Allegations fly in grain probe
Senate investigators focus on the foreign grain trade amid alleged bribery among federal licensed inspectors. Under Secretary Campbell testifies on dock inspections as the probe examines grading standards and cargo handling.
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Agriculture Department
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Senate Subcommittee On Foreign Agriculture Policy
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J. Phil Campbell
U.S
Campbell
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
South America
Departments of Justice and Agriculture
Internal Revenue Service
New Orleans
Houston
Butz
Department of the Grain Inspectors
Boards of Trade
Federation of European Feed Compounders
Mar gita White Named White House Communications Director
Mar gita White becomes director of the White House Office of Communications succeeding Ger ald Warren who moves to edit the San Diego Union. White, Warren’s deputy and Sweden native, will serve as assistant press secretary to the President at a $36 000 annual salary amid remarks from Ron Nessen praising her qualifications.
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The
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White
Sweden
Warren
White House
Ron Nessen
Warrant Issued for Local Used Car Dealer Wynberg
An arrest warrant was issued for Henry Wynberg after he failed to appear for a court hearing. Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Herbert S. Ross ordered the warrant in a case accusing Wynberg of defaulting on $17,702 due on 27 cars ordered from Genway Corp by California Auto Brokers.
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Los Angeles
Henry Wynberg
Elizabeth Tayor
Herbert S. Ross
Wynberg
Genway Corp
Chicago
California
First Lady Betty Ford Hosts Brown Bag Lunch at White House
Betty Ford held a brown bag lunch on the South Lawn for Wives Club members at the White House, as inflation impacts the presidency.
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Betty Ford
White House South Lawn
Wives Club
Coleman backs Rock Island RR consolidation plan
Transportation Secretary William T. Coleman Jr. says the financially troubled Rock Island railroad should cease to exist as an independent line and be consolidated with other carriers. He told the Daily Oklahoman that the problem could be solved in six months without service loss and with better outcomes for shareholders, without heavy federal funding. Rock Island filed for bankruptcy on March 17 and may operate under federal court supervision.
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Oklahoma City
William T. Coleman Jr
Rock Island
Coleman
Philadelphia
Daily
Oklahoman
Nicholas G. Manos
Omaha
Chicago
Transportation
James P Baxter 3rd Williams College President Dies
James P Baxter 3rd Pulitzer Prize winning historian and former Williams College president died Tuesday at 62. He won the 1947 Pulitzer for Scientists Against Time, a history of the Office of Scientific Research and Development in World War II.
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James P. Baxter
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Baxter
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Yellow Kid Weil Turns 100 In Convalescent Home
Joseph Weil, famed con artist known as the Yellow Kid, marks his 100th birthday in a welfare convalescent home. He boasts he feels younger than his age and jokes about not playing bingo while noting his past as a reformed figure after 41 jail stints.
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Chicago
Joseph
Yellow Kid
Lawsuit Accuses Duluth School Board of Open Meeting Violations
A Duluth Herald and News-Tribune suit claims the Duluth School Board violated Minnesota open meeting law by privately negotiating a superintendent contract and not providing a copy for public review. The contract raises Richard B. Pearson’s salary to 38,000 with fringe benefits, replacing a three year agreement.
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Duluth
Minnesota
Thomas Daly
Duluth Herald and
News-Tribune
M. George Downs
Richard B. Pearson
Pearson
Senate panel to question FBI CIA over Soviet phone monitoring
Senate Intelligence Committee will quiz FBI and CIA officials about Soviet capabilities to monitor long distance calls inside the United States. The inquiry follows Rockefeller commission findings and reports that satellites and antennas atop the Soviet embassy in Washington could intercept U S telephone traffic. The panel leader noted focus on KGB penetration and needed protections as government sources describe microwave relay networks carrying most long distance calls.
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Senate Intelligence Committee
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CIA
United States
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Rockefeller Commission
Washington
Senate
Frank Church
KGB
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