Meat price ceilings set as butchers union clash cited
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz pressed back at Patrick E. Gorman’s demand for his firing, blaming restrictive labor practices for high meat prices. Ceiling price lists began to appear in major stores with little movement in retail prices, while Chicago area grocers warned of no wholesale decline. In Pine Ridge South Dakota, Wounded Knee talks stalled as federal negotiators pressed for disarmament and access by marshals and FBI agents to end the occupation.
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United Press International
Nixon
Dominick’s
Chicago
Pine Ridge, S.D
UPI
Wounded Knee
Pine Ridge Reservation
U.S
Two Peace Team Helicopters Downed Over Mekong Delta
Two helicopters assigned to cease fire teams were fired on over the Mekong Delta. One helicopter landed in Viet Cong territory after being hit. nine aboard were killed on Saturday. Casualties included three Americans, with teams uncertain on air corridor security and safe passage assurances. Bodies of six victims were returned to Saigon.
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Saigon
UPS
Mekong
Joint Military Commission
JMC
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Viet Cong
Michel Gauvin
Commission
Picasso's Widow Grieves Beside Body in Mourning
In Mougins France Pablo Picasso died at 91 from heart failure after lung congestion. His widow remains by his side, still overcome with grief, according to the household gardener.
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Mougins
France
UPI
Pablo Picasso
Mississippi River Tops Three-Decade High Level
The Mississippi River rose to 50.2 feet at Vicksburg Mississippi today, a peak not seen in 30 years, with ongoing evacuations of low-lying areas. Officials expect the crest may not arrive until Wednesday as sustained rain fuels rising waters and predictions are revised.
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United Press International
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Vicksburg
Miss
Corps Pheren
Mitchell denies knowledge of Watergate bugging in McCord claim
Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell again denies advance knowledge of the Watergate break in and bugging while he and Nixon campaign deny Newsweek assertions that James W. McCord Jr. will publicly say Mitchell approved the June 17, 1972 operation at Democratic national headquarters.
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Washington
UPI
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Hies
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Newsweek Magazine
Mitchell
Nixon Studies Haig reports on Indochina trip
President Nixon reviews confidential Haig mission findings after cease fire talks in Paris. Haig to assess Southeast Asia in Thailand Laos Cambodia and South Vietnam with aim of signaling possible countermeasures to Hanoi if communists ignore the Paris accord.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Indochina
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Army
Southeast Asia
Haig
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Paris
Nguyen van Thieu
Southwick tickets sell out for Lompoc luncheon
Ex POW Navy Commander Charles Southwick to be honored at a Wednesday luncheon in Lompoc. Tickets sold out in 45 minutes, with about 110 attendees including Mrs. Nancy Reagan. Coast-to-airport motorcade, school bands, banners, and community groups coordinating decorations and greetings for the event.
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Charles Southwick
Lompoc Valley
Ens
Lom Boy Scouts
Lompoc
Cabrillo High School
Chamber of Commerce
Cmdr
Southwick
Eee
Ae Arts
Corroc
H Street
Lewis
Karen
Francis Beattie Sr
George Cotsenmeyer
Salvador Felices
Air Force
Pine
Lion’s Inn
Nancy Reagan
Reagan
Golf clubhouse destroyed in early morning blaze
Hillcrest Golf Course suffered about 40000 dollars in damage when the clubhouse burned before 3:30 a.m. on Lompoc Casmalia Road. Firefighters faced limited water supply but contained the blaze. no one was inside. The owner, James Cruikshank, expected a May reopening after remodeling.
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Hillcrest Golf Course
Hillcrest
Toda County
Buellton
Lompoc-Casmalia Road
Wallace Grossi
Lompoc
Ounty
Ed Carey
Vandenberg Village
Carey
City of Lompoc
Highway 1
Los Alamos
James Cruikshank
Cruikshank
Five ships break Mekong blockade toward Phnom Penh
A convoy of five ships including two petroleum tankers and three cargo vessels pierced a 19 day Communist blockade on the Mekong River under heavy U.S. bombing. The relief fleet, part of an initial 19 vessels, pushed toward Phnom Penh with fuel, food, and ammunition as U.S. airliftes continued.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
Mekong River
South Vietnam
Phnom
Cambodia
Mekong
Lo See Chang
Tan Chau
Nelson predicts EPA delays 1975 auto emission deadline
UPI reports Senator Gaylord Nelson says the Environmental Protection Agency will postpone the 1975 auto emission standards deadline. He accuses carmakers of obstruction and a decade-long conspiracy to avoid pollution controls. Ruckelshaus to announce decision Wednesday morning amid industry and environmentalist pressures.
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Washington
UPI
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Senate
Environmental Protection Agency
Nelson
Auto
Ruckelshaus
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San Clemente
Calif
Lompoc Civic Auditorium
Cmdr. Southwick
EPA
Illiam D. Ruckelshaus
Jim Longtin
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