Higher meat prices loom from Midwest drought blow to crops
UPI reports the Agriculture Department warns that the Midwest drought will cut corn output by about 12 percent from last year and 25 percent from projections, pushing meat prices higher next year. Soybeans and feed grains also fall while wheat hits a new record. officials caution price pressures and possible herd reductions.
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New Orleans
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D-Minn
Dawson Ahalt
Congress
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thundershowers, twisters hit Iowa Texas and Illinois
Weather across the nation brought thundershowers to Iowa Texas and parts of Illinois and Mississippi. A Dallas flash flood stranded motorists while winds up to 60 mph and golf-ball hail pummeled Cambridge Illinois. Tornadoes touched down near Ladora Iowa Davenport Iowa and Moline Illinois with minor damage reported. Early temps ranged from 89 in Needles California to 48 in Butte Montana.
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United Press International
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Milton
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Feminists urge Ford to drop Goldwater for cooking remark
Angry feminists in Arizona and Nevada demand eliminating Barry Goldwater from vice presidency consideration after he said a woman should cook and get home on time. Joyce Hunter cites the remark as a degrading attack on women and backs a call for Ford to choose a woman running mate. The ERA group and others back replacing Goldwater with female candidates.
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UPI
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Goldwater
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Women’s Caucus
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Mass transit strike in Los Angeles area prompts limited disruption
A driver and mechanic strike shut down the Southern California Rapid Transit District affecting 650,000 weekday riders. RTD bus service halted, traffic remained light, while cab companies saw surging demand. Union seeks raises up to 46 percent for drivers and 15 percent for mechanics, costs projected at over 90 million in year two.
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Five indicted on hearing aid fraud scheme
Five people including Dr Emilio Marquez and Sanford Gertz were indicted by a Los Angeles county grand jury for selling up to a million dollars worth of hearing aids to elderly convalescent home patients and billing the state for unnecessary examinations and services. The probe covered four homes in Montebello Monterey Park West Covina and Glendora with more than 13000 collected in 1973 and Cal Med care losses pegged near one million dollars.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Barry M. Sax
Emilio Marquez
Sanford Gertz
Woodland Hills
Sax
Peter Brown
Gertz
Marquex
Montebello
Monterey Park
West Covina
Glendora
Glen Turner
Fontana
Richard J. Gutierrez
Hamilton Penny
Lydia Macias
San Gabriel
Julie Seledon
New York cabbies reach tentative wage pact amid fare hike push
New York City taxi fleets and the union cab drivers reached a tentative three year contract pending city approval of a 25 percent fare increase. The Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade warned of a return to garages if the deal falters.
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United Press International
New York City
State Mediation Board
Vincent D. McDonnell
City Taxi and Limousine Commission
Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade
Miniskirt Trend Declared Finished By Major Chain
London reports the end of the miniskirt era as the C and A chain, Britain's largest clothing retailer, announces no new miniskirts will be produced once current stock is sold. The style, born a decade ago, had flooded markets in Paris New York Rome and other fashion hubs.
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UPI
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Britain
Ford calls meeting of city mayors
President Ford plans a session with mayors from about 14 major cities to discuss anti inflation measures and urban needs. Aides said the talks will seek views on housing funding mass transportation subsidies revenue sharing and federal support while inviting diverse groups to participate.
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UPI
Ford
White House
Jerry terHorst
New York Times
Abraham Beame
New York
Joseph L. Alioto
San Francisco
Moon Landrieu
New Orleans
Kenneth A. Gibson
Newark
N.J
Thomas Bradley
Los Angeles
E.J. Gary
Salt Lake City
Carlos Romero
San Juan
P.R
Ben Boo
Duluth
Chicago
the Times
Ehrlichman urges no prosecution over Watergate actions
John Ehrlichman says Nixon should not be prosecuted for Watergate arguing punishment would harm atmosphere. He notes court orders limit comment on Nixon as witness. Ehrlichman cites high defense costs over 300000 dollars and faces multiple trials.
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Seattle
UPI
John Ehrlichman
Nixon
Ehrlichman
Daniel Elisberg
Washington, D.C
Bien Hoa air base shelled as Saigon area offensive grows
Communist gunners fired a 12 round barrage of 122mm rockets at Bien Hoa air base 14 miles northeast of Saigon wounding three soldiers. Over four days 50 rockets damaged five U.S. F5A jets while casualties run light with two dead.
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UPI
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Ben Tre
Cambodia
Prek Thmei
Bassac
Phnom Penh
Prey Krol Salarean
7Th Infantry Division
Doeum Ampil
Korean military court jails 13 political opponents
A military court in Seoul sentenced 13 political opponents to 10 to 20 years for violating Park Chung-hee's ban on student protests and attempts to alter the constitution. Among the broader crackdown, 55 dissidents faced varied penalties, including death and life terms for some. Protestants and Catholics held vigils downtown for democracy.
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UPI
Park Chung-hee
Posun Yun
Daniel Tji Hak-Soun
Park Hyong-kyu
Kim Donggil
Yonsei University
Yonsei
National Democratic Youth Student League
Saemunan Presbyterian Church
Myongdong
Cranston backs Ford policy speech and budget plan
Los Angeles Senator Alan Cranston says he supports President Ford's congressional speech policy package. He backs conciliation and preserving Nixon Kissinger foreign policy, with emphasis on a balanced budget and cooperation in the Congressional Budget Reform Committee.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Ford
Congress
Cranston
Congressional Budget Reform Committee
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