Importers Allowed to Pass on New Surcharge
Treasury clarifies how the 10 percent duty on foreign goods interacts with Nixon's wage price freeze. Consumers may see price increases while merchants must maintain public price records and oversee compliance during the freeze period.
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Nixon
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Office of Emergency Preparedness
Texas
Public Utility Commissions
Congress
Connally
Location Approval Sought for K-10 Highway Work
The Kansas Highway Commission seeks location approval for K-10 in Douglas and Johnson counties. The proposed alignment starts east of Lawrence and proceeds southeast toward the Wakarusa River, bypassing Eudora, then northeast toward the Sunflower Ordinance Works and De Soto. Final environmental statements pending approval.
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Kanas Highway
Montgomery
Lawrence
Eudora
Federal Highway Administration
DeSoto
Commission
Right of Way
State Bank Resources Rise in Kansas 1971
Kansas bank commissioner Carl O Leary announced a 13.6 percent rise in resources for Kansas banks and trust companies for fiscal year 1971 ending June 30. Deposits reached 2.59 billion, loans 1.36 billion, and total capital and reserves rose to 365.5 million across 433 institutions.
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Carl O'Leary
Kansas Bank
Kansas
O’leary
O'Leary
Endeavour spacecraft returned home after Apollo 15
The USS Okinawa recovered the Endeavour capsule carrying Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden. It arrived at San Diego and will be deactivated at North Island Naval Air Station before transport to North American Rockwell in Downey for final assembly work.
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Calif
Okinawa
United States
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Moon
North Island Naval Air Station
North American Rockwell
Downey
Foul Mouthed Parrot Nabbed by Joplin Fire Police
In Joplin Missouri a small green parrot swore at customers from a tree by a restaurant. Police and firemen used a ladder truck gloves and a fish net to remove the bird and it was taken into custody by the animal warden.
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Joplin
Animal Warden
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