Thieves Target New England Weather Vanes In Heist Spree
New England homeowners report thefts of weather vanes amid rising antique prices and metal value. A notable burglary struck Faneuil Hall's 242 pound brass cricket vane. in Hartford a gold plated vane valued at 1000 dollars was taken from Mark Twain Farm carriage house. Police caution many vanes lack identifying marks and some owners may identify by bullet damage. Helicopter and cherry picker use suspected, though ladders rarely found.
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Sugar prices rise threaten soft drink costs
Washington says rising sugar prices will lift costs for most soft drinks already up 25 percent from last year. The industry uses about a quarter of annual sugar supply. Sen Domenici accuses illegal price fixing and urges Saxbe to probe refiners. In August New York sugar topped $32 per cwt, up 300 percent in a year. World sugar output for 1974 75 seen at 92 million short tons, up 3 percent.
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Pete V. Domenici
Rn.m
William B. Saxbe
Domenici
New York
Stewardess Playmate Stirs Anger Across Airlines
Los Angeles reports airline women protest Playboy Miss October posing as a stewardess. Claudia Lampe of Continental and Ruth Schliskey of Western Airlines say the exposure reinforces a sex image, complicating moves to shift public perception. PSA declined to identify its spokesman.
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UPI
Playboy
Miss October
Claudia Lampe
Continental
National
Pacific Southwest
Ruth Schliskey
Western Airlines
Brezhnev seeks early meeting with Ford to gauge detente stance
UPI analyst reports Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev pressing for an early Ford meeting likely after Ford's Asia visit. Possible sites include Vladivostok or a neutral nation as Moscow aims to assess Ford's detente commitment and the future of Kissinger amid shifts in German Britain and U.S. leadership.
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