Week-Long Meat Boycott Gains Public Support
Support for a week long meat boycott starting April first grows as home makers curb meat purchases amid price concerns. Organizers of Fight Inflation Together report thousands of letters and calls. endorsements come from Gov Meldrim Thomson Jr and multiple consumer groups.
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June Donavan
Arline Mathews
Nell Weekley
Mayor's Office of
Consumer Affairs
New Orleans
Meldrim Thomson Jr
New Hampshire
United Auto Workers Union
New York
Consumer Federation of California
National Consummers United of
Chicago
The
Consumer Assembly of
Greater New York
White House rejects Gray on Nixon lawyer lie claim
The White House disputed acting FBI Director Gray's remark that Nixon's lawyer likely lied to an FBI agent. It said John W. Dean III did not mislead or lie to the FBI and defended Dean against the senator's insinuations amid Watergate proceedings. Hunt’s sentencing occurred as Gray’s nomination hearings progressed.
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Gray
Nixon
FBI
White House
Washington
L. Patrick Gray III
Senate Judiciary Committee
John W. Dean III
Sen. Byrd
West Virginia
Dean
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
E. Howard Hunt
Byrd
Hunt
Democratic National
Watergate
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Pressure on meat packers and banks to ease costs
The Nixon administration pressed banks to moderate prime lending rates affecting homebuyers and farmers. Continental Illinois Bank & Trust trimmed its increase to 6 1/2 percent for top customers, with seven banks raising rates to 6 1/2 percent. The Cost of Living Council ordered meat packers to pass any cost cuts to consumers dollar for dollar, aiming to lower wholesale meat prices. Economist Herbert Stein noted possible consumer boycotts helped drive price declines and forecast slower food price inflation.
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Western States Meat Packers Association
Washington
Nixon
Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co
Chicago
Continental
Franklin National Bank of New York
Continental and
Franklin
Arthur F. Burns
Burns
Cost of Living Council
Council
John T. Dunlop
Herbert Stein
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Stein
US North Vietnam deadlocked over last POW release
Saigon AP reports no progress on releasing 138 American prisoners as planned. Both sides blamed each other after a 3 hour Joint Military Commission meeting. Viet Cong and Viet Minh fighters agreed to a two hour cease fire near Tong Le Chan to evacuate 58 wounded rangers.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Mekong
Hanoi
Paris
Laos
Pathet Lao
Tong le Chan
Pioneer newspaper rates and mailing details
Published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Pioneer division of Scripps-Howell Newspapers. Subscription rates list trade zone and outside trade zone prices plus monthly carrier option. Bemidji Minnesota post office indicates second class mailing and association memberships.
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The
Pioneer
Scrippsifff Newspapers, Inc
Neilson and
Pioneer Street
Bemidji
Minnesota
Associated Press
Minnesota Newspaper Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Fogel Loses Nomination For Illinois Corrections Director
Gov. Daniel Walker failed to secure enough Republican votes to confirm David Fogel as director of corrections. Only Sen. Harris Fowell backed Fogel, while ten Chicago Democrats blocked the measure making the 29-18 vote defeat. Fogel's defeat leaves Howard Fricke approved for a different state post.
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Fogel
Illinois Corrections Post
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Daniel Walker
David Fogel
Walker
Senate
Harris Fowell
Naperville
John A. Graham
R Barrington
Fowell
Chicago
Robert McCarthy
Decatur
Richard M. Daley
Richard J. Daley
House
Minnesota
Howard Fricke
Department of Business and Economic Development
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American Meat Institute
Eva Sartwell
Concord
N.H
Dreama Thomas
Grove City
Ohio
the Pioneer
Bemidji, Minnesota
Bemidji State College
BSC
Rich Robinson
Cass Lake
Dave Anderson
Larry Turtinen
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
N.viet
Winnebago
Dave Walters
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