Consumers Pay More For Food In 1971 Farm Share Drops
USDA analysis shows consumers spent 21 dollars more on a market basket of farm foods in 1971 while farmers captured only 38 cents of each dollar. Middlemen totaled 767 dollars to 477 for farmers on a 1244 dollar annual market basket. 1972 projections expect higher retail costs if marketing spreads widen.
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Don Kendall
Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
U.S
Mills declares bid for Democratic presidential nomination
Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, Ways and Means chair and tax policy expert, announces he will seek the Democratic nomination. He says Arkansas delegates will nominate him and plans to seek support in Miami, after his name appeared in Wisconsin and Nebraska primaries. Mills objects to signing affidavits to remove his name from ballot and notes past Senate and Southerner support. State Department cautions on foreign policy briefings for all candidates after a winnowing process. Humphrey calls for in depth discussions.
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Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means
Capitol Hill
Smills
Arkansas
Miami
Mills
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Congress
William P. Revers
Aceartment
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Bombers Launch Massive Air Campaign Across South Vietnam
U S forces push a major aerial campaign with about 400 strikes over northern and central Vietnam. Battered targets include infilration networks, supply routes, staging areas, and storage sites as Tet ceasefires loom. U S authorities note high daily strike totals and continued North Vietnamese buildup along the western frontier.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Laos
U.S. Command
Navy
Vietnam
Air Force
Ho Cai Minh Trail
Demilitarized Zone
Highlands
Coastal Plain
Dock Strikers Consider Offer
Longshoremen union leaders from Seattle to San Diego meet to discuss a tentative settlement in the 127 day dock strike and arrange a ratification ballot by 13 000 West Coast members. ILWU leaders say a Sunday session is likely and voting on the settlement could take a week or more.
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Richard H. Smith
Associated Press
San Francisco
Seattle
San Diego
International Longshoremen's Association
East
Gulf Coasts
Nixon
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
Farm Exports Hit New Calendar Year High at $7.7 Billion
The Agriculture Department reports 1971 farm exports reached a record $7.7 billion despite dock strikes and lower shipment volumes for wheat and feed grains. Soybeans and meal oil values rose, while rice and wheat flour values declined.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Lion
Protestants Urge Campaign Against Catholic Propaganda
In Belfast the prime minister appeals to Protestants to fund a campaign countering what he calls vicious propaganda by Catholics seeking unification with Ireland. Catholic leaders plan a third Sunday protest in Enniskillen against internment policy as the IRA wages guerrilla war with 15,000 British troops in Ulster.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Irish Republic
Faulkner
Ulster
Enniskillen
IRA
Shankill Road
Falls
Egyptians May Agree To Talks For Israeli Withdrawal
Washington sources report Egyptian diplomats hinting at face-to-face negotiations with Israel if Israel pledges a firm withdrawal to prewar borders within six months. Cairo may drop insistence on crossing the Suez if the withdrawal is clearly defined. Meir insists no crossing by Egyptian troops if Israel’s withdrawal follows the U S plan.
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Washington
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Suez Canal
Golda Meir
U.S
Middle East
Life Calls Manuscript Of Hughes Book Hoax
The Associated Press reports Life magazine canceled plans to publish excerpts from an alleged Howard Hughes biography after confirming the manuscript was a hoax by Clifford Irving. Time Inc and McGraw Hill paused deals. new details to be revealed in Time cover story.
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Associated Press
Life
Howard Hughes
Clifford Irving
Time, Inc
McGraw Hill, Inc
Irving
McGraw-Hill
James Phelan
Hughes
Noah Dietrich
Phelan
Time
Deths
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al Hubbard
New York
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Paris
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Cambodia
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French Worker's Union
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State Department
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Peking
Capp
al Capp
Eau Claire
Wis
Gan
Bridges
Pacific Maritime Association
White House
ILWA
Teamsters Union
Life Calls
Osborne Associates
New York County Grand Jury
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