Adverse weather dims crop outlook in Midwest
The AP reports wet conditions across the Midwest hindered planting on many farms near Bloomington and elsewhere. Farmers debate whether they can catch up to USDA yield predictions as rains and flood losses persist into June, with corn and soybeans showing slower planting progress.
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Bell
Midwest
Agriculture Department
Gregory Blaska
Marshall, Wis
Joseph Wankers
Plain
Wis
Don Paarlberg
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Francis A. Kutish
Paarlberg
Arkansas
Kelley Chosen as FBI Director Fitting Dick Tracy Legend
Clarence M. Kelley, Kansas City police chief and former FBI agent, is President Nixon’s pick for FBI director. The 61 year old would be the agency’s second permanent head, bringing a tech oriented approach with programs like Sky Alert Metro Squad and Operation Barrier. He has 21 years with the FBI and led a force that includes 90 black officers after expanding recruitment.
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Washington
Clarence M. Kelley
Kansas City
Dick Tracy
Nixon
FBI
Kelley
J. Edgar Hoover
Elliot L. Richardson
White House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Memphis
Robert F. Kennedy
Sky Alert
Metro Squad
Missouri- Kansas
Police Department
Fireman tied to $50,000 hamburger theft in St. Paul
FBI links St. Paul firefighter Joseph Regan to theft of 39,000 pounds of interstate hamburger, with Regan suspended and charged with possession and sale. Mayor Cohen orders full investigation of possible multiple firemen involved as meat appears to have reached fire stations. Regan is brother-in-law of Roger Smith, one of nine arrested.
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ST. Paul, Minn
FBI
St. Paul
South St. Paul
Joseph B. Regan
Lawrence Cohen
Regan
Roger J. Smith
West St. Paul
Smith
Cohen
House OKs Two Dollar Minimum Wage For Workers
The House approved raising the federal minimum wage from 1.60 to 2.00 this year and 2.20 in 1974, extending coverage to government workers and household domestics. A substitute proposal to delay increases and curb coverage was defeated 218 to 199. The Dent plan outlined steps for three groups including farm workers and long-time covered workers. Teenagers faced a separate 80 percent wage rule, rejected 215 to 199.
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Washington
House
Senate
John H. Dent
D-Pa
Dent
Kroger Introduces Pro-Burger In Ohio Stores
Kroger Co. launches Pro-Burger this week a blend of 75 percent hamburger and 25 percent textured vegetable protein. The product will sell for 79 cents a pound at 99 Ohio area Kroger stores and aims to keep hamburger protein levels with soybean flour providing the vegetable protein base.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Ohio
Kroger Co
Ohio Area
Kroger
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