Nixon Farm Plan Aims to Boost Exports and Incomes
President Nixon returns to Washington with a $400 million program to aid farmers through loans and expanded credit. The plan targets export growth to $10 billion annually, plus expanded farm credit, soil conservation funding, and new water and sewer insured loan programs. The initiative seeks to lower inflation impact on farmers and raise farm parity, noting prior export gains and current commodity price prospects.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Washington
Iowa
Foreign Agricultural Service
Congress
Farmers Home Administration
Agriculture Department
Walter Annenberg
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Robert H. Abpianalo
Bronxville
C.G
Bebe”? Rebozo
Key Biscayne
Fla
Reader's Digest
Hobart Lewis
Ronald L. Ziegler
San Clemente, Calif
Fusileers Pursue 12th State Drill Title at Missouri Prep Meet
Missouri Military Academy