Independent Record (Newspaper) - November 22, 1972, Helena, Montana FROM MONTANA'S The One of the best buys Established Dec 17 1865 Helena Montana Wednesday Evening November 22 1972 14 Pages IOC WASHINGTON AP That fine old bird the turkey is rated as one of the best buys in the supermarket but some of the trimmings are going to add to family food bills this giving A turkey in the Washington area is ing this week for an average of 3D cents per pound which is un- changed from the past three Thanksgivings the Agriculture Department reports At for a typical bird the turkey is usually the single most expensive item on the ner table depending on how fancy the other fare is The department limited its retail price survey to the ington area and said there was no national estimate However retail food prices generally are running about 4 per cent higher than last year Some items cost more this Thanksgiving Ready-mixed stuffing is 35 cents per pound compared with 33 cents a year ago Fresh cranberries averaging 29 cents a pound are un- changed Sweet potatoes are up one penny from 14 cents per pound a year ago Turkeys have become a feature at super- markets not just a holiday treat as they once were One big reason is that farmers have learned to produce them more efficiently and on a full-time basis The Agriculture Department says a record 128.4 million keys were raised this year up 7 per cent from 1971 Consumers increasingly have turned to turkey and other poultry as prices have gone up for beef and pork This year the department says each American will eat an average of 8.9 pounds of turkey In 1960 by comparison per capita turkey consumption was 6.1 pounds Fair Fair through Thursday High today near 40 Low tonight from 15 to 20 High Thursday in the er 40s Chance of snow near zero through day UP With his surf board obscured an unidentified surfer rides a wave as the surf boils up behind him during a run at Sunset Beach at Hawaii's Oahu's North Shore a favorite surfing site Turkey Day edition The Independent Record will publish a paper day Thanksgiving Day ever presstime has been ad- so that employes can enjoy the holiday with their families Papers will be available for distribution at 1 p.m The Thanksgiving edition signals the beginning of the holiday shopping season and is traditionally one of the larger papers Nixon lifts travel ban to China shot down over N Viet SAIGON AP A U.S Air Force apparently disabled after being hit by enemy ground fire over North nam crashed In Thailand tonight All six crewmen bailed out and were rescued the U.S Command said The bomber crashed 12 miles west of Nakorn nom in eastern Thailand while trying to make it back to its home base at Utapao about 400 miles to the southwest Command spokesmen an- nouncing the crash said the cause had been determined But it was believed the plane was hit by ground fire ably a surface-to-air missile during a bombing run over the North other military sources said It would be the first lost to enemy action in the Vietnam war At least 10 of the bombers have crashed due to operational causes and several have been damaged by ground fire The U.S Command an- A U.S Air Force crashed shortly before midnight last night approximately 12 miles west of Nakorn Thailand The aircraft was re- turning from a mission over North Vietnam A search and rescue is completed All six crew members were recovered reports indicate no serious injuries The cause of the loss has not been mined Military sauces said there was no indication from nary of injuries on the ground as a result of the crash Earlier in the day the U.S Command in Saigon announced that 15 missions were flown over North Vietnam below the 20th Parallel during the 24-hour period ending at noon on page 2 THURMONT Md AP President Nixon lifted today a rigid government ban on travel of U.S aircraft and ships to Communist China The action announced by a spokesman at Nixon's Camp David Md retreat is a first step toward eventual of scheduled air and sea service to the Communist superpower The changes in government regulations do not ly however clear the way for scheduled service A com- plicated set of details still must be worked out before U.S lines can routinely land in such cities as Peking said press Ronald L Zicgler In a brief statement the While House said these changes are made to facilitate development of trade and con- tacts between the American and Chinese peoples in the it of the joint communique sued in Shanghai on Feb 28 This was a reference to the statement issued after Nixon completed his historic journey to China early this year In a statement issued by the Commerce and Transportation ments the government said modification of the regulations reflects Nixon's intention to review existing restrictions on trade and travel in an effort to create broader opportunities for contacts between the nese and American peoples The President's action nates China from a regulation that still prohibits U.S carriers from landing in North Korea and North Vietnam Officials said Commerce De- approval still would be required before U.S airlines could begin service to China Also required would be al of the Chinese government