Nixon pushes banks to aid home buyers and farmers
The Nixon administration pressures meat packers and banks to curb prime rate increases seen as excessive. Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co. cut back to 6 percent for top customers, while Franklin National Bank weighs staying at 6 percent. Burns urges a dual rate for firms and smaller businesses while stressing moderation in consumer lending.
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Washington
Nixon
Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co
Chicago
Continental
Franklin National Bank of New York
Franklin
Burns
Meat Boycott Grows as April Starts
Support for a week-long meat boycott beginning April 1 is rising nationwide after high prices spurred two Los Angeles housewives to act. Buyers cut meat purchases, prices eased slightly, and organizers expect an extended boycott if needed. Government and consumer groups back the effort as a brake on inflation.
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Lee Margulies
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Nixon
Meat Department
Ohio Senate Advances Vanity Plates and No Fault Insurance
Ohio House approved a vanity license plate bill 70 to 17, adding six letters or four letters and two digits for 35 dollars, total 50 with local taxes, to fund roadside parks. A no fault auto insurance bill would cap medical costs at 10 000 with 2 500 for bodily injury, covering over 99 percent of injuries. The Senate also passed a measure removing motion picture protectors from liability for pornographic screenings.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
110Th General Assembly
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
James P. Celebrezze
Cleveland
Robert J. Corts
Elyria
Corts
Prater Returns to Stand in Yablonski Slay Trial
William J. Prater reappears on the witness stand in Erie in his own defense in the slayings of United Mine Workers leader Joseph Yablonski and his family. The case centers on a District 19 committee to contact nonunion miners and a $20,000 transfer cited by prosecutors. Former District 19 official Albert Pass testified denying the charges, while ex-UMW president W A Tony Boyle testified he authorized the money transfer.
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Erie
William J. Prater
United Mine Workers
Joseph A. Yablonski
Bers
UMW
Nance
Yablonski
Prater
Tennessee-Kentucky
District 19
Albert Pass
Pass
UMW International
W.A
Tony’ Boyle
Boyle
Arnold Miller
Senate demands Nixon release rural water funds
The Senate votes 66 to 22 to require President Nixon to spend last year’s rural water and sewer funds. Seventeen Republicans join Democrats. Ohio Republican Senators Saxbe and Taft Jr. oppose, with Saxbe siding with the majority.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Ohio
William B. Saxbe
Robert Taft Jr
Saxbe
Seven Watergate defendants face sentencing in court
The seven men convicted in the Watergate bugging conspiracy face sentencing in U.S. District Court today. Two defendants stood trial while five pleaded guilty, awaiting judges’ rulings on penalties.
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Washington
U. S. District Court
Four OSU Students Drown After Canoe Capsize
Four Ohio State University students drowned when their canoes capsized in the rain swollen Scioto River. The victims Michael B. Smith 20 Charles F. Roessler 20 Howard R. Banchek 21 and Mark J. Silverman 20 were sophomores juniors and a freshman from Mount Sterling Zanesville Beachwood and Howard Beach New York.
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Michael B. Smith
Mount Sterling
Charles F. Roessler
Zanesville
Howard R. Banchek
Beachwood
Mark J. Silverman
Howard Beach
N. Y
Columbus
Ohio State University
Inside Classified and Obituaries Sports Television
The snippet outlines sections for classifieds and notices including obituaries and sports, with references to TV listings and local briefs. Readable fragments point to community notices, obits, and upcoming broadcasts.
Impasse in POW release persists amid Vietnam talks
In Saigon the United States and North Vietnam failed to resolve the deadlock delaying 138 American POWs. The sides debated troop withdrawals and Laos prisoner releases, with threats of retaliation over a new antiaircraft site near Khe Sanh and a refugee camp attack in the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Hanoi
Paris
Laos
Pathet Lao
John A. Wickham Jr
U. S
White House denies Gray statement on Dean lie to FBI agent
The White House rejects acting FBI Director Gray's claim about President Nixon's lawyer, John W. Dean III, allegedly lying to an FBI agent. Senator Byrd pressed Gray, recalling Dean's June 1972 remarks about Hunt’s office and the White House complex, with Gray acknowledging possible inaccuracies.
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Washington
White House
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Nixon
Gray
Senate Judiciary Committee
John W. Dean III
Sen. Byrd
West Virginia
Dean
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
Howard Hunt
Byrd
Hunt
Mr. Dean
Mr. Hunt
Washington ratifies Equal Rights Amendment in Senate vote
Washington State Senate advances the ERA by 29 to 19 to ratify the U S amendment. The measure, first passed by Congress on March 22, 1972, seeks 38 states of ratification to become law. Nebraska’s withdrawal is not considered rescission by the Federal Register director, though experts question precedent.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington State
State Senate
Congress
United States
Nebraska
Federal Register
Fred Emory
Buyer Quickly Sells Boat via Action Ads
Nelsonville resident Ralph Davis credits Action Ads for fast results after selling a boat to the first caller. He says multiple buyers could have snapped up the boat, and he was pleased with the rapid sale.
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Ralph Davis
Aston Ave
Nelsonville
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