Meat price gains push farm index to new high in February
The Agriculture Department said farm prices rose 3 percent in February led by higher meat animal prices. Cattle and hog prices hit new records while wheat fell from December highs. soybeans reached a February record, lifting the overall farm price index to 379 percent of the 1910 14 base. Prices paid by farmers rose 15 percent in February.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Soviet Union
Indians blockade village in protest at Wounded Knee
Indians holding 10 hostages and demanding to see two U S senators clashed briefly with federal marshals near Wounded Knee South Dakota. Officials reported shots fired with no injuries and said the hostage situation and roadblocks remained in place as AIM leaders said a cease fire was arranged.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
U.S
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
FBI
Cavalry
Washington
Clyde Bellecourt
Minneapolis
American Indian Movement
Carter
Ponca City
Okla
AIM
Columbia voters reject city owned CATV bonds in landslide
In Columbia Missouri voters defeated a 1.75 million revenue bond proposal to finance municipally owned CATV by 4852 to 3254. The issue would have made Columbia the first city to fund CATV with revenue bonds and the largest city owned system.
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Columbia, Mo
Columbia
Missouri
Citizens’ Advisory
The
Columbia Missourian
University of Missouri
Columbia Tribune
Missouri House approves salary commission and pay raises plan
The Missouri House backed a resolution to create a Salary Commission to set state official salaries, while the Senate tentatively approved raising probation and parole start pay to match highway patrols. The package includes a constitutional amendment for voter approval in 1974 and a division of highway safety within the Office of Administration.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House
Senate
Albert M. Spradling
D-Cape Girardeau
Missouri
Salary Commission
House
Ike Skelton
Lexington
Mary Gant
Kansas City
Office of Administration
Bond nominates three to Missouri Bicentennial Commission
Gov. Christopher S. Bond nominates Mrs. James A. Reed, Mrs. William R. Robbins, and H. Meade Summers Jr. to the Missouri American Revolution Bi Centennial Commission. The five member panel from the Legislature plus five governor appointees will plan events for the 200th birthday celebration.
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Jefferson. City
Christopher S. Bond
James A. Reed
William R
Maryilyn) Robbins
H. Meade Summers
Senate
House
Reed
Kansas City
U.S
David
Missouri House
Robbins
Trenton
The
Mutual Insurance Compnies
Columbia College
Columbia
Summers
St. Louis
Landmarks Association of St. Louis, Inc
Sallie Hailey
Arrow Rock
Richards
Brownlee
Bond
Centertown opens second fire house at Apache Flats
Centertown Rural Fire Association opens a second station in its service area at Apache Flats. A 1973 pumper with 750 gallons capacity will be based there, while older equipment moves to Apache Flats. A nine-receiver alarm telephone system will be installed.
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Centertown
Charles Bonnet
The
Association
Wider pay guides seen
A Cost of Living Council official said the 5.5 per cent pay standard is only one guideline for wages this year. He noted that increases above 5.5 per cent can be acceptable when gross inequities and market disruptions exist, and that no single standard directs all wage decisions.
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Washington
Council
United States
Vietnam cleanup stops SAIGON moves to pressure Hanoi
The United States pulled a Navy minesweeping force from Haiphong and paused troop withdrawals to press Hanoi to release more POWs. The action precedes a White House claim of expected prisoner releases and comes as the Joint Military Commission shows rifts over cease-fire violations.
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Saigon
United States
Haiphong
South Vietnam
White House
Hanoi
Vietnam
U.S
Joint Military Commission
Gilbert N. Woodward
North Vietnam
International Commission of Control and Supervision
White House Somber Yet Hopeful On POW Release Timetable
The Nixon administration voiced guarded optimism that more than 120 U S prisoners of war will be released by week’s end in line with a Paris Jan 27 agreement. Officials stressed no solid breakthrough yet as Rogers attends Paris talks while confirming a second stage release debated by Washington.
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Washington
White House
Hanoi
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
Paris
North Vietnam
Ziegler
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Rogers
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Rogers-Trinh
Joint Military Commission
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St. Joseph
Missouri Senate
Schuster
Western Missouri University Foundation
Schuster Farms
Gower
Howard Woods
William P. Rogers
Zeigler
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