Food Costs Blamed for Rise in Consumer Prices
January CPI rose six-tenths percent led by cereals bakery products and fruits and vegetables. Food prices up eight-tenths from December while overall inflation remains elevated. Government notes wholesale declines not yet easing consumer prices and cites higher costs in medical care utilities housing and some foods.
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Washington
Administration
Labor Department
New Commerce Department
Department
Welfare cuts force states to trim AFDC funding
Washington reports an A P tally showing a $97.2 million first quarter cut in family welfare grants to states as HEW targets ineligible and overpaid AFDC recipients. New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, California and Ohio face large losses. Nevada, Montana and South Carolina under review.
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Ford Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Social and Rehabilitation Service
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
California
Ohio
AFDC
Nevada
Montana
South Carolina
Ex-Nixon Aides Sentenced in Watergate Conspiracy Case
Three Nixon aides John Mitchell H R Haldeman and John Ehrlichman receive 2 ½ to 8 year terms for conspiring to obstruct justice and perjury. Robert Mardian gets 10 months to three years. All plan appeals and may seek sentence reductions. they remain free on bail.
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Richard M. Nixon
U.S
John J. Sirica
John N. Mitchell
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
New Mexico
Sirica
Watergate
Mitchell
Haldeman
Mardian
Bob Haldeman
United States
John J. Wilson
Richard Nixon
Wilson
Robert C. Mardian
Senators May Switch to Avoid Ford Clash Over Oil Tariffs
The White House relies on a handful of Republican senators to alter votes on a veto of a 90 day suspension of higher oil tariffs. Ford seeks to maintain goals while pressing for no energy program compromise. House Democrats push to end the oil depletion allowance as Ullman urges delaying hearings on energy taxes.
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White House
Ford
Senate
House
Ron Nessen
Congress
Nessen
House Democrats
House Rules Committee
Ways and Means
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ohio Democrats Explore Corporate Tax Alternatives in Rhodes Proposals
Democratic leaders in Columbus discuss funding Gov. Rhodes four June ballot measures by raising corporate and high income taxes instead of the sales tax increase. Tablack signals openness as committee hearings proceed on a $2.5 billion state bond plan and related amendments.
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Ohio
James A. Rhodes
George D. Tablack
Campbell
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rhodes
Tablack
Waldo Bennett Rose
Lima
Wilkowski
Senate
Judiciary
David Headley
Barberton
Margiene Valiquette
One Buckeye 300 ticket wins $300,000 in Ohio lottery
Joseph E. Brown, 38, of Columbus, unemployed with six children, won the top Buckeye 300 prize of $300,000 in an elimination drawing held at Cleveland's Public Music Hall. He collects $15,000 now and plans no immediate use for the money while his mother celebrated with prayers. The drawing moves to 7:30 p.m. next week and will be telecast live on a six-station Ohio Network from WEWS Cleveland for 26 weeks. Milton Kli vans of Youngstown won the $30,000 second prize.
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Columbus
Brown
Catherine Brown
Cleveland
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Milton Klivans
Youngstown
Ohio
WEWS
WTVN
WHIO
Dayton
WCPO
Cincinnati
WLIO
Lima
WSTV
Steubenville
Set Your Clock One Hour Ahead Nationwide Time Change
Ohio and most of the nation will move clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time. The change occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday and lasts eight months. If Congress does not act, the six months standard time and six months daylight pattern resumes in October. Some states exempt portions of their states from the change.
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Ohio
Congress
WV PSC ends fuel cost clause and requires revised rates
The West Virginia Public Service Commission ordered termination of the fuel adjustment clause as of March 31, citing its role in rising electric bills for the poor and fixed income groups. It directed 21 utilities to file April 1 rate schedules reflecting fossil fuel costs, bond funded and subject to refund, while holding the clause in abeyance for future emergencies.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia Public Service Commission
PSC
State Senate
Monongahela Power Co
Allegheny Power System
William Delardas
Morgantown
Commission
Edlin to Remain Hospital Head While Appeals Proceed
Boston officials said Dr. Kenneth C. Edlin will continue as coordinator of ambulatory care for obstetrics and gynecology at Boston City Hospital after manslaughter conviction. The board will re review his status after he exhausts all legal remedies.
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Boston
Kenneth C. Edlin
Boston City Hospital
Edlin
Americans in Ethiopia fear Eritrean attack if airlift approved
About 60 Americans in northern Ethiopia fear for their lives from Eritrean guerrillas if Washington approves a large ammunition airlift. The State Department said Ethiopia's ruling junta seeks more than 20 million dollars worth of ammunition for its war against the Eritrean Liberation Front.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Washington
U.S. State Department
Attacks Kill Six Children in Saigon Area
Communist led attacks in South Vietnam killed six school children and wounded 13, with nineteen government soldiers dead and eighteen wounded, according to the Saigon command.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Saigon Command
Newport Board Seeks Saudi Aid for New High School
The Newport Board of Education voted to contact Saudi representatives of King Faisal to obtain funds for a new high school. Board member Robert Alien proposed the idea, citing Arab nations seeking to improve their image in the United States.
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Newport, Ky
Newport Board of Education
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Robert Alien
U.S
Weather Outlook and Classifieds on Saturday
Weather will be clear tonight with lows in the upper 30s. Saturday will be fair and warmer with highs in the upper 50s and low 60s. Details on Page 9.
Governors Unite for Energy Conservation Stand
The National Governors Conference adopts with one dissent a resolution backing organized, massive conservation as the short term answer to the energy shortage. It rejects tax and tariff steps as primary, urging immediate conservation efforts and close monitoring over four to six months.
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Ford
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