Consumer Alert discusses bill collectors and debtor rights
Attorney General John L. Hill explains that collectors serve a purpose in a credit based economy but laws protect debtors from harassment and false collection practices. The Consumer Protection Division enforces these prohibitions to balance creditor and debtor rights.
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John L. Hill
Austin
Consumer Protection Division
Attorney General's Office
Federal Trade Commission
Texas
F.T.C
Ireland
Agnew weighs 1976 run amid GOP rivals in interview
Vice President Spiro Agnew says he could win the 1976 presidential race if he decides to run, naming Reagan Rockefeller Percy and Connally as possible rivals. In other dispatches, Pope Paul VI praises Jacques Maritain as a great thinker after his death in France. Emperor Hirohito marks his 72nd birthday in Tokyo with thousands gathered at the palace. Aeronwy Thomas and Trefor Ellis wed in marriage in London.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
U.S. News and World Report
Agnew
California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Texas
John B. Connally
Connally
Republican Party
Vatican City
Paul VI
Jacques Maritain
St. Peter’s Square
Maritain
Vatican
Pius XII
Toulouse
France
Tokyo
Hirohito
Nixon seeks trust in Watergate speech for second term
President Nixon, 100 days into his second term, urged prayers and trust amid Watergate scandal. He admitted misplaced trust, accepted final responsibility, announced Haldeman Ehrlichman and Kleindienst resignations, and outlined goals of peace, prosperity, and opportunity.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington (Ap
Nixon
John W. Dean
White House
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Richard G. Kleindienst
Camp David
America
Haldeman, Ehrlichman
Kleindienst
Farm price index dips for first time in a year
The Agriculture Department reports a 1.5 percent drop in the overall farm price index for the month ending April 15, led by lower hog, cattle, calf, lamb, milk, and strawberry prices, offset by gains in wheat, broilers, lettuce, and onions. The parity ratio falls to 83 percent from 86 in March.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Special Titles Given Out Freely in Italy
Rome reports that in Italy the word dottore is widely used for flatterers and various professionals though legally reserved for university graduates. The piece notes locals use grand titles like cavaliere and commendatore, while even waiters and journalists claim the title. A Crop Reporting Board note highlights declines in beef pork veal and lamb production across Calabria and Sicily with fewer working days.
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Rome
Dottore
Italy
Buona Sera
Avanti
Crop Reporting Board
Ellington at 74 Honored by Clark College Band
Duke Ellington received an honorary Doctor of Humanities from Clark College in Atlanta as the college’s band performed more than a thousand Ellington compositions including Take the A Train Mood Indigo and Don t Get Around Much Anymore on his 74th birthday.
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Atlanta, Ga
Clark College
Duke Ellington
Ellington
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Brownie
London
Dylan Thomas
Aeronwy Thomas
Trefor Ellis
Miss Thomas
U.S
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Continents
Antarctica
HAY Camp Country Club
A.B. Dean
Wellington
United States
Puerto Rico
Commonwealth
E.E. Saulman
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
USDA
Pramitoc
Triselen
Greenbelt Farmers Co-Op
Ave
Phil Cates
Cates
Calabria
Sicily
Ily
Don
Dominus
Naples
Republic
Signore
White Stores, Inc
Homeowned & Operated
Herold Kitchens
N. Main
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