and agreement on such details as landing rights For ships desiring to dock at Chinese ports no ther U.S government approval will be required But consent of the Chinese government still must be obtained Ziegler said no U.S ment position on the question of U.S airline scheduled service should be inferred from on's He said no detailed talks are under way but that the Chinese government is aware of U.S in- terest and eventual of scheduled air ice Cops use fear gas to subdue Wearing armored vests and on the heals of a tear gas grenade which was thrown through a window Helena police apprehended Daniel Bay Price 25 of 300 S Rodney early this morning after he allegedly threatened to shoot a neighbor Steve Ashford of 302 S Rodney called police at claiming Price threatened to shoot him if he left his apartment according to Police Chief Jack Williams Ashford said he had to cut through a screen and crawl onto a roof to a neighbors apartment to call the police department After they arrived at the scene Helena police could not get Price to open the door On several occasions he threatened to shoot them Williams said Price was seen through a window and it Continued on page 2 signed up at unemployment offices It'll be tough finding a By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fred Barrett Employment Security Division administrator said today that present jobless trends indicate that by next February more than 10 per cent of the state's civilian workforce will be unemployed Currently more than workers are registered for jobs with the state's 23 local em- ployment offices throughout the state he said The ment rate last was 9.4 per cent according to rett Barrett reported the start of the winter job decline has pushed Montana's total ployment rate to an estimated 6.8 per cent for November That's 1.1 per cent above No- 1971 and a of one per cent hike from last October he said A decline of jobs curred between October and November this year he said including both the Industrial and farm sectors The decline from November of 1971 was 700 jobs Barrett reported The rising tide of ment added 471 claims last week he said This brought the statewide unemployment claim total to 10.2 per cent from the same week one year ago One third of the claims or 028 were filed by women he said Barrett reported seasonal job losses were most noticeable last week in the area of way construction Projects were cither shut down or ing forces reduced at Dillon Glasgow Hamilton and ingston He said jobless claims de- only slightly in seven cities but increased In 1C ers Including Billings soula Great Falls Butte e n a Kalispell Livingston Havre Miles City Anaconda and Shelby Some building activity was reported at Billings Bozeman and Libby Barrett said the Port of now 10 per cent com- has already received a shipment of Japanese dise for storage The warehouse facility serves the sea port of Seattle He said holiday hiring in trade and service industries plus good trends in the harvest of Christmas trees and in oil field activity were helping curb unemployment to some extent peace talks going well Henry Kissinger PARIS AP Henry A singer resumed his Vietnam peace talks with Hanoi's top today after an over- night trip to Brussels and an hour-long talk with President Suharto of Indonesia President Nixon's security adviser and the North ese Politburo member Le Due Tho went into the third meeting of their secret peace talks Indonesia is one of four tries that have been asked to supervise the cease-fire ger and Tho are trying to work out Presumably the U.S adviser went to sels to discuss this with harto who is on a tour of Eu- ropean capitals Kissinger flew to Brussels Tuesday night after his second meeting with Tho He returned to Paris in the middle of the morning Kissinger and Tho met or more than four hours Tuesday at a suburban villa owned by the French Communist party As usual there was no con- crete information on their dis- But during one minute break they could be seen walking together in the garden conversing animatedly and occasionally laughing ly This jovial atmosphere aroused speculation that the talks were going well Kissinger also took time out Tuesday to lunch with the beau- blonde wife of banker Freddy who is with Lehman Bros in Paris Friends said the have Invited Kissinger to have Thanksgiving dinner with them an indication that his talks with Tho may continue into the weekend North Vietnam meanwhile sounded its daily blast with a special communique de- manding that the United States halt its bombing and sign with equal speed the peace ment Kissinger and Tho worked out in Paris in October South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu's senior ad- viser on national security yen Phu Due left Saigon day night for Paris ably to put new pressure on Kissinger to hold out for a peace agreement conforming to Thieu's demands The chief demands are for withdrawal of all North troops from South nam and safeguards to insure that a proposed council to ar- range elections would not turn into a coalition government There was speculation that Due would continue on to ington as a special envoy from Thieu to President Nixon Le Due Tte
