Economist opposes price controls under Nixon plan
President Nixon’s chief economic spokesman rejects a more stringent set of price controls as a gunslinger approach. Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz argues to keep the current plan, urging a chance for supply measures to work, despite a 2.2 percent wholesale price rise in March and a 10.5 percent year over year increase led by a 46 percent surge in food prices.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Senate Productivity and Stabilization Subcommittee
Capitol’ Hill
Labor Department
Nation's Weather Skies Clear with Areas of Rain In Southwest
Fair skies dominate the nation with some rain and clouds in the Southwest and south central Texas. Florida sees partly cloudy skies with a few showers while the Northeast clears though lingering clouds remain in parts of the Ohio Valley. Light snow continues in northern Maine.
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United Press International
Mexico
Texas
Florida Peninsula
Maine
Ohio Valley
Indians agree to surrender arms at Wounded Knee Saturday
AIM and the federal government reach a treaty style agreement ending the 37 day armed occupation of Wounded Knee South Dakota. Means will remain armed until he reports from Washington and Frizzell warns no amnesty for occupiers. Leads to a planned weapons search and roadblock removal.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
UPI
American Indian Movement
AIM
Wallace Black Elk
Tepee
Russell Means
U.S
Means
Washington
Frizzell
Teton Sioux
White House
FBI
Thieu pledges no return of U S troops to Vietnam
President Thieu said he will never ask the United States to reintroduce troops in Vietnam and urged continued economic and military aid. He met with 30 House members and 67 senators on Capitol Hill after a National Press Club appearance. Leaders affirmed support and praised his candidacy amid postwar needs.
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Washington
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Thieu
U.S
National Press Club
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Albert
Senateepublican
Hugh Scott
Scott
State Department
Spiro T. Agnew
Asia
U S Bombing Near Phnom Penh Tightens Strikes
U S warplanes end a month of nonstop bombing with raids within 10 miles of Phnom Penh targeting communist encirclement along the Bassac River. Lon Nol declares a state of danger as capital supplies dwindle and Prayoch Khmer calls for renewed North Vietnam bombing.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
Bassac River
Mekong River
Bassac
Mekong
Lon Nol
Prayoch Khmer
United States
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Housewife Blocks Armed Bandits in London Robbery
Mrs. Jessie Burns 34 confronted getaway car thieves during a payroll theft. A gun was fired at her head but apparently fired blanks. She refused to move, forcing the robbers to back up and swerve away, then kept her beauty appointment.
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London
API
Jessie Burns
Mrs. Burns
Beef price split shows farmer tops consumer dollars
UPI reports Agriculture Department figures indicate farmers received 67 cents of every consumer dollar spent on beef in February, the highest share in two decades. The share compares with 62 cents 18 years ago and 66 cents during the Korean War era, with feed lots growing as a major business in recent years.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
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