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Short SERVING Subjects WESTHELENA EAST ARKANSAS RECORD Complete Daily Reports by Associated Press and Leased Wire Issured Every afternoon ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH YEAR SUNDAY JANUARY 7 1979 NO 27 Cambodian capital under siege Weather which has not approved the? ton DC the labor federation ation could mean a loss of $1 ERA said riday 'million to the ontainebleau grande dame of Miami Beach Egypt outlines latest position per 100 pounds of liveweight up This convention wasso large and for so long a duration at the in But one administration offi a cial who asked not to be named said president's advisers had opposed the changes and Carter accepted their recoin? TABRIZ Iran Jam 4 US CONSULATE STORMED lranian troops inspect aeons around the damaged main gate of the US consulate in Tabriz after demonstrators tried to storm the consulate over the weekend with fire bombs and cobble stones 'The gate was damaged but the demonstrators were driven away by Iranian soldiers before they could enter the consulate (AP Laserphoto) 1 4 A Ji1 if' rSf Associated Press Writer TEHRAN Iran (AP) Shah pour Bakhtiar Saturday wonShah Mohammad' Reza endorsement of his new civilian government and said the shah maintain his position as a constitutional In Paris aides to the exiled Moslem leader Ayatullah Kho maini most influential of the foes said today he had asked the opposition' National ront to postpone for 24 hours a scheduled general strike and day of mourning Sunday for the 1500 or more Iranians slain in a year of anti shah rioting Khomaini head of dominant Shiite Moslem sect and leaders of the ront insist on the abdication Bak htiar was kicked out of the op position coalition for agreeing find a peaceful solutionto the situation" he said Ghali said Egypt was not concerned by reports that Iran' primary oil sunnlier GRANTMADE Congressman Bill Alexander announced today that $53210 has been reserved for the low'r income housing program of the Housing Authority of the city of Joe Madonia is the executive director of 'the Housing Authority of Uie city of Cl Uni am a vi Other areas of disagreement are the precedence of an Egyp tian Israeli treaty over Egypt's defense commitments to other Arab countries and a future re view of security arra ngcments treaty and a partial One at A A OM A I Taa MM nil A A i a A III Hie OlJiCU jUVBCI XJHUM DalU I based rations not from the cattle that wind up as ham burger 1 Last month the report said turned riday night from a two day skiing holiday his first venture out of Tehran in sev eral months of bloody rioting against his regime Meeting after the ceremony with Iranian reporters Bak htiar said shah will reign a reference to demand that the shah strictly limit himself to the powers spelled out for the monarch in the 1906 con stitution Asked if the shah plans to stay in the country Bakhtiar said hope so We can settle all the problems and we hope the monarchy will remain" The shah did not speak to re porters But the state radio lat er quoted his as telling the in coming Cabinet that a long time suffering heavy bur dens I am certainly suffering from fatigue and I need a continued on page four mendation before leaving ear lier this week for the four na tion summit conference on Guadeloupe The minimums wage rose from $265 to $290 on Jan 1 and is scheduled to rise to $3 i on Jan 1 1980 and to $335 in another 12 months Another official said the pres ident decided against asking Congress to defer minimum wage increases because they will have a almost im perceptible effect on the in flation rate" Business groups as well as some members of Congress from both parties have called for delaying raises In the min imum wage as one means of holding down inflation and the Issue is almost certain to come up in the Congress that con venes late this month An administration official however said proposing a change would have meant ter i ng an administration policy that the poor are not to bear the brunt of fighting But Harold Coxson a spokes man for the US? Chamber of Commerce accused the presi dent of abandoning good eco nomic policy for sake of avoiding a new condict with or ganized labor We th rk short term politics play" he said Coxson said deferring planned minimum wage creases would create an esti mated 880000 new jobs and said