Blytheville Courier News (Newspaper) - May 7, 1977, Blytheville, Arkansas R. GREGORY NOKES Associated Press - President Carter and the leaders of six other major industrial nations made a today to ensure enough growth in their economies to reduce unemployment and control U.S. Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal is a step forward that the countries have pledged themselves to take steps to meet the targets they have set for Blumenthal said after the opening session of a two-day summit conference on world economic said Carter told the other leaders the United States would meet its own target for economic growth this year of between 5.8 and 6 per cent and probably would exceed the goal for reducing unemployment below 7 per in the United States declined to 7 per cent in government other conference participants are the leaders of West Canada and host meetings were being held today and Sunday at 10 Downing the official residence of Prime Minister James said that at the four-hour opening session this morning each leader discussed his view of the world was broad measure of that while the world is recovering from the recent the recovery is not proceeding fast Blumenthal said participants agreed there should be regular consultations between governments on economic including another summit meeting if summit leaders planned to resume their discussions in the morning session the arriving leaders confidence in their can be to restore the said West German nist industrial Page 2 Manila youths who were admitted yesterday in Jonesboro to St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center and one youth at Craighead County Memorial Hospital are listed today in satisfactory according to spokesmen for both six were among 33 Manila Junior High School when the school bus in which they were riding was struck by a tractor-trailer about 6 a.m. officials said the teenagers were en route to Blanchard Springs for a field admitted to St. Bernard's were Laura Page 2 72315 82 - NO. 293 10 CENTS 14 PAGES MAY 7,1977 i liage Deficit Dike LARRY Costs - The nation's steel industry is waiting to see whether other major steelmakers follow the lead of two companies that raised prices on steel used in a variety of consumer nation's fourth largest and Sheet and Tube a division of announced the price increases increases cover steel and bar steel is used mainly in auto appliances and office furniture such as filing cabinets and accounts for nearly half of the steel industry's Bar products are used in tools and forgings and make up about 16 per cent of the steel effect on consumers depends on how much of the increase is passe on by auto and appliance About would be added to the cost of making a car and to would be added to the cost of making major appliances under the planned industry sources Mayor Bob Aguiar expressed mixed emotions yesterday about the incinerator bond issue which will appear on the June 14 special election refund from the conversion of revenue bonds to millage will be good for the Aguiar any increased taxes are not good for the insiders have been waiting for a price move for several especially after the severe winter disrupted production and had an adverse effect on first-quarter all need said an official at one steel the nine largest five reported including Republic and major steel who have long complained of underpriced products and rising said they were studying the If they don't follow the lead set there is a strong possibility the price increases will have to be rolled rising costs make an increase at this time said Republic President federal council on Wage and Price Stability immediately called the boost and said it has been studying steel prices even though it does not have the power to force a government spokesman said in Washington the price council thinks the said the reason for the city's financial dilemma as he sees it is the fault of some city but rather the types of existing state laws which severely limit taxing powers of said there appears to be no alternative to maintaining the city's present level of services without some means of Page 2 some this seems too steel is selling in the United States for about per ton less than the domestic price and can draw your own conclusions from he said the price of products would go up an average of 8.8 per while the price of hot-rolled and carbon and alloy bar would be increased an average of 6.8 per cent. said it will boost prices 6.8 per cent on its hot-rolled Both hikes are effective May 15th. price increase cover about 80 per cent of the firm's products and are expected to increase mill revenues by 6.5 per company said it estimates the price if matched by other major would increase the wholesale price index by less than of 1 per increase on steel works out to about per a first grader at Gosnell Elementary is getting ready for Mother's Day by making a hanging pot as a present for her The hanging pot is being constructed from a styrofoam red and of material which are pasted to the Similar projects were done this week throughout the according to Melinda's Mrs. Dana News Photo by Feed H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer Meldrim Thomson has appealed to the nation's citizens and businesses to help him detain and guard nearly 1,400 power demonstrators who refuse to post am hopeful our need for funds will fall fruitfully upon the ears of and rank and file citizens throughout he said in a statement Friday said a State of New Hampshire Seabrook Fund has been set up to accept spokesman for the Clamshell which organized last weekend's sit-in at the construction site of the Seabrook nuclear power mounting costs on the appeal is cheap publicity stunt designed to hide the fact that Meldrim Thomson is taking the state into said spokesman Harvey of the protesters have been picketing the governor's mansion and a rally was to be held today on the protestors are housed at four National Guard armories at a cost Thomson estimates at a Officials said the state has spent since the demonstrators were arrested Sunday on trespass About 900 guardsmen are guarding the and the state Page 2 Residue No Action Line asks this week why BlytheVille's incinerator is unable to bum all of refuse brought to the forcing burial of the in the city landfill on North News Photo why won't the Blytheville incinerator system consume all of the refuse it I understand the reason Randall Company has not met its part of the agreement for steam sales is because of the lack of a meter to register properly the amount of steam which it Has Randall ever gotten its new Mayor Bob Aguiar says that the incinerator was not designed to consume all of the incinerator is capable of consuming 98 per cent of the 50 tons of refuse which it receives every Aguiar only substances left are some ashes and tin cans which disintegrate once they are removed from the he said the refuse is taken to the North Franklin Street landfill where it is has received its but not all of the necessary parts to set up the metering system from the heat recovery units to the Aguiar offered to loan parts but they were not Aguiar He said Randall was scheduled to have its meter installed last agreement between the city and Randall calls for a payment per month to the city for 100 pounds of pressure per square inch of pressure per city has not supplied that amount of to but a meter will more accurately register the amount of steam the system does deliver to Aguiar incinerator is doing its Aguiar the energy recovery system is a Page 2 ROUNDUPMay 7 Runway Pact Airport Commission has approved the low bid of by S. J. Cohen Company of Blytheville to extend the runway at Blytheville Municipal according to Mayor Bob said the contract calls for extension of the by 2,500 runway will be capable of accepting and small jet Aguiar contract also called Iw lighting and striping of the he Page 2 Partly Partly cloudy through Sunday with widely scattered showers or thundershowers in the north half of the It will be slightly cooler in the northeast but continued warm elsewhere through Highs today will be in the 80s. Lows tonight will be in the upper 50s to 60s Highs Sunday will be in the upper 70s northeast to 80s years ago Sunday two Frenchmen took off a biplane in an attempt to become the first pilots to make a nonstop transatlantic flight to New bills from automobile collisions and your insurance premiums would have been lower if the government had moved faster to set bumper the insurance industry and a lawmaker industry lobbyists are breathing easier now that an amendment to limit the power of big oil companies to buy foreign oil has been stripped from the to create a Department of Minister Botha says U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young can visit South Africa if he minds his The State Department says the trip will go on as a move toward unity at the economic the Carter administration announces the lifting of curbs on shipments of enriched uranium to three of the 2 5 6 2 5
