Weather Summary for Arkansas And Nearby Areas
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 a m Friday shows high 70 low 36 with trace precipitation. Forecast by The Associated Press lists fair tonight and Saturday, cooler tonight and again Saturday. Low tonight in the 30s, high Saturday mid 40s to upper 50s.
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Exports and Imports Fall Sharply in January
Washington AP January trade fell as a dock strike paralyzed Atlantic and Gulf ports. Exports valued at 2.1 billion dollars, down 28 percent from December, while imports dropped to just under 2 billion, down about 34 percent. Chartener noted the strike limits general trade balance significance. Fuel imports rose due to automatic unloading. exports benefited from overland auto parts to Canada and air cargo shifts.
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Commerce Department
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Asst
William H. Chartener
Chartener
Canada
Bills Proposed in Arkansas House Include Childrens Colony Funds
Representatives Cecil Alexander and Sam Hasley proposed a bill allowing the Arkansas Children's Colony to use funds from two extra dog racing days at West Memphis for facility construction and improvements. Representative W H Bill Thompson also filed a resolution urging agencies to cut consultant and research-study expenditures, citing a Legislative Council finding of 3.6 million dollars spent in the last two years on various projects.
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Cecil Alexander
Herber Springs
Sam Hasley
Arkadelphia
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Arkansas Children’s Colony
West Memphis
W.H
Thompson
Marked Tree
Legislative Council
Plan to End Postal Patronage First Step in Undoing Abuses
Postmaster General Winton Blount says ending political patronage is a first step to undoing decades of abuses in the postal system. He cites influence in promotions and regional offices and notes Congress is urged to abolish political appointments of postmasters and rural carriers. He discusses a costly private lease system for post offices and a separate probe into Mafia-linked contracts in New Jersey.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Winton M. Blount
Blount
Nixon
Congress
Capitol HI
Post Office Department
New Jersey
General Accounting Office
General Services Administration
Les Halles Ends 900 Years With Brass Sendoff
AP reports Paris moves Les Halles central market to Rungis near Orly. A Beaux Arts Band performed from the Fountain of the Innocents as crates, trucks, and a snake dance created a chaotic farewell. Officials plan an international trade center with housing and shops, drawing mixed sentiment from locals.
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John Vinocur
Associated Press
Paris (Ap
Les Halles
Paris
Orly
Rungis
Beaux Arts
Fountain of the Innocents
Patrice Bellanger
Demos Learn GOP Secret Money Plot Revealed in Record
Washington report outlines a Democratic claim that the Republican National Committee planned a costly, secret 1970 campaign push to gain House control. Documents describe donor appeals and paid services for Republican members, with specific annual amounts and aid like art work, radio and TV materials, and speech files. Also included are brief notes on U S Air Force duty in Vietnam and unrelated anecdotes.
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House
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California
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R-Calif
Wilson
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Didn't Know Crew Was Highly Trained On Pueblo
Coronado California AP reports Navy court of inquiry heard that North Koreans misjudged the USS Pueblo crew’s intelligence skills. Communications technician J C Michael Barrett testified that captors did not extract the full value of the hostage source. Barrett noted that few interrogations targeted technical details and suspected the captors did not grasp the crew’s expertise.
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Richard E. Mayer
Associated Press
Coronado
Calif
Uss Pueblo
J.C. Michael Barrett
Kalamazoo
Mich
Navy
Edoward Grimm
Barrett
Two Quakes Hit California Near Palmdale
Two gentle earthquakes centered 25 miles northeast of Los Angeles along the San Andreas fault shook Palmdale area for about a minute. No serious damage reported. sheriff's deputy said telephone service between Palmdale and Lancaster was cut. Seismologists measured 4.3 on the Richter scale, capable of slight damage at the epicenter.
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Palmdale
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Los Angeles
San Andreas
Lancaster
Charles Jenson
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
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