Burley Tobacco Leaders Urge Higher Plantings at Indiana Meeting
In French Lick Indiana a 10 member panel at the Burley Auction Warehouse Association meeting urged growers to raise production beyond 600 million pounds to meet rising demand. They warned underproduction risks loss of U.S. market share to foreign burley if prices don’t reflect costs amid inflation. Bill Balden cited 65 percent of Kentucky growers already planted, urging fair prices to justify labor costs. Phil B Wells was reelected president. other officers named from Kentucky and Tennessee.
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French Lick
Ind
Burley Auction Warehouse Association
BAWA
Bill Balden
Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
Kentucky
Balden
John Logan
Burley Leaf Tobacco Dealers Association
Frank Snodgrass
Burley and Dark Leaf Tobacco Export Association
Logan
Phil B. Wells
Glasgow
Albert G. Clay
Mount Sterling
Reynolds T. Bell
Paris
K Russell
New Tazewell
Tenn
Barney Tucker
London, Ky
H. B. Tingle
Shelbyville
Gene Pittenger
Maysville
Viet Nam War Fights Rage on Two Saigon Corridors
Heavy fighting reported along two strategic corridors north of Saigon as cease-fire talks stall. In Cambodian border fighting 45 miles northwest of Saigon, 300 rockets and mortars struck four government outposts with ground assaults. one soldier killed. In the other corridor 25 miles north, tanks and troops fought all day. five government soldiers died and 95 wounded. Joint Military Commission talks resume with no substantive progress. In Phnom Penh Lon Nol seeks cabinet stability as six ministers balk at staying on.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
North
An Dien
Ben Cat
Joint Military Commission
Cambodia
Lon Nol
Senate Keeps South Vietnam Aid, Passes 21.8 Billion Bill
The Senate narrowly blocked further cuts to South Vietnam aid as it approved a 21.8 billion military weapons procurement bill by 84 to 1. The measure funds weapons development at 1.5 billion less than the Nixon plan, with 900 million for Vietnam aid sustained 46 to 43. A House-Senate conference will reconcile differences, while Jackson's export control amendment passed 47 to 43 to restrict tech transfers to the Soviet bloc.
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Harrison Humphries
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
South Vietnam
Nixon
House
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sens
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Alan Cranston
Dconf
North Vietnam
John ©. Stennis
D-Miss
U.S
Henry M. Jackson
Secretary of Defense
Soviet Union
Jackson
Congress
Cranston
Leaf Volume Fairly Light on Southern Maryland Markets
Southern Maryland tobacco auction markets showed fairly light sales volume Tuesday with overall prices holding steady from the previous day. Quality of marketing remained largely unchanged as averages were maintained.
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Upper Marlboro
Maryland
Federal
Re- Panta
Mil ton Pitts on Nixon to Have a haircut
Mil ton Pitts the Presidents barber says Nixon has not changed under pressure and remains relaxed. Pitts, 58, charges 4 for a straight haircut and 8.50 for styling Nixon and Henry Kissinger, calling the White House an interesting place to work. He notes many people in trouble were nice. Rosemary Havey plans rural practice after MSU DO degree and 25th year as a nun. She will intern in Detroit before moving to a rural area and will live on her stipend. Michael Dickinson, 18, son of Rep. Dickinson, sentenced to 13 years for barbiturate possession. Auburn student freed on 15,000 bond, planning appeal. Eugene Rostow says no detente in world politics. China sought US aid as Soviet Union has 50 divisions in Siberia. Rostow warns Western powers lack will to tackle major security, monetary, trade and energy issues. He quips about rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
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Associated Press
Washington
Milton Pitts
Nixon
Tye
Pitts
Henry Kissinger
White House
East Lansing
Mich
Rosemary Havey
Michigan State University
Dr. Havey
Detroit
Young Dickinson
Auburn University
L. J. Tyner
Auburn
Wiliam E. Abinas
Parisapi
Eugene V. Rostow
Yale
Soviet Union
China
United States
Siberia
Rostow
Psee
Anglo- American Press Association
IRS Director Denies Quota System Claims Before Senate
IRS chief told a Senate appropriations subcommittee that the agency does not operate under a quota system. He said production statistics are not used for evaluations or promotions and emphasized protecting taxpayer privacy while noting some statistics help target enforcement. He disputed claims of delays in implementing the freedom of information law and defended the manual’s public access.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Senate
IRS
Treasury Department
Donald C. Alexander
Appropriations
Alexander
Vincent L. Connery
Treasury Employee Union
TRS
Revenue
Connery
Supreme Court urged to keep Watergate grand jury report secret
Six defendants in the Watergate cover up case urged the Supreme Court Tuesday to keep the grand jury report naming Nixon and others as unindicted co conspirators sealed. Special prosecutor Jaworski and James D. St Clair want the document released, arguing public access is essential for proper arguments in the presidential impeachment context.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Nixon
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
James D. St. Clair
St. Clair
Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Jaworski
Simica
House Judiciary Committee
White House
U.S. House of Representatives
Sirica
North Carolina Housing Agency awaits key appointments
Raleigh AP reports the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency awaits four appointments from Gov. Holshouser and four from House Speaker Ramsey. Lt Gov. Hunt has named his four. The agency, created to expand low and middle income home mortgages, aims to issue bonds backed by 4 million dollars and fund about 850 million in mortgages through state lenders.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Housing Finance Agency
Jim Holshouser
James E. Ramsey
Jim Hunt
Hunt
Ramsey
Holfhauser
North Carolina Housing Corp
General Assembly
Agen
Tom Taft
Escapee Burleson Freed After 21 Years On the Lam
Lacy Carroll Burleson 47, an escapee from Halifax County prison camp who used the name Gary Ladd for years, is freed by Gov Jim Holfhouser after commuting his 1953 bigamy sentence to time served. Burleson surrendered again in Raleigh and plans to visit family in Iowa and Winston-Salem.
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Reese Hart
Associated Press
Raleigh, N. C
Winston-Salem
Lacy Carroll Burleson
Central Prison
Gary Ladd
Burleson
Jim Holfhouser
State Board of Paroles
Halifax County
Midwest
Clinton
Iowa
Gary Q Uadd
Glenn
Phillip
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Earth
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Simcha Dinitz
Middle East
ABC
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Ala
Michael Dickinson
Bill Dickinson
R-Ala
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Asia
Pushkin Art Museum
Tokyo
Louvre Museum
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Housing Study Commission
Housing Finance Agency
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Transylvania
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