Tight Control of Food Industry Is Anticipated
Washington reports the 60 day price freeze may ease for the food sector with new controls limiting cost pass through to consumers. Phase 4 aims tougher monitoring, higher IRS enforcement, and wage rules at about five and a half percent annual rise. John Dunlop and Anne Armstrong describe a staged lift while critics cite futures market manipulation. Sir John Ellerman, Britain’s wealthiest tycoon, died at 63.
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George P. Shultz
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
White House
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Harry H. Fortes
House Judiciary
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Justice Department
John T. Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Anne Armstrong
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
London
Sir John Ellerman
Britain
Minimum Wage Provisions Eyed Amid Tax on Wages Debate
Washington AP Senate Republicans seek a scaled down minimum wage bill to avoid a veto. The substitute would raise nonfarm wages to 2.30 over four years and farm wages to 2.00 over three, while a prior rival would lift to 2.05 in four years. Debate notes inflation and unemployment concerns. another grant funds a Wisconsin study on blighted potatoes fed to monkeys over 18 months.
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Senate
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Harrison A. Williams
D-N.j
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
John Tower
R-Tex
Paul J. Fannin
R-Ariz
Tower
Fannin
Agriculture Department
University of Wisconsin
La Crosse Child Traffic Fatality Increases Toll
The death of 6 year old Ramona Barquist of La Crosse raised Wisconsin 1973 traffic fatalities to 558, up from 586 a year earlier. Barquist was fatally struck by a truck near her home Tuesday afternoon. Alice Prout, 71, of rural Markesan died in a car truck crash west of Fond du Lac Tuesday.
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Wisconsin
Ramona Kay Barquist
Alice Prout
Markesan
Fond du Lac
Agnew casts first deciding vote in Senate in four years
Vice President Spiro Agnew used the constitutional tie breaking power to vote down a motion to table a move to reconsider an Alaska pipeline amendment. A Senate subcommittee was ordered to start a preliminary probe into wire tapping practices after Watergate testimony. In New Delhi Afghanistan coup reports claimed executions of officers. Tel Aviv police warned of letter bombs amid new guerrilla activity. five Arabs detained after grenades found in Haifa theaters.
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Herbert W. Kalbach
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Ulasewicz
Howard Hunt
Hunt
William C. Bittman
G. Gordon Liddy
Frederick C. LaRue
Kalmbach
Democratic Party
Watergate
Statler Hilton
White House
Novak
Rivers
Douglas Caddy
Behind the scenes push for Wisconsin budget
In Madison the Wisconsin Senate stepped up behind the scenes maneuvering to push a 2.7 billion state budget. Proponents feared amendments could soften opposition and prolong the summer session. Backers hoped to avoid delaying the budget’s passage as they fell short of votes needed to advance to the Assembly. The Senate killed a 2.8 billion alternative, triggering further debate as supporters pressed for reconsideration and tried to win over wavering senators.
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Wis
Wisconsin Senate
Patrick de Lucey
Governors Office
Senate
Senate Rejects Budget Threat Lifts Oct 2 Adjourn Plan
Oil firms push budget hope as Senate blocks measure sending proposed plan to Democratic Assembly. Lawmakers consider adjourning until Oct 2 to avoid months of bickering without an adopted budget. Sen Steinhilber cites Gov Lucey’s pledges to veto safeguards as stalling the process and notes $10 million in law enforcement aid at stake.
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Assembly
Jack Steinhilber
Oshkosh
Patrick J. Lucey
Steinhilber
Lucey
Anticompetitive Charges Hit Big Oil Firms
The Federal Trade Commission accuses Exxon Texaco Gulf Mobil Standard of California Standard of Indiana Shell and Atlantic Richfield of anticompetitive practices boosting profits and raising gasoline prices. The FTC suggests a long battle with possible dismantling of vertical integration and notes these firms account for large shares of oil reserves refining capacity and gasoline sales.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Exxon
Commission
M. A. Wright
Pipeline Opponents Stung by Senate Action
Environmentalists shift fight from Senate to House after the Senate passed a bill removing legal barriers to immediate Alaska oil pipeline construction. Wilderness Society concerns persist about environmental review and rights of way, with observers predicting House concurrence and possible kickoff by late fall or early spring.
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Cap
Senate
House
Alaska
Richard Olson
The
Wilderness Society
Canada
House Interior Subcommittee
Olson
Poultry and Rain Added to Wisconsin Shortage Talk
Milwaukee RP report notes rain shortage impacting 60 percent of Wisconsin cropland, threatening June and July yields for potatoes and vegetables while poultry figures into the agricultural shortage discussion. LP gas demand hinges on moisture, with 20 million gallons needed to dry part of a 207 million bushel corn harvest.
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Wisconsin
Agriculture Department
Arthur Kurtz
Kurtz
Patrick J. Lucey
State Energy Committee
Few Drops Of Rain In Forecast
A cool westward front brings isolated thunderstorms in Wisconsin with little rainfall expected. Crops need rain soon as conditions remain warm with highs from the 60s to 90s and cooler readings along Lake Michigan.
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Two Rivers
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