Wheat sales to Soviets set for 3 million tons total
Washington reports United States plans to sell about 3 million tons of hard winter wheat to the Soviet Union with Cook Industries and Janet Cargill through deals valued at roughly 475 million dollars. Officials say such sales should cause little inflation in U.S. food prices while a record harvest boosts stocks.
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Cook Industries Linc
Memphis
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Cargill
Richard B. Bell
Tradex
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Switzerland
U.S
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New York City
Clarence D. Paimby
Continental
Russia
Canada
Agriculture Department
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Earl L. Butz
Kansas Farmers Question If Russians Buy More Wheat
Kansas wheat farmers welcome Russia paying for two million metric tons but wonder if this marks a start or a one off. With a 1975 crop held to lift prices, analysts say prices may have bottomed but big gains are unlikely. Farmers plan to wait and see how exports develop while seeking modest profits.
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Kan
Russia
Kansas
Tom Ostrander
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Great Plains
Rex Cozad
Kansas Wheat Commission
Cozad
Ostrander
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Cornfeld Plans Surrender After Fraud Indictment
Bernie Cornfeld, Los Angeles based financier, will surrender to federal officials after a grand jury indicted him on three counts of fraud. The case cites use of a blue box to place about 343 overseas calls from his Beverly Hills mansion, costing roughly $4,000 over four months. His lawyer says the move is not an attempt to evade extradition. Ocean-based IOS empire once valued at billions, later seized amid collapse.
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Playboy
Bernie Cornfeld
London
Cornfeld
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Bruce Perlman
Fingland
Investors Overseas Services
IOS
LOS
Pid
Ebert Yeh
Crown Prince Akihito Unhurt By Gas Bombs
A Molotov cocktail exploded at the feet of Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko in Naha Okinawa but caused no injuries to the royal couple. A guard was slightly injured as security teams doused the flames. The incident marked the first imperial family visit to Okinawa since World War II amidst demonstrations by radical student groups.
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Okinawa
Akihito
Michiko
Japan
Black couple adopts Vietnamese orphan amid finances and bias
Ed and Sylvia Tucker, a Black Miami couple, adopted Kahseim, a Vietnamese child, after watching news of Southeast Asia. They faced cost concerns and social doubts, but waived fees in some cases. Kahseim, named for a wise person, adjusts to a new language, foods, and family, after early health issues.
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Sylvia Tucker
Southeast Asia
Catholic Service Bureau
Elizabeth Manning
Tuckers
Tifphanie
Tucker
Kahseim
$150 000 Vanishes On Truck In Chicago Suburb
The FBI said $150000 mostly in twenty dollar bills disappeared Friday while being shipped by Continental Illinois Bank to South Suburban Federal Savings and Loan in Harvey. Purolator drivers passed lie detector tests. more employees will be tested. This comes months after a $4.3 million October theft at Purolator Chicago building, with $1.45 million recovered.
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Purolator Security, Inc
U.S
South Suburban
Federal Savings and Loan Association
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FBI
Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co
Savings and Loan
Hearings Soon On Electronic Banking
Jefferson City AP reports joint hearings by the House and Senate banking committees next month to examine the impact of electronic funds transfer services on the state banking industry. Senate Banking Chairman Albert Spradling of Cape Girardeau and House counterpart Red Copeland of New Madrid said the joint panel will also review.
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Senate Banking Committees
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Cape Girardeau
Red Copeland
New Madrid
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