Beef Shortage Deepens Amid Rationing and Plant Closures
The nationwide beef shortage worsened as grocers rationed meat and 9,000 workers were laid off across 100 plants. Cattlemen held back supplies to preserve the Sept. 12 price-freeze end, while restaurants and stores faced limited stock and rising black-market activity.
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Associated Press
American Meat Institute
Atlanta
Ralph's Grocery Co
California
New York City
Internal Revenue Service
Lincoln
Neb
United States
National Restaurant Association
Nixon
New York
Brasserie
Justice Douglas Lifts Stay On Cambodian Bombing Ban
Supreme Court Justice William C. Douglas ordered a halt to Cambodian bombing, lifting a prior stay by the U S Circuit Court in New York. He argued that denying the stay would place airmen and Cambodian peasants in danger and emphasized that only Congress can authorize war. Nixon criticized Congress for cutting funding and ceasing bombing.
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Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Cambodia
Douglas
U.S. Circuit Court
New York
Nixon
Congress
U. S
Pentagon
Yakima
Wash
Fishman Co To Close After 44 Years In Biddeford Maine
M H Fishman Co at 129 Main St Biddeford plans a final liquidation sale next week after 44 years of operation. Store manager Delaine Brown cites a shrinking local market and parking woes as causes while noting this store was the last Fishman in Maine with Waterville and Calais already closed. Public officials and merchants discussed a city growth plan, including parking solutions, but no meeting had occurred by press time.
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Ment
Cost of Living Council
William N. Walter
Gwen Brand
Slidell
Schwegmann’s
New Orleans
Biddeford-Saco
M.H. Fishman Co
Main St
Biddeford
Delaine Brown
Brown
City Hall
Fishman's
Maine
Waterville
Calais
Missouri
Saco
Twelve Mile Creek
St. Louis
Minnesota
Owatonna
People’s Press
Mother Faces Decision On 4YearOld's Respirator Halt
Denver AP reports Linda Rae of Capistrano Beach Calif faces whether to remove life support from her 4yearold son Jason Rae after severe brain damage from a July swimming accident in Huntington Beach. Doctors will analyze medical tests today to determine if he should be disconnected. Rae plans transplant donations of his liver and kidneys to save other lives while seeking to honor her son. Colorado General Hospital officials said a donor team believes it is not yet time to pull the plug and will continue testing brain activity and other indicators of potential recovery.
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Denver
Jason Arthur Rae
Huntington Beach
Calif
Linda Rae
Capistrano Beach
Rae
Jason
Colorado General Hospital
Colorado
California
Biddeford Pike Spur Feasibility Under Review
State DOT official says Biddeford Pike spur and Saco turnpike bypass are in early study with no current construction plans. If built the bypass would route traffic from Route 1 and Ocean Park Road past Saco, potentially altering Biddeford traffic in a project likely funded by 1974 referendum and state funds.
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Biddeford
Maine Turnpike
Alfred Road
State Department of ‘Transportation
Gedeon Picher
DOT
Bureau of Planning
Biddeford-Arundel
Picher
Saco
Saco Spur
Maremont
North Street
Many Saco towns across states share namesake with Maine
A quirky survey notes Saco in Maine Montana Missouri Minnesota all claim the name. It contrasts school histories populations and landscapes from Saco Montana’s hay farms and hot springs to Saco Missouri’s river valley and rail hub, and details Minnesota’s school closure and Maine’s enduring coast.
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Chet Huntley
Saco
Montana
Maine
Missouri
Minnesota
Bob O’weil
Nbc-Tv
Cambodian Troops Hit By Gas Attack Near Phnom Penh
PHNOM PENH AP Cambodian government forces faced a gas attack on the southern defense perimeter six miles from the capital. Command reports 40 soldiers paralyzed by an unidentified gas from B40 launchers. Col Am Rong said the gas is paralyzing and potentially fatal in large doses.
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Phnom Penh
Am Rong
U.S
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