Nixon imposes meat price ceiling to curb costs
President Nixon announced a ceiling on beef pork and lamb prices effective immediately as he seeks a permanent fix to rising food costs. The move follows consumer boycotts and housewife unhappiness and drew mixed congressional reactions and continued calls for broader freezes.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Congress
June Donovan
Los Angeles
Nixon Says Inflation Fight Showing Progress Despite Higher Meat Prices
President Nixon argued the inflation battle is making progress yet admitted meat prices are rising, noting the daily hardship faced by housewives at the market. He acknowledged that positive statistics offer little comfort to families affected by higher meat costs.
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Nixon
Meat Price Ceiling Takes Effect April Ninth
The government imposes a meat price ceiling effective immediately with retailers to post ceiling prices by April 9. The rule covers processors wholesalers and retailers, excludes cattlemen and farmers, and aims to curb rises while allowing price declines as supplies increase.
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Washington
Prisoners Of War Describe North Vietnamese Captivity In Hanoi
Former POWs liberated at Clark Air Base recount brutal torture and deprivation in enemy camps. They spoke publicly for the first time about beatings drugging starvation and the strap torture that crippled nerves while they protected their names ranks and serial numbers.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Hanoi
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Meat Price Ceiling Tied to Farm Income Decline
Rep Vernon Thomson warned Nixon's beef pork and lamb price ceiling may worsen farm income. He said the order blocks farmers from joining in the rising national economy and may hasten declines while wages rose sharply. He cited farm income up six percent in 20 years versus 174 percent wage gains.
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Richard Nixon
Vernon Thomson
R-Richland Center
Washington
Thomson
McCord Sentencing Delayed By Judge
James W. McCord Jr is set to be sentenced after a delay to June 15 to allow testimony before a Senate committee and a federal grand jury. McCord, former security chief for Nixon re election, was convicted Jan 30 of conspiracy burglary and wiretapping at the Watergate complex.
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U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
McCord
Senate
Nixon
Democratic
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
Sirica
Liddy
Baltimore Sun
H. R. Haldeman
the Sun
Haldeman
Congressional
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Connecticut
Weicker
Weather Outlook Faces Cloudy Weekend Shower Chances
Increasing cloudiness Friday night with a low near 38. Saturday brings rain likely and cooler conditions with a high around 50. Easterly winds 5 to 10 mph Friday night, rising to 20 mph Saturday with a 60 percent chance of precipitation. Mostly cloudy Sunday as rain ends.
Milwaukee County Board Chairman Nowakowski Indicted
Richard C. Nowakowski, chairman of the Milwaukee County Board, is sought on eight felony counts by a county grand jury. An all points bulletin was issued for Wisconsin and surrounding states. Also, the Wisconsin Assembly approved a constitutional amendment by a 66 to 32 vote to allow a property tax break for agricultural land, framed as letting land use dictate tax policy.
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Milwaukee
Richard C. Nowakowski
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Assembly
Prisoner of War Denton recalls Hanoi torture and resistance
Senior POW officer Jeremiah Denton recounts seven and a half years of captivity in North Vietnam, detailing brutal torture in 1966, the formation of prisoner resistance, and methods of communication at the Zoo camp. He describes his own rehabilitation and leadership after becoming senior officer, including a no write policy and strategies to endure interrogation.
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Air Force
Joseph Milligan
Arthur Cormier
Bay Shore
N.Y
Westover Afb
Massachusetts
Milligan
North Vietnam
Jeremiah Denton
Clark Field
Hanoi
America
Jeremiah A. Denton JR
USN
Kathryn Johnson
Associated Press
Bobby Risner
Zoo
Thanh Hoa
Robby Risner
Navy
Virginia Beach
Burlington
N.C
Elon College
Jim
Elon
Brutal Interrogation Schemes Exposed by Ex POWs
Ex prisoners reveal a cruel program naming poolroom and barn as torture sites where captors used starvation and forced brutality. They describe Morse coded whistles and bodies lying on tracks to deter trains, a policy that sparked U.S. public and official pressure.
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U.S
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Nowakowski
Error Esceneens
Women’s News
Ann Landers
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