Welfare bills move to revenue talks in Minnesota tax relief clash
Senate committee fast tracks two welfare bills to aid property tax relief, totaling 26.2 million over two years. Gov. Anderson’s spokesman calls them unacceptable as veto threats loom. Coleman backs independent judgment and three future conference committees.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Senate Health, Welfare and Corrections Committee
Wendell Anderson
Senate
DFL
Nicholas Coleman
Senate Finance Committee
House
Governor
John Hayes
Haynes
Coleman
Weakened drug bill okayed by Minnesota House
The Minnesota House approved a watered-down prescription drug price posting bill by a 112-13 vote. It requires pharmacies to post prices for the 60 most sold drugs and to provide price information to telephone inquirers. A proposed adverting provision was stripped on a 77-48 vote.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Senate
Senate debate tests U S aid to North Vietnam
The Senate moves toward a first test on whether U S funds should aid North Vietnam amid two votes tying spending authority to curbs on impoundment and a $268 billion cap for the next fiscal year. Byrd seeks to bar any North Vietnam aid.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
North Vietnam
Harry F. Byrd
I-Va
Weather outlook with clouds and cool temperatures
Tonight will be considerably cloudy with a low around 26 to 32 degrees. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and cooler highs near 44 to 50 degrees with a 10 to 20 percent chance of precipitation. Harpings He who visits a psychiatrist should have his head examined.
Food costs drive wholesale price surge in March
Wholesale prices rose 2.2 percent in March, the sharpest monthly gain in 22 years, led by a 4.6 percent jump in wholesale farm products and processed foods. The report suggested little near term relief for consumer prices and potential trouble for Nixon's inflation curb efforts. Industrial commodities increased 1.2 percent.
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Washington
Nixon
Nationwide meat boycott depresses sales but stalls price cuts
Retail meat sales plunged up to 70 percent at packing houses while grocers note a 30 to 40 percent drop in over the counter business. Industry leaders warn continued boycott may threaten producers, with some shifts to poultry and fish and prices still high in Minneapolis‑St Paul. Wholesale prices rise across finished goods, livestock, eggs, and petroleum, signaling likely tighter controls and broader inflation.
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J. Luther Hinds
Hinds Meats
Los Angeles
Les Whisenhut
Hinds
Frank Register
National Association of Retail Grocers
Robert Miller
Union Packing Co
Miller
Bohack
New York City
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Stuart Applebaum
Applebaum
Dale Stitz
Fairway Foods, Inc
Eugene Utecht
Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 653
South St. Paul
Keith Aho
Livestock Market Institute
Aho
St. Paul
Walter Vandelac
West St. Paul
Minnesota Pork Producers Association
Vandelac
Twin Cities
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Organized Labor
Congressional Democrats
House Banking Committee
Price increases on cottage cheese and milk noted by federation
Jerry Davis of Land O Lakes says butter prices fell slightly but cottage cheese and milk may rise soon. The Minnesota Dairies Federation reports higher wholesale prices filed with the state and retail prices up to 3 cents per gallon on some milks. The USDA adjustments raise skim milk value and raw milk costs, with new schedules to take effect 10 days after filing.
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Jerry Davis
Bemidji
Land O’ Lakes, Inc
Dairies Federation of Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Dairies Federation
Federation
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Governor Denies Move to Abolish PCA and Director Post
Gov. Wendell Anderson's office disclaims initiating a bill to abolish the Pollution Control Agency and its executive director post. A statement approved by Anderson and his executive secretary Tom Kelm says the measure to place pollution control under the Department of Natural Resources was not started in the governor's office.
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Senate
ST. Paul, Minn
Wendell Anderson
State Pollution Control Agency
PCA
Grant Merritt
Department of Natural Resources
Tom Kelm
Anderson
Peace talks near end at Wounded Knee with snag
Government negotiator Kent Frizzell said settlement could come today despite a minor legal terminology dispute over the final demand point. Talks entered a sixth week after nine of ten demands were agreed. cease fire remains in effect as FBI arrests nine individuals attempting to slip away.
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Wounded Knee, S.D
Wounded Knee
U.S
Kent Frizzell
Frizzell
AIM
Ramon Roubideaux
Roubideaux
Rapid City
Interior Department
Julian Rhinehart
FBI
Reservation wins fight to keep school
Park Rapids and Minnesota officials reached a tentative agreement allowing Pine Point Indians to run their own school on the White Earth Reservation. The Pine Point school would be autonomous yet within the Park Rapids district with finances and audits shifted to the school advisory committee and direct federal funds to it. State Education Commissioner Howard Casmey urged cooperation to ease transitions and curb Indian student dropouts.
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Park Rapids, Minn
Pine Point Area
White Earth Reservation
Park Rapids
Minnesota Board of Education
Reuben Rock
Pine Point
Howard Casmey
Casmey
State Public Examiner
Minnesota
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Aurora
Ojala
Ray Fariey
Committee On Natural Resources and Agriculture
Winston Borden
Brainerd
ST. Louis, Mo
Mississippi
Missouri
Corps of Army Engineers
Winfield
Illinois
Red Lake
Suzette Nord
Ponemah
Pioneer
Frank Bain
Associated Press
Arizona
Jack Williams
Wendy
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