Farm prices rise as cattle and crops pull market
Farm prices rose 4 percent in the month ended April 15 with cattle and hogs driving gains and cotton soybeans and grains advancing. The increase ends a five month slide and is expected to show only modest retail price rises in Q2. President Ford weighs a farm price support bill amid the shift in farm price trends.
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N.Y. Times News
Washington
Agriculture Department
C. Kyle Randall
Economic Research Service
Randall
Ford
Congress
Israel Becomes Ready to Quit Abu Rudeis Oil Field
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin told Sinai workers Israel is prepared to give up the 72‑well Abu Rudeis field, which handles over half of the country’s oil needs, for a significant peace move. In Damascus, Syria said the Arab League talks with Iraq over Euphrates water collapsed as Syria withdrew its delegation.
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Sinai
Abu Rudeis
Rabin
Egypt
Israel
Damascus
Arab League
Syria
Iraq
Euphrates River
Meskill sworn in as federal judge in New Britain
Former Gov. Thomas J. Meskill was sworn in as a member of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a New Britain High School auditorium ceremony attended by about 500 people. The event featured cheers, an orchestra, and remarks from political ally J. Brian Gaffney.
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UPI
Foley Square
Lower Manhattan
Thomas J. Meskill
New Britain
Meskill
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate
Law School
New Britain High School
Albert Latham Jr
Tom
J. Brian Gaffney
State Party
Bar
Connecticut Bar Association
Auidence
Gaffney
Ford
New England job market shows small gain in March
Economists note a regional uptick with 4,665,700 nonfarm jobs in March, up from 4,663,600 last year, yet growth is muted. Officials caution optimism amid stubborn unemployment, with manufacturing down and nonmanufacturing up mainly due to seasonal factors. Several workers report no improvement and fear continued job scarcity as lines at employment offices shrink only slowly.
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United Press International
New England
Gregory S. Carpenter
Orono
Maine
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mary Flemming
Boston
Syracuse
N.Y
Laurie Deisler
Brighton
Mass
Larry Yentsch
Pompano Beach
Fla
Benty
Massachusetts Division of Employment Security
Gerald Bilodeau
Maine Department of Manpower Affairs
Bilodeau
Manchester
N.H
Refugees Evacuated by Khmer Rouge Head to Thailand
At least 610 refugees sheltered in the French Embassy in Phnom Penh were set to be moved by road toward the Thai border. Among them are 515 French citizens and 95 others, including an American and a British newsman. French protests cited ill health and poor conditions for the 300 mile overland trek to Bangkok.
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Thailand
UPI
Red Cross
Phnom Penh
Khmer Rouge
Cambodia
Bangkok
Vientiane
France
Lon Nol
Viet Cong Says PRG Ready to Seek Normal Ties
The Provisional Revolutionary Government in Paris stated the new regime in South Vietnam is ready to establish relations with all countries and will pursue a peaceful nonaligned foreign policy.
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Paris
UPI
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
PRG
Dinh Ba Thi
United States
Saigon
Thi
Vietnam
Edelin seeks reversal of manslaughter conviction
Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin asks for reversal of his 1973 manslaughter verdict in an elective abortion case, arguing the state failed to prove a crime as defined by law. Defense says the charge concerned a fetus before birth, while prosecutors contend timing variations were immaterial.
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Boston
UPI
Kenneth C. Edelin
Edelin
James P. McGuire
Commonwealth
Charles Nelson
Newman A. Flanagan
Nelson
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