Red River Salt Pollution Plans Outlined in Newsletter
The Red River Valley association reports on salt pollution from ten natural sources above Denison Dam in Texas and Oklahoma. The study follows remarks by Sam Rayburn and details proposed federal projects to control salinity, including brine collection systems and reservoirs, with costs ranging from 76 million to 360 million dollars and aims to restore water quality downstream to the Mississippi River.
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Colorado
Wall Street Journal
Red River Valley Association
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Oklahoma
Mississippi River
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House
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Empire State Building
Arkansas
U.S. Public Health Service
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Lake
Kemp
Testis
Corps of Engineers
Texuma
Only Medical Students Can Be Deferred
Nixon administration proposals would end draft deferments by education after a cutoff date, with current student deferments allowed to complete ongoing undergrad study. Occupational and parental deferments may be kept only if existing. new ones barred. Pentagon argues fewer draftees needed as Vietnam war winds down. 225000 annual intake expected this year, down from 1968. Special cases for press students noted. other hardship areas unlikely for new deferments. Spec. 4 David Tettleton, son of Rust DeMess, killed in action in Vietnam, Defense Department reports.
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Pentagon
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Melvin R. Laird
National Security Council
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Vietnam
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Tettleton
Rust W. DeMess
Eurekat Springs
Ark
Defense Department
Group Recommends the Government Get Out of Oil Import Business
A cabinet task force urges President Nixon to end federal allocation of foreign oil import licenses. It recommends replacing quotas with tariffs on foreign oil to open the market to any company, aiming to lower U.S. oil costs and bolster reserves.
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Jean Heller
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Task Force
White House
United States
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Hickel and
Stans
Secretary of Defense
Melvin Laird
George A. Lincoln
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Reports Good News for Conservationists on Explosives
AP Science writer reports progress on underground nuclear detonations for dams canals and similar projects. University of California scientist says final tests in Nevada show devices can be clean of harmful radiation with feasible but costly shielding and size considerations.
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Bill Stockton
Lay Vegas
New
Ducleas
Clark Grosecrosw
University of California
Lawsence Radiation Laboratory
Shyermole
Calif
Nevada
Festi
Pine Bluff School District Order to End Dual System
Judge Oren Harris ordered Pine Bluff schools to convert Junior and Senior Highs to a unitary system beginning second semester January 26 and set a March deadline to reorganize elementary schools. A plan must be filed by January 24 to eliminate the dual system, aiming for full effect by the fall term.
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Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Oren Harris
Harris
U.S. District Court
Rice Farmers Seek Larger Acreage After U S Cutback
More than 1,200 rice farmers from three states adopted a resolution in Stuttgart Arkansas urging the U S Department of Agriculture to amend a 15 percent cut in the rice acreage allotment. They seek two million acres this crop year, 163 539 more than 1970. They also want farm program for rice farmers set at 48 percent instead of 85 percent. Arkansas congressmen pledged support to seek remedies.
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Ark
U. S. Agriculture Department
Farm Party
Wilbur D. Mills
David Pryor
Bill Alexander
Arkansis
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Arkansas
Mills
Women in Pill Race With Animals Says Expert
Dr Roy Hertz testifying before the Senate monopoly subcommittee warned that women are in a grim race with laboratory animals to determine the safety of the pill. He chairs the cancer task force of an FDA advisory panel and said it may take years to confirm suspected links between oral contraceptives and breast cancer.
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H. L. Schwartz
Associated Press
Washington
Roy Hertz
Senate
Hertz
Bairman
Canger
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Nigeria Rejects White Nations Aiding Biafra Relief
Nigeria bans aid from four white governments France Portugal Rhodesia and South Africa and from private agencies that aided Biafra while inviting friendly governments for relief. Black African states Zambia Tanzania Gabon and Ivory Coast recognized Biafra. US Canada Red Cross and others face restricted access as Lagos coordinates civilian airlifts and road shipments for refugees amid ongoing relief efforts.
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Tanzania
Gabon
Ivory Coast
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Mt. Everest
Lagos
London
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France
Portugal
Rhodesia
South Africa
Murder charge filed in North Little Rock shooting
A first degree murder charge was filed Wednesday against Andrew Cuery, 27, of North Little Rock, for the shooting death of Eugene Preston, 18, of North Little Rock. The case stems from a fatal shooting that occurred in the area.
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Uttle Rock
Andrew Cuery
North Little Rock
Eugene Preston
Agnew Protests in Auckland Steer Police Clash
More than 200 police formed a chain to push back about 500 chanting demonstrators as Vice President Spiro Agnew visited during an 11 nation Asian tour. Eight arrested, protesters waved Viet Cong and swastika symbols outside the hotel, with a vigil planned for the night.
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New Zealand
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Agnew
Carl P. Leabsdorf
Associated Press
Spiro T. Agnew
All Around Town Fund Drives Tuberculosis Education Effort
All Around Town fund raising proceeds support educational material for hospitals libraries and the public on early detection of lung diseases like tuberculosis and emphysema. Hempstead County Singing Convention set for Sunday afternoon January 14 at Providence Baptist Church ten miles south of Hope on Hwy 25 starting 1:30 p.m. Harald Duke presides with Ruevel Bright as vice president and Mrs Gus Hickerson as secretary treasurer.
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Hempstead County
Proevidence Baptist Church
Hope
Hwy
Harald Duke
Ruevel Bright
Gus Hickerson
Relacy
Courts rule desegregation orders to stay in force
A federal appeals court reversed a lower court’s ruling and kept desegregation plans in place affecting about 300,000 students across multiple districts in Alabama Mississippi Georgia Florida and Louisiana. The decision preserves neighborhood schools and freedom of choice plans while deadlines prompt school systems to describe how they will desegregate by February 1.
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Bottle
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Noni
Supreme Court
Marshall County
Jackson
Holly Springs
Mississippi
Jefferson
Bessemer
Mobile
Ala
Burke
Bryant to Host Dinner? Secretary of State Plans Event
Little Rock AP reports secretary of state Kelly Bryant appears to stage a $320 ticket dinner. He says proceeds go to his pocket amid questions about governor bid, with event set for next Tuesday at Hotel Marion and sponsored by New Decade Banquet Committee amid ticket sales by department staff.
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U.S. State Department
Yaku
Bu Gowon
U.S
United States
Department
David Newsom
Washington
Biafra
Red Cross
Lagos
P. C. Stanissis
League of Red Cross Societies
Geneva
Little Rock
Cummins
Tucker
Arkansas
Jack Holt Jr
J. Smith Henley
State Board of Corrections
Robert Sarver
Indies
Kelly Bryant
Bryant
Marion
New Decade Banquet Coromite Fee
Little Rock Post Office
Ie Bryant
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