Meat price ceiling sparks divided views from livestock groups
Livestock producers deride President Nixon price ceilings as unfair while planning a nationwide meat boycott. Farm leaders warn controls will curb expansion and raise prices, or disrupt plants, with housewives and unions split on whether the move helps or hurts consumers. Governor McCall supports the direction but calls the policy discriminatory.
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Thieu Begins Five Nation Peace Tour
President Thieu leaves Saigon for a six day trip to the United States and four other nations seeking aid commitments and renewed military assurances. He vows a new era of peace while meeting Nixon and congressional leaders to counter his image as a dictator. The tour includes Italy England South Korea and Taiwan with a Rome audience planned with Pope Paul VI.
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Taiwan
Rome
Pope Paul VI
Nixon Promises Meat Price Drop Under New Ceiling
President Nixon says the new meat price ceiling is to lower costs, not maintain current levels, as enforcement starts Monday. The Cost of Living Council coordinates 250 IRS agents and 2,500 staff to enforce ceilings on beef pork and lamb with retailers given until April 9 to post prices.
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Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Internal Revenue Service
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John P. Dunlop
Federal Reserve
Congress
Doctors Study Dead Skin Use in Grafting Research
NOGALES Ariz AP doctors may preserve dead persons skin for grafts to heal burns and wounds. Dr William Summerlin of Sloan Kettering Institute spoke at a science writers seminar noting the work is experimental and hospitals may have skin banks years away. He cited six human transplants and work with 500 mice, with replication at Stanford Albany and in Holland.
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William T. Summerlin
Sloan-Kettering Institute
New York
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Boston
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Holland
Driver Injured In 3 Car Crash In Lawrence
Gary C. Heath 16 of .921 Pamela La was treated for facial cuts and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a three vehicle collision at 1 18 a m at Ninth and own according to Lawrence police Heath eastbound car hit a northbound car driven by William R. Wachs 23 of 1400 Oak Hill and Wachs car struck Steven J. Hamberg 23 of WW210 Walden Ct Hamberg stopped for a traffic signal Damages were 35 to Wachs 800 to Heath and 350 to Hamberg Police noted 13 other crashes Friday and today with no other injuries reported
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Oak Hill
Wachs
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Walden Ct
Hamberg
TV Star McMahon Injured in Fall
Ed McMahon was flown to a Miami hospital after a fall at Cat Cay in the Bahamas. A Coast Guard spokesman said a doctor feared a skull fracture following a head injury while boarding a boat during Heart Fund fundraiser duties.
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Cat Cay
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Coast Guard
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Three Dead In Ottawa Area Motel Murder Case
Investigators comb the Ottawa area for motives after the suffocated triple murder of Mrs Hazel Avery and her son Steven Avery of Iola and Gary Longfellow of Michigan. Bullets found in all three bodies and two car holes are being examined by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation as authorities search between Garnett and Ottawa for clues. Funeral services are set for Longfellow and for the Avery family members with several survivors listed.
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Ala
Edith Weigel
Kansas City
Nelle
Owens
Glenna Davis
George Davis
Colorado Springs
Colo
Steven T. Avery
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Soggy March Ends in Lawrence With Flood Threat
March dumped heavy rain in Lawrence raising totals to a record 9.9 inches for the month as creeks rose. Sheriff deputies warned residents near Wakarusa and Mud Creek of possible flooding while Stranger Creek near Tonganoxie was forecast to crest high. Weather officials noted mixed conditions with rain possible tonight and a sunnier, milder outlook for April.
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Lyndon
Rossville
Ottawa
Pomona
Baldwin
Final 69 POWs Expected Sunday
Operation Homecoming reaches final phase as 48 liberated POWs fly to Travis AFB and Scott AFB while a 69 man second wave is due to depart. Capt. Robert T. White, Newport News, Va., among the prisoners, awaits transfer to the Philippines. Giants of returnees reflect on reunions as Travis Airport continues the long Vietnam era welcome.
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Saigon
Philippines
Robert T. White
Newport News
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Calif
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Ill
Kelly Afb
Tex
Andrews Afb
Sheppard Afb
Clark Air Base
Navy
Cmdr
Phillip Kientzler
Poway
Travis Afb
San Francisco
Cloudy and Mild Weather Details on Page Three
A weather note reports cloudy skies and mild temperatures for the region. The brief notes light winds and a chance of light showers later in the day as forecasts extend through the afternoon.
Russell Stover Candy Rexal Drug Stores Prescription Fill
Russell Stover candies featured at Rexall Rexa All Raney Drug Stores with prescription services and Adv advertising noting availability of doctors prescriptions.
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Key Rexall
Raney Drug Stores
Doctors
Petersen Named FBI Acting Chief Replacement for Gray
The St Paul Pioneer Press reports Henry E. Petersen, acting head of the Justice Department criminal division, will be nominated to replace L. Patrick Gray as FBI director after Gray’s Senate confirmation failed. Atty. Gen. Kleindienst offered Petersen the post. Petersen, 52, is described as a top crusader against organized crime.
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Henry E. Petersen
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Petersen
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Where to Vote Polling Places in Douglas County
Voters in Douglas County may cast ballots from 7 am to 7 pm Tuesday for city and school board races. A map of Lawrence polling sites and a list of county voting locations is published on Page 10 of today’s Journal-World.
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