a differential" would help alleviate high rates of unemployment among youths particularly minorities The Carter administration has had poor relations with or ganized labor in recent months Proposing changes in the min imum wage law and the Davis Bacon Act would almost cer tainly have caused a new con frontation for the adminis tration at a time when the two sides are trying to mend their ties Carter and AL CIO Presi dent George 'Meany plan to meet Jan 12 for their first pri vate chat in several months 1 three vears to rebuild them 1 retail beef prices overall will rise anadditional 10 percent to 14 percent this year and that pork prices may average 2 per? By ELIAS ANT AR Associated Press Writer CAIRO Egypt (AP) Egypt will give the United States summary later Saturday of its demands for a peace treaty with Israel and after that it will be up to Washington to get peace talks started again acting oreign Minister Butros Ghali said' I cannot give a' guess I when the deadlocked negotia tions will resume Ghah told a news con ference today He denied Is raeli reports that Egyptian and Israeli officials would meet EASTERN ARKANSAS? OR lOYEARs' to form a new government that would allow the shah to retain the throne After his meeting with Bak htiar the shah said he was from and needs Iranian state radio reported It said the shah raised the prospect that the rest could take place but the radio report ciid not elaborate The radio announced that Sunday would be observed as anational day of mourning for those killed in anti shah noting last weekend in Mashhad a city in northeastern Iran where the government said 106 per sons died in anti shah rioting last weekend The opposition claimed between 700 and 2000 people died in the rioting The radio announcement was seen here as a move by the Bakhtiar government toward national re ontainebleau Hilton Hotel continued on page four conciliation Khomaini in a statment is sued in Paris branded Bak government but said it was up to people to the fate of the new regime In his statement today Kho maini also thanked striking journalists refusing to sub mit to the dictatorial and urged them to return to work However he said is necessary that all the other workers continue their and that he hopes is The shah gave his endorse ment to Cabinet at a ceremony at the Niavaran Pal ace and shook hands with each Cabinet member The shah appeared composed and looked more confident than during his last appearance for photographers last week He re 15 Per Copy menting an autonomy plan for i ing in tne Israeli occupied west Bank of the Jordan River and inlthe Gaza Strip He also declared that any Palestinian entity that emerges from negotiations will or later become a Israel has ruled out the establishment of an independent Palestinian state o' ARKANSAS: Mostly cloudy with precipitation decreasing today mid 20s north to near 40 southeast 'Extended forecast: Chance ol 3 snow north and rain south i Tuesday and Wednesday Con tinued cold Lows mid 20s to mid 30s Highs in the 40s Clancji fe 5 Commissioner retired after over 40 years tends to say how the Legisla i Usually the commission just chair in 1964 when Orval left the southern half of flew out during a general rnunps county covered with water prices at the children er Mideast shuttle by Secretary Active pallbearers will be of State Cyrus Vance vances last shuttle in De cember failed to break the deadlock that stalled the peace process mid November Since then both Israel and Egypt have said they are will ing to resume negotiations On Wednesday the Egyptian Cabinet discussed its terms for a pact and Ghali said the Egyp i Useless deaths 6 nAKTAND (AP) our snowmobiles plunged Up more than 23 percent from through ice into the freezing an average of iess than $156 a waters of a lake early Satur poUI)d a year earlier the de day and authorities said one partment said riday in a person was killed "and two weekly report 'J others were missing AH meat prices have been i has retired after over 40 years of service as Commissioner of the White River Drainage District of Phillips and Deshea' Counties EL Burks 301 Helena National Bank ffldg 338 8161 one car accident 'lce covered streets "and bY vay nPfllHk rnklV noiia kAnn Sharply higher market prices for live cattle boosted retail beef price? 