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An Arkansas style column notes anti-boycott sentiment over beef and pork prices in Japan and across the United States. It highlights protests and charity purchases aimed at supporting meat consumption, cites Japanese beef affinity, recalls Khrushchev horse meat remarks, and closes with local notes on peanut growers and economic opinions from Wes Izzard.
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Amarillo
Tokyo
Japan
Kyoto Hotel
Russia
Nikita Khruschev
Kazakhstan
Airlift possibility eyed for Phnom Penh amid Cambodian tensions
U S officials say Phnom Penh remains quiet with no immediate sign of a total collapse yet fear a big push during Cambodian New Year on April 13. Defense officials note a potential airlift if the situation worsens while pursuing a cease fire and defenses aim to keep supply routes open.
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Washington
Secretetary of
Elliot L. Richardson
Cambodia
U.S
Phnom Penh
U. S
South Vietnam
Richardson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Moorer
House
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Senate OKs budget ceiling and curb on impoundments
The Senate approved a $268 billion budget ceiling and a bill restricting presidential impoundments 70 to 24 and 88 to 6 respectively, as amendments to a dollar devaluation measure. The House meanwhile backed a complex rural electric and telephone lending program by 317 to 92, rejecting a Nixon flexibility substitute 244 to 162. A Red rural aid amendment by Rep. John R. Rarick passed on a voice vote.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Sam Ervin
House
Nixon
United States
John R. Rarick
Dla
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Rarick
Skylab mission set to launch May 14 with three astronauts
NASA announced Skylab will lift off from Cape Kennedy on May 14 with a three man crew for a 28 day Earth orbit stay. Commanded by Charles Conrad the team includes Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz as they conduct 89 experiments including medical tests to study performance in weightlessness.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Earth
Space Agency
American Flying Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Skylab
Navy
Charles
Pete
Conrad
Moon
Seph P. Kerwin
Oak Park
Ill
Paul J. Weitz
Erie
NASA
Price Attacks Meany Over Meat Boycott
U S Rep Bob Price denounces AFL CIO leader George Meany blaming farm prices for inflation and urging wage cuts to 1982 levels. He argues agriculture has driven gains in efficiency while denouncing corporate farming and urges agribusiness support to show its economic role.
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Washington
U.S
Bob Price
AFL - Cio
George Meany
Pampa
Meany
Price
Burlington to Turn Energies Down for One Day Protest
In Burlington Wisconsin a town of 7500 plans a 24 hour energy savings test on April 10. Twelve families will cut back to 1950 levels for gas electricity and water while other residents reduce lighting and appliance use to dramatize the energy crisis. The effort led by the Burlington Women's Club seeks to raise awareness and may continue post event with lasting conservation habits.
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Burlington, Wis
UPI
Racine County
U.S.A
Diane Boyle
Burlington Women's Club
Boyle
Sion
Meat Appreciation Day Set in Plainview
In Plainview Hale County a chamber of commerce campaign urges residents to buy beef and pork Friday between 4 and 6 pm. Kenneth Dunning notes ten major meat outlets plus Missouri Beef Packers and Jimmy Dean Meat Company employ hundreds. A 94000 head capacity feedlot anchors local meat industry.
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Plainview
Hale County
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Kenneth Dunning
Dunning
Missouri Beef Packers, Inc
Jimmy Dean Meat Company
Weather Outlook: Clearing Skies Through Friday
Decreasing cloudiness brings generally fair weather through Friday with warmer temperatures. Today highs near 60 and Tonight lows in the mid 30s. Friday highs in the low 60s with variable winds 5 to 15 mph.
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William Feather
Wes Izzard
Montz
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Henry A. Kissinger
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