Steady Meat Prices Seen During 1976
Washington report quotes American Meat Institute president Richard Lyng predicting meat supplies will rise in 1976 with total production around 37.3 billion pounds. Beef output could hit a record 24.6 billion pounds, pork up 300 million, and per capita meat consumption seen at 182.5 pounds. Hamburger prices expected slightly higher than 1975, while steaks and pork remain below prior peaks.
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Washington
American Meat Institute
Ichard Lyng
AML
Lyng
Names of More U S CIA Agents To Be Printed
Washington based Counterspy magazine will publish additional CIA agent names identified as working in Africa and Europe. The February issue reportedly lists agents in Angola France and Sweden including Richard Welch previously named as CIA station chief in Lima and slain in Greece last week. Counterspy disclaimed responsibility for Welch’s death while criticizing the CIA for placing agents abroad.
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Washington
U.S
Africa
Europe
CIA
Richard Welch
Greece
Doug Porter
Washington Quarterly
Counterspy
Angola
France
Sweden
Fifth Estate
CLA
Welch
Lima
Peru
Athens
Taunterspy
Thes Organiaation
Rusk Opposes U.S. Troops in Angola
In Atlanta former Secretary of State Dean Rusk told a meeting of the American Historical Society that Americans would not permit Angola to become another Vietnam. He urged continued financial aid to factions but urged against sending U.S. troops, saying the public would not stand for it.
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Atlanta
Angola
Vietnam
Dean Rusk
American Historical Society
Rusk
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics Head Calls for Data Method Review
New York AP Julius Shiskin, BLS commissioner, urges a blue ribbon panel to review concepts and procedures for field employment statistics. He defends the core methods while acknowledging serious seasonal adjustments and discrepancies between the BES and household surveys. A committee proposal is with the White House after Labor Secretary DuPlessis forwarded it.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
New York
Julius Shistitt
Shiskin
Gordon Committee
Robert Gordon
Gordon
University of California-Berkeley
BES
Labor
John Duplop
White House
Hefner Drug Probe Ended No Evidence
CHICAGO AP The justice department dropped a 15 month narcotics probe of Hugh Hefner publisher of Playboy magazine for lack of evidence. Grand jurors found Hefner or associates did not use or distribute drugs at Playboy clubs resorts or his Chicago and Los Angeles mansions. Hefner had called the inquiry a politically inspired witch hunt. Several Playboy employees were subpoenaed after former secretary Bobbie Arnstein and two associates were convicted in 1974 for cocaine conspiracy. Arnstein died of an overdose last year.
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Chicago
Justice Department
Hugh Hefner
Playboy Magazine
Hefner
Los Angeles
Samuel Skisner
Tive
Bobbie Arnstein
Ronald Seharf
George Lawson
Holiday Closings Across Offices Banks And Mail
Most banks stores and offices will close Thursday and reopen Friday after New Year’s Day. Federal state and local offices shut Thursday only with no mail delivery except special. USPS says white star box collections will be moderate Thursday while normal delivery resumes Friday and Saturday. UPS Iowa operations close Wednesday and Thursday. Tel Aviv AP An El Al cargo plane diverted after bird strike during a training flight.
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Internal Revenue Service
United Parcel Service
Iowa
Tel Aviv
Israel
Unkut
Northwestern Bell to issue refunds and rate hikes in January bills
Northwestern Bell customers face mixed news with a credit for overcharges totaling about five million dollars reflected in January bills. About 60,000 Cedar Rapids customers will receive refunds plus eight percent interest. former customers will get refund checks. The overall rate rise amounts to roughly 3.8 percent, with a monthly increase of ten cents for one party residence lines, thirty cents for two party lines, and eleven dollars and ten cents for one party business rates.
