Texas Water Plan Masters Water Export Debate
Arkansas editorial urges Arkansans to scrutinize Texas Water Development Board’s revised plan. It notes Texas drought concerns, Ogallala aquifer depletion, and potential cross-state water export while emphasizing Arkansas’s own water needs and the Grand Prairie. The piece calls for Arkansas input as the plan lands in late March or April.
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Texas
Arkansans
Austin
Texas Water Development Board
Oklahoma
Louisiana
High Plains
West
New Mexico
Mississippi River
Ozark Northwest
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas Water Plan
Grand Prairie
TWDB
Arkansas Democrat
Crash fatal to Mineral Springs man
Carl W. Nichelson Jr., 20, of Mineral Springs, was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car on Ark 4 south of Nashville. The ride slid on a rain slick highway as he rounded a sharp curve. Lonzo Cotter, 20, of Ozan, the car driver, was uninjured.
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Nashville, Ark
Carl W. Nichelson Jr
Mineral Springs
Nashville
Nichelson
Ark. 4
Lonzo Cotter
Ozan
Farrah Fawcett Majors Rises as 1970s Hollywood Legend
Farrah Fawcett Majors has become a pop culture phenomenon as the 1970s star who may become a film actress after Charlie’s Angels. Her poster sales and merchandise, cover appearances, and media demand reflect a meteoric rise led by Lee Majors and Spelling Goldberg Productions while she navigates a looming contract suit.
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Los Angeles
Garbo
Harlow
Lombard
Monroe
Farrah
Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Charlie's Angels
McCall’s
Glamour
Vogue
Madamoiselle
Playboy
Spelling Goldberg Productions
ABC
Kate Jackson
Jaclin Smith
Canada
Lee Majors
Fawcett-Majors Productions
Majors
Marge Schicktanz
William Morris Agency
Study links birth control pill plant work to abnormal hormone levels
The CDC reported a year long study at Ortho Pharmaceutical in Puerto Rico showing elevated estrogen in workers. Among 25 men, five had increased female hormones and three developed enlarged breasts. two of five affected women in contact with powder and 10 of 18 in production with tablets showed vaginal bleeding. The expert warned of risks but noted no cancer evidence.
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Atlanta
National Center For Disease Control
Puerto Rico
Malcolm Harrington
Harrington
Ortho Pharmaceutical
Atlanta Mayor Fires Over a Thousand Striking Workers
Mayor Maynard Jackson fired more than 1,000 AFSCME striking workers in Atlanta after 1,300 walked out over a 50 cent per hour wage demand. About 300 returned to work. officials said 38 percent of the city’s garbagemen and related staff were affected. AFSCME regional rep Leamon Hood condemned the firings as harming human dignity and said the strike would continue.
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Atlanta
Maynard Jackson
Jackson
Leamon Hood
Afscme
Concorde landing and arms talk mark U S French agenda
Secretary of State Vance met President Giscard dEstaing in Paris to discuss Soviet rejection of disarmament proposals, Concorde landing rights for New York, Middle East, and the forthcoming economic summit. Vance cautioned no new U S proposals ahead of May talks with Gromyko and noted bases issue could alter the arms treaty framework.
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Paris
Cyrus R. Vance
Valery Giscard d
New York
Middle East
Giscard d’Estaing
New York Area
Vance
U.S
Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
London
Gromyko
United States
Europe
Senators split on ethics code as Senate approves measure
The Senate approved its ethics code 86 to 9, aiming to restore public trust after Watergate. Dissenters call the move a sham, arguing the real problem is Congress addressing its own issues rather than the code.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Pryor vetoes land purchase for Millwood State Park area
Gov. Pryor signed a bill funding park upgrades but vetoed the 50 000 appropriation to buy 240 acres beside Millwood State Park. About 80 acres are leased to Millwood Country Club for facilities including a golf course. He cited lack of appraisal and feasibility study and warned against weak pollution law study.
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Little Rock
David Pryor
Millwood State Park
Little River County Development Corp
Millwood Country Club
Southwest Arkansas
Pryor
Parks and Tourism Commission
Pryor pushes insulation funding plan for Arkansas homes
Governor Pryor urges the Public Service Commission to create a utility financed insulation program to cut energy waste and stabilize bills. He notes 450000 Arkansas homes inadequately insulated and seeks hearings, agreement on costs, and contractor coordination with state agencies and trade groups.
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Little Rock
David Pryor
Public Service Commission
Pryor
Arkansas
Michigan
New York
Senate
State Energy Office
The
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board
Arkansas Bankers Association
Arkansas Savings and Loan Association
Arkansas Credit Union League
Arkansas Mortgage Bankers Association
Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association
Mrs. James F. Ward, Hope educator, dies at 8
Mrs. James Frank Ward aged 8 of Hope died Friday in a Texarkana hospital. A retired school teacher and First United Methodist Church member, she is survived by a daughter Mrs. George Robison, two sisters, a granddaughter Mrs. Jim P. Wilson, and three great grandchildren. Funeral 4 Chapel with Rev. Ralph Hale officiating. Burial in Memory Gardens. Herndon Funeral Home in charge.
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James F. Ward
James Frank Ward
Hope
Texarkana
First United Methodist Church
George Robison
Tex
Jim P. Wilson
Ralph Hale
Memory Gardens
Herndon Funeral Home
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PSC
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