CLC ends controls for food industry
Washington UPI reports the Cost of Living Council ended 2 1/2 years of wage and price regulation in the food sector affecting about 2.5 million workers and 330,000 firms. Officials say decontrol will have almost no effect on consumer prices as competition and supply policies temper any upward pressure.
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Mississippi Floods Swamp Counties Forcing 10,000 Evacuations
Thousands displaced across southern Mississippi after a weekend storm dumped up to 15 inches of rain. Gov. Bill Waller requests a disaster declaration for 34 counties as floodwaters rise, with 50 million dollars in damage and seven drownings reported. National Guard units and Civil Defense set up shelters in Camp Shelby and local communities.
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Court declines to define precise war making powers
Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman says the Supreme Court passed up another chance to define presidential and congressional war making powers. The Cambodia bombing suit, argued by four airmen and backed by the ACLU, lost as the Court refused to hear, leaving the War Powers Act intact but unsettled in law.
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William J. Brennan Jr
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Michigan 8th District Vote Forecast Signals Nixon Fallout
Michigan voters in the 8th district vote today in a high profile contest viewed as a referendum on Richard Nixon. Traxler leads in polls but undecided voters remain, with Nixons future tied to the outcome as turnout could influence impeachment pressures.
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Richard Nixon
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Watergate
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IRA Leader Ivor Bell Escapes Belfast Prison
Ivor Bell, 37, top IRA Provisional commander in Belfast, fled Maze Prison in Belfast disguised as a fellow inmate on 24 hour parole for marriage. British troops sealed Ulster's border with the Republic and set roadblocks to recapture him, signaling a blow to security efforts and likely strengthening hardliners in the IRA stance against cease-fire.
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Saigon halts Paris talks as PAVN attacks surge
South Vietnam suspended the Paris peace talks after government troops repelled heavy North Vietnamese assaults in the Central Highlands near Pleiku. The Saigon command reported 18 attackers killed, 21 government troops dead, 58 wounded. Foreign Minister Bac cited lack of Communist goodwill for negotiations. The Viet Cong dismissed the move as arbitrary. In Cambodia, rebels attacked Oudong, leaving one government soldier dead and 12 wounded before being repelled.
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Tiny army seizes Niger in bloodless coup
Niger's 2,500 man army declared control with a curfew after President Hamani Diori was toppled. Lt Col Seyni Kountie said the takeover was due to decades of injustice and corruption. Diori under house arrest, health described as good, no trial planned. Uranium talks with France unlikely to shift immediately amid drought and aid concerns.
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Youth plans to sail solo across Atlantic ocean
Wickford Rhode Island born Bob Gainer plans a June 29 departure in his 22 foot sailboat Hitchhiker to become the youngest solo Atlantic cross. He targets Falmouth England in 35 to 50 days depending on weather and mood. He funded the project over three years from East Greenwich Rhode Island with help from family in Hillsdale New Jersey.
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Atlantic Ocean
Robert Manry
Wickford Cove
Falmouth
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N.J
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Maine biologist starts whale sighting network for Gulf of Maine
In Walpole Maine biologist Steve Katona a 30 year old biology professor at the College of the Atlantic begins a project named The Maine Coast Whale Sighting Network He aims to recruit fishermen lobstermen and others who love whales to report sightings via simple charts submitted to Allied Whale at his college A $9000 federal grant funds the effort Allied Whale previously spent summer watching whales from Mount Desert Rock and is now promoting public awareness with ads calling for a boycott of Japanese goods over whaling concerns.
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Maine Coast Whale Sighting Network
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University of Maine
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Allied Whale” Workshop
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Japan
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Papillon film review at Cinema II and The Way We Were
A review notes Papillon on film sacrifices some scope of the Henri Charriere memoir but remains a solid entertainment with Paul McQueen in the lead and Dustin Hoffman providing relief. The Way We Were with Redford and Streisand is also highlighted as a top year’s success. Screen times listed for local cinemas.
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McQueen
Dustin
Hoffman
McQueen-Papillon
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Streisand
Dubrow
Manchester
Dean Credibility Over Nixon in Watergate Poll
A Louis Harris survey finds 46 percent of Americans view John Dean as more truthful about Watergate than President Nixon, 29 percent favor Nixon, and 25 percent are unsure. Harris notes Dean’s credibility has remained high while Nixon’s has fallen since Dean’s Senate testimony.
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UPI
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