Beef price freeze proposals draw sharp ruling from official
Washington reports a top Agriculture Department economist rejects a 45 day retail beef price freeze, warning it would trigger rationing and empty counters. He favors boosting domestic cattle production and grazing on idle government lands. Rosenthal and allies push the plan, while wider rural program cuts spark Senate hearings and a disaster loan crackdown across multiple states.
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Don Paarlberg
Agriculture Department
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Benjamin
Rosenthal
D-N.y
Paarlberg
Nixon
U.S
UPI
Herman E. Talmadge
Dga
Senate Agricultre Committee
Elisberg Trial Opens With 23 Jurors Dismissed
In Los Angeles on opening day of the second Pentagon Papers trial UPI reports 23 prospective jurors were excused for hardship or preconceptions about Ellsberg and Russo. A panel of 104 was reduced as Judge Matt Byrne questioned for impartiality and hardship ahead of jury selection resuming.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Daniel Elisberg
Anthony J. Russo
Secretiles
U.S
Matt Byrne
Byrne
Ellsberg
Russo
Midwest Storm Slams U S Midsection Killing Three
A four major winter storm ripped through the Midwest causing widespread chaos. A pickup truck collided with four trailers near Ottawa killing three and injuring one amid freezing rain. Blizzard conditions halted traffic from Omaha to Lincoln and snowdrifts reached seven inches. Power outages affected Kansas City area while Omaha schools closed and Offutt AFB operated on a limited schedule. Weather disrupted travel with a five hour Omaha to Lincoln trip.
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Midwest
Ottawa
Nebraska
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Lincoln
Neb
Offut Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Nebraska Association of Community Colleges
Norfolk
Nebraska State Patrol
York
U.S
Iowa
Des Moines
Kansas City
Power Company
Not Overindebted Says Credit Study Faces Debate
Washington report from the National Commission on Consumer Finance finds Americans are not dangerously overindebted despite rising consumer credit to 137.2 billion dollars, while acknowledging major dissent from congressional members. Recommendations call for tighter debt collection limits, abolition of the holder-in-due-course doctrine, wage garnishment restrictions, and stronger supervision of lenders, with a goal of fostering true competition before interest rates move freely.
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Washington
CDN
National Commission On Consumer Finance
Commission
Miemobers
Rep
Jeonor K. Sullivan
D-Mo
New York
Ira M. Milstein
John J. Sparkman
Dala
William Proxmire
DsWis
William E. Brock
R-fenn
Henry B. Gonzalez
D-Tex
Lawrence G. Williams
Millstein
Rep. Gonzalez
Texas
Eidorse
Flood toll 22 in Rome area as storms ease
In four days of floods and landslides across Italy the death toll rose to 22 with Sicily hardest hit. Officials said the worst storm of the winter may be over and relief supplies are being sent to the south and to Sicily where eight victims perished. Water service was restored to Syracuse while Caltanissetta waits for resumption.
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Rome
Sicily
Syracuse
Caltanissetta
Belfast
UPI
Ielsh Republican Army
Cuba Bonds Save Debt Deal With Soviet Union
Fidel Castro announced the Soviet Union will refinance Cuba debt, extending payments 13 years with future amounts paid in Cuban goods. He cited five agreements including $390 million in new credits over three years and sugar nickel purchases through 1920 at above market prices.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Cuba
Castro
Cairo University Evicted as Police Clear Sit-in Students
Cairo police armed with clubs and tear gas ousted scores of students after a five day sit-in at Cairo University demanding greater freedom of expression and protesting arrests. The clash spilled into streets as rioters hurled stones, and a government order to close all universities until Jan 11 followed amid wider Middle East unrest.
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UPI
Cairo University
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