Marion to study Boyson Road extension and traffic plan
City officials and the Boyson Road committee review proposals for traffic safety and street connections from Boyson Road to Eighth Avenue and 29th Avenue. Recommendations include sidewalks, intersection corrections, and maintaining right of way widths while delaying Alburnett Road extension due to funds.
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Marion YMCA activity schedule and local notices
Marion briefs list a Monday schedule at the Marion YMCA with multiple classes and times including fitness, gymnastics, tennis, and swimming. Also noted are a Tuesday senior citizens pot luck at the Marion American Legion building, a Marion Business Girls dinner, a Linn County Home vehicle fire causing minor damage, and local advertisements for nail care and aluminum siding services.
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Woodward Stars in NBC Movie Alexander
Joanne Woodward will star as Olympias in Alexander a four hour NBC TV movie based on Mary Renault novels Fire From Heaven and The Persian Boy Network VP Deanne Barkley said the project adapts the two best sellers for television.
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Joanne Woodward
Olympias
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British Airways launches London Apartments Plan for travelers
British Airways offers central London one and two bedroom apartments with kitchen maid service and utilities. Minimum stay one week. Prices per person per week range from 159 to 249 dollars for one bedroom and from 97 to 343 dollars for two bedrooms.
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Sugar firm settles suits in antitrust case
Amstar Corp. agrees to settle most of 78 civil antitrust suits consolidated in federal court in San Francisco for about 7 million dollars. Amstar denies wrongful practices but says settlements avoid costly litigation. Suits were filed by industrial, grocer and other sugar buyers after a 1974 grand jury indicted six sugar companies on price fixing. Amstar was not indicted.
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Amstar
Homemade pies boost Hartford Arkansas community projects
Hartford Arkansas, population 660, uses homemade pies sold since 1975 to fund street improvements and a new health clinic. Mayor Norma Michael notes the Hartford Boosters raised about $6,000 from $2.50 pies to improve the town and attract a doctor to Hartford near Sugarloaf Mountain.
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Ouachita Mountain Valley
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W.J. Hamilton Mining Museum
Tradeoff shows U.S. lead in foreign investment amid mutual activity
The Conference Board reports American firms accounted for 25 percent of world manufacturing projects last year with 60 percent of investments aimed at Western Europe. Western European companies also expanded in the United States, as over half of 336 foreign projects in 1977 occurred there. In 20 years ago fires, a firefighter saved the rest of Ladora while Ladora Lumber and Fuel Company buildings burned to rubble.
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