Pressure on Bankers and Packers in Price Talks
Nixon administration presses banks and meat packers to moderate interest and meat prices. Several banks cut or held prime rates after government urging while the Cost of Living Council orders passes through of any cost cuts to consumers. Burns urged a dual prime rate for large firms and small business. The council cites a public need for restrained charges as inflation cools. Herbert Stein notes consumer boycotts helped push meat prices down and forecasts slower price increases by year end.
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Nixon
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Chicago
Continental
Franklin National Bank of New York
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Arthur F. Burns
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John T. Dunlop
Herbert Stein
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Stein
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Arizona
Holbrook
Cambodia
Thailand
Filis
Indochina
William Proxmire
Dwis
1200 Year Term For Wounding Texas Policeman in Dallas
A jury gave James Kenneth Johnson a 1200 year sentence for wounding Texas Sgt Claude Standridge. Johnson was captured after a gun battle near Ardmore Oklahoma days later. He faces bank robbery and escape charges in Oklahoma and a federal prison hospital escape.
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Dallas
James Kenneth Johnson
Claude Standridge
Standridge
Johnson
Texas
Oklahoma
Ardmore
Okla
Governor’s Clemency Office
Findley calls to cut farm subsidy limit to twenty thousand
Congressman Paul Findley who led the drive to cap federal crop subsidy payments says he hopes the farm bill will lower the limit to 20000 annually. He argues the current 55000 cap is too high and notes the shift toward urban-oriented Congress.
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Washington
Paul Findley
Illinois Republican
Findley
Missouri nurses study cancer care at Ellis Fischer session
Miss Susan Wuest of Mexico attended a four day public health nurse study session at Ellis Fischer State Cancer Hospital in Columbia. The Missouri Division of Health sponsors the program to improve cancer understanding and facility use among nurses.
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Susan Wuest
Mexico
Ellis Fischer State Cancer Hospital
Columbia
Missouri Division of Health
Tax On Telephone Bills To Increase In Missouri
Southwestern Bell customers in Missouri will see a small rise in March bills following an IRS ruling. The federal excise tax on telephone service will apply to charges plus Missouri state and city taxes, currently 9 percent and set to fall by 1 percent annually until elimination. Bell official Don L. Smith notes the LR.S. has studied the issue. the impact on average residential bills will be a few cents.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone
Missouri
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Southwestern Bell
Price trends show January 1972 and 1973 costs
Chart compares prices using a 1967 base, noting a $100 rent in 1947 would equate to $117.50 in January 1972 and $121.50 in January 1973. It also shows gas value: $1.00 in 1967 bought $1.067 in January 1972 and $1.107 in January 1973. AP Wirephoto.
Families On Move In Property Transfers
Mr and Mrs Walter Petersen sold their Route D Mexico home to Mr and Mrs M Lewis Stephenson and son Jim who moved from 1200 S Webster St Their property went to Mr and Mrs Richard B Smith of 516 W Boulevard The Petersens moved into a new home across the road The Smiths sold West Boulevard property to Rev and Mrs John Donaldson and their two children Renee and David They moved from Texas to become pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Mexico
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Walter Petersen
Route D
Mexico
M. Lewis Stephenson
Jim
S. Webster St
Richard B. Smith
W. Boulevard
Petersens
Smiths
West Boulevard
John Donaldson
Renee
David
Donaldson
Trinity United Church of Christ
Texas
Woman Meet Nixon at White House After 10 Presidents
Mrs Bruce Bedford of Princeton New Jersey a 90 year old widow who has met ten presidents recounts her White House visit with Richard Nixon who invited her to sit in the presidential chair The veteran meeting spanned memories from Harrison to LB Johnson and included a tour of the Oval Office with light talk about birthdays and family religion She quipped she does not expect to meet an eleventh president and doubts she will live long enough to try
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Richard Nixon
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Nixon
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N.J
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Trenton
Harrison
Adirondacks
Rock Creek Park
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
McKinley
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Lyndon B. Johnson
New Jersey
Dollar Rides Through First Week Of Float
The U S dollar held above its week’s start level in most centers as it floated on foreign exchanges. Only London and Paris showed weakness while Britain’s high interest rates drew dollars in London to buy pounds. In Frankfurt the dollar traded at 2.8285 marks by noon, showing the post accord relief amid a wider shift to flexible currencies.
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London
U.S
Paris
Britain
Europe
Frankfurt
Democratic Party state act adds new names to slate
Democratic National Committee meets to approve 25 at large members with leaders confident of approval. Strauss yields to two black representatives and adds labor leader Beirne plus Floyd Smith, as eight black members join the slate alongside officials like Hatcher and Harris. The 25 new members would bring the committee to 303 members with 234 votes. UMC summer team Columbia announces open all divisions offering about 800 courses from June 11 to August 3.
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Democratic National Committee
Robert 8. Strauss
Joseph Beirne
McGovern-Shriver
Daniel Collins
New York
Progressive” National Committee
Beirne
Floyd Smith
Organized Labor
Strauss
Smith
International Association of Machinists
Gary
Ind
Patricia Roberts Harris
National Committee
UMC
Columbia
University of Missouri-Columbia
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