Prices Climb as U S CPI Rises in February
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an eight tenths percent seasonally adjusted CPI rise in February the largest since 1951. Food prices up 2.2 percent with groceries up 2.4 percent the steepest on record and meats poultry and fish up five percent. Non food goods and services also rose with adjusted and unadjusted measures showing broad inflation.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
BLS
Saigon seeks to lift siege at Rach Bap post
South Vietnamese forces with tanks and air support push toward the Rach Bap outpost 30 miles north of Saigon as cease fire tensions flare. Officials say operation began Monday night and units were within half a mile of the position with claims of improved conditions and potential moves against Tong Le Chan camp further north.
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Man
Rach Bap
Tong le Chan
Viet Cong to Release Last POWs in Hanoi Airport Dragnet
The Viet Cong said the final group of American prisoners will be released Saturday and Sunday at Gia Lam airport in Hanoi. U S records list 147 prisoners remaining, including 140 military personnel and seven civilians, with potential minor variations. The Pentagon had earlier identified two Navy fliers previously listed as missing in action as now held as POWs.
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Hanoi
Gia Lam
U.S
Pentagon
U.S. Navy
City Clean-Up Proposes Free Car Removal This Spring
Hillside Auto Parts purchases a flat-bed truck enabling a voluntary city wide effort to remove unwanted cars through May at no owner cost. The program called beautification may shift to a get tough policy after May 1, with interiors burned only until then and later stripped manually before crushing.
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Hillside Auto Parts
Kenneth Sanborn
Hillside
State Department of Health
Dick Fately
Sanborn
Supreme Court upholds local property taxes for schools
In a 5 to 4 ruling the Supreme Court says education is not an explicit constitutional right. The decision reverses a lower court that found Texas school finance by local property taxes unconstitutional and urges lawmakers to reform tax systems. Justice Powell notes the need for reform but solidifies state action over federal guarantees.
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Supreme Court
Texas
Cal
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
Compromise Kansas school finance plan outlined in Topeka
House Senate conference committee unveils a plan totaling 186 million dollars with 65.2 million in new state funds to finance local schools. Rep Pete Loux and Sen Joe Harder confirmed details to Senate Democrats as caucuses study the proposal before final action.
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Kan
House
Senate
Democratic Caucus
Pete Loux
Dwichita
Loux
Senate Democrats
Joe Harder
R-Moundridge
Associated Press
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals City Position
Intercepted letter to Cha quotes a city stance warning that disliking beauty would lead to tyranny, with the sign off Yours. The fragment hints at political rhetoric and oppressive sentiment.
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Cha
Protestants Decry British White Paper on Northern Ireland
Protestants blast the British White Paper proposing a limited home rule for Northern Ireland with an 80 member assembly under proportional representation while keeping police and security forces under British control. Protestant Vanguard leader William Craig labeled the plan the worst of all worlds.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
William Craig
Planners Set Tonight Action On City Mobile Homes Rules
The Planning Commission meets at 7 30 p m to vote on a proposed amendment to the mobile homes ordinance. Officials will discuss rezoning two outskirts areas near Chanute and consider annexation of the Westview Nursing Home.
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Planning Commission
Chanute
Westview Nursing Home
Nixon plays piano late at night in White House quarters
Mrs. Nixon says President Nixon has started nightly piano playing and cranks the hi fi so loudly it blasts through the house. She notes the activity relaxes him and occurs in the family quarters of the White House.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Soviet union may orbit space station before Skylab launch
Pentagon specialists say two Soviet instrument ships released into the Atlantic suggest a Soviet space voyage could occur as early as April to grab world attention before the United States launches Skylab in mid May.
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Washington
Pentagon
Atlantic
Earth
Fifteen Deaths Linked to Hexachlorophene Use
Federal records tie 15 U S deaths to external use of cleansing agents containing hexachlorophene. pHisoHex, with 3 percent HCP, is often implicated. FDA banned hexachlorophene from nonprescription products in September but did not inform reporters of the death link.
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Washington
United States
Food and Drug Administration
U.S
Nixon faces possible oil rationing power debate
Congress weighs granting the president authority to allocate oil products and ration consumers amid fears fuel shortages could curb oil competition. The administration denies plans to ration but keeps contingency measures ready. Reports say gasoline rationing tickets may be printed.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
United States
F16s collide over Arizona with uncertain survivors
Two Fils swing wing fighter planes from an air base collided in mid air over Northern Arizona Tuesday night. Wreckage spotted near Holbrook. No survivors confirmed. Both aircraft normally carry two crewmen.
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Clovis
N.M
Arizona
Cannon Air Force Base
Holbrook
North Vietnam accused of massive Feb troop push south
South Vietnam charged that in February North Vietnam sent 50 000 troops 300 tanks and hundreds of heavy guns southward in violation of the cease fire agreement.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Senate approves inflation bill with extended wage price powers
The Senate backed a bill extending Nixon's wage and price freeze to April 30, 1974 by a vote of 85 to 2, with rent control in major cities approved 50 to 38. Senator Clifford Case noted urban rent increases since Nixon ended Phase 2 controls.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Clifford Case
R-N.j
Hostages Held at West Virginia Penitentiary
State officials planned renewed negotiations as five guards were held hostage by convicts at the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville. Some inmates were believed armed with knives. A inmate was found stabbed to death as a fire swept the fortress like prison during Tuesday morning disturbances. It remained unclear what sparked the riot at the two block long facility in a residential district.
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Moundsville
W.va
West Virginia
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