Nixon Expects POW Release Amid Paris Talks
The White House said it expects North Vietnam to release more than 120 prisoners of war this week while Rogers slows conference proceedings in Paris until arrangements for the next group are complete. Ziegler cited Nixon and Kissinger working with Rogers and Trinh, with Viet Cong and ICCS observers noting cautious progress.
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Washington
White House
Hanoi
Ronald L. Ziegler
Rogers
Paris
Vietnam
Ziegler
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
North Vietnam
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Joint Military Commission
Trinh
United States
Rogers-Trinh
U.S
Haiphong
International Commission For Control and Supervision
ICCS
JMC
South Vietnam
Nguyen Duy ‘Trinh
Iowa University Faces $9.6 Million Federal Funding Cut
The University of Iowa would lose about 9.62 million dollars in federal funding for 1973 to 1975 if Nixon administration cuts take effect. Indirect losses in student loans and tuition total 3.21 million, with 1972-73 funding at 11.10 million and 1973-75 projected declines across programs. Major hit comes from student aid and training grants, plus several other programs, as lawmakers await figures.
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DES Moines — University of Iowa
the Gazette
Chuckle Lawyers Redefine Brief Length in Copyright Fight
A witty remark notes lawyers claiming to draft 10 000 word briefs under copyright law. The quip highlights legal verbosity and the humor in lengthy legal documents. The comedian casts lawyers as the sole masters of exaggerated brief writing.
Farm prices blamed for January jump in supermarket costs
The Agriculture Department attributed the 2.5 percent January rise in take-home grocery prices to higher farm prices with beef and pork at record levels and eggs up 18 percent. The market basket cost $1,375 for the year, while the farm share rose to $588 and the middleman share to $787 in January.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Food prices up in Cedar Rapids for fourth quarter 1972
Cedar Rapids saw a three percent rise in food prices in the October-December period and a 6.7 percent yearly increase. The Cedar Rapids CPI stood at 121.7 with Meats up 15.4 percent for the year and cereals bakery and dairy also higher. Housing and apparel trends shifted, while earnings rose by $19.41 per week from January 1972.
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Cedar Rapids
David Hammond
Iowa State University Extension Service
Collins Radio reports stronger second quarter earnings
Collins Radio Co. posts second quarter fiscal 1973 net income of 2.022 million or 45 cents a share with 81 million in sales, up 5 percent from Q1 and 47 percent higher than a year earlier. Six month results show 3.052 million or 69 cents per share on 158 million in sales, aided by tax loss benefits.
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Dallas
Robert C. Wilson
Collins Radio Co
Wilson
Watergate Crime Not A Prank Says Kleindienst
Attorney General Kleindienst says the Watergate bugging was a reproachable crime, not a political prank. He plans to meet with Sen. Ervin and Sen. Baker to discuss ground rules for hearings later this year.
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Washington
UPI
Kleindienst
Ervin
D-N.c
Baker
R-Tenn
Hostages Taken in Pine Ridge Protest Seeks Senators
About 200 Indians seized the Pine Ridge town of Wounded Knee and held roughly 10 residents hostage. AIM leader Carter Camp said the action aims to pressure Senators Kennedy and Fulbright to visit and press for reforms in Indian affairs. Federal officers moved in cautiously after gunfire, with no injuries reported among hostages, as tensions over Oglala Sioux leadership and Bureau of Indian Affairs dealings intensify.
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Wounded Knee
8.D
U.S
American Indian Movement
Carter
Ponca City
Okla
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Pine Ridge
Sioux Nation
Wilson
State Department of Indian Affairs
Camp
AIM
South Dakota
Oglala Sioux
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
Richard Wilson
Russell Means
Nebraska
Washington
Two US quakes and Pacific quake swarm reported
A six second quake shook the eastern United States from Trenton to Baltimore at 2 23 a m with no damage or casualties noted. A major quake hit sparsely populated Northern Pacific islands and northern Nevada reported an earthquake swarm with over 30 tremors since Feb 23.
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United States
Trenton
N.J
Baltimore
Pacific
Nevada
UPI
Gerard McCullough
Philadelphia
Friendship
University of Nevada Seismology Station
Alan Ryall
Japanese Meteorological Agency
Japan
University of California Seismographic Station
Berkeley
Palmer
Alaska
Boulder
Colo
James Lander
National Earthquake Information Center
FBI chief nominee Gray details Watergate probe access
Senatorial questions focused on the Watergate break and FBI investigation. Gray, acting FBI director since Hoover's death, said the bureau offered Senate access to raw case files and would assign agents to answer questions, despite potential political backlash.
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Washington
L. Patrick Gray
FBI
Senate
Gray
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon
James Eastland
D-Miss
Watergate
W. Mark Felt
Eastland
Committee
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