from the Sunday crash of Mexicana Airlines Boeing 707 near Mexico City rises to 30. Airlines report 25 bodies recovered, five believed buried in swamp near the international airport as the army builds a marsh bridge for crane removal. The jet carried 111 passengers, many from the Midwest bound for Mexico City and Acapulco.
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Mexico City
Chicago
Mexicana Airlines
International
Acapulco
Crash kills five crew as hospital treats injured
A seven person crew faced disaster as five were killed including the pilot and copilot. More than 50 people were injured in the crash, with nine still in serious condition Monday night at Cowdray Hospital.
Little ALC Can Do About School Bonds
Arkansas education advocate Sen. Thomas Penn says the General Assembly cannot spark demand for school district bonds. He warns any fix must come from national policy, as bond buyers show little interest amid tax reform debates. If unresolved, a two to three year delay could threaten funding for new school facilities.
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Bill Simmons
Associated Press
Little Rock
General Assembly
Thomas Penn
Cave City
Congress
Arkansas
Penn
Subsidy for Housing Debated in Senate Action
The Senate opened debate on a $6.3 billion housing bill adding the first direct rent subsidies for public housing tenants. It would allow HUD to pay part of rents exceeding 25 percent of income, potentially eliminating rent for the most dire cases. The measure also expands per room construction costs and adds $3 billion for urban renewal over two years.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
Brooke
HUD
New York
Arkansas Weather Summary for 24 Hours Ending Tuesday
Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Tuesday notes a high of 81 and a low of 66. Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with showers and thundershowers across much of the state ending from the west early Wednesday, followed by partly cloudy skies. Cooler conditions expected in most areas Wednesday with lows in the 50s northwest to 60s southeast and highs mostly in the 70s.
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Arkansas
Meat Boycotts Stir Grocery Message Across States
News from September 23 1969 reports meat boycotts led by housewives including Mrs DiLorenzo and Mrs Stophlet in Melbourne Beach urging lower prices and one beef meal weekly. Chicago wholesale beef prices fell, signaling possible price relief amid ongoing SALT talks with Gromyko and US Russia discussions on preliminary talks and arms restraint.
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DiLorenzo
Melbourne Beach
Ian Stophlet
Cape Kennedy Space Center
Nixon
Gromyko
Vienna
Geneva
McCloskey
Rogers
U.S
United States
Washington
Moscow
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Boeing Corp
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