Weather claims livestock losses in frigid Arkansas
Severe cold in Arkansas has caused cattle deaths from salt toxicity as cotton seed meal rations with salt and scarce water injure livestock. Extension specialists urge veterinarians and county agents to aid affected herds while noting ice hazards at ponds and the need for high energy rations. Farmers should provide water access, shelter, and extra feed. Pigs and poultry face water, feed, and processing challenges amid road ice. Agricultural officials advise contacting Extension agents for guidance. Annual fruit and vegetable markets may rise with steady supply. devaluation of the Mexican peso could lower import costs and boost competition for domestic produce.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
David Ibsen
Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
Ibsen
Larry Pitman
Jonesboro
Pitman
Roy E. Lambert
Attorney General Griffin Bell set for swearing in today
Griffin Bell, Atlanta lawyer and former federal judge, won Senate confirmation 75 to 21 to become the nations top legal officer. President Carter plans Bell’s swearing in in the Justice Departments Great Hall as the tenth of his cabinet nominees confirmed amid civil rights debates.
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Washington
Griffin B. Bell
Bell
Atlanta
Carter
Senate
Justice Department
F. Ray Marshall
Americus
Plains
5Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Con
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
Bob Dole
Kansas
Brooke
Richard M. Nixon
Supreme Court
Clement F. Haynsworth
G. Harrold Carswell
Bayh
Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Georgia
Ernest Vandiver
John C. Culver
Iowa
George McGovern
South Dakota
Donald W. Riegle Jr
Michigan
Geylord Nelson
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Winter cold slows farming across United States and Soviet Union
Winter blasts keep farmers indoors to tend livestock and feed stocks while thawing pipes and maintaining water supplies. By January 23 subnormal temperatures left most winter wheat dormant and slow growing, snow cover fading in major regions with only minor wind damage reported. The Soviet Union faced extreme cold and possible winterkill on crops planted last fall.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
Carter promises housing growth amid NAHB convention
President Carter sent a telegram to the National Association of Home Builders expressing hope for a favorable economic climate for housing. Builders at the Dallas meeting urged less government involvement, warning about controls and material delivery in the next two years. Rep. Jim Wright touted actions to expand ownership and affordable housing. The event highlighted a customer focus amid new economical home features and an NAHB survey noting typical buyers earn about 21 615 annually and purchase homes from 4 000 to 45 000 dollars.
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Dallas
Carter
National Association of Home Builders
Milton Kettler
Gaithersburg
Kettler
Wright
Kenneth Agid
Irvine Co
Newport Beach
Calif
NAHB
Association
Raccoon dropped twice from Ocean County helicopter in 1972 case
New Jersey Humane Society officials may file animal abuse complaints against county workers who released a live raccoon from a county helicopter using a burlap parachute. The raccoon survived two drops, and the incident surfaced during a grand jury investigation into mosquito commission bidding.
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Barnegat
New Jersey Humane Society
Lee Bermstein
Associated Humane Societies of New Jersey
Ocean County
Ocean County Mosquito Commission
Commission
Humane Society
Frederick Lesser
Lesser
Mosquito Commission
Bernstein
Grand Jury
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