Senate to Open Hearings on Grain Sales to Soviet Union
Senate investigations move to study last summer’s grain exports to the Soviet Union. Howard Feldman says the panel will take an overall look at the sales with focus areas including pricing, subsidies, and exporters’ disclosures amid criticism farmers got lower prices.
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Senate
U.S
Soviet Union
Howard Feldman
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Feldman
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Commodity Exchange Authority
Agriculture Department
BBC Officials Hit by Scandal
London AP report says BBC figures including singer Doorthy Squires model Janie Jones and former producer John Dobbs were arrested in dawn raids amid a bribery and sex probe. Several others, including record sellers, face charges. Squires and Dobbs freed on bail, Jones in custody.
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British Broadcasting Corp
Doorthy Squires
Janie Jones
BBC
John Dobbs
Scotland Yard
Miss Squires
Dobbs
Malta
Gibraltar
Edward Kassner
President
Record Co
Kassner
United States
Miss Jones
John Christian-Deed
Rivers Fall But Flood Victims Remain Homeless
The Mississippi at St. Louis sits at 34.37 feet with flood stage 30. Missouri at St. Charles 26 feet, one foot above flood level. Officials say return may occur late this month, with Clarkesville and Winfield locks reopening by weekend. Red Cross cites 13 900 affected families. many cannot return while rivers stay above flood stage.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Corps of Army Engineers
St. Charles
St. Louis Flood Control Center
Clarkesville
Winfield
Red Cross
Illinois
Bishop Dixon to Speak at Baker University Graduation
Ernest T. Dixon the first black Methodist bishop in Kansas will deliver the commencement address at Baker University as 165 seniors graduate Sunday. He will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree. Baccalaureate services are set for 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church.
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Kansas
Ernest T. Dixon
Topeka
Baker University
Dixon
Philander Smith College
Little Rock
Ark
Baker
Cavaness Field
First United Methodist
Nuclear blast under Rockies unlocks gas potential
A three detonation test named Project Rio Blanco occurred a mile beneath the Colorado Rockies to fracture underground rocks for natural gas. The 90 000 ton TNT equivalent produced only a light jolt, disappointing spectators as dust clouds rose and the event aimed to ease the energy crisis with widespread gas development.
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Hiroshima
Colorado Rockies
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Military Ponders Aide Cutbacks in Pentagon Shift
The Pentagon weighs eliminating or reducing enlisted aides serving top officers. Two training schools for aides at Ft. Lee and Camp Lejeune are being phased out. A GAO study estimates the aide training program costs 21.3 million annually. Recommendations favor a 20 percent cut, with broader potential reductions.
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Pentagon
Elliot L. Richardson
Defense
General Accounting Office
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Ft. Lee
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Congressional
Army
Marines
Air Force
Lejeune
Navy
Richardson
Governor Censured for Personal Errands by Florida House
Florida Lieutenant Governor Tom Adams was censured by the House after an impeachment move failed. The House voted 88 to 26 to censure, with impeachment falling 61 to 55, short of the two-thirds required to proceed to trial.
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Fla
Florida
House of Representatives
House
Tom Adams
Senate
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