Food Cost Uncertain as Weather, Rates Hover
Washington AP reports that food costs are rising more slowly but warn of potential surges if weather worsens. Forecasts predict 2-3 percent first quarter, about 3 percent second quarter, with year 1974 food prices up 14.5 percent from 1973.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Larry V. Summers
Economic Research Service
Summers
Wall Street
Bank of America
First National City Bank
Commerce Department
Association of American Railroads
Association
Outlook Board
US Seeks Break In Oil Cartel
United States aims to break OPEC pricing by striking long term deals with individual producers at prices below the fixed level. Kissinger, arriving in Riyadh, pledges conciliation while seeking concrete proposals for joint development with Arab states and discusses Middle East peace efforts.
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Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
United States
Henry A. Kisinger
Faisal
Kissinger
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Vienna
Algiers
Middle East
Bonn
Petroleum
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Yamani
Charles W. Robinson
U.S
Robinson
Jordan
Aqaba
Hussein
Zaid Rifai
Geneva
West Bank
Egypt
Israel
Cairo
Jerusalem
Sinai Peninsula
Mitla
Gidi
Abu Rudeis
Yigal Allon
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Harold Wilson
Brezhnev
New Mao Move May Bring China Shakeup
Tokyo AP reports Mao Tse-tung issued an important instruction calling for a campaign against bad elements and bourgeois waverers in the party and society. The People’s Daily warned that stronger dictatorship will reveal more devious class enemies and that some state units mimic socialist ownership while escaping Marxist leadership. The move may presage a broad clean‑up potentially affecting stability during China’s new growth period.
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Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
Chinese Communist Party
Peking People's Daily
Mao
People’s Daily
China
Communist Party
Lin Piao
Confucius
Chou Enlai
Red Flag
National People’s Congress
Edelin Jury Back In Session In Abortion Case
A Suffolk Superior Court jury of nine men and three women resumed deliberations in the Kenneth C. Edelin abortion related manslaughter trial. Judge McGuire said a guilty verdict requires the fetus to have been born alive and subsequently killed. Edelin, 36, is accused in the death of a 20 to 24 week fetus aborted at Boston City Hospital on Oct. 3, 1973, a case that sparked national debate on when life begins and physician responsibility.
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Boston
Kenneth C. Edelin
Suffolk Superior Court
James P. McGuire
Boston City Hospital
Delia
McGuire
Edelin
Kiss-A-Thon At 25 Hour At Kingsborough CC
Students at Kingsborough Community College kissed for charity on Valentine's Day in a 10 hour event to raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy. Sponsors paid 25 cents per hour per pair as couples shared lips. Participants wore survival kits of mouth spray lip balm and chewing gum.
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New York
Kingsborough Community College
Mike Goldberg
Terry Desmond
Conservatives Weigh Third Party At 1975 CPAC
Conservative leaders rally at the 1975 CPAC debating tactics for 1976. Some back a third party, others urge working within the GOP. Howard Phillips predicts a 1976 third party while Jesse Helms attacks Rockefeller and top party figures.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Barry Goldwater
William F. Buckley Jr
Mrs. Ella Huckabey Dies At 90 In Mexico
Mrs. Ella M. Huckabey, 90, of Mexico, died Friday at 7 05 p m after an extended illness in Audrain Medical Center. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Sunday at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev. James Jones and Rev. Marvin Jones officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Cemetery. Born Oct 14 1884 she was the daughter of George and Sarah Campbell. She married John A Johnson who died in 1953 and later Daniel Huckabey who died in 1968. She belonged to Long Branch Baptist Church and lived in Moberly 16 years before moving to Mexico five years ago. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Ora Braden of Benton City Mrs Elmer Kotsenburg of Molino and Mrs William Jones of Mexico plus many grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Three sons and three brothers preceded her in death. Visiting hours are 7 9 p m tonight.
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Ella M. Huckabey
Mexico
Audrain Medical Center
Phillips Nursing Home
Arnold Funeral Home
James Jones
Marvin Jones
East Lawn Memorial Cemetery
George
Sarah Pryor Campbell
John A. Johnson
Daniel Pratt Huckabey
Long Branch
Are People Too Picky About Jobs
The Associated Press examines whether Americans refuse low paying work while unemployment stays high. State officials say benefits hinge on accepting a suitable job, with factors like distance and prior pay shaping decisions. Local officials note transportation and location affect acceptance more than wage alone.
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Labor Department
Associated Press
John J. Killeen
New Orleans
Louisiana Division of Employment Security
Killeen
Marcia Donnan
South Dakota
Mnanpower Affairs
Don Main
Indiana
Main
Lionel L. Blakesley
Utah Employment Security Department
Storm Threat Lashes Missouri With Ice Snow
Winter weather grips northern Missouri with ice and snow as warnings stay in effect. Kansas City shows two inches of snow at 7 am while St. Joseph and Kirksville report one inch. Roads ice covered northwest of a line from Harrisonville to Sedalia then northeast toward Columbia and Moberly. Southeast Missouri expected rain as clouds persist.
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Kansas City
Missouri
St. Joseph
Kirksville
Missouri Highway Patrol
Harrisonville
Sedalia
Columbia
Moberly
National Weather Service
Valley Forge re enactment weekend for Washington birthday
A Valley Forge re enactment will recreate Washingtons winter encampment with 30 uniformed men living in Fort Muhlenberg huts from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. Female camp followers will be restricted to outside huts and not allowed to sleep in the huts.
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Valley Forge
George Washington
Pennsylvania
America
Washington
Martha
Fort Muhlenberg
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