Urban Areas See Trend to Segregate by Race
A Census profile finds racial separation rising in the nations 67 largest metropolitan areas over the last decade. Whites move to suburbs while inner cities grow more Black, with major cities like Washington, Atlanta, Newark and Gary showing central-city Black majorities and significant white declines.
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Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington
D.C
Atlanta
Newark
N.J
Gary
Ind
Washington, D
National Commission On
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Detroit
St. Louis
Baltimore
New Orleans
Wilmington
Del
Birmingham
Ala
Richmond
Chicago
Lockheed to Lay Off 6500 Workers
Lockheed Aircraft Corp announces a 6500 job cut, citing Rolls Royce financial Troubles. Union leaders urge intervention by President Nixon as Lockheed seeks to resolve engine supply woes for the TriStar jet project. Chairman Haughton plans London talks with Rolls and British officials.
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Burbank
Calif
Nixon
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Rolls Royce
Lockheed
Daniel J. Haughton
Lockheed Board
London
Rolls
James Quillin
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Quillin
Arkansas Weather Summary for 24 Hours
Experimental station report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Thursday notes high 59 and low 24 with cloudy conditions clearing from the west Friday. Widely scattered showers expected mainly in the eastern half tonight, mild today through Friday. Low tonight in the 30s to low 40s and high Friday in the 50s.
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Arkansas
Irregularities in Funds in Crittenden
Rep Walter Day chaired the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee in Little Rock as reports of alleged irregularities in Crittenden County funds were heard. Auditor Orvel Johnson raised the amount involved, while other figures cited show misappropriations by Sheriff Marion Thomas and County Clerk A B Carter. The legal status of the committee in session was questioned under state law. Green is the color most commonly seen in the aurora borealis, with stronger displays turning pale or red toward the poles.
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Little Rock
Walter Day
Blytheville
Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
Crittenden County
Orvel Johnson
Johnson
Dale Bumpers
Gerald Pearson
Jonesboro
Marion Thomas
A. B. Carter
Clarence Johnson
Thomas
Legislative Auditor
General Assembly
Legislative Audit Committee
Astronauts Leave Ship for Samoa After Moon Mission
Apollo 14 moon explorers Shepard Mitchell and Roosa depart the New Orleans for Samoa by helicopter transfer, then fly to Houston. They will be quarantined at Lunar Receiving Laboratory until Feb 26 with 12 other personnel, as scientists study 95 pounds of moon rocks.
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Associated Press
Uss New Orleans
Samoa
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
New Orleans
Pago Pago
American Samoa
South Pacific
Fra Mauro
Shepard
Mitchell
Robert Gilruth
Center
William Carpentier
Space Agency
R. H. Culbertson
Carpentier
Earth
Roosa
Culbertson
Lunar
Lax Regulation Urged as Advisory Council Proposes Reforms
The Presidential Advisory Council on Executive Organization says major federal agencies lack accountability and should be led by single administrators rather than multimember commissions. Nixon released the report without comment, noting further reaction would shape recommended reforms to Congress.
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Don McLeod
Associated Press
Washington
Presidential Advisory Council
Nixon
Congress
Utilities face higher bills as fuel costs soar nation wide
A nationwide AP survey shows many municipally run electric utilities have raised or plan to raise rates due to surging fuel oil coal and natural gas costs. Examples include Freeport NY Glendale CA and Vero Beach FL with 30 7 and 20 percent increases in 1970 respectively.
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EAN Helle
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
American Public Power Association
Electric Light Department of
Freeport
N.Y
Udovic Long
Long
Public Service Department
Glendale
Calif
Howard Gulick
Vero Beach
Fla
Pride
Carlyle
Ill
Virgil Bush
Life of Hughes to Be Filmed in Hollywood
Hollywood announces Cinema 71 Inc will film the life story of Howard Hughes. The company acquired rights to Bashful Billionaire by Albert B. Gerber, signaling a major screen biography project for the reclusive billionaire.
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Hollywood (Ap
Cinema 71 Inc
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Albert B. Gerber
Actor George Sanders files divorce from Magda Gabor
In Indio California AP report George Sanders 64 sues to end his brief marriage to Magda Gabor 49 sister of his ex wife Zsa Zsa Gabor On January 5 a month after the wedding he separated citing irreconcilable differences
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Indio
Calif
George Sanders
Magda Gabor
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Sanders
Magda
Nixon Proposes Broad Nationwide Water Purification Plan
President Nixon sent Congress a sweeping set of environmental bills proposing a $6 billion three year program to build water treatment facilities and expand federal authority over water quality. The package also creates the Environmental Financing Authority to back local bond issues, bans ocean and coastal dumping, and tightens pesticide and noise controls while expanding state and regional water pollution programs.
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U.S
James Phillips
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Congress
Environmental Financing Authority
Great Lakes
Environmental Protection Agency
Lands and Water Conservation Fund
Kidney Danger Signals Alert For Kidney Disorders
A dubious health notice warns of waking at night and burning sensations as possible signals of functional kidney disorders. It promotes a dubious remedy BUKETS to take three tablets daily for four days and claims relief of back and leg pains. Marketed by Deanna Drug.
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