Angry farmers gather to push for higher prices
National Farmers Organization hosts 160 meetings as farmers nationwide unite to pressure for better prices amid soaring feed costs and sagging hog cattle and dairy values. Leaders warn bankers and auctioneers of looming losses while industry experts project pork price rises and beef price pressure in coming months. The Humane Society condemns calf slaughter plans and vows investigations.
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United Press International
National Farmers Organization
Oren Lee Staley
Des Moines
Iowa
Staley
Chicago
Howard C. Madsen
American Meat Institute
Hearst says Patty innocent under coercion
Mrs Hearst tells Chicago Tribune her daughter Patty Hearst is innocent of any criminal act because she was coerced into helping the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapers according to the report.
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Chicago
UPI
Patty Hearst
the Tribune
Catherine Hearst
Miss Hearst
Hearst
Berkeley
Carlif
Los Angeles
SLA
Ed Sullivan dies at 73 in New York
UPI reports Ed Sullivan longtime CBS TV host died Sunday night at Lenox Hill Hospital from esophageal cancer at 73. Sullivan notable for introducing Elvis Presley and the Beatles to American audiences and for a career spanning journalism and radio before hosting The Toast of the Town.
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New York
UPI
Ed Sullivan
Sullivan
Lenox Hill Hospital
Elvis Presley
New York Daily News
CBS
Jim Bishop
Jack Paar
Nbc-Tv
Decade After Khrushchev Brezhnev Era Praised
Pravda marked the tenth anniversary of Khrushchev’s removal and Brezhnev’s rise by praising ten years of steady, disciplined leadership. The paper lauded uninterrupted growth in politics, economy, and defense while noting the ouster’s details remain officially undisclosed.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
Khrushchev
Black Sea
Almanac predicts cold winter and heavy snows
The 183rd Old Farmer's Almanac forecasts a cold winter with mild spells near Christmas in the north and a cold southern half. Heavy snows are predicted for the Northwest, north Great Lakes, and Northeast in January and March, with January through April swinging from cold to warm in the north.
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New York
API
Almanac
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Upper Great Lakes
Plains States
Mid- Atlantic States
Northwest
North Great Lakes
Old Farmer’s Almanac
Robert B. Thomas
Dublin
N.H
Court faces heavy docket in first week of term
Washington Reuters United Press International reports the Supreme Court opens its new term with a heavy workload. Chief Justice Warren Burger warns of the growing case load after a record 1,000 appeals were reviewed in last week's conferences. Justice Douglas argues he can finish in four days.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Burger
High Court
William C. Douglas
Report cites brainwashing by Children of God sect
New York based report by Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz accuses the Children of God of brainwashing coercion and sexual abuse. David Berg led practices including prophetic marriages and sexual relations with leaders. The 65 page document, drawn from 74 sworn witnesses, notes a shift from Bible oriented group to a cult subservient to the Berg family. Spokesmen for the group did not comment. There are about 120 communes in the U.S. with five in New York.
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New York
UPI
Children of God
Louis Lefkowitz
Charity Frauds Bureau
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Jesus
David Berg
Berg
Lefkowitz
Sters
Boston observes Columbus Day amid busing protests and calm
Boston schools remained closed for Columbus Day as thousands of Black and white demonstrators gathered from Roxbury to Boston Common to support court ordered desegregation. No arrests were reported. President Ford urged rejecting hatred in a radio message. Justice Department analysts planned on-the-spot civil rights probes into antibusing activity, citing rock throwing at buses as violations and possible felonies.
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Roxbury
Boston Common
Freedom Now
Boston
Ford
Kevin H. White
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity
Francis W. Sargent
Thomas I. Atkins
Boston Naacp
Birmingham
Royal Bolling
Black Legislative Caucus
U.S. Justice Department
John Conroy
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Cardinal Cooke
Sylvia
Russia
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New Almanac
Lexington
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Soviet Union
New York State
Ober
Monet
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams, Mass
Shea Agency
Main ST
Shea Agency Inc
Benn
Bennington Banner Telephone
Bennington
The
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New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Vermont
Nichols
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