State Department Softens Policy Cuba Sales By Firms
Inflation surged 1.2 percent in July led by food, gasoline and used cars, the highest monthly rise this year. Consumer prices jumped 14.4 percent annually, the first double digit rate since last September, as the economy shows output gains with GNP up 1.6 percent in the June quarter. Food costs rose 1.9 percent, gasoline 4.3 percent, and used cars nearly 4 percent, signaling persistent inflation amid economic recovery.
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Washington
Labor Department
United States eases Cuba trade rules with four steps
The State Department announces four policy changes easing U.S. limits on Cuba. Measures include ending aid prohibition for ships to Cuba and allowing bunkering by third country ships. Congress is urged to repeal limited food aid bans while two way trade remains restricted.
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United States
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U.S
Robert Funseth
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Canada
Recall effort expands as three more city councilmen targeted
Former city workers circulate petitions to trigger recall against Adam Matthews Don Van Meter and Rex Givens over a union recognition dispute that sparked July demonstrations. A 320 name filing against Norma Roberts preceded the recall rules and future steps.
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Everal
Adam Matthews
Don van Meter
Rex Givens
Norma Roberts
Jean McGavie
Eddie Landers
Teamsters Union
Roberts
Fred Chanault
Willie Truitt
Jurors Guarded in Kent State Shootings Trial
Jurors in the Kent State University shootings trial have been placed under guard after one juror was threatened with assault. U S District Judge Don J Young arranged with federal authorities to keep the panel together for the remainder of the trial.
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Cleveland
Kent State University
Don J. Young
Lawton Forecast Calls For Hot Week With Mostly Sunny Skies
The forecast suggests typical August weather in Lawton with fair skies and hot afternoons through Friday. Tonight will dip near 70 with southerly winds 5 to 15 mph. Friday's high is expected in the mid 90s. recent readings include a high of 95 and a low of 72 on Wednesday.
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Lawton
Inside Content Highlights Feature 20 Women and More
A compact page outline lists sections such as Bridge and Comics with 20 women featured, plus obituaries, an editorial, and hobby notes. Hospital-related items appear in brief notices, with additional puzzles and column notes.
Strike settlement reported as pickets stay in San Francisco
AP reports that police and fire strike leaders accepted a proposed settlement mediated by Mayor Joseph L. Alioto while a supervisor called the move premature. Picket lines remain, with the mayor predicting supervisors will approve the tentative agreement after a sleepless night. About 90 percent of the 1935 officers and the fire force joined the strike amid wage disputes.
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AN Francisco
Marathon
Joseph L. Alioto
Board of Supervisors
John L. Molinari
Alioto
Highway Patrol
Molinari
Police Officers Association
Fire Fighters Local 798
Super
Jerry Schroff
Butz says grain sales to Soviet Union raise U S prices
Agriculture Secretary Farl Butz told lawmakers that wheat and feed grain exports to the Soviet Union would lift U S food prices by about 1.5 percent over 16 months. He cited the latest sale plus forecasted shipments and noted no acreage set aside for next year’s crops.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Farl Butz
Soviet Union
United States
Butz
Ford
North Central States
FAA defends stewardess measurements study as safety aid
FAA spokesman defends 57 800 study to obtain body measurements of stewardesses for aviation safety. Sen Proxmire calls it waste, while Dennis Feldman says averages aid protective seating and emergency gear design. Measurements taken in 1971 by Aeromedical Center team in Oklahoma City.
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Ahoma City
Federal Aviation Administration
Masvita
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Dennis Feldman
FAA
Washington
Feldman
Aeromedical Center
Oklahoma City
Browning Captured Inside Legion Club After Break-In
William Bennett Browning, 28, longtime police brutality suspect, was captured inside the American Legion Club at 110 B after a 3 a.m. burglary in progress. An officer struck him with a flashlight as he moved toward items including a machete knife, liquor, and cigarettes. Browning was treated for a head wound, released, and jailed. another suspect fled.
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American Legion Club
Set
Bruce Justice
Roy Deck
Browning
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Ronnie Smith
Jefferson
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