Mitchell Allegedly Halted Probe of Dairy Activities
Washington AP report details former Attorney General John Mitchell halting an investigation into the nation’s largest dairy cooperative, the Associated Milk Producers Inc. He later approved a civil antitrust suit amid questions over political donations to President Nixon. Mitchell’s actions and related affidavits tie to campaign decisions and protests over dairy pricing.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Mitchell
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Nixon
Market News Wheat and Corn Prices Rise on Oil Embargo Relief
Brokers report a two day advance in grains led by wheat at 4.74 and soybeans at 5.31 as relief over the Arab oil embargo easing fears of a global recession. Oats traded at 1.53 with corn at 2.33 and milo at 65 cents, while listed beef and pork quotes appear for various weights.
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Japan
U.S
Wholesale eggs report steady amid price range shifts
In Kansas City, wholesale eggs show medium A prices at 62 to 73 cents with other categories holding steady, per AP.
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Kansas City
Energy optimism drives stocks higher as market extends gains
New York AP reports that signs the energy crisis may ease buoyed the Dow Jones Industrial Average. By mid afternoon the Dow rose 13.30 points to 850.86, with advances outpacing declines by about three to one on heavy NYSE trading.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Cattle Steady to Mixed
Cattle 2 000 trading with steer and steer calves mostly steady to 50 lower on lighter weights, calves under 750 pounds weak and not fully tested. Heifers and heifer calves steady. Feeder steers 400 470 pounds 48.00 52.00, 540 800 pounds 46.70 48.20, 800 950 pounds 44.70 46.60. Feeder heifers and heifer calves quoted but incomplete in text.
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Kansas City
Black leader sentenced for Medicaid fund theft
Dr. Thomas Matthew, founder of the National Economic Growth and Reconstruction Organization, was sentenced in New York to three years in prison after being convicted on 71 counts of grand larceny for diverting Medicaid funds from Interfaith Hospital to other NE GRO projects.
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New York
Thomas Matthew
Matthew
Negro — the National Economic Growth and Reconstruction Organization
Interfaith Hospital
New York City
Bennett Cites Rumor Letter on Campaign Financing Claim
Sen. Robert F. Bennett released an anonymous letter alleging Marshall and Brown Architects agreed to fund Gov. Docking's 1972 campaign in exchange for the University of Kansas Medical Center contract. The letter names McLain and Sidorowicz and ties the design firm to campaign payments and a public relations firm.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Overland Park
Robert Docking
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Bennett
Kansas Senate
Shawnee County
Marshall & Brown Architects, Inc
Docking
Chris Benson
Marshall & Brown
Ken #McLain
Ner
Sidorowicz
McClain
Kenneth R. McLain
Norbert Sidorowicz
McLain
Kansas, Inc
Farm Product Costs Up in November
U S Department figures show the annual retail cost of a market basket of farm produced food rose by $14 in November to $1,634 for a 3.2 person household the farm share fell to $707 a year slumping $16 from October while the marketing spread for middlemen climbed $30 offsetting the farm decline.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Department
Ray Names Others Implicating King Inquiry
James Earl Ray sent a document to a Nashville federal court claiming a conspiracy to kill Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The court would not disclose contents but a local TV station reported Ray named individuals who contributed money to the plot.
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Nashville, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Nashville
Docking Considers Senate Run After Kansas Governorship
Kansas Governor Robert Docking, a four term Democrat, says he is leaning toward a U.S. Senate bid and could serve as one of 100 senators while representing Kansas. He notes his experience and desire to influence national policy and regrets Kansas lacking majority party representation in Congress.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
U.S. Senate
Docking
Senate
Bob Dole
Dole
Capitol
House
Cause of Fire Is Speculated In Abandoned Home
A Christmas Day fire at 319 E Seventh in an unoccupied house may have started from a faulty chimney or defective wiring. Fire Chief F C Sanders said the fire began in third story interior walls. Owner Lance W Burr, Rt 3, had been renovating the vacant house for years. Firefighters reported the blaze was noticed about two hours after it started.
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Docking
Senate
Arkansas City
E. Seventh
F. C. Sanders
Sanders
Lance W. Burr
Rt. 3
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