Prices Climb On Wholesale Goods Again
Washington AP reports wholesale prices rose half a percent in September led by a 6 percent fuel and electricity surge. The Wholesale Price Index reached 117.8, signaling higher grocery costs and inflation pressure despite White House gains. Farm products up 3.3 percent, industrial raw materials up 0.3 percent, with declines in lumber and hides.
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Washington
Nixon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
White House
Hijackers seize Iranian jet to Baghdad demand prisoners
Three Iranians hijacked an Iran Air Boeing 727 to Baghdad threatening to blow up the plane until Iran frees 21 political prisoners. Baghdad and Tehran reported arrests, with four women and three children allowed to disembark while more than 40 remained aboard.
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Tehran
Iran
Baghdad
Ardeshir Zhaedi
Persian Gulf
Abadan
Kuwait
Weekend Forecast Calls For Frosty Nights And Warming Days
Fair and cold Saturday night with frost and freezing temperatures and a low near 30. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies and a warmer high near 50. Monday stays partly cloudy with a further rise in temperature and a chance of rain, low near 35.
NATO and Soviets Schedule Major War Maneuvers
NATO begins its biggest war games in the eastern Mediterranean as the Soviet bloc holds exercises in East Germany. About 100,000 NATO troops and 100,000 allied forces are expected with air sea and land operations across Greece Turkey and the Aegean. The drills run until Oct 22 amid secrecy and political sensitivity with Greece facing opposition to contact with its government.
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Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mediterranean
East
Germany
Brotherhood In Arms
Heinz Hoffman
East Germany
Ivan Yakubovsky
Atlantic Alliance
West Germany
Baltic
Greece
Turkey
Aegean Sea
United States
Britain
Allies
Supreme Headquarters
U.S
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Allied
NATO
Europe
Allied Command Europe
Brewster Freed of Bribery Charge in Congress Immunity Rule
Washington AP A federal judge dismissed bribery charges against former Maryland senator Daniel B. Brewster 46 hospitalized last year after a health crisis. The case alleged $24500 in bribes from Spiegel Inc for favorable mail order legislation in 1967. DOJ may appeal to the Supreme Court to challenge congressional immunity.
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Washington
Congress
Maryland
Daniel B. Brewster
U.S
Spiegel, Inc
Spiegel
Hart
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Fact-Finding In Teacher Pact Dispute Continued To Oct. 23
The La Crosse teacher contract dispute remains unresolved as a second fact-finding session is scheduled for 9 a.m. October 23. Fact finder Abner Brodie, representing WERC, cautioned he may not produce a recommendation before the December contract expiry. The LEA and School Board concluded their arguments, with talks focusing on economic issues and cautioning against overreliance on any nonbinding recommendation.
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Gateway Transportation Co
South Ave
United Fund
Lawrence O’neill
Herbert Zernecke
la Crosse
Green Bay Packer
Gateway—Tribune
la Crosse Tribune
Abner Brodie
la Crosse Education Association
LEA
la Crosse Area Public School District Board of Education
Brodie
Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
WERC
James Wais
Jerome Rusch
Wais
Rusch
la Crosse Manufacturine
Owaras
Ara Amane Tha
Youth and parents sue Onalaska school officials
The Borresons sue Onalaska School District for 25 000 for the boy and 25 000 for his parents plus 30 000 punitive damages naming school board members Superintendent Helms Principal Fregin and others. They allege rejection of enrollment at Onalaska High despite Des Moines wages comparisons and economic disputes with the district. The school board offered a 7200 starting salary for bachelor level teachers with no experience while other concessions were dropped. The suit seeks 25 000 for the youth and parents and 30 000 punitive damages.
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LEA
City Atty
John Flanagan
Fiscal Control Board
Onalaska
Federal District Court
Donald Borreson Jr
Donald and
Melvdla
Auu suLgive Bpylelove
Saver EE
Stanley Helms
Herbert Fregin
Anthony Boullion
Patrick Pedretti
Borresons
Patrick Doyle
Julin
WadeDale
Alloum Uit
Wisconsin
Rell
Milwaukee
Racine
Kenosha
la Crosse
Bomb Threats Tighten Air Port Security Nationwide
A series of bomb threats blamed on the Weatherman faction led the FAA to tighten security at major airports nationwide. An agency spokesman said threats also targeted government installations including military posts, with airports and airlines placed on alert as precautions raised. At Friendship Airport and Dulles, officers reported heightened security while Seattle and Lewiston received threats that caused brief evacuations but no explosions.
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Weatherman
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Washington
Defense Department
FBI
al Garvis
Garvis
Friendship
Baltimore
Robert Bandridge
Dulles International
Seattle
Lewiston
Idaho
Quebec separatists issue last communique in Cross kidnapping
Montreal reports the Quebec Liberation Front warns diplomat James Cross will not be found unless Canadian authorities end the search and release 23 political prisoners by 6 pm. They threaten to liquidate Cross if police intervene and claim they possess dynamite. Police seek five suspects, including taxi driver Jacques Lanctot, with negotiations rejected.
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Montreal
Quebec
James Richard Cross
Quebec Liberation Front
J. Cross
Cross
Canada
Kdnapers
Cuba
Algeria
Front
Jacques Lanctot
Wisconsin Supreme Court voids J C Penney 12 percent revolving charge
The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously ruled J C Penney’s 12 percent annual revolving charge violates usury laws. The court ordered an injunction and upheld the state’s 12 percent limit, citing the charges as a public nuisance and stating that the practice affects many Wisconsin citizens.
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Tim Wyngaard
la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
J. C. Penney
Robert W. Warren
High Court
Dane County
W. L. Jackman
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Kansas Supreme Court
Warren
Penney
Penney’s
Jackman
Horace Wilkie
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