Butz Protects Farmers Targets High Prices in Talks
Washington AP reports Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz defends higher farm prices while Price Commission Chair Grayson warns he is harming administration policy. Butz emphasizes farmer welfare, cites data on farm share of food dollars and processing costs, while noting middlemen markups as a major inflation driver. The stance aligns with Republican Farm Belt goals ahead of November elections.
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Tony Dechant
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Congress
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Beefs Price Fight Sparks White House Attention
The Agriculture Department will publish a report examining how farm to retail costs shape beef prices and middleman profits. President Nixon calls farmers scapegoats unfair and pledges action if middlemen fail to ease costs, as retail beef climbs further from last month’s record highs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Economic Research Service
White House
Welfare committee votes to liberalize aid for elderly
The Senate Finance Committee approved a plan to raise payments to aged, blind, and disabled welfare recipients, lifting about four million people above the poverty line. It would also boost federal costs to 6.7 billion and expand adult category coverage to 7.4 million recipients.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
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Meat imports rise in early 1972 under voluntary restraints
U S meat imports for January and February 1972 reached 167.5 million pounds under quota regulation, toward a 1.24 billion pound annual limit set in March. Officials say the two month total compares with 148.6 million last year and that the forecast remains within the voluntary restraint plan despite dock and labor uncertainties.
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United States
Agriculture Department
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Earl L. Butz
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First Canadian tested cattle sale at Bob Kerr Ranch
First Canadian tested Angus cattle sale scheduled Saturday at Bob Kerr Ranch one mile east of Raff. Catalog lists 40 bulls and 15 heifers from consignors including Kerr Shipe Grubbs Goodnight Fortner and Flinn. Auctioneer Holland Jester. lunch served. pre sale banquet Friday at Holiday Restaurant Orrin Hart featured with local breeders.
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Raff
Robert Kerr
Guy Shipe
Gene Grubbs
Kenneth Goodnight
Hugh Fortner
Eldon Flinn
Holland
Orrin Hart
Bob Kerr
U S Begins Massive Retaliation Bombardment Over North Vietnam
Saigon reports indicate scores of U S warplanes began large scale strikes inside North Vietnam in retaliation for the Communist offensive across the DMZ. The operation, ordered by President Nixon, targets antiaircraft batteries radar sites SAM sites and artillery, with naval and air forces joining from offshore and bases in Thailand and South Vietnam.
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Demilitarized Zone
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Nixon
7Th Fleet
Violent Testimony At Angela Davis Trial In San Jose
In a jammed Marin County case courtroom, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gary W. Thomas described the Aug. 7, 1970 Civic Center shootout while Angela Davis listened. He recounted seeing Judge Harold Haley killed, Jonathan Jackson firing, and his own spinal injury from a gunshot amid the deadly confrontation.
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Than
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Soledad
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Thomas
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Haley
Civic Center
James McClain
McClain
Albert Harris Jr
William Christmas
Ruchell Magee
Smithsonian seeks ancient sodbuster plow relics
Smithsonian officials urge donations and loans to fill gaps in the National Museum of History and Technology collection. They seek a 18th century prairie sodbuster plow, an Aster-type wind erosion plow, an early corn picker, a steam tractor, and a poultry trap nest from 1698.
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Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of History and Technology
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U.S
John T. Schlebecker
The
Smithsonian
Egypt Breaks Off Diplomatic Ties With Jordan
Cairo announces after Cabinet meeting that Egypt will sever diplomatic relations with Jordan as a necessary step in the ongoing conflict. Deputy prime minister and information minister stated the move at a Cairo briefing broadcast by U S radio monitors.
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