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Northwestern Bell
Sed
Martwestern Bell Services
Iowa
Gerald Schaub
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern Hell
Schaub
Sehaub
Secret U S Report Details Arms Shipment Adverse Effect
A secret government audit says siphoning weapons from U S military stocks to Israel and Vietnam reduced overall U S readiness. The GAO audit covers July 1972 to July 1974 with about 0 5 billion in hardware routed to Vietnam and Israel. Rep Les Aspin released an unclassified summary.
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Washington
U.S
Israel
Vietnam
Congress
General Accounting
Les Aspin
D-Wis
South Vietnam
Vivoim
Judge Dismisses Hughes Heir Claim in New Mexico
An Albuquerque district court judge dismissed Richard Hughes known also as Joseph Michael Brown from claiming to be Howard Hughes illegitimate son. Judge Phillip Bajamonte said evidence was insufficient though he noted Hughes could acknowledge paternity if willing. Richard Hughes said he was told in 1949 he was Hughes’s illegitimate son.
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Albuquerque
N.M
New Mexico
U- Legitirmate Sur
Recluse
Billonaire
Howard Hughes
Richard Hughes
Joseph Michael Brown
Hughes
Phillip Baiamonte
Baiaionte
Greed Motive Outline in Florida Christmas Murders
Police charge Winter Garden store owner W T Zeigler with four counts of first degree murder in the Christmas eve killings of his wife Eunice the wife’s mother and father and a customer Charles Mays. Detectives cite two life insurance policies totaling 820000 taken out in the last 60 days and say Mays was lured to the store as part of an alleged robbery plot.
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Orlando, Fla
W. T. Zeigler
Zeigler
Winter Garden
Orlando
Eunice
Perry Edwards
Virginia Edwards
Moultrie
Charles Mays
Orange County Sherif
Melvin Colman
Izler
Iife
Mays
Colman
Ford Florida campaign hit by internal confusion
Miami AP report quotes Dade County Ford campaign manager criticizing the national operation as disorganized and unclear who leads. Former state Rep Jon Malloy cites no funds or literature for a Florida headquarters while Oscar Juarez counters with limited delays in prep materials, noting Reagan’s opposition in the March 9 primary.
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Miami
Dace Counnty
Ford
Jon Malloy
Florida
Washington
California
Ronald Reagan
Malloy
Oscar Juarez
Juarez
German Fire Kills 4 at West Germany Home for the Aged
A blaze swept a Detmold home for the aged early Tuesday killing four residents and injuring four others, authorities reported. The cause was not immediately known and investigators were assessing the scene. Four residents died in the fire and four were injured with varying degrees of burns and smoke inhalation. Local officials declared the building unsafe and ordered emergency services to assist displaced seniors.
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Detmold
West Germany
President Ne Win Crashes Burma Party in Rangoon
President Ne Win crashed a Rangoon party with three armed aides, slapped a colonel, and toppled band equipment at the Inya Lake hotel. About 800 guests attended amid speculation his anger related to noise or his daughter's presence, in a city long criticized as dull by diplomats.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Ne Win
Burma
Rangoon
Christus
Bangkok Post
Luesday
Inya Jake
Four Prisoners Moved After Standoff at Federal Reformatory
Four inmates at the Petersburg federal reformatory seized seven staff and two inmates during a six hour escape attempt. They were armed with homemade knives and metal rods, held nine hostages, and after talks left for Lewisburg federal penitentiary. Names identified: Bryant, Easter, Librick, and Mosely.
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Petersburg
Federal Reformatory
Pennsylvania
Reformatory
Mount Vernon
Mark Easter
Jacksonville
Fla
Lawrence Librick
St. Petersburg
Timothy Mosely
Kennesaw, Ga
Boy Witnesses Train Fatalities Near South Orange
A 14-year-old boy, Matt Mattheis, told police he yelled for friends to beware as a train struck and killed Craig Strutz, John Collins, and Kevin Konkowowski while they walked on Essex county tracks in South Orange New Jersey. The youths, all residents, died at the scene.
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South Orange
N.J
Matt Mattheis
Eric Lackawanna
Essex County
Craig Strutz
John Collins
Kevin Konkowski
Matthews
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