Cities weigh creek watershed over Millwood pipeline
In a column on water supplies Hope plans to use Terre Rouge Creek watershed rather than Millwood Reservoir. The writer warns against urban well drilling, argues cities should fund surface systems, and notes a coming dry cycle may favor a river and large reservoir over isolated wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood Reservoir
Little River
City of Hope
Terre Rouge Creek
Terre Rouge
Millwood
Blackbirds Move On as Resident Warns of New Roosts
Thurman W. Booth Jr of the Division of Wildlife Services says blackbirds roosting in the southeast city area may relocate to other parts if disturbed. He urges residents to watch for birds seeking quieter spots and suggests clapping, rattling pans or a shotgun to move them along. Separately, Rep Hammerschmidt's office reports 109 million in Rural Electrification loan funds released, with Arkansas loans totaling 1.4 million approved and 6.8 million pending. In Camden, two men are charged with illegally opening a grave at Red Hill Cemetery near Chichester after the discovery Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman W. Booth, Jr
Division of Wildlife Services
Washington
John Paul Hammerschmidt
R-Ark
White House
Rural Electrification Administration
Arkansas
Hammerschmidt
Camden, Ark
Jerry McMahen
Ouachita County
Camden
Ilegally
Red Hill
Chichester
McMahen
James Wilabay
James E. Stewart
Nixon Sato near Okinawa settlement amid trade talks
President Nixon and Prime Minister Sato neared a final Okinawa settlement at a two day summit. Officials expected a date for Okinawa’s transfer to Japan and possible Tokyo concessions on trade barriers as the United States faced a large trade deficit. A Washington Tokyo hot line was also discussed amid ongoing political and economic talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Eisaku Sato
Japan
Okinawa
William P. Rogers
United States
Sato
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
U.S
Rogers
Washington
Tokyo
China
India establishes full diplomatic ties with Hanoi
India moves to full relations with North Vietnam abandoning equal treatment of Hanoi and Saigon. An embassy will be in Hanoi while Saigon will have only a consulate general, a downgrade that risks India chairing the International Control Commission overseeing the 1954 Vietnam cease-fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Hanoi
New Delhi
North Vietnam
Saigon
International Control Commission
Vietnam
Bombs in Banks Found After Anonymous Warnings
Police discovered electrically timed explosive devices in safe deposit boxes across three New York City banks, a Chicago bank, and two San Francisco banks after anonymous letters warned of bombs in nine banks to free political prisoners. No injuries reported in SF. NY and Chicago bombs were removed.
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Associated Press
New York City
Chicago
San Francisco
Bank of America
Crocker Citizens National Bank
Wells Fargo Bank
Lower Manhattan
Marine Midland Trust Co
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
First National City Bank
First National Bank
Kenneth O'Neill
Marine Midland
Broadway
New York
Robert Daly
Continental Illinois National Bank of Chicago
Hijacked PSA jet flees to Havana amid Africa request
A Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 bound from San Francisco to Los Angeles was hijacked by a shotgun armed man and a woman with a baby. The hijackers forced the crew to Florida then demanded a larger plane to fly to Africa while the plane refueled and headed toward Havana. FBI and airport authorities set up roadblocks as flights were diverted and fuel trucks and charts were used to aid the hijackers. No identities confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Los Angeles
Havana
Africa
FBI
Federal Aviation Administration
Cuba
San Francisco
PSA
Florida
Paul MacAllister
Hillsborough County Aviation Authority
Macalister
Miami
U.S
Seaboard
Woman Shot to Death at Home Here
Jettie Marie Johnson, 38, died at 108 North Washington Street about 12:15 a.m. Friday from a gunshot wound to the chest. Sheriff Henry Lingard said the wound appeared self inflicted. The body was taken to Little Rock for autopsy as investigators keep the case open. Harold Johnson notified a neighbor. police found them alone in the house. Arrangements will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jettie Marie Johnson
North Washington Street
Henry Singard
Little Rock
Harold Johnson
Lingard
Unemployment Near Nine Year High In December
U S unemployment rose to 6.1 percent in December, just below the nine year peak of a year earlier. The Labor Statistics report shows whites at 5.4 percent and non whites at 10.3 percent, with teen unemployment up to 17.5 percent. Overall job seekers total 4.7 million, seasonally adjusted 5.2 million.
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Washington
Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Debt Ceiling Rise Is Inevitable
Washington AP reports officials expect the Nixon administration to ask Congress to raise the national debt ceiling again, near the record increase last year. With a $28 billion 1972 deficit and revenue declines, the limit could be exceeded by March 1, leaving about four billion in the limit and months of funding. The 1973 budget will avoid a value-added tax and aim for a full employment balance, avoiding new levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Treasury
Cer
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
New Court Members Sworn In As Powell And Rehnquist
Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as Supreme Court justices in a rare double ceremony. Chief Justice Burger led the brief event, the public barred from the session, as Powell and Rehnquist joined nine on the bench and prepared for cases already heard. Powell, a Virginia lawyer, and Rehnquist, a Nixon appointee, faced a contentious confirmation but now sit with the existing eight justices at a closed conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Schwedd
Associated Press
Washington
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Powell
Virginia
Rehnquist
Goldwater
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Nixon Administration
Powell and
Hugo L. Black
John M. Harlan
Motel Robbery at Coash Inn in Little Rock
AP report says three armed men robbed the Coash Men’s Inn in Little Rock just before midnight. They allegedly stole between 5000 and 10000 dollars from the motel safe and robbed guests. two Oklahoma men, Robert Lawler and Donald Friend, are in custody to be charged with armed robbery. Police search for a third suspect, possibly wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Oklahoma
Robert Lawler
McAlester
Okla
Donald Friend
Muskogee
H. G. Davis
Major Chamber of Commerce Committee Chairmen Named for 1972
The Texarkana area announces 1972 Chamber of Commerce committee chairs including Bill Freeman Retail Perry Campbell Tourist C R Dick Moore Education Garland Medders Transportation Larry Patterson Legislative John Lester Agriculture Charles Sharpe Membership Finance and Special Events Haskell Jones Paul H Jones Publicity. Also notes timber removal on South Main Street and historic oak trees, plus Navy Seaman Mark D Rhodes returns to Little Creek after time in the Mediterranean aboard USS Lorain County. Jerry Lee Wilson listed in Who's Who in the South and Southwest. profile details his birth June 20 1939 education and career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Rowe
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Bill Freeman
Perry Campbell
C. R
Dick” Moore
Garland Medders
Larry Patterson
John Lester
Charles Sharpe
Haskell Jones
Paul H. Jones
Navy
Mark D. Rhodes
Other D. Rhodes
W. College Street
Nashville
Little Creek
Mediterranean
Jerry Lee Wilson
Autrey Wilson
Hope
U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
David
Mark
Gainsborough Drive
Fairfax
Washington, D.C
Bomb Threat Evacuates Arkansas Airport During Banquet
About 800 people including Gov. Dale Bumpers and Sen. John L. McClellan were evacuated from Little Rock Municipal Airport after an unidentified caller to the Arkansas Gazette claimed a bomb was planted in the airport building. Gazette editor C ayrick Patterson alerted police and security officials. Two accidents followed, one at Hazel and Second Streets with heavy damage to a Thurman Lindsey Jr. vehicle, and a minor collision at Hazel and Fourth Streets between H R Kidding and Mrs Peart Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
New Little Rock
Arkansas Gazette
Hazel
Second Streets
Thurman Lindsey Jr
McDowell Turner
Turner Auto
Neal and
McCulley
Lindsey
Hazel and 4Th Streets
H.R. Kidding
Peart Jones
Neal
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