Weapons bill used as leverage in Nixon dispute
Washington AP reports a budget row over a $27.5 billion weapons plan tied to action on the Military Medical Academy. House Armed Services Chairman F Edwards Hebert pressed for presidential nominations to the academy’s regents, delaying hearings on administration requests. Defense Sec. Richardson and Adm. Moorer set to testify. The plan funds weapon procurement and research, while creation of the Uniformed Services University faces long lead time and cost.
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Nixon
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Secretary of Defense
Elliot L. Richardson
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House
Armed Services Committee
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Boycott Hits Meat Industry As Prices, Jobs Fall
Safeway says area meat sales down 20 percent but price trends unclear. A&P shows no immediate figures while hard hit packers cut 134 of 700 at Iowa Pride and 15 of 90 at A Dicillo Sons. AFL-CIO Meat Cutters say 200,000 members laid off as cattle supply drops. stockyards report declines up to 60 percent with USD Averages shifting yet unclear.
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A&p
Iowa Pride Packing Co
A. Dicillo Sons, Inc
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Dicillo
Patrick Gorman
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chicago
USDA
Associated Press
Surplus Defense Aid Used to Offset Cuts
GAO report shows 65 nations received 38.3 billion in military aid 1965 to 1972 with 2.8 billion in excess arms and ships loans. Fulbright urges overhaul of US policy citing loopholes and pipelines spreading excess articles beyond regular programs. Potential $55 million could have been saved in 1971 by using excess items.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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D-Ark
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GAO
Land Mine Kills Two Britons in Northern Ireland
In a quiet country lane near Newton Hamilton Armagh two British soldiers died when a land mine exploded as their patrol car passed. A third soldier was seriously wounded. Gunfire struck a Belfast bus in Falls Road and an army truck was hit but no casualties reported. Police and troops also raided Armagh and detained two men said to be senior IRA officers. The flare up occurs amid renewed IRA activity and peace pressures from Catholic communities.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Newton ‘Hamilton
Armagh
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Indians and Officials Reach Impasse at Wounded Knee
Militant Indian leaders and federal officials failed to agree on terms of a Wounded Knee settlement as disarmament plans fell through. AIM leader Russell Means demanded a signed pact in Washington before disarming, while officials cited technical difficulties delaying talks. Red Cross confirmed supplies reached the village Thursday night despite protest.
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D.C
Nixon
Washington
Russell Means
American Indian Movement
AIM
U.S
Kent Frizzell
Means
White House
Frizzell
Red Cross
Critic faulted grain deal cost and subsidies
Rep. John Melcher said the American Soviet wheat deal last year cost U.S. taxpayers about 300 million dollars and gave the Russians a bargain. He cited 60 million bushels sold cheaply to Continental Grain and criticized the export subsidy as raising prices to keep world levels unchanged.
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U.S
John Melcher
D-Mont
Melcher
House Agriculture Committee
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CCC
Continental Grain Co
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Justice Department
Clarence D. Palmby
Agriculture Department
Australian Wheat Board
U.S. Agriculture Department
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