Carter Welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau at White House
President Carter receives Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau with a 19 gun salute and planned state dinner. Talks cover London summit, East‑West issues, nuclear controls, and U S Canadian economic and environmental concerns. Budget moves include cutting water project funding and trimming defense outlays to shape fiscal 1978 proposals.
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Washington
Carter
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
White House
Walter Mondale
Trudeau
London
Congress
Garrison
North Dakota
Ford
Two killed in jail fire in Stone County Arkansas
Two prisoners facing drunkenness charges died when a jail cell fire broke out early Saturday in Mountain View. Norman Walls, 42, of Concord, and Ricky Barnes, 29, of Mountain View, were in the same cell and authorities could not reach them due to heat and smoke. The cause remains under investigation. The article also contains unrelated notes about the U.S. Mint and a Hope advertisement.
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Mountain View
Ark
Stone County
Norman Walls
Concord
Ricky Barnes
Walls
Barnes
Drive to End School Sex Bias Launched Nationwide
The Carter administration will pull federal funds from districts and colleges that discriminate by sex, enforcing 1972 1975 HEW rules on coeducation and equal treatment. About 16 000 districts and 2 700 colleges face compliance reviews, with noncompliance risking loss of funds. Chicago schools face a separate bid to cut federal aid for civil rights violations.
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Washington
Honorary Service
Carter Administration
HEW
Department
Joseph Califano Jr
Califano
Leges
Chicago
Mills weighs offer to head Arkansas Industrial Development
Former congressman Wilbur Mills says it may take about 30 days to decide whether to accept Gov. Pryor’s offer to become director of the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. Mills, who retired last year, said he remains unsure about returning to work.
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Little Rock
Wilbur D. Mills
The
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Mills
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eight Die in Arkansas Traffic Crashes Weekend Toll
Eight people died in Arkansas highway crashes over the weekend. Victims include William Lambert 31 Blytheville Tony Hinton 4 Wynne and Darrell Hendrix 36 Leola. Others were Kimberly Ward 12 Hope Ronnie Cody 21 Wynne Larry Galloway 3 Decatur Steve Evans 17 Gravette Worley Clark 74 El Dorado.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Earle
William Lambert
Blytheville
Tony Hinton
Wynne
Ronnie Cody
Memphis Hospital
Kimberly Ward
Hope
Larry Galloway
Decatur
Bentonville
Darrell Hendrix
Leola
Sheridan
Arkansas 4
Steve Evans
Gravette
Arkansas 59
Worley Clark
el Dorado
U.S. 167
Mail-order swindles boom in half billion market
Washington AP reports a rapid rise in mail fraud, with promoters offering fake diet pills, baldness cures, youth masks and false investment plans. Officials say the scam revenue jumped from about 194 million to at least 514 million in fiscal 1976, as authorities warn consumers to doubt too good to be true offers. They can halt mail delivery or prosecute under the 1872 mail fraud law.
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Washington
Postal Service
George Davis
Post Office
John Neumann
Philadelphia
Lumber fire destroys Saline Lumber planer mill in Benton
A fire at Saline Lumber Co. in Benton destroyed thousands of board feet of lumber and the planer mill on Saturday. About 60 firemen fought the blaze with no immediate estimate of damage. the sawmill and wood kiln were saved. The cause is unknown.
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Benton, Ark
Saline Lumber Co
Benton
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