Nixon lifts meat import restrictions for rest of 1972
President Nixon ordered removal of all quota restraints on U S beef imports for 1972 to curb rising meat costs. Treasury Secretary Shultz said no price freeze now but prices may be stabilized. Butz urged continued free market beef production, citing demand and welfare programs as drivers of higher prices. Australia and New Zealand remain main foreign beef suppliers.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
United States
Treasury
George P Shultz
Jackson
Miss
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture
Australia
New Zealand
Storm Agnes devastates region. 122 dead, $2 billion in damage
United Press International reports the tropical storm Agnes left at least 122 dead, most in the northeast, and damage near 2 billion dollars. Pennsylvania bore the worst losses with 47 dead and up to 250,000 displaced, while New York and Maryland also suffered heavy casualties and housing losses.
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United Press International
U.S
Agnes
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
Maryland
Canada
Wilkes- Barre
Susequehanna River
Wilkes-Barre
Harrisburg
Jim Cox
Milton Shapp
Marvin Mandel
Mandel
Shapp
Upstate
Hornell
Flower Festival marks 20th annual Lompoc event
Queen Renee Libonao opened the festival with Let the Festival Begin. Winners included Cub Pack 103 for parade float honors, Rainbow Girls theme award, and Burbank Police Boys unit for best musical. Skydivers performed from 23 000 feet and again at 7 500 feet. Prizes ranged from an 11 day West Indies cruise to a Panasonic stereo. Police reported minor incidents and an ambulance responded to a heart attack during the parade.
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Lompoc
Renee Libonao
Terry Dorsey
Rainbow Girls
Sharp Burbank Police Boys
Bob Mastagni
Santa Barbara
Ryon Park
W. Crumley
North C Street
West Indies
S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam
Motorola
Marian Morrison
Clubhouse Road
Tony Bellach
Rosewood
Vafb
Max Mcllvray
Running Springs
Calif
McGovern claims enough delegates for first ballot nomination
Sen. George S. McGovern announced he had secured about 96 to 98 more delegates, mostly black, giving him a total near 1,510 votes and a first ballot nomination at the Democratic National Convention. Delegates from 12 states plus D C were cited. final totals to be reconciled later.
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Washington
UPI
George S. McGovern
Congressional Black Caucus
McGovern
District of Columbia
Walter E. Fauntroy
Fauntroy
Connecticut
Louisiana
Ohio
Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri
New York
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
New Jersey
South
North Vietnam steel mill hit by US airstrikes
U S fighter bombers struck within sight of Hanoi and bombed the Thai Nguyen steel works 30 miles north of the capital with 2000 pound laser guided bombs. The attack damaged warehouses and open hearth furnaces used for steel production. In the same night, rockets struck near Saigon injuring a soldier and a civilian at the Quang Trung Training Center.
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Saigon
VPS
U.S
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Thai Nguyen
Southietnam
Russia
Quang Trung
Tan Son Nhut
Ap Chanh
Hijacker dead unlikely after AA jet hijack
Pilot of an American Airlines Boeing 727 said he believes the hijacker who jumped with 502000 dollars in ransom is dead. FBI added the pilot to the search near a wooded area to retrace the flight path and his speed indicator claim.
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Peru
Ind
UPI
American Airlines
FBI
Leroy Berkebile
Berkebile
California voters to decide death penalty restoration
Californians will vote in November on restoring the death penalty after the State Supreme Court ruled capital punishment unconstitutional. Backed by Governor Reagan and the attorney general, the ballot measure seeks to amend the constitution to permit executions for specific crimes. The U S Supreme Court has not overturned the ruling, while opponents press the challenge. A separate note mentions a five year old missing the Flower Festival Parade due to chicken pox.
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Sacramento
UPS
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
High Court
California Democratic Council
Democrats Propose 1972 Platform Buses and Draft Amnesty
The Democratic Platform Committee unveiled a 1972 campaign platform calling for immediate U.S. withdrawal from Southeast Asia, postwar amnesty for draft dodgers and deserters, and abolition of the draft. It also endorsed limited school busing and taxpayer financing of most campaign costs. A split 7 to 7 on the defense plank reflected rival McGovern and Wallace Jackson factions.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Southeast Asia
Democratic Platform Committee
Kenneth Gibson
George
McGovern
D S.D
Peinrete
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Platform Committee
Wallace
Subcommittee
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Shultz
Cub Pack 103
Festival Parade
Valley of Champions
al Autry
Ryan Park
Seventh Street
Ryon
South U Street
Miami
N. Vietnam Steel Mill
Margaret Ann Peterson
Committee
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