Taxpayers fund wheat deal with Soviet Union cost GAO says
The General Accounting Office reports last year s wheat sale to the Soviet Union raised U S prices for wheat and boosted costs for beef pork poultry eggs and dairy via higher feed grain costs It notes export subsidies of about 300 million may have been unnecessary and cites potential domestic price impacts referenced by economists from Iowa State University and Stanford Research Institute etc
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Soviet Union
General Accounting Office
GAO
U.S
Agriculture Department
Iowa State University
Nixon
Bob Wisner
United States
Stanford Research Institute
Menlo Park
Calif
James O. Bray
U S dollar climbs on world markets amid rumor support
The U S dollar rose sharply across major markets as traders cited rumors of government bank support. The dollar hit 2.354 marks in Berlin, traded above 4 francs in Paris, and rose in Brussels Milan and Tokyo amid talk of official backing.
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UPI
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Amsterdam
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Milan
Tokyo
Edward Heath
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Fact finding mission ends Weyand back from Indochina probe
Gen. Frederick C. Weyand returned to Saigon from a mission to aid future U.S. role in Indochina. He will visit Phnom Penh for talks with U.S. Embassy officials and Cambodian leaders. Gen. John Vogt greeted Weyand, prompting speculation on continued U.S. air support for Cambodia after August 15.
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America
U.S
Indochina
Weyand
US. Army
Military Assistance Command Vietnam
MACV
Pacific
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
John Vogt
U.S. 7Th Air Force
Vogt
Thailand
Cambodia
Reagan vetoes welfare support bill for elderly parents
California Governor Ronald Reagan vetoed AB57 which would remove the requirement for adult children to support elderly parents on welfare but also announced changes to reduce payments. He urged taxpaying public not to bear the burden and outlined prorated duties based on family able to pay along with expanded hardship exemptions for medical, dental, funeral and education costs.
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UPI
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Joe A. Gonsalves
D-La Mirada
Mirada
Alessio sentenced to jail and fined in San Diego case
San Diego restaurant owner Dominic Alessio received six months in jail and a 10000 dollar fine for wining and dining a prison administrator who aided his father, former race track operator Joseph Alessio, in a separate tax evasion case. The administrator, Anthony Santiago, got two years in prison after pleading guilty to taking gratuities.
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UPI
Dominic Alessio
San Diego
Alessio
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Lompoc
Anthony Santiago
Santiago
U.S. District Court
Malcolm M. Lucas
Federal
Graham says he may be limited for upcoming crusade in Minnesota
Evangelist Billy Graham at 55 indicated he is physically unable to complete the 10 day upper Midwest crusade starting in St Paul. He cited the demanding pace and his flamboyant style as too exhausting after decades of preaching. In Nassau Bahamas, the country gained independence from Britain becoming the 143rd sovereign state as the Union Jack was lowered and God Save the Queen was played.
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UPI
Billy Graham
Graham
Upper Midwest
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
St. Paul
Nassau
Bahamas
French Evacuates Mururoa Atoll Ahead of Nuclear Tests
UPI reports French forces pulled naval and ground units from Mururoa Atoll 900 miles southeast of Tahiti as Paris prepares to resume atmospheric blasts. Tahiti papers hint at an explosion possibly on Bastille Day July 14 or by July 20, with France and China not party to the test ban treaty. Meanwhile in Kinshasa police say over 100 Peace Corps volunteers detained in Uganda are released as President Mobutu guarantees their safety.
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UPI
South Pacific
Paris
Mururoa Atoll
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China
Kinshasa
Zaire
Peace Corps
Uganda
Idi Amin
Njili International
Amin
Rwanda
Joseph Mobutu
Largest alien smuggling ring busted in U.S. history
Federal prosecutors said a Tijuana–San Diego–Los Angeles operation smuggled as many as 15,000 illegal arrivals, earning about 3 million dollars yearly by moving up to 50 Mexicans daily. Twenty five people were indicted. eleven arrested, fourteen at large in Mexico.
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U.S
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Elizabeth Taylor and Burton grow farther apart on travels
Elizabeth Taylor plans to visit relatives in Honolulu while Richard Burton stays at a Long Island home and aims for a Moscow film festival. Taylor also plans to go to Europe and is due in Rome by July 9 to begin work on a movie.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Miss Taylor
Honolulu
Burton
Long Island Beach
Quogue
N.Y
Europe
Moscow
Weather turmoil hits Central and Eastern U S
A Gulf of Mexico air mass spurred storms from the Central to the Eastern states. Tornadoes touched down in Huron South Carolina and near Alamogordo New Mexico while 70 mph winds pummeled Sidney Nebraska. Boston and Hartford hit 95 degrees as cooler air moved in. Three children drowned in a Charleston West Virginia flash flood and four others were injured. Temperatures ranged from 48 in Bradford Pennsylvania to 101 in Needles California.
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Hartford
Conn
New England Power Exchange
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W.V
Bradford
Penn
Needles
Calif
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