Meat prices slip as boycott spreads across nation
United Press International reports a fifth day of the anti meat boycott with retailers rolling back pork and beef prices up to 40 cents a pound in New England. Shipments to major markets rose with 40 100 hogs and 20 200 cattle received. Labor impacts and wholesale food price increases are noted as the campaign continues.
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United Press International
New England
Armers
Washington
Labor Department
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
William Wilkinson
West Coast
Ohio
Levee seepage near New Orleans prompts flood concern
The Mississippi floodwater seeping through levees about one mile from New Orleans alarms Orleans Parish officials though no immediate danger is declared. Levee Board President Guy Lemieux calls the leak worse than expected as floodwater covers a main street in Algiers.
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United Press International
Mississippi
New Orleans
Louisiana
Orleans Parish
Levee Board
Guy Lemieux
Lemieux
Algiers
Missouri
Illinois
Bill Waller
Vicksburg
Ohio River
U.S. Geological Survey
Ohio
St. Louis
Iowa
Salvation Army
Winfield
St. Charles
Tennessee
Committee okays strong controls in economic bill
The House Banking Committee approved the toughest economic controls since the early 1970s, rolling back prices interest rates and rents to January 10 levels. Nixon likely to veto. The measure ties to the Economic Stabilization Act extending to April 30 1974, naming key sectors under Phase III controls.
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Washington
UPI
House Banking Committee
Congress
Nixon
LEA endorsement sparks clash at school board forum
At a forum for school board candidates, Dinkel Kranz and Grider said they were not contacted by Lom Education Association officials before the LEA endorsed Gail Steiger and Richard Jacoby. LEA President David Manship defended the process, denying ties to Angela Davis and ABC dues and saying endorsements aimed to influence the election.
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Steve LA Rue
Lom Education Association
Gail Steiger
Richard Jacoby
Richard Dinkel
Edward Kranz
Billie Grider
LEA
Ross Cullins
George Mills
ABC
Association For Better Citizenship
California Teachers Assn
Angela Davis
Hancock College
Grider
Ranz
Dinkel
Sacramento
David Manship
American Association of University Women Library Forum
Manship
Mills
Nixon vetoes 300 million rural water sewer grant program
President Nixon vetoed a 300 million dollar rural water and sewer grant program saying it amounts to double taxation and pork barrel spending. Congress planned to vote on overriding the veto as House members prepared to act Tuesday.
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Nixon
Washington
UPI
House
Lompoc Drop-In Center funding decision due in Santa Barbara
A decision on funding the Lompoc Drop-In Center for another year will be made by California Council on Criminal Justice delegates in Santa Barbara Tuesday. A $15 947 grant is proposed, but full operation may still be unlikely without further district and county support.
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Lompoc
Santa Barbara
California Council On Criminal Justice
Ben Z. Woods
CCCJ
Holiday Inn
Thompson
District Accounting Department
Wholesale prices jump 2.2 percent in March
The Labor Department reported a 2.2 per cent March rise in wholesale prices, led by 4.6 per cent gains in consumer finished foods. Meany urged immediate price controls while Stein argued controls are unnecessary and will ease the problem later.
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Paris
France
U.S
Soviet Union
Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Herbert Stein
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Steve White
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Lom Unified School District
Bob Thompson
Dawn House
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