Don’t Blame the Farmer Says Virginia Knauer
Mrs. Virginia Knauer, Nixon appointee, argues that high food prices are not due to farmers getting rich. She cites per capita farm income of 3,179 and notes farmers receive about 40 cents of each dollar spent on food, with the rest covering farm costs, taxes, mortgages, and middlemen in the supply chain. Prices rise with processing steps, weather, blight, and demand, not farmer profits.
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Virginia Knauer
Pennsylvania
Nixon
Office of Consumer Affairs
Journal
Knauer
United States
Agriculture Dept
Navy scandal prompts Mahon retreat over $110 million overcommitment
Washington lawmakers fault Navy for illegal overspending and coverups dating to 1969. Mahon, famed for his forceful stance, backs down as the Navy refuses to produce key documents. Investigators say tens of millions were spent on improper transfers and personnel moves beyond appropriations.
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Navy
House Appropriations Committee
Mahon
Gordon Rule
Tax rules on a 31 year old dependen t and remarriage guidance
A husband and wife may claim a 31 year old son with no income as a dependent if he meets support and citizenship tests, with a $750 exemption for 1972. The son must have less than $749.99 income unless under 19 or a student, and must not file joint return. The wife should divorce to avoid bigamy if the husband is alive. A later political scandal item notes Navy personnel probes and a controversial offer to George K Bernstein.
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Canada
Mexico
Panama
Canal Zone
Young boy and old man share surprising similarities
An essay explores age differences showing that a child and an elderly man resemble each other in interests and behavior. Both have invisible companions, enjoy watching fire engines, and dislike clubs. Each tests the world with memory or imagination and rebels within family bounds. The piece notes generations bridge.
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New York
Les Us
Year of record rainfall across regions in 1972
The piece surveys 1972 as an extraordinary wet year with New York tallying 67.03 inches, the Midwest soaked so badly grain rotted, Carolinians swamped by floods, Quinault logs claiming 15 feet of rain, and even desert Phoenix housing afloat. It notes weather records span only a century and mocks a proposed federal weather modification program by six Republicans.
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New York
Quinault Ranger Station
State of
Washington
Corry Zoning Board approves new grocery on Center Street
In Corry, Mr. and Mrs. Joan Bensink won zoning approval to build and operate a new grocery on the former Emblem Oil site at North Center and Columbus. Also, the Sanitary Water Board of Harrisburg ordered Corry to build and complete a sewage treatment plant within two years.
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Joan Bensink
North Center Street
Corry Zoning Board of Appeals
Emblem Oil Company
North Center and
Columbus Avenue
Corry
Sanitary Water Board of
Harrisburg
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Corry Journal
By Jack Anderson
House Appropriations
George Mahon
D-Tex
David Bagley
Navy Personnel Bureau
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Congress
Committee
George K. Bernstein
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bernstein
Deltona Corporation
Miami
Fla
Mackle Brothers
Delfona
Dollar
Paul Harvey
Midwest
Indiana
Arizona
Phoenix
Mother Nature
Jacqueline Paulson
Maple Avenue
Andrew Paulson
Mrs
Cassius Paulson
St. Edward’s Hall
Lawrence W. Field
Clarence C. Coons
August DeMauri
Kenneth Jones
Charles Guadagno
Steve Duma
Pail 5
Wwe
North America
Commerce Department
Carl Posey
California
Atlantic Coast
World Meteorological Organization
WMO
Nature
Rita
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