Key monetary settlement eyed before Congress reconvenes
United States seeks a new international monetary settlement by January 18 including exchange-rate realignments, trade barrier removals, and defense-cost sharing. Nixon aims to devalue the dollar and seek currency revaluations, with ministers detailing outlines at this week’s meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
United States
U.S. Woods
U.S
Nixon
Congress
West Germany
Japan
Britain
Azores
Georges Pompidou
Treasury Department
Indictment Ties Kerner to Race Track Stock Deals
Federal Judge Otto Kerner and three former Illinois officials plus a Chicago businesswoman were indicted on charges tied to racing stock profits. The grand jury says shares were offered to Kerner to secure favorable racing dates. The probe began about two years ago as Kerner, a former governor, faced appeals court duties.
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F. Richard Ciccone
Associated Press
Chicago
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Kerner
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richard J.daley
Appeals Court
Doctors Corps to Get Their Marching Order
Government paid physicians dentists and nurses will begin service in slums and rural areas under the National Health Service Corps. By end January 20 communities to be staffed with about 33 doctors 15 dentists and 10 nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stowell
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
National Health Service Corps
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Elliot L. Richardson
Federal Register
H. McDonald Rimple
Rimple
Inflatebird: A nylon rescue craft for emergency airlift
A novel portable inflating craft, the Inflatebird, designed for military rescue. It folds compactly, inflates in about six minutes, measures 19.2 feet long with a 28 foot wingspan, powered by a 60 horsepower engine and wooden propeller, capable of cruising at 60 knots for up to 543 hours, and could be carried folded in conventional planes for emergencies.
Admits Prison Standards Low at Mississippi County Penal Farm
Mississippi County officials told U S District Judge G Thomas Fise le that conditions at the penal farm fall below constitutional minimums The stipulation prepared by both sides says further improvements are needed to meet federal standards The plaintiffs note some improvements have occurred but more are required Also included is a separate report on a dove hunting case in Austin Texas where 23 Houston businessmen were fined over 700 for using grain to lure mourning doves into shotgun range
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Austin
Tex
Houston
Plea Bargaining May Be Accepted in Arkansas
The Procedural Committee of the Arkansas Criminal Code Revision Committee urged the Arkansas Supreme Court to recognize and sanction plea bargaining. The practice, long conducted secretly, involves prosecutors privately negotiating with defendants or their counsel for guilty pleas in exchange for recommended sentence. The panel aims to speed trials and cut appeals, pending final approvals by the full commission and Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
State Criminal Code Revision Committee
Arkansas Supreme Court
Criminal Code Revision Commission
Supreme Court
Conway Ordered to Stop Open Burning at City Dump
S Ladd Davies, director of the Department of Pollution Control and Ecology, told Conway to end open burning at the city dump within ten days after warnings were ignored. He asked the mayor to report steps for waste disposal. The dump lies about one mile north of Conway along Arkansas 25.
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Conway
Ark
S. Ladd Davies
Department of Pollution Control and Ecology
Davies
Walter Dunaway
Arkansas 25
Topless Dancer Lounge Closed in Little Rock
Pulaski County deputies padlocked Ken's Lounge in Little Rock and arrested 29 year old topless dancer Helen Barnett on a charge of indecent exposure. The closing order cites the venue as a public nuisance due to topless acts and other reasons. Fifteen customers were ordered out as doors were secured. Miss Barnett is the third topless dancer arrested for indecent exposure at the lounge in the past month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Pulaski County
Accident Fatal to Man in Arkansas Crash
Jerry Lee Jones 24 of Cherry Valley was killed when his car left Arkansas 163 near Wynne and hit a tree, police said.
Hammerschmidt Announces HUD Rent Subsidy Funds
Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt said HUD approved more than 171000 in rent subsidies for Arkansas complexes. Fort Smith will receive 44533 for 128 units in 10 two story buildings, while Springdale gets 77453 for 131 units in 15 two story buildings.
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Washington (Ap
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Rark
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Springdale
Reluctant to Talk After Lonely Life as Prisoner
Richard Fecteau, 43, spoke softly about his 19 years in a Communist Chinese prison, revealing isolation and health strains. Mary Ann Harbert, 25, described China imprisonment and plans to speak to press. both are undergoing medical tests after arrival in the United States.
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Lee Linder
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Richard Fecteau
Fecteau
Mary Ann Harbert
Hong Kong
Miss. Harbert
Palo Alto
Calif
China
Polly Harbert
Mary Ann
Miss Harbert
Valley Forge Medical Center
U.S
Peking
Wandering British Boy Found at Tampa Airport
A 16 year old London to New York stowaway from Coventry England says he ran away from a British boarding school and boarded a National Airlines plane to Tampa. Juvenile officials note a past disappearance in Wales Switzerland and a possible Welsh school. If his story checks out he will be turned over to immigration.
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Shreveport
Wilbur Mills
Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Tampa
Fla
Tampa International Airport
Phillip Davison
Coventry
England
British Overseas Airways
London
New York City
Davison
National Airlines
Switzerland
Gilwern
Wales
A. W. Alexandre
Florida Division of Youth Services
Alexandre
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Russia
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