U S Beefing Up Food Stamp Rules And Court Watch
The Agriculture Department works on a new special food stamp menu to meet a court order for more adequate diets. The plan targets 21 million recipients by 1975 76 and costs about $5 billion. Supreme Court activity remains steady despite Justice Douglas illness, with fewer opinions and reduced public appearances.
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Army celebrates 200th birthday with events nationwide
The Army marks its bicentennial with parties and a presidential visit. President Ford plans a trip to Fort Benning Georgia for a troops review a brief speech and a tour of the post. The anniversary traces to the 1775 Continental Congress decision to raise rifle companies from Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia and to appoint George Washington as commander in chief.
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Postal Service Pulls 11,797 Air Delivery Vans
The U S Postal Service temporarily removed 11,797 red white and blue air delivery vans from service over a potentially dangerous steering defect. The right hand drive vans serve about 1 500 post offices nationwide mostly in cities and suburbs. Vehicles costing 2 049 dollars will be out of service for weeks until new factory steering parts arrive.
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Inflation hits record 25 percent in Britain Europe top
Britain faces a 25 percent annual inflation rate, the highest in Europe, as the retail price index climbs between April and May by 2 percent. The surge challenges Prime Minister Harold Wilson and signals the near collapse of his wage restraint social contract with unions, with taxes and higher costs cited as contributors. Italy leads Europe at 20 percent with Belgium 14 and France 12.7.
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Indira Gandhi Fights for Office Draws Mixed Opposition
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi appeared on city streets in New Delhi in a bid to rally support for her decision to stay in office while appealing her conviction for corrupt election practices. Four non communist opposition parties refused to recognize her as prime minister, blaming the opposition for the nation’s troubles and her 1971 poll victory irregularity.
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World Bank to loan up to 1 billion to developing nations
Finance ministers from rich and poor countries agreed to create a World Bank lending facility offering up to 1 billion dollars in low cost loans to developing countries next year. The United States declined to participate, marking a rare joint effort among oil producers and industrial nations to aid poorer lands.
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Weinberger expected to resign from HEW this summer
Caspar W. Weinberger secretary of health education and welfare reportedly told aides he will resign later this summer amid wife Jane’s arthritis and plans to return to California. Washington source says other plans are not set. Mathews possibly nominated as HEW secretary though he has not commented.
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Horror Outs and Justice: Cooper Critiqued. Evers Reflects on Mississippi Trials
Soviet paper condemns Alice Cooper’s horror act as a blood chilling spectacle and calls him a millionaire from promoting fear. Fayette Mayor Charles Evers cites progress in Mississippi justice twelve years after Medgar Evers’s assassination and praises the shift in trial opportunities.
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Isaac Hayes and wife welcome son Isaac Hayes III in Memphis
The Oscar winning singer composer Isaac Hayes and wife Mignon welcomed their infant son Isaac Hayes III born Tuesday in a Memphis hospital. Hayes joked that the baby’s hair is his attempt to compensate for his own balding. The couple also has a daughter and Hayes has five other children from previous marriages.
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Profumo Granted Honor In Birthday Honours List
Former British war minister John Profumo, cleared by the Establishment, is named a Commander of the British Empire for his work aiding London’s poor. Peter Ustinov and Vera Lynn also receive honors as 206 people are named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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Sinatra questions value of attending Berlin Film Festival
Frank Sinatra says the West German press is malicious and irresponsible and questions why he should attend the International Berlin Film Festival as guest of honor. His press agent says Sinatra declined the invitation repeatedly in a cold response to sponsors.
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Editor Gerald Warren to Lead San Diego Union
Gerald Warren, former deputy presidential press secretary since January 1969, will become editor of the San Diego Union. He resigned Friday morning and previously served the Union from 1956 to 1961 as a reporter and assistant city editor before joining Copley News Service.
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Hathaway sworn in as interior secretary
Former Wyoming Governor Stanley K. Hathaway was sworn in Friday as the 40th secretary of the interior, ending 43 days with no Cabinet head.
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