Wholesale Price Jump Signals Inflation Pressure
The Nixon administration weighs tough measures as wholesale prices rose seven tenths of a percent in January, the largest monthly gain in a year, signaling potential consumer price trends. Banks and savings vehicles push higher savings rates, while reform talk shifts toward possible direct government action. The government cuts FHA and VA mortgage rates to 7 percent to stabilize housing, amid GDP doubts and debt-limit debates.Industry profits slump. 1970 GNP dip prompts differing forecasts, with Treasury and Commerce offering divergent outlooks.
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Washington
Savings and Loan
Preston Martin
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Nixon
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Secretary of Treasury
John B. Connally
House
Ways and Means Committee
Connally
Treasury
Capitol Hill
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Senate House Economic Committee
Stans
First National City Bank of New York
Federal Reserve Board
Girls To Compete In Boys' Sports
New York AP reports the Board of Education approved allowing girls to compete with boys in noncontact high school sports such as swimming and tennis. The 3 to 1 vote backed Chancellor Scribner's plan despite opposition from women teachers and some students seeking more funding for girls programs.
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New York
Board of Education
Harvey B. Scribner
Mary E. Meade
Jamaica High School
Phyllis Graber
PO Is Business Now Official Says
Kansas City AP reports Harold S Wagner St Louis regional director says the post office is now a business enterprise and must break even within five years He notes under the old system the post office went bankrupt each year but taxpayers covered the deficit A plan on Saturday delivery of only preferential mail is being considered by J L Armstrong also a St Louis postal official
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Kansas City
Harold S. Wagner
St. Louis
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Iowa
Nebraska
Wagner
J. L. Armstrong
Nixon signals large air attacks to shield troops in Indochina
Washington reports Nixon warns he is ready to retaliate with massive airpower anywhere in Indochina to protect U S troops. Paris talks saw Viet Cong negotiators suggest such plans threaten Red China and could escalate the war.
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Washington
Nixon
North Vietnam
Indochina
Paris
Red China
Fulton College Junior Takes Lead In Fulton Community Planning
Westminster College junior Tom Morton 23 chairs the Fulton steering committee for community betterment formed under Missouri Division of Commerce and Industrial Development. He leads eight residents, professors and officials in projects from water pollution slides to strip-mining restoration, aiming to attract new citizens and industries and push for laws to fix local problems. Morton plans to teach after 1972 graduation and may pursue politics. he will receive an honorable mention at the National Clean-Up Congress in Washington on February 21.
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Westminster College
mid-Missouri
Tom Morton
Fulton
Missouri Division of Commerce and Industrial Development
Morton
Westminster
Highland Park, N.J. High School
Midwest
William) Parrish
Parrish
History Department
Stinson Creek
Millersburg
Dead Earth
Washington
Man And Wife Take DDT Pills In Publicity Stunt
Robert Loibl a pest control company owner and his wife Louise 44 say they are taking daily 10 milligram DDT pills to prove the pesticide is not harmful to humans. They will continue for one month to three months to convince the public that DDT should never be banned amid federal and California orders to phase it out due to accumulation in body cells.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Robert Loibl
Loibl
Louise
California
Lieutenant Files Charges On Generals
Army Lt. Louis P. Font, a West Point graduate and Vietnam war critic, files formal charges at Ft. Meade against Lt. Gen. Jonathan Q. Seaman and Maj. Gen. Samuel W. Koster for alleged war crimes in Vietnam. He claims harsh actions against civilians and villages in 1966-67 and blames insufficient troop control in 1967-66. Pentagon to route charges for investigation. Font previously lost a bid to be declared a conscientious objector.
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FT. Meade, Md
Army
Louis P. Font
West Point
Southeast Asia
Font
Kansas City
Koster
Americal Division
Pentagon
Continental Army Command
Ft. Monroe
Secretary of Army
Stanley Resor
Baltimore
69th Anniversary Recalls Surprise Wedding Ceremony
In Likeston Missouri AP report, Rev. Jonathan O Ensor and wife recall their 1902 St John Kansas wedding as they marked their 69th anniversary. He describes the noon ceremony when doors opened and guests rose for the couple who entered to surprise everyone. The 90-year-old former Sikeston First United Methodist pastor adds humor about his current work.
Interior Official Russell Resigns. White House Action Unclear
Washington AP report states Fred J. Russell under secretary of the interior submitted his resignation after Morton's January confirmation. The Post says Russell was fired by White House pressure and cites a pro business stance as cause. Rep. Hechler urged Nixon to demand resignation over mine safety appointees.
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Washington (Ap
Fred J. Russell
Interior Department
Russell
California
Ken Hechler
D-W.va
Nixon
Interior
Walter J. Hicks
Morton
Mineral Resources
Department
John B. Rigg
Rigg
Asst
Hollis M. Dole
White House
Call for Higher Aged Pensions Highlighted by Missouri Nursing Home Group
A Tuesday District 6 meeting of the Missouri Nursing Home Association discussed the need for higher aged pensions. William Berry said the legislature must address five years of stagnant living allowances while inflation impacts 15 nursing homes. Attendees noted rising costs in maintenance, staff, and operation, leading many facilities to raise rates. The group cited over 415 licensed facilities in Missouri and many unlicensed homes lacking enforcement to protect the elderly, urging the Division of Health to strengthen laws. Local participants included Virgil and a Mrs. Smith of Tri County Nursing Home Vandalia, Thomas Coldwell and Mrs. Coldwell of Coldwell Nursing Home, and C Darrell Phillips of The Phillips Home.
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Missouri
District 6
Missouri Nursing Home Assn
William Berry
Association
Virgil Smith
Tri-County Nursing Home
Vandalia
Thomas Coldwell
Coldwell Nursing Home
C. Darrell Phillips
Phillips Home
North Callaway School Menu Week of February 22
A-1 North Callaway lists weekly menu items. Monday serves beans and ham with spinach sliced peaches and a cinnamon roll. Tuesday offers meat sandwich green beans apple sauce a light brownie. Wednesday features fish sandwich buttered potatoes lettuce salad and mixed fruit with cake. Thursday presents wiener on bun potatoes green beans and pineapple crisp. Friday includes ground beef patty buttered corn and carrots with apple pie.
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A-1
North Callaway
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