State congressmen fault Nixon plan for special prosecutor
Minnesota representatives condemn President Nixon's proposal to appoint a new Watergate prosecutor and seek greater independence from both the executive and legislative branches. They urge a court appointed, independent prosecutor and criticize Nixon for undermining public trust.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Minnesota
Robert Bork
Donald Fraser
D-Minn
Fraser
John Culver
Iowa
Albert Quie
R-Minn
Congress
Joseph Karth
Butz denies in FTC delay wrongdoing
Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz denied any wrongdoing in urging the Federal Trade Commission to delay an antitrust action against Heublein Inc. until after the 1972 election. The report notes a probe by the Justice Department campaign contributions task force and references statements by Miles W. Kirkpatrick.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Federal Trade Commission
Butz
FTC
Miles W. Kirkpatrick
Justice Department
Washington Star-News
Archibald Cox
Cox
Kirkpatrick
General Accounting Office
Nixon
Heublein Inc
United Winters
California
Heublein
GOP Committee
Fitzpatrick
Agriculture
Author says sex equality aids men
Merle Shain argues equality benefits men as much as women in her book about love and marriage. She recalls a failed seven year marriage, noting divorce can redeem self custody while lasting commitments must reconcile freedom. Shain describes the lot of women aging 35, the need for personal independence, and the traits of a more perfect man including generosity, openness, and vulnerability.
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Joy Stilley
NEW York
Merle Shain
Shain
Miss Shain
Cary Grant
Canada
Toronto Telegram
Chatelaine
Toronto
Sugarbeet yields good along Red River this year
FAST GRAND FORKS Minn AP sugarbeet harvest winding up in Red River Valley with yields around 15.6 tons per acre Sugar content expected about 14 5 percent Potatoes harvested earlier in the week were down from last season despite higher acreage Red River Valley Potato Growers Association officials noted crops overall below normal The last 25 loads of beets were delivered to American Crystal Sugar Company East Grand Forks plant completing contracts across four valley plants Drayton North Dakota Crookston Moorhead Minnesota.
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Grand Forks
Dick Kelley
Drayton
N.C
Crookston
Minn
Moorhead
Cummings
N.D
Kelley
Ray names Iowa advisory panel for heating oil fuel
Gov. Robert Ray appointed a full committee in Des Moines to serve as an Iowa advisory panel under the federal program for allocating heating oil and diesel fuel. The group will oversee distribution and ensure compliance with federal guidelines.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Robert Ray
Iowa
Limitation on property tax hit
The five per cent limit on homestead tax increases drew critique from two Minneapolis St Paul area bankers and a real estate executive at a Minnesota Tax Study Commission hearing. They warned reassessments after sale can bypass the cap and may worsen inequities while lawmakers explained the measure was a temporary stopgap to prevent shifts from commercial to residential taxes.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Minnesota Tax Study Commission
Pavlak
Paviak
Reserve Mining trial to break for inspection tour
U S District Judge Miles Lord and both sides in the Reserve Mining Co. trial will pause the case next week for a tour of northern Minnesota facilities. They will visit the Peter Mitchell mine at Babbitt and ride an ore train to Silver Bay for the taconite plant. The visit aims to inspect tailings disposal and potential asbestos exposure linked to Lake Superior. Mayo Clinic pathologist Dr. Arnold Brown will accompany as court witness. The trial is set to resume in St Paul after the two day excursion.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Reserve Mining Co
Minnesota
U.S
Miles Lord
Peter Mitchell
Babbitt
Minn
Silver Bay
Lord
Lake Superior
Mitchell
Great Lakes
Arnold Brown
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Brown
St. Paul
Virginia’s 1973 governor race features Howell and Godwin clash
In Haymarket Virginia Lt Gov Henry Howell runs as an independent against former Democratic Gov Mills Godwin as Virginia politics polarizes over school busing and a four percent sales tax on food and drugs. Voters weigh rural white and urban black bases amid Nixon era scandals and party shifts.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Kermit Moffit
Suffolk
Godwin
John Anderson
Waynesboro
Howell
Anderson
Virginia
New Jersey
South
Nixon
George McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Harrisonburg
Senate Finance Committee
Humphrey
McGovern
Holton
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Governors as presidential contenders discussed at party meeting
Four Democratic governors Wendell Anderson of Minnesota Wendell Ford of Kentucky Jimmy Carter of Georgia and Dale Bumpers of Arkansas discussed a possible bid for president at a Democratic National Committee meeting in Louisville. They argued governors bring executive experience and focus on domestic issues while regionalism declines in importance for national politics.
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Louisville
Democratic National Committee
Wendell R. Anderson
Minnesota
Wendell H. Ford
Kentucky
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Anderson
U.S. Senate
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Ford
Congress
Carter
South
Bumpers
Clerk Fired After Agnew Criticisms In Kentucky
PADUCAH Ky AP The resident clerk of U S District Court was fired after writing letters to two newspapers contrasting penalties for an 18 year old shoplifter with those levied against former Vice President Spiro T Agnew Mrs Ernest W Rivers resigned after judges said the letters reflected on judiciary integrity She noted a girl received 30 days in jail and a 200 fine for stealing a 199 hair lightener while Agnew was fined 10000 and given three years probation for tax cheating and resigned as VP
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Paducah
U.S District Court
Spiro. T. Agnew
Ernest W. Rivers
U.S. District Court
August Winkenhofer
Louisville
James F. Gordon
Rhodes Bratcher
Charles Allen
Gordon
Paducah Sun-Democrat
Louisville Courier Journal
United States
Department of Justice
Agnew
Maryland
Fertilizer Prices May Rise If Phase Four Rules Lifted
Iowa official Robert Lounsberry cautions fertilizer prices could climb 30 to 50 percent as the living cost council votes to lift Phase Four controls on fertilizer sales.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Sec. of Agriculture
Robert Lounsberry
Cost of Living Council
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