Wheat Sale Blunders Spark Billion-Dollar Cost Claim
Senate sub committee chair Henry M. Jackson accused government errors of the 1972 Soviet wheat deal of costing American food buyers as much as $1 billion. He cited secrecy and demanded inquiries into USDA actions and grain traders as hearings open Friday.
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Henry M. Jackson
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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D-Wash
U.S
Subcommittee
Agriculture Department
USDA
Henry Jackson
Russia
Editorials and Pages Listed in Table of Contents
A table of contents style listing indicates sections such as Editorials 8A Dear Abby 7B Markets 58 Sports 60 Classified 6D Women 7B Bridge SC Comics 40 Hospitals 48 Crossword 48 Entertainment 20 Obituaries 58 Want Ads 353 0620 Circulation 353 0626 Edit Office 353 0620.
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Dear Abby
Hall Expected To Take Strong Stand On Refuge
Governor Hall faces a federal decision to limit public use at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Ed Hardy says Hall will act within days after awaiting investigation results. The plan would ban swimming and camping, reduce picnicking, and was disclosed without public notice. refuge covers 59 020 acres with about one third open to the public.
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David Hall
Ed Hardy
Federal Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
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Oklahoma City
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Lawton Constitution
Roger Johnson
Johnson
Hall appoints Mrs Empie to Oklahoma College Board
Governor David Hall named Mrs. Robert Empie of Oklahoma City to replace Joel Carson on the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts Board of Regents for a seven year term. The move fills a vacancy on the state panel.
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Oklahoma City
David Hall
Robert Empie
Joel Carson
Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts Board of Regents
Fleet Program Would Prove Itself Says Police Chief Hennessee
Police Chief Al Hennessee urged adoption of a fleet program to cut costs and crime within a year. If approved, 40 of 60 patrol officers would get new units, then all 60, then all 113. Officials claim higher maintenance life and savings despite more driving miles.
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Hennessee
Lawton
Price Rollbacks Under Phase 4 Rules Due August 12
Phase 4 anti inflation rules set to take effect August 12 may produce petroleum price rollbacks by restoring profit markups to January 10 levels. Public utilities exempt. gasoline heating oil and diesel caps based on January 10 costs plus profits. Two tier crude oil pricing expected with periodic revisions.
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Council
William N. Walker
Eft
Cost of Living Council
Walker
Dunlop
Palestinian gunman frees 15 hostages in Athens hotel
A Palestinian gunman released 15 hostages after four hours at an Athens hotel and fled toward the airport with three Middle East ambassadors. Police surrounded the scene as Libyan Egyptian and Iraqi diplomats negotiated. The hostage group had numbered 40 earlier, including Americans, Greeks and hotel staff.
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Middle East
Greece
Stylianos Patakos
Patakos
Associated Press
Mideast
Amalia Ho
Tel
House Approves War Powers Bill Amid Nixon Veto Threat
The House passed a war powers bill 244 to 170 to force presidents to halt new war commitments within four months unless Congress approves. Nixon warned he would veto any bill with the restrictions. The Senate may vote its own version Friday, signaling a clash with the White House.
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Nixon
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Gerald R. Ford
Rain Chance for Lawton Area Through Friday
A 30 to 40 percent chance for showers or thunderstorms is expected for Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma through Friday. Elsewhere, expect fair to partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with highs in the low 90s and a low tonight around the mid 70s. Wednesday’s high reached 96 with a 72 low.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Former A G Denies Prior Watergate Knowledge
Former Assistant Attorney General Robert C. Mardian testified before the Senate Watergate committee that he joined the cover-up against his conscience, saying he acted as a lawyer bound by secrecy. He claimed no knowledge of wiretapping until after the June 17, 1972 Democratic headquarters break-in, and said his role was fiduciary and not political.
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Wilmington
Del
Patakos
Palestine
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Asst
Robert C. Mardian
Mardian
Phoenix
Ariz
Senate Watergate Committee
Democratic
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Paign
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Atty
John N. Mitchell
White House
John W. Dean III
Marcian
California
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Pilem
Magruder
P.r
Justice Department
Internal Security
U.S
John J. Sirica
LaRue
Final Vote on Minimum Wage Bill faces veto risk
Senate Republicans warned that unless a GOP substitute is adopted the measure raising the minimum to $2.20 an hour will likely be vetoed by President Nixon. A final vote was set for today after the chamber rejected attempts to substitute the GOP plan for the committee bill.
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White House
House
Nixon
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
GOP
James L. Buckley
Con- R-N.y
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
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