White House salutes agriculture with hog image
President Nixon hosts 70 farm leaders at the White House for a policy discussion linked to a $400 million program to raise farm income and exports. The event, titled a salute to agriculture, featured livestock on the lawn and a photo captioned hogs are beautiful. O'Brien criticizes the politicking and $100,000 expense, while Farm Bureau’s Kuhfuss supports policy with caution on subsidies.
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White House
Nixon
Executive Mansion
Agriculture Department
O’brien
Agriculture
Lockheed May Get Loans but Not Without Fight
Congressional support for a 250 million dollar loan guarantee to Lockheed Aircraft Corp. faces stiff opposition from Rep. Moorhead who accuses the company and its leadership of theft and incompetence. The administration foresees approval amid broader plans aiding other fragile firms to prevent national economic fallout.
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Washington
Congress
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
William S. Moorhead
Dpa
Nixon
Daniel Haughton
Moorhead
Secretary of Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Rolls Royce Ltd
Domestic Air Fares Hiked Six Percent Across Routes
Washington AP reports that domestic air fares rose 6 percent on most routes, with an expected 3 percent further rise in July. The Civil Aeronautics Board approved the increases to bolster airline finances after last year’s losses, while some heavy-traveled routes saw price drops of 1 to 2 dollars and others remained unchanged. Partly cloudy conditions with mild temperatures are forecast for Friday night through Sunday.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Boston
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Dallas
Houston
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
12 Killed In Arizona Apache Airline Crash
Witnesses say an Apache Airlines plane attempted an emergency landing before nose-diving into a cotton field near Coolidge Arizona and exploding. All 12 aboard, including 10 passengers and 2 crew, were killed on a Thursday flight from Tucson to Phoenix. The crash was about three miles southwest of Coolidge Municipal Airport, roughly 40 miles southeast of Phoenix. The feeder airline serves 10 Arizona communities and Las Vegas Nevada.
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Coolidge, Ariz
Apache Airlines
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Phoenix
United States
Coolidge Municipal
Arizona
Las Vegas
Nev
U S Air Strikes Hit North Viet Weapons
U S fighter bombers engaged anti air guns inside North Vietnam and destroyed three long range weapons in a 33rd strike this year. Maj Charles Johnson said no American jets were hit 40 miles north of the DMZ. A Phantom was shot down farther south in Laos but both crewmen were rescued.
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U.S
North Vietnam
North
U.S. Command
Maj
Charles Johnson
Demilitarized Zone
Laotian Panhandle
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Johnson
Ban Karai Pass
Drawings Depict Proposed La Crosse State Buildings
La Crosse State University moves forward with two building projects. The Fine Arts and Humanities Building, about 5.1 million dollars, will cover 60 600 square feet on the block bounded by 15th 16th Vine Pine. A new classroom building, about 4.5 million, awaits Joint Finance Committee action and 1971 73 budget funding. Both projects aim for occupancy by September 1973.
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la Crosse State University
Donovan Riley
LCU
15Th
16Th
Vine and
Pine Streets
Joint Finance Committee
Wisconsin
Riley
Murphy Library
Cowley Hall of Science
Bonn Plan Aims Floating Mark To Stabilize Dollar
Germany moves to float the deutschemark to seek a new parity with the dollar and curb inflation. Ahlers says the plan, to be presented in Brussels, would include domestic stabilization and seeks wider fluctuation limits within the Common Market amid French and Belgian resistance.
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Germany
Europe
Conrad Ahlers
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Ahlers
Brussels
Belgium
Karl Schiller
Walter Scheel
Schiller
International Monetary Fund
France
No-Name Clinic in Sacramento targets VD control
Health officials in Sacramento launch a one day no name VD clinic program to lure youth into anonymous testing and treatment. Six free clinics will test for gonorrhea and syphilis and provide on the spot or home medications with no names or records kept.
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Keith Hearn
Sacramento
Calif
California
Roger Tulloch
Tulloch
County Health Department
Appeals Court Upholds $520,000 Injury Award
The U S Court of Appeals in Chicago upheld a $520,000 damage award to Mr and Mrs John McPhee from a Sawmill accident at Erickson Hardwoods Co of Onalaska on May 28 1965 The verdict reduced from $650 136 and included 150 000 to the wife for loss of companionship The case began in Western Wisconsin with a 1969 trial and a 1969 district court ruling before the appeals panel reaffirmed the decision
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U.S. Court of Appeals
Chicago
Waureka
Erickson Hardwoods Co
Onalaska
John McPhee
McPhee
Prairie du Chien
Corinth Miss. . Machinery Co
Skemp
Sheri
Court of Appeals
Robert Habush
Milwaukee
Tween
James Doyle
Doyle
Appeals Court
Thomas Fairchild
William Campbell
John Hastings
Gambling Probe at Spring Green Seen Extending Through Summer
Iowa County District Attorney Alvin Woodmansee said a John Doe inquiry into gambling in Spring Green will likely last through the summer. He is reviewing testimony from twelve hostile witnesses from secret sessions this week. The probe follows the March 8 arrests of three people linked to an alleged lottery run by the Southern Wisconsin Livestock Dealers Association.
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Wis
Iowa County
Alvin Woodmansee
John Doe
Spring Green
Southern Wisconsin Livestock Dealers Association
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Richard S. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
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Tracy
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William Skemp
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Mississippi
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