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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1973
Page
1
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Meat boycott organizers say they will carry out a week long consumer action despite Nixon price ceilings on beef pork and lamb. Housewives revolt leaders welcomed the ceiling plan but proceed with Sunday boycott as prices remain high. National Farmers Organization leaders plan tonight meetings in major meat producing areas to decide action. American National Cattlemen's Association directors meet in Denver today to discuss the ceiling announcement.
USW President I W Abel and top Big Ten steelmakers announced an experimental four year agreement to end industrywide strikes and lockouts in return for a minimum wage hike of 3 percent each August and a $150 bonus after Sept 30 1974. Larry said the plan seeks stabilization to boost competitiveness and foster labor management cooperation though Abel cautioned it may fail or last only one term.
Contracts let for new construction at the Corry Fish Hatchery but the Fish Commission in Harrisburg has not yet named the low bidder. LeRoy Sorenson says the area firm will be identified within weeks as plans duplicate last year’s ponds, doubling the number south of the 1972 site. William Willis named acting foreman after joining hatchery staff in 1967.
President Nixon announces a ceiling on beef pork and lamb prices effective immediately as he seeks to curb rising food costs. Congress broadly backs the move though some Democrats call it too late. A nationwide meat and poultry boycott plans continue. The rule targets retailers wholesalers and processors based on the past 30 days of sales with enforcement by IRS agents.
President Nixon announced the United States had ended its direct military role in Vietnam and achieved an honorable peace as he warned Hanoi it must honor the Paris cease-fire. He noted no American troops remain in Vietnam and all POWs are home, while signaling potential consequences if North Vietnam fails to comply. He urged restraint in defense cuts and warned against reducing European forces before talks with the Soviet Union. He also announced a price ceiling on beef pork and lamb.
Convicted Watergate conspirator James W. McCord Jr. told Senate investigators that presidential aide H R Haldeman was aware of wiretap plans at Democratic headquarters. The Sun reports McCord described Haldeman as informed but not active in plotting.
Union City Memorial Hospital has completed its budgeting and raised rates across the board. Private room rates rose from 40.50 to 41.50 while semi private rates increased from 35.30 to 37.24. Administrator Samuel Antrim said Corry Memorial faces Phase III guidelines and may raise fees up to 25 percent though staff pay increases could reach 5.3.
Five Venango County jail inmates were arraigned on inciting to riot rioting and related counts after a disturbance. They barricaded a door and tore a radiator while demanding a hearing with District Attorney Gregory Williams.
Editor notes Captain Jeremiah A. Denton Jr recounts seven and a half years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. He describes brutal torture, cold conditions, and the struggle to maintain leadership and morale from capture through escape, including the Zoo camp and Morse code signaling. He notes censorship worries and a policy against writing biographies or classified material.
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