Custom slaughter practices for beef face retailer pullout
Washington AP report notes big retailers reduce custom slaughter as Sept. 12 price lid ends. Prices show a midweek drop in live cattle yet weekly average remains a record. dressed beef sales through normal channels stay nearly nonexistent. Retail resistance to high beef prices grows and chains may delay cattle sales until lower producer prices emerge.
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Agriculture Department
Agricultural Marketing Service
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Nixon backs Agnew as leaks probe widens
President Nixon declares continued support for Vice President Spiro Agnew and asks the Justice Department to investigate leaks about a Baltimore grand jury probe into alleged kickbacks and political corruption. White House aide Haig relays the request to Attorney General Richardson, who vows to take every reasonable step to plug leaks.
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Judge Kane to Miss Bench Return After Open-Heart Surgery
Minnesota judge Stanley D. Kane is not expected back on the Hennepin County District Court bench until late next month or October following open-heart surgery at Northwestern Hospital. He was reported in satisfactory condition after Wednesday's procedure.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Stanley D. Kane
Hennepin County
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Amtrak Rolls Out Refurbished Broadway Limited
NAME TRAINS AMTRAK marked its second birthday by unveiling its first fully refurbished passenger car, the Broadway Limited, in New York on route to Chicago. The public private corporation plans to revive famed name trains including the Panama Limited Coast Starlight Daylight Silver Meteor and Merchants Limited.
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National Railroad Passenger Corporation
New York
Chicago
Merchant's Limited
President says Ellsberg-type actions common
President Nixon claims burglaries like the Ellsberg case occurred on a very large scale during the Johnson and Kennedy years. Some officials from those administrations deny knowledge of such break-ins and say no activity was authorized.
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Washington
Nixon
Daniel Ellsberg
Johnson
Kennedy
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Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Justice Department
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
George Christian
San Clemente
Calif
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White House
Watergate
FBI
Propane Shortage Threatens Minnesota Crop Harvest
State Civil Defense Director James Erchul warned of a 20 to 30 percent propane shortfall for crop harvesting and heating. A survey estimates a 50 million gallon deficit, mostly south of Minneapolis, with up to 40 percent shortage in southwestern Minnesota. The distribution system may fail to deliver propane in time for harvest.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Civil Defense
James Erchul
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Twin Cities
Nixon admits 1970 plan for covert domestic intelligence
In a May 22 statement Nixon said a plan for expanded domestic intelligence gathering included covert entry actions but was not carried out due to opposition from J. Edgar Hoover. Katzenbach, former deputy attorney general, argued Nixon should name who authorized and who knew about the plan.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Katzenbach
Atty
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