Because of a treaty with the Soviet Union that limited the number of weapons complexes each country could have, Mickelsen didn't even stay in service for an entire year. The complex was deactivated on Feb. 10, 1976.
CHICAGO -- Grain futures were higher Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for July delivery was unchanged at 7.0850 a bushel; July corn was 4.50 cents higher at 5.1825 a bushel; July oats were unchanged at 3.6250 a bushel; while July soybeans was 5.50 cents higher at 15.0550 a bushel.
Beef mostly lower and pork higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
June live cattle was .03 cents higher at $1.3685 a pound; Aug feeder cattle was .05 cent lower at 1.8630 a pound; June lean hogs gained 0.35 cents to $1.2457 a pound.
LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan lawmakers are working to advance a Republican roads funding plan to spend at least $500 million annually by the 2018 budget year.
The House transportation committee heard testimony Tuesday on bills in the package that would require warranties on road work to avoid short-term fixes and would change various streams of tax revenue. It holds another hearing Thursday.
Minority Democratic lawmakers say a plan to double permit fees for overweight and oversized vehicles doesn't go far enough, since fees are low to begin with and those vehicles have the greatest impact on roads.
Some lawmakers also question whether state and local governments have the staff and resources to oversee performance-based contracts and warranties. Michigan Transportation Director Kirk Steudle says officials are still working out the details of those plans.
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WASHINGTON -- The NAACP wants a meeting with NBA commissioner Adam Silver to discuss Clippers owner Donald Sterling and the racist comments he allegedly made in a recorded conversation.
The announcement was made Tuesday morning by Roslyn M. Brock, the chair of the NAACP National Board of Directors. She says the NAACP wants to talk to Silver about what it calls, quote, "the influence and impact of racism in the National Basketball Association."
This comes as the organization's Los Angeles chapter withdrew its decision to give Sterling a lifetime achievement award, and returned money he donated. Brock says the situation reminds us "racism and bigotry are still alive and well in all corners of society."
The NBA is scheduled to announce later Tuesday the result of its investigation into Sterling's alleged remarks.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer says the state's first hemp crop in decades will be planted next month.
Comer said Tuesday he expects hemp seeds to start arriving soon at the state Agriculture Department.
He says eight pilot projects are planned as the crop that once thrived in Kentucky is reintroduced on a small scale.
The new federal farm bill allows state agriculture departments to designate pilot projects for research in states that allow the growing of hemp.
Kentucky lawmakers passed legislation last year allowing hemp to be reintroduced, if the federal government allows its production.
The versatile crop was banned decades ago due to its ties to marijuana. Hemp and marijuana are the same species, but hemp has a negligible content of the psychoactive compound that gives marijuana users a high.
BEIRUT: The Future Movement parliamentary bloc reiterated its support to Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea in the race to the presidency and called Lebanese lawmakers to vote for him, said a statement issued after the bloc's weekly meeting said Tuesday.
Following a meeting headed by former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, the bloc announced it will take part in Wednesday's election session and urged various parliamentary groups to follow suit.
"Participating in the session is at the core of Parliament's democratic mission and aims to safeguard Lebanon's Constitution and institutions," said MP Ammar Houri who read the statement.
Houri said Geagea was the March 14 coalition's candidate for the presidential election, adding that his bloc urged MPs to vote for him.
"The platform of [Samir] Geagea, which embraces the principles of independence and sovereignty, fulfills the aspirations of the March 14 coalition and the majority of the Lebanese."
AKRON, Ohio -- Goodyear posted a first-quarter loss of $58 million as it navigated a volatile situation in Venezuela.
The tire company's loss amounted to 23 cents per share, compared with a profit of $26 million, or 10 cents per share, in the year-ago period.
Excluding one-time items, including $132 million in charges related to the Venezuelan currency, the company turned in a profit of 56 cents per share, which was still 4 cents short of Wall Street expectations.
Revenue fell 8 percent to $4.47 billion from $4.85 billion, just shy of projections for revenue of $4.81 billion according to a poll by FactSet.
Shares of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., based in Akron, dropped 7 percent, to $25.27 in premarket trading.
