Senate approves farm bill with 20000 per farmer subsidy cap
Senate passage of a farm bill opposes Nixon aims and ties a 20000 per farm annual subsidy ceiling to the legislation. The 78 to 9 vote followed four days of debate and sent the measure to the House where Poage and Sisk criticized the cap as unfair to farmers. The proposal would replace a 55000 limit per crop with the new ceiling, with supporters arguing it saves up to 200 million dollars yearly and mostly affects large corporate growers.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
W. R. Poage
Agriculture Committee
Rep. B. F. Sisk
Poage
Texas
Sisk
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
William Proxmire
D-Wis
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Proxmire
Centralia tool aids Skylab rescue and power boost
A $65.50 cable cutter made in Centralia and modified for space use helped free a jammed Skylab solar panel. Astronauts Joseph Kerwin and Charles Conrad Jr. used the tool to cut a bolt securing an aluminum strap, restoring power of up to 3,000 watts. The device, built by A B Chance Co, was adapted with an insulating pole and pulley for remote operation. The repair allowed continued experiments and power for the 28 day mission.
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Centralia
Cliff Bosch
A.B. Chance Co
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Huntsville
Ala
Joseph Kerwin
Charles Conrad Jr
Skylab
The
Ledger
Bosch
Space Agency
Centralia Based
Electrical Products Company
Chance Co
Space Center
Houston
Joseph P. Kerwin
Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Washington
Brazil
Cascade Mountains
Nebraska
Missouri
Ohio
Mississippi
Kentucky
Alabama
Georgia
Puerto Rico
Conrad
Orbiting Lab
Mission Control
Perjury Moves Against McCord Shocks Watergate Probe
In Washington, Bernard Fensterwald urged a new trial for James W. McCord Jr. claiming perjury by a government witness and suppressed evidence. The filing seeks overturn or a new trial as broader Watergate testimony unfolds with Ehrlichman Colson and others testifying in Los Angeles and magistrates weighing live broadcast bans.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Bernard Fensterwald
James W. McCord Jr
U.S. District Court
Fensterwald
McCord
Lowell P. Weicker
G. Gordon Liddy
Senate
Connecticut
Herbert L. Porter
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Porter
Magruder
White House
Gerald Alch
Los Angeles
Nixon
John D. Ehrlichman
Charles W. Colson
Ellsberg
Ehrlichman
Smile- Young pitcher earns praise with three strikes
A Hartford Wisconsin Times-Press item recalls a youngster who, after three swings and misses, proclaims himself a great pitcher. The anecdote highlights the charm of baseball season and a playful moment of childhood imagination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Wis
Times-Press
Missouri approves record 2 billion budget for next fiscal year
Missouri lawmakers finish action on four appropriations bills totaling about 2 billion dollars for 1972 73 with funds for higher education mental health corrections health and welfare and capital improvements. The University of Missouri campuses receive 106.3 million while the Ellis Fischer Cancer Hospital wing at Columbia gets 7.6 million in capital. Governor Bond had sought 1.9 billion.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Department of Corrections
Christopher
Bond
University of Missouri
House
Senate
Ellis Fischer
Columbia
Lincoln University
Missouri Southern
Missouri Western
Central Missouri State
Northeast Missouri
Northwest Missouri
Southeast Missouri
Southwest Missouri
Moberlys
Tipton
Algoa Reformatory
Boonville
Corrections
Poplar Bluff
Poplar Bluff—$870,000, $934,000, $892,000, $741,519. Training School For
Chillicothe
Missouri Institute of Psychiatry
St. Louis State Hospital
Hope To Sign With Hanoi This Weekend
Paris AP reports with U S officials saying a document to strengthen the Vietnam cease-fire is near completion though no Cambodia end to fighting is included. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho to meet to resolve last minute issues. The plan may be a communique signed by North and South Vietnam Viet Cong and the United States.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Cambodia
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
South Vietnam
North
Thieu
Things Ain't What They Used To Be Audrain County History Night
The Audrain County Historical Society hosts a 6 pm Monday program on Channel 12 See-Tv titled Things Ain't What They Used To Be. Panelists include Worth Allen recalling ten seats to view the first homemade airplane in Mexico, Mrs. Burr Crawford describing Cottonwood Springs picnics and a popcorn vendor, George Sullivan on early brick plant methods, and Mrs. Philip Melahn daughter of J. D. Pratt the farrier who shod Rex McDonald and other horses. Gara Guthrie museum aide models a two piece black lateen bathing suit with cap from by gone times. Mrs. Melahn and Mrs. Crawford will wear costumes. The program replays at 12 noon Tuesday.
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Audrain County Historical Society
Channel 12
See-Tv
Worth Allen
Mexico
Burr Crawford
Cottonwood Springs
George Sullivan
Philip Melahn
J. D. Pratt
Rex McDonald
Gara Guthrie
Fed boosts discount rate to 6.5 percent highest since 1921
The Federal Reserve Board raised the discount rate to 6.5 percent, the highest since 1921, arguing the move curbs business borrowing and inflation by restraining money and bank credit growth. The half-point rise aims to slow short term borrowing and keep federal funds on hand.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve
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John W. Dean III
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H. R. Haldeman
John J. Sirica
Archibald Cox
Samuel Cash
Cox
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Atty
Richard G. Klein
Management Research Service
Capitol Hill
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
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Congress
Department of Revenue
Ozark Regional Commission
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