Floods Threaten Food Costs Amid Wet Spring Delays
Wet spring delays crop planting across the Midwest spark debate between farmers and USDA officials over potential higher consumer prices. Dairy and grain producers warn that continued rain will lift feed costs and meat prices, while officials say farmers can catch up and switch from cotton to soybeans to mitigate losses. Illinois Iowa Indiana report slow planting with corn and soybean gaps, and drought fears grow as tornadoes strike Memorial Day weekend.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Joseph Wankerl
Plain
Wis
Francis A. Kutish
Department of Agriculture
Don Paarlberg
USDA
Paarlberg
Agriculture Department
Kutish
Illinois
Iowa
Diana
Neil Lochmiller
Illinois Crop Reporting Service
Russell Weisensel
Wisconsin AgriBusiness Council
Arkansas
Leonagus Mack
Newport
Ark
Mack
Bill Stone
Jonesboro
Stone
Nixon names Laird counselor as Haig to retire
President Nixon taps Melvin R. Laird as counselor for domestic affairs and says Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. will retire from the Army to head White House staff. Ronald L. Ziegler gains broader duties as presidential assistant in charge of White House communications. Laird replaces Ehrlichman and Haig replaces Haldeman amid Watergate fallout.
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Washington
Nixon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
White House
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Army
Ronald L. Ziegler
Laird
John D. Ehrlichman
Haig
H. R. Haldeman
Wisconsin
Dean
Senate
White House reshuffles bring Laird Haig Ziegler roles clarified
Laird to become counselor with cabinet rank and NSC seat, assuming duties June 15 after overseas trip and dropping congressional pension. Haig to retire Aug 1 and oversee White House staff operations. Ziegler expands role replacing Klein as communications director as Watergate reshapes staff. Ralph Nader's Public Citizens sues to strip Haig of military rank and benefits.
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Laird
White House
Nixon
National Security Council
Haig
Army
Henry A. Kissinger
Ralph Nader
Public Citizens, Inc
U.S
Ziegler
Herbert G. Klein
Cox asks court to limit hearings on Watergate talks
Archibald Cox asked U.S. District Judge John Sirica to require the Senate Watergate committee to hear potentially incriminating testimony in executive session or without radio and TV coverage. The move follows White House cooperation on Nixon Dean logs and Magruder immunity talks as staff shakeups continue.
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Washington
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
Archibald Cox
Senate
Nixon
John W. Dean III
Cox
Dean
Jeb S. Magruder
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Gerald L. Warren
Senate Select Committee
Warren
Senate Committee
Sloan Warned Ehrlichman About Nixon Campaign Involvement
Former campaign treasurer Hugh W. Sloan Jr testified that he warned John D. Ehrlichman last July that the Nixon re election organization might be involved in Watergate. Ehrlichman replied I dont want to know. Rep Paul N McCloskey urged Nixon to disclose any Watergate evidence and consider impeachment consequences.
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Hugh W. Sloan Jr
John D. Ehrlichman
White House
Paul N. McCloskey
Calif
Nixon
Nixon hints at stronger anti inflation moves
President Nixon's administration signals active review of wage price controls with Laird warning of possible recommendations. Senate leaders favor a wage and price freeze while tighter oil controls are discussed. Burns backs stronger inflation action as May wholesale price report nears. Details on page 32.
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Nixon
Laird
White House
Defense
United States
Capitol Hill
Senate
Hugh Scott
Paris
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Earman Drops Governor Bid Over Sales Tax Stance
Former Del. Don E. Earman withdrew as a Republican gubernatorial candidate saying backing Mills Godwin Jr. would force support for a tax on food and nonprescription drugs. He urged elimination of the tax or a replacement plan like a one-cent per carton cigarette tax to raise revenue, and indicated he may back Lt. Gov. Henry Howell Jr. if Godwin remains opposed. He will push for the tax plank at the GOP convention and will not attend.
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Richmond
Don E. Earman
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Godwin
Barman
Henry E. Howell Jr
Linwood Holton
Republican Party
Howell
Republican Platform Committee
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Detroit
Michigan
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Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
Gen
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Abby
Heloise Ee
Jeane Dixon
Rockingham
Rts Eee
Watergate
Congress
Francis Layton Foltz
Rt. 1
Shenandoah
Claude Lee Judd
Rt. 2
Luray
Jacob Vance Lantz
Edinburgh
Earman
WSVA
Hellman
Rockingham County
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