22 percent last month according to the Agri culture Denartment Insure against accidents Preliminary figures for 'De with EL Burks 301 Helena cember showed that the aver Mnh'nnnl QQftJtlRI nrtn nmzio i 1 nauuia juaatM vw vva agvr ivmu pt ivu dr: yOTO most $192 a pound measured nric are ex at parent less than $158 No jdy this year because ground The December was comes "non a rori Artwc nni nrnor naniM ann fewer of those will be going to slaughter The latest figures showed that retail pork pnces in De 45 percent from the November cember dipped a fraction of a average of $5346 per cent to slightly lessThan $1 50 a continued on page IVIfinflSIV Mr Hornbr Who has the United Nations the cern over the invasion lllUIIUOI rhairmnn nt iho Chinese news aeencv Hdnhuk China the si Commissioners of the and nee the No one has been executed in' many yeon Wai one of thtf A us oCOcial bn Peking said news service Mid there was namese have grabbedabc Shah approves cabinet as protest strike delayed Bv THOMA KT'M'T A A Aaa A Al A In other areas the new day to become governor sue thousands of acres of farmland wrinkles are minor' ceeding David Pryor who re that had been flooded by waters me proposed rxjuai rugnts signed to oe sworn in as a US Amendment nas not nad a rati fication vote in the Legislature There appears to be little pros Dect of ono this war ISA It a I A The Highway Commission Clinton will be taking office except for John Roane who wviiiviv UWIMUHI 11 nau uiue success tne last just a montn or two after com 1 tour years getting more road pietion of the new death Helena Police investigated a revenue meets Wednesday to chamber He has not ruled out two vehicle accident riday 'announce how much it wants the possibility of letting execu afternoon near the'Kream this time tions take place rreeze on bourn Biscoe at Richard Cummings driving a 1973 Mack Tractor trailer was turning' into the access road oesiae tne Kream vuuniy legisiauve which nau set aside au 01 its reeze when the tank on the SUIO has struck a $1 delegation repeatedly has voted i 1200 guest rooms for the meet truck hit a parked 1973 ord for the Equal to approve the ERA ing originally scheduled for Bob Truck belonging to Coca Ajnendment respond The AL CIO convention Oct 14 24 The convention has Cola and driven by Donald lng complaints of union and millions of dollars in hotel been rescheduled to begin Nov Throgrfiorton The Coke truck women by pulling its biennial food and entertainment revenue 15 then rolled across the street out lorida will be moved to Washing Newsome said the cancella and came to rest in a yard at 746 uid Highway Beef prices continuing to rise Important meeting of Helena Merchants Asso Tuesday 7:30 a at nick vaie Altrusa program luncheon meeting Thursday noon home of Jean orte Betty Johnsoninternational relations chairman in charge of the program Meeting' of the Executive Committee of the local American Legion Post Tuesday night at 7:30 at the Hut evacuation of diplomats fromthe Cambodian capital A European diplomat here said he not be surprised if Phnom Penh was evacuated soon and the government took to the to continue the war Cambodian Premier Pol Pot conceded his people were In a or death The New York Times quoted Washington officiate as saying the Chinese have moved fttantifll nf hwino ne week hy Circuit Judge John L' Pbnom Penh government well as warplanes to its border Anderson appointed him '4 that wU1 fly on loswith Vietnam apparently to to the post New York to appeal for help show mounting con VM MVU1VI AMia tx chairman of the Board of By DENIS GRAY Associated Press Writer BANGKOK Thailand (AP) A Vietnamese invasion force estimated at more than 100000 troops is tightening its noose around Phnom Penh and the next move probably will be to cut the Cambodian southwestern lifeline to the sea He has been succeeded by aysts JB Lambert Jr local civic Cambodian chief of leader and planter Mr stste Prince Norodom Sihanouk Lambert was sworn in as the flew to Pekm new commissioner eariv last at the head of a I A91 a Ann emv a 9 Have you ordered a copy of the book Helena The Ridge The River The Romance you may pick it up at the Phillips County No fines are being charged at the Phillips County Library for overdue books? Take ad vantage of this and bring those book that have slipped under the car seat or positioned themselves in unexpected places in the house Sewing classes will start Jan 9th 7 