McClellan Coupons Big Arkansas Watermelon Visit
U S Senator John L McClellan praises a Hope Arkansas watermelon presented by local men led by C M Pod Rogers Jr The senator hosted Norma and himself at the Capitol with about 140 staff and visitors enjoying the fruit He includes autographed photos showing the 14342 pound melon grown by Brad Wright in Hope Arkansas and plans to mail a Capitol photo to the group for posterity.
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U.S. Senate Committee On Appropriations
Arkansas
John L. McClellan
Capitol
Norma
Little Rock
Town of
Hope
Brad Wright
Mars data under study signals life quest on Mars
In Pasadena, scientists study Viking 2 organic chemistry results. The team may reveal the mission’s life question as they decipher the Wednesday data and plan a news briefing later today.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking 2
Mars
Viking
Congress weighs veto and revenue sharing at year end
Congress debates overriding Ford vetoes and extending the revenue sharing program as a key to adjourning. Ford will act on two jobs bills only after Congress acts on revenue sharing, with House and Senate votes tied to potential pocket veto risks and possible overrides.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
House
Departments of Health, Education and Welfare
Labor
Thomas P. O'Neill
Kissinger Delivers Major Policy Address at U.N. Assembly
The United States and the Soviet Union pursue a potential arms treaty by year end while Kissinger outlines African diplomacy and the U.S. stance on terrorism at the 31st U.N. General Assembly. Officials caution no imminent breakthrough despite talks with Gromyko and Ford’s possible new outline.
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Kissinger
U.N. Assembly
United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
White House
Andrei A. Gromyko
Ford
Gromyko
Henry A. Kissinger
U.N. General Assembly
West Germany
Ford Administration
State Department
Pentagon
Itelligence
General Assembly
Medicare fee hike raises patient costs for hospital care
The Social Security Administration boosted Medicare patient costs by a record 19 percent effective Jan 1, 1977. The first day charge rises to 124 dollars, up from 104, with higher daily shares for stays beyond 60 days and extended nursing home care. About 25 million beneficiaries are affected as hospital costs surge.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Social Security
James B. Cardwell
Medicare
Local tax without vote proposed by state agencies
The Arkansas Department of Local Services proposed letting counties and first class cities impose sales, use, payroll, and income taxes without a public vote. The report also urges a constitutional amendment, higher assessment ratios, local millage control, state collection of taxes, and big funding needs for roads, water, sewage, and solid waste to raise local services to regional standards.
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Little Rock
State Department of Local Services
David Pryor
Arkansas
Arkansans
Kidnapping hoax ends with two youths in custody
Hope Police say a 12-year-old boy was reported kidnapped after a note and a late call demanded 40 000 dollars. Investigators found a 15-year-old neighbor and a missing vehicle, but the incident was ruled a hoax. Both juveniles were taken into custody and charges prepared in juvenile court. Two others face withholding information charges.
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Hope Police Department
Hope
HPD
Missing van items released in Beards Lake murder case
Henry Singard Hempstead County Sheriff and Don Branch Arkansas State Police release items missing from the van where 65 year old Marietta Georgia man C. Long was found killed. The list includes a spare tire a blue tool box with tools and a red floor jack marked Marietta Import Autos. Police urge anyone with information to contact Branch or Linyard. The autopsy cites two small caliber bullets. death not by suicide.
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van Garland Long
Henry Singard
Hempstead County
Don
Arkansas State Police
Marietta Import Autos
Long
Marietta, Ga
Beards Lake
J. T. Honeycutt
Hempstead
Branch
Linyard
Hope
Ark
Jim Harris
Henry Sinyard
Hempstead County Sherff
Don Branch
Garland Long
Georgia
Longs
Sinvard and
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Monroe Samuel
Pod Rogers
Robert A. Schaff
Vincent Foster Hope
Washington, D.C
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Internal Revenue Service
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Lake Michigan
Congaree Swamp
Times Itu
Moscow
Angola
Rhodesia
Namibva
Fair Park Coliseum
Ingraham Music
Toni Ingraham
Third District Coliseum
Sinyard
Branch Seid
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