Banks Raise Rates Push Prime to 8.75 Percent Across Banks
Washington reports show major banks boosting their prime lending rate to 8.75 percent the highest ever. First National City Bank led the move with others including Bankers Trust Marine Midland First Pennsylvania Philadelphia National and Girard of Philadelphia following suit.
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Washington Post
Washington
Labor Department
Commerce Department
New York
First National City Bank
Bankers Trust and
Marine Midland
First Pennsylvania
Philadelphia National and
Girard
Philadelphia
DNR Orders Rebuild of Clinton Street Causeway
Wisconsin DNR orders La Crosse County to file plans by Jan 1 for reconstructing the Clinton Street causeway over Catgut Slough to restore navigation and water flow. Reconstruction must start by June 1, 1974 and finish by Dec 31, 1974, following hearings in 1972 and findings against unpermitted fills.
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Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
DNR
la Crosse County
Clinton Street
Catgut
la Crosse
French Island
Richmond Bay
State Office
Thomas Frangos
DNR Environmental Protection Division
Arson Suspected In Onalaska Lumber Fire
Onalaska Wisconsin fire chief says the blaze at Erickson Hardwoods storage sheds looks like arson. A state fire marshal investigates after a gasoline can is found. Loss is estimated at least 150000 dollars. 60000 feet of lumber moved earlier. Erickson Hardwoods owned by Wausau Paper Mills.
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Erickson
Onalaska
Wis
Erickson Hardwoods, Inc
Paul Skogen
Eau Claire
Skogen
Highway 53
Lyle Nelson
Nelson
Erickson Hardwoods
Skylab 2 Spacemen Start 59 Day Orbit Mission
Three American astronauts Bean Garriott and Lousma launched from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn 1B to begin a 59 day stay aboard Skylab their orbital home. They aim to study the sun stars Earth and man and plan a space walk to replace a deteriorating sunshade.
Court delays bombing halt in Cambodia case
A three judge Federal Court of Appeals stayed a lower court order halting bombing in Cambodia. The stay keeps U S air raids active until Aug 15 under a Nixon agreement. Arguments on the constitutional challenge are set for Aug 13.
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Los Angeles Times
New York
Federal Court of Appeals
U.S
Cambodia
Orrin G. Judd
Judd
Appeals Court
Wilfred Feinberg
Congress
Nixon
Skylab 2 mission facts and crew details
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Here are the facts on figures on the Skylab 2 mission to be launched today ASTRONAUTS Navy Capt. Alan L Bean 41 Dr Owen K Garriott 42 Marine Maj Jack R Lousma 37 PURPOSE Linkup with the orbiting Skylab space station for 59 days in space EXPERIMENTS Medical earth resources astronomy solar physics materials processing SKYLAB SIZE With Apollo ferry craft attached it is 118 feet long Its main living work area is a cylinder 21.6 feet in diameter the size of a three bedroom house with 13398 cubic feet of space Total weight is more than 190000 pounds ORBITAL PATH 270 miles high passing over 75 per cent of the world's land mass between 50 degrees north and 50 degrees south latitude
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Bean
Cape Kennedy
Globe
Hunter
Hunted
Pacific
Navy
Garriott
Marine May
Lousma
Fla
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Privilege Claim Fails Court Test in Nixon Memo Case
U S District Judge William B Jones ordered the release for in chambers review of 67 dairy industry memos and a 1971 agriculture department reversal. Justice Department argued privilege could cover even an outline, while Jones pressed for actual documents and warned of an absolute privilege edge. The delivery date was set for August 6.
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Washington Post
Washington
Nixon
U.S
William B. Jones
Chambers
Agriculture Department
Justice Department
Jones
White House
Leonard Garment
Irwin Goldbloom
Goldbloom
Ralph Nader
Public Citizen, Inc
Country Miss Deal Not Final Yet Cordes Says
Country Miss Inc of New York City has agreed to buy La Crosse Garment Co North Side plant at 513 Gillette St but no signed agreement exists. Michael Cordes of La Crosse Area Industrial and Economic Development Inc says nothing is final and negotiations continue with draft terms to be rewritten for written language.
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Country Miss, Inc
New York City
la Crosse Garment Co
North Side
Gillette St
Michael Cordes
la Crosse
Garment Co
la Crosse Tribune
Cordes
the Tribune
Miss Buys Garment Co. Plant
Firm P. 2
Weekend forecast calls for mild, cooler nights
Clearing and a bit cooler Saturday night with lows around the mid 50s. Sunday turning fair and warmer with highs near the upper 70s. Light variable winds, continued partly cloudy and cool throughout the period.
Missionary Frakes Hurt En Route to Crusade in La Crosse
Rev. Hiram Frakes, 85, a Methodist missionary who urged Kentucky mountain people to lay feuds aside, is hospitalized in La Crosse after being injured while en route to a Billy Graham crusade. The item notes broader daily market jitters and ongoing local sports tourney action as context.
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Hiram Frakes
Kentucky
la Crosse
Billy Graham
Ehrlichman Urges Campaign Focus Beyond Issues
Ehrlichman tells Senate Watergate committee campaigns can center on drinking and sexual conduct as well as policy. He cites incumbents’ drinking and judgment, defends Ulasewicz hiring, and discusses Mary Jo Kopechne case as a limit of investigations. He says Nixon may discuss Watergate publicly soon.
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Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Congress
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Ehrlichman
United States
White House
Weicker
Connecticut
New York
Anthony Ulasewicz
Ulasewicz
Erlichman
Sen Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Mass
Archibald Cox
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
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Skylab
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Win
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Stars of Tomorrow
Ibare Church
George McGovern
South Dakota
Senate
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John W. Dean II
Dean
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