pm and tailoring classes will begin Jan 10th 1 pm at Phillips College The World Staff inlm a6 laAiwi Gia nn 1 i At i a a im Umictnn on4 Cmlth ill rno lunrariua ria iivwjvuii avauouiiu ua sjiaailaa lltx YCdia ICUUUU UlVUl vv hanoHmont Avnarfa nu that lrtPR2)H nf TWpmhpr hnnat Of West JHefenfl 1OU Era nd vii 1 1 nnzl nv zihamJ cnrtn tf CAt fkn nl9n pnces resuitea 0 wi aww farm The figures were it Robert Jackson Horace scent to 5 percent higher than in Choice beef the most common George Woodrow Reed Sibley graoe soia in retau stores it comes from animals fed grain Buford Culp aiUIlUidJJ pdUVCdlVla will uc Weldon Jackson 3J White Jessie Collins Ernest Jackson rank Gregory Jay Davison choice grade steers brought Jack Gibb and Ralph DeJar piuuuuvns in average or rooirz 2 tl 6 r' 3 1 2 tian 1J fallnWlHtf DrAftf CfinVm OUTiai wu 4JC UI OUIiaei UVIHUIIUD nuuw LC Vivweh charge of Hermann Eilts Saturday for Iran 18 a Moslem and Middle from the Sinai fields before it to Vance Eastern country hope the returns the peninsula tn gyp ttvnnN KKinAi i edging up particularly beef pound on an all cut basis But AP arm Writer But Miami Beaach tourist nf Officials said thp mnvn uzac errand damn nf Miami Roonh Insure against accidents with hammer has prompted by a request of the convention hotels wAyu x1 uro VI xiauv UtlJUH TVUH1 A1UD VUIIVVUL1UI1 WdB where the amendment has cn which said its members large and for so long a duration found consistent support and would be put in a difficult posi that it was comparable to threewhere ERA inspired boycotts fion if the convention was held major conventions for he have been particularly costly in lorida said meant something like X' a sad situation when the thought'they made 14000 room nights for 1 of Miami Beach who reasonable said Al Zack The lorida House voted sev 1 bCAn stmnn hnrlrfrc nf 3n AIa Cnflllncman oral Vparc aan tn annmta ITT? A i VI 'fc A WA AV Ml UA AAAA OtA miniBhAl AU A fl US AU A A 1 A 4 AHC Ulin EUL LI Kill KHM1 LJI1L Uir: NdlP 'W'IJHIt' IIMK IlfB J4I1 drivinp too fast for conditions4 Peole bavebeen support Henry assistant proved it Some officials say was the aonarent cause of a one Mayor Leonaid Ha sales director for the plush the AL CIO pullout is just the accident on Oakland Avenue Saturday at 12:10 i David Bailey was driving his 1973 Cadillac west on Oakland and was apparently too fast when he came into the curve at Terrace Drive The car skidded into a utility pole breaking the pole into two WASHINGTON (AP) AnAO vCr nr i tt ivLam Am a1 nA AVVV0 Bailey was not injured in the accident Helena Police spenttwo hours at the scene ers out of Phnom Penh to Pe king if the war gets hotter Observers in Peking said it was likely that Sihanouk would make a plea to the world on behalf of the Cambodian gov ernment The prince lived in exile in Peking from 1972 to 1975 while rightists had control of the Phnom Penh govern ment and returned to Cam bodia with the communist vic tory there in 1975 Initially Sihanouk was re ceived as head of state on his return to Cambodia but the new regime gradually down graded him until he did annparfi frnm nuhlir vipw 5 China backs the Cambodian Analysts said sirice the ofieti le sViet i i Arkansas since Charlo oK Oreanizers of the THstHof tn Sihanouk who has been under speculation in Pekina hirf nn tmiarier nf the mnnirv iiroa ture should produce the monqyT: lin ields died in the electric after the disastrous floods si virtual house arrest in Phnom confirmation that? China' road and Mekong River ar niigni airiui government lead continued on page four from both the White and Mississippi Rivers i As a result of the new levee thousands of additional acres were cleared and put into production1 Later a pumping station was constructed to carry off excess drain water arid dump it into the White River when that stream was so high that flood 1 gates had to be closed That plant was named the Graham 1 Burke Pumping Plant In recent years under the direction of Mr Homor' the District has spent several continued on page four Smith sennees wiir be held Monday uneral services for Joe Horace Smith will be held Monday afternoon at 2:00 from the Cypert Church of Christ' Mr Smith who was 79 died riday night at the Helena Hospital' He was a member of the Cypert Church of Christ He was a native of Maben i Mississippi and had lived in Marvell since 1916 Mr Smith