Price Board Approves Seven More Increases
Washington AP The Price Commission on Thursday approved seven price hikes bringing total approvals to 34. The actions include a 3.2 percent rise for Cummings Diesel engines, 1.14 percent for A C Nielsen marketing research, 2.3 percent for Whitman Chocolate candies, 34 percent for White Consolidated ranges and refrigerators, 276 percent for Jacobsen lawn and turf equipment, 25 percent for Smirnoff vodka, and 2.24 percent for Heublein United Winters wines.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
Cummings Diesel Engine Co
A. C. Nielson Co
Whitman Chocolate
Pet, Inc
White Consolidated Industries
Jacobsen Mig. Co
Allegheny Tudium
Smirnoff
Heublein, Inc
Heublein
United Winters
Nixon Plans Budget Sessions at Florida White House
President Nixon meets with top advisers in Biscayne Florida to refine the 1973 budget. George Shultz Caspar Weinberger and John Ehrlichman join the discussions as Nixon weighs figures and potential revisions before the 92nd Congress reconvenes. NBC names David C. Adams to succeed Walter D. Scott as chairman effective Jan 1. Julian Goodman remains NBC president and CEO.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Florida
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
New York
David C. Adams
National Broadcasting Co
Adams
NBC
Walter D. Scott
Julian Goodman
Cutback in Pep Pill Production by Federal Agencies
Justice Department orders a 40 percent reduction in pep pill production next year based on a revised HEW/NIMH report. Quotas total 6,870 kg of amphetamines and 2,782 kg of methamphetamines, set under the 1970 Drug Control Act, with 70 percent below company requests. BNDD chief Ingersoll notes diversion into illicit traffic and recent declines in demand.
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Washington
Justice Department
John E. Ingersoll
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National Institute of Mental Health
NIMH
BNDD
John N. Mitchell
Ingersoll
BNDI
CROC fights back against obnoxious TV ads campaign grows
A reader summary notes CROC the Committee for Rejection of Obnoxious Commercials garners support from viewers paying $1 yearly. William Bentzin and Ralph Nadering lead protests, with thousands mobilized to rate worst commercials. Contact details in Minneapolis. Also covered are Isaac Hayes dubbed Black Moses moving beyond gold and a teen mayor Ron Hooker of Newcomerstown Ohio gaining fame.
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CROC
Committee For
William Bentzin
Ralph Nadering
Crusade
Bentzin
Minneapolis
Minn
Newcomerstown
Ohio
Ron Hooker
Ron
Duluth
Mino
Ron J
Ashland College
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Gunmen kill man and kidnap officers in Louisiana crime spree
Two armed gunmen robbed a home near Bordelonville taking 740 dollars a car and weapons. They captured two officers in Mansura and later shot at pursuers through Mansura Evergreen and Cheneyville, killing a man near Evergreen and wounding others. Bloodhounds and a state helicopter joined the manhunt as deputies pursued across eastern Louisiana.
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Simmesport
Louisiana
F. D. Didier
Avoyelles Parish
C. R. Laborde
Bordelonville
Laborde
Mansura
Addis Fruge
Douce Jacobs
Bunkie
Fruge
Jacobs
Evergreen
Thomas Matthews
Johnny Wilmore
Cheneyville
Sabres End Kings Winless Skid With Shutout Victory
Gerry Meehan scored for Buffalo as the Sabres beat the Los Angeles Kings 24 to earn a 1st period assist from Steve Atkinson and a Roger Crozier shutout, despite heavy late pressure from Los Angeles. Crozier stopped 31 shots as Buffalo snapped a winless run.
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Associated Press
Gerry Meehan
National Hockey League
Buffalo
Los Angeles Kings
Sabres
Idpathe
Guade
Roger Crozier
Casull
Philadelphia
Detroit
Tate Eddie Shack
GH Perreault
Meehan
Steve Atkinson
Kings
Crizier
Hoan
Fires at Feet of Prisoner Ends in Death at Cummins
Joe Lewis, 26, a civilian guard at Cummins Prison Farm, testified that under orders he shot at the feet of Willie FE Stewart, 17, of Little Rock when the youth was brought in for a one day sentence. Stewart died at day's end. Dr. Rodney Carleton ruled the death due to a form of sickle cell condition.
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Little Rock
Joe Lewis
Cummins
Willie FE
Stewart
Rodney Carleton
Lewis
Bill Carter
Elton E. Ballentine
Ballentine
U.S. District Court
J. Smith Henley
Reggie Fletcher
Fletcher
Autopsy Finds Anemia Led to Youth Death at Cummins Prison
Dr. Rodney Carleton testified that Willie Stewart, 17, died after collapsing at Cummins Prison Farm from a rare anemia with abnormal hemoglobins S and C. The youth, serving a one day car theft sentence from Faulkner County, showed no drugs in his system. The testimony occurred during a federal court review of prison conditions.
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Little. Rock
Rodney Carleton
Cummins
Willie Stewart
Little Rock
Faulkner County
Carleton
Stewart
Hijackers Seize Pakistan International Plane Demanding Medicine
A Pakistan International Airlines jet was hijacked en route from London to Pakistan. The hijackers, claiming Bangla Desh ties, demanded 20 tons of medicine for Pakistani refugees and threatened to blow up the aircraft. Orly Airport officials arranged to supply the needed drugs to safeguard passengers.
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John Vinocur
Associated Press
PARIS
Pakistan International Airlines
Pakistan
Orly
London
Beirut
Lebanon
Raleigh Manuscript From Raleigh Detention Sells at Sothebys
A handwritten Sir Walter Raleigh book from his 1604 to 1608 London Tower detention sold for 62500 dollars at Sothebys. The volume includes notes for Raleighs History of the World and 13 maps with 10 in color plus a poem about Queen Elizabeth I.
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London
Walter Raleigh
Raleigh
Tower of London
Elizabeth I
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