21 Sep 1973
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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1973
Page
1
Washington report shows August food prices rising 7.4 percent with seasonally adjusted 7.7 percent, the fastest month in four decades. Overall consumer prices jumped 1.8 percent unadjusted, the biggest monthly gain since 1947, signaling a 10 percent annual rate over six months.
Washington UPI tensions end as White House lawyers and Archibald Cox fail to settle the Watergate tapes dispute after talks on Monday Tuesday and Thursday. Appeals court to rule with Supreme Court likely to review. Cox seeks grand jury access to nine tape conversations Nixon held with aides on the bugging scandal.
Prosecutor Archibald Cox asks the court to keep five men who pled guilty in the Democratic headquarters bugging case from changing to an innocent plea, demanding they prove that high government officials coerced them. The rest of the text notes coastal fog, temperatures, and tidal data through Monday.
President Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew held a private hour long meeting in the Executive Building amid ongoing Maryland political corruption investigations. White House aides offered no details and said there would be no discussion or report of the talks.
The Cost of Living Council told Congress that retail gas dealers could raise prices by October 1 as it plans a future ceiling adjustment. Dunlop cited an uncertain amount but said a decision would come within a week. Dealers from 40 states planned a Chicago war council to protest Phase IV controls despite the news.
State Lands Commission hears renewed appeals from oil groups to end the 1969 ban amid safety concerns. Lawmakers and conservationists push to keep the moratorium until proven spill control methods are in place. Industry notes potential losses while advocates tout containment barriers under test.
Johns-Manville Products Corp of Lompoc petitions the County Air Pollution Control District for a variance to continue six diatomaceous earth units while awaiting testing of new equipment. An appeal hearing is set for Oct. 4 at 9:30 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors room with Santa Barbara attorney Osborne Brazelton leading the district’s appeal board.
Superior Court Judge Irving H. Perluss rules Reagan administration must reimburse Medi Cal recipients for costs incurred under reduced benefits. Official estimates up to 50,000 people affected with state cost around 30 million dollars. The Alameda County Legal Aid Society suit says eligibility tightening exceeded federal minimums, requiring reimbursement. The ruling echoes a 1971 decision later upheld by the Third District Court of Appeal.
The Senate approved Henry A. Kissinger as secretary of state by a 78 to 7 vote. Kissinger, Nixon’s top foreign policy adviser, earned broad praise for his leadership while some lawmakers questioned detente and human impacts of policy amid ongoing Vietnam debates.
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