Government pays tribute to ABC auditing system use
The piece notes the USPS may accept Audit Bureau of Circulations reports in place of its own statements as early as July 1 1975. It highlights ABCs independence from sellers and the long history of field audits validating newspaper paid circulations, including The Star’s forthcoming March audit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Postal Service
Bureau of Circulations
Post Office
ABC
U.S
ABC News
Star
Business Publications Division
Darwin E. Sharp
Postal Service
USPS
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Chicago
Prescott boy hurt in wreck
Andrew Crayne, 16, of Prescott was struck by a southbound train while driving on East Olive in Prescott. He was listed in critical condition at Nevada County Hospital after the 6:20 p.m. crash and was moved to a Little Rock hospital the next day.
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Prescott
Ark
Andrew Crayne
East Olive
Arkansas
Tommy Carmen
Nevada County Hospital
Louise Crayne
Little Rock
Missouri- Pacific
Kroger Co. of
Hope
East Avenue B
James Griffin
David Sulzer
Mickey Harmon
Billy Arnold
East Third
Jim Byrd
S. Greening
Arnold
Bomb Found At Oaklands Federal Building
A Weather Underground claim to have planted a bomb at the George P. Miller Federal Building in Oakland prompted a four block lockdown as demolition teams removed a ticking device. A female Weather Underground member warned the site and noted the bomb on the seventh floor while authorities waited through the night for any blast.
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Oakland
Calif
Federal
George P. Miller
Electric rates to rise as fuel costs spike in 1974
Garland Medders, utilities manager, says Arkansas electric users will face the highest fuel adjustment in history in February, adding 1.4 cents per kilowatt hour to bills. Wholesale rate hikes and fuel price shifts have squeezed Hope’s municipal system, with 1974 earnings down by more than $325,000 and future rate adjustments anticipated.
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Garland Medders
Hope
State of
Arkansas
City of
Hope Water & Light Commission
Federal Power Commission
Washington, D.C
Hope Municipal
The
Water & Light Commission
Water & Light System
Water & Light Plant
Electric Light and Power
U S Steel Posts Record Sales in 1974 Profit Decline
Pittsburgh AP U S Steel Corp reports the highest sales in history for 1974 with profits surpassing a 17 year old record by over 50 percent. Board chairman E B Speer notes the 1974 profit at 6.8 percent of sales, below the 9.5 percent in 1957 when prior earnings peaked at 419 million. The firm has raised prices 43 percent in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh, Pa
U.S. Steel Corp
E.B. Speer
U.S. Steel
Weather Underground Claims State Dept Bombing in 1970
A leftist Weather Underground Organization claimed credit for a bomb blast at the State Department headquarters in Washington, damaging four floors with no injuries. Warnings were sent to AP, The Washington Post, and others. A second planned blast in Oakland failed to occur. The group cited U.S. arms aid to Vietnam and Cambodia. FBI and police hunted for more devices as officials searched nearby buildings. Bernardine Dohrn identified as a leader amid past bombings by the group.
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Washington
State Department
Weather Underground Organization
Armed Forces Induction Center
Oakland
Calif
International Conference Room
Henry A. Kissinger
Charles Lightner
D.C
General Services Administration
Underground
Ford
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Weather Underground
Paris
San Francisco
Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
A.I.D
State Dept
Defense Department
U.S
Vietnam
Agency For International Development
FBI
Bernardine Dohrn
Students For A Democratic Society
Weatherman
Index shows another drop in leading indicators
Washington AP reports leading indicators fell 2.4 percent in December with November revised to a 3.5 percent drop, marking the worst sustained decline since 1948. Nine components were available, six signaling deeper recession as unemployment claims rose, hours shrank, durable goods orders fell, while some factory contracts and permits edged up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Arkansas Senate approves presidential primary bill for state
The Arkansas Senate passed a House bill 33 to 1 to allow a presidential primary, sending it to Gov. Pryor who is expected to sign. The measure backs voters choosing delegates and sits alongside a plan to establish a full-time Little Rock law school. The emergency clause was approved for the presidential bill but rejected on a companion Senate measure.
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Little Rock
State
Senate
House
Arkansas
David Pryor
Frank Henslee
Pine Bluff
Alabama
George Wallace
Nancy Baker
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Alex. H. Washburn
Billy Burton
Memorial Hospital
Hope Police Department
Reid Clark
William Haltom
Wallace Martin
Weather’ Underground
United States
Oakland Tribune
Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit
Navy
Harper Smith
Hope Melonaires
Celina
Texas
Harper
Methodist Church
Kirkwood Lodge
Fun Valley
Colo
Lighted Lantern
Kalex
Melonaires
Front
Elm Streets
Fair Park Coliseum
Beag
Democratic State Committee
Henslee
Mark
Siegel
Democratic National Committee
National Party
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