was a retired merchant' Survivors are his wife Mrs Ethel Smith of Marvell three daughters Mrs Lonnie Moore Mrs John Patterson and Mrs Marcell Hail all of Marvell one son Louis Smith of Hol because cattle producers have prices were up about 15 percent a Sjster Mrs Ardell reduced their herds sharply from less than $131 a pound Houston Texas i hwfnAwi HP IVaIIa I I 9ICUO VI undetermined number of4? AssoclatedPress Writer chickens were destroyed by fire LITTLE ROCK (AP) The riday night at 6:30 iremen 72nd General Assembly con went to the Clancv farm nff venes at noon Monday to begin states a need leaving it to the auhiis was onveWmr 5 nuuy ouvet BuQ SlflyCQ St niB ovuuu ulkjvi dui vuxituii me idwiiiaKers ligure OUl HOW to Ine inauguration of Clinton iist scene until 8:00 youngest' Arkansas governor produce the money T' will terminate the six day term He and the late Judge iremen useda booster line since 1851 Clinton 32 takes his Chairman of Joe Purcell as governor Graham Burke were among to put out the fire i osth of office Tuesday George Kell said the departure Purcell will be sworn in Tues? taose who enlisted the help of i The big issues will be about "from the recent day for his third term as lieu tae Senators from Arkansas or fire bow to spend the $830 million' pattern is based on the fact tenant governor 1 secured funds to enable the wa runaiwco secured fumfe tn onahfo th Helena Insurance and Real be state expects to have in the that the pattern have Purcell left the officeof lieu us of Engineers to startEstate 520 Walnut 338 3432 next fiscal year a very good track tenant governor last Wednes building a levee to protect the eluilMuuu areas UaI am A nAliAAA seboota welfare pro nCluna pOIICC grams prison problems Clin i bm proposes to give teachers' averaging $1200 each' 4 investigate tWO year plus health insurance the if1' second year 1 Plan no change in minimum wages i By DAVID ESPO AssociatedPress Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Car ter administration officiate say the president has dropped plans to ask Congress to defer sched uled increases in the minimum wage as part of his attack on inflation Officiate also reported riday the president no longer plans to seek a change in the law re quiring payment of the pre vailing wage rate on federally financed construction pro jec ts Administration officiate had been studying possible changes in the two laws the air Labor Standards Act and the Davis Bacon Act as they search for ways to control inflation addition they had been considering asking Congress to a establish a differential" oermitting businesses to nav minimum United States will have sbab and the government will to offer a framework for new "Ghali said He aiso restated the same de mands Israel has previously re jected Ghali insisted Israel must plans to cut off oil sales to the? agree to a timetable for imple Jewish state menting an autonomy plan for The United States had the 11 million Palestinians hv pledged to supply Israel with? intf in th Tcraolivniniod dii uuier sources rail Ghali said "So this does not change Israeli Energy Minister Yit'" zhak Modal was quoted today by the New York Times as say ing Israel will not sign a peace treaty with Egypt unless it is' assured of access to oil from Sinai wells it developed Modal was quoted in an inter view as saying the threat of an Iranian embargo has made Sinai oil a major issGe in peace negotiations i is the good of a peace 't that Jf we have nor nil a he was The diplomzt said Egypt was quoted as saying iMi'Asa! wunrs ino Bh Citizens nutted to U5 Ambassador turmoil in Iran because spell out its right to buy oil I a i Teen a MAclom am1 Mtlfls i 9 (Except Saturday) and Sunday Morning HELENA WEST HELENA ARKANSAS 72342 senator Clinton willbe the 40th elected governor' and the youngest in Arkansas history also was 32 but younger than Clinton by a few weeks when inaugurated in 1849 The inaugural activities begin i continued on page four lorida loses union convention MIAMI BEACH la (AP) 1 The Dade Conntv IpcrialnHvAv which had set aside all nf itc million blow for the Equal to approve the ERA mg originally scheduled for ine ArL CIO convention Oct14 24 The convention has MM li It I 8 "7 a It i Sih ff BL SERVED BY TH ASSOCIATED PRESS sj Xh Jr V7 UNITED EATURES" AP WIREPHOTOS.

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