Market Basket Prices Rise in May Ahead of Nixon Freeze
The Agriculture Department reports the May market basket cost for a theoretical 3.2 person family rose to 1493 dollars annually, up 0.9 percent from April, the smallest monthly gain this year. Farmers’ share and middlemen costs increased, with beef prices steady at a record 1.36 dollars per pound.
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Agriculture Department
Nixon
Department
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Middleman
Physician Calls Halt to Child Abuse Across Classes
New York AP reported the director of the New York Foundling Hospital said child abuse remains widespread, with an estimated 1.5 million suspected cases. He noted both upper and middle class families may abuse behind closed doors, while many poor children end up in emergency wards where distress is reported to authorities. Only eight of 3,000 NYC cases were reported by private physicians.
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New York Foundling Hospital
New York City
Fontana
Griswold Leaves Solicitor's Post
Solicitor General Edwin N Griswold retires after serving since 1967. He will join a Washington law firm. Yale law professor Robert Bork will succeed him as solicitor general.
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Edwin N. Griswold
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Supreme Court
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Yale
Robert Bork
Venezuela to Elect New President in December
Reports indicate Venezuela will hold a presidential election in December with voters choosing a successor amid political tension. No candidate names or dates beyond the month are confirmed in the available text.
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Venezuela
Kansas Wheat Farmers Race Against Growing Fuel Shortage
Kansas wheat farmers press to harvest as fuel shortages threaten the crop. Gov. Docking seeks federal disaster aid, while Sen. Dole coordinates ASCS and Oil and Gas Office action in Manhattan to secure fuel.
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Robert Docking
U.S
Earl Butz
Robert Dole
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Manhattan
Docking
Butz
William E. Simon
U.S. Treasury
Ington
ASCS
Office of Oil and Gas
Washington
Dole
Frank Mosier
Mosier
Group Claims Freeze May Cut Milk Supply
Leaders of the National Milk Producers Federation warn the Nixon administration price freeze could trigger milk shortages later this year. Patrick Healy says rising production costs and delayed farmer prices, plus imports, threaten U.S. dairy output and consumer access if relief is not provided. Glenn Lake adds imports undercut domestic prices and may push U.S. production to shrink, increasing reliance on European supplies and eventual price hikes.
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National Milk Producers Federation
Nixon
Patrick Healy
Federation
Healy
Glenn Lake
Lake
State Pioneer's Funeral Stated
Funeral services will be held here Wednesday for John M. Young 101 last living member of Oklahoma 1907 constitutional convention who died Saturday of cancer Born in Pana NL he moved to the Oklahoma Territory at 20 studied law and became an organizer of the Oklahoma Democratic Party He moved to Miami in 1953 and was a winter visitor since 1911
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John M. Young
Oklahoma
Young
Pana
Oklahoma Territory
Win At Bridge Hands Highlight Critical Plays
A bridge column note describes a hands showing one ace discarded to defeat a contract. The writer contrasts scenarios where the hero defends or plays the dummy and how a single discarded ace changes the outcome.
Sonny Moyse Survives Six Heart Rubber At Cavendish Club
In New York at the Cavendish Club Sonny Moyse, former Bridge World editor, defended six hearts after West led clubs. Moyse ducked the initial club, then used trumping, a diamond to dummy, and ruffs to reshuffle cards and discard losers. He ended by regaining the lead to outplay the opponents.
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Cavendish
Sonny Moyse
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Sonny
West
East
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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