Food Costs Up Whose Fault in 1960s Election Year
Washington AP reports rising grocery bills amid a political blame game. Farmers, middlemen, and retailers claim a share of the blame as prices steadily climb. Each group highlights its payout from the food dollar, with farmers gaining slightly while retailers face thinner margins amid intense competition and price controls.
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Washington
S. Kent Christensen
National Association of Food Chains
Christensen
GOP Dissent Dated as Nixon Digs In At Platform Committee
The article reports that Nixon administration officials present achievements to the Platform Committee while potential dissenters, including Rep. Paul McCloskey, appear before subcommittees. McGovern and Shriver campaign in key states as GOP rules debate increases minority representation. Secretary Rogers extols U S prestige and peace prospects.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Paul N
Pete’’ McCloskey
California
GOP
William P. Rogers
United States
Platform Writers Hear Plea to Curb Spending
President Nixon’s top economic advisers urged the GOP Platform Committee to curb federal spending and maintain Phase 2 controls to prevent inflation and higher taxes. They backed a $250 billion budget ceiling for fiscal 1973 and warned against programs seen as excessive. The statement projects strong growth and a projected drop in unemployment amid an inflation risk.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Republican Platform
Council
Herbert Stein
Ezra Solomon
Marina N. Whitman
Congress
MitchelLambasts Ramsey Clark as naive American
Former U S attorney general John Mitchell called Ramsey Clark excusable for his trip to North Vietnam and for aiding Hanoi propaganda. Mitchell urged Senator George McGovern to confront the issue as Clark touted U S bombing needs an end and predicted prisoner releases with a peace settlement. Clark defended his visit and expressed faith in eventual prisoner releases and American goodwill.
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Washington
U.S. Atty
John Mitchell
Ramsey Clark
Hanoi
Clark
Johnson
North
George McGovern
Police Strengthens Cincinnati Fountain Square Patrol
Extra police including two plainclothes officers patrol Fountain Square after a surge of assaults and robberies. From June 15 to Aug 7 there were 13 assaults and six robberies with 4 petit larcenies. 23 arrests have been made since July 7.
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Cincinnati
Fountain Square
Plaza
Pianist Oscar Levant Dies at 65 in Beverly Hills
Oscar Levant a noted pianist, broadcaster, and eccentric died at 65 in Beverly Hills after a long period of professional inactivity. Authorities said he died in his sleep of natural causes with an autopsy ordered. Levant rose to fame as Gershwin’s soloist in Rhapsody in Blue and became a famed wit and television host known for sharp to biting remarks.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Oscar Levant
George Gershwin
Centric
Levant
Pittsburgh
Arnold Schoenberg
Republicans weigh changes to delegate selection rules
The GOP Rules Committee in Miami Beach debated proposals to open the delegate selection process for the 1976 convention and revise how delegates are allocated to states, with potential impact on the presidential nominee race.
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Miami Beach
Fila
Republican National Committee
East German jetliner crash kills 156 on charter flight
An Ilyushin 62 operating Interflug charter from East Berlin crashed soon after takeoff killing 156 aboard. The disaster, second worst in civil aviation at the time, involved East German vacationers with no indicated Western passengers aboard.
Maddox Prepares TV Show Aimed at Syndication
Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox reveals a packaged television variety show designed for syndication. He describes it as entertaining and down to earth, focusing on private enterprise patriotism and faith in God. Two 30 minute pilot segments have been filmed before live audiences.
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Atlanta, Ga
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Georgia
Longshoremen Vote In Britain To End 18 Day Dock Strike
London AP reports 42,000 dock workers may end an 18 day strike as delegates vote on a settlement. A union leader voiced fair optimism while the stoppage disrupts 500 plus ships and causes millions in losses, with hopes of normal port activity by Monday if approved.
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San Francisco
Richard G. Kleindienst
Justice Department
Miami Beach
Kleindienst
American Bar Association
Washington, D.C
Department
London
Britain
Presidential Popcorn Poll ends after 20 years in operation
The Presidential Popcorn Poll, started in 1948 by Blevins Popcorn Co., ends due to rising costs. The gimmick once predicted Truman's 1948 victory by tallying sales data from customers choosing popcorn by political affiliation. Dr James G Bond named first black president of California State University Sacramento starting September 1.
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Nashville, Tenn
Blevins Popcorn Co
Harry Truman
Jim Blevins
Blevins
Long Beach
Calif
James G. Bond
California State University
Sacramento
Bond
Bowling Green State University of Ohio
Gooding Amusement founder Floyd Gooding dies at 77
Floyd Gooding 77 of Columbus founder of Gooding Amusement Co died in a Columbus nursing home. He began selling tickets at age 10 and bought his first rides in 1920 with a 5000 loan for a merry-go-round and ferris wheel.
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Floyd Gooding
Columbus
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Gooding Amusement Co
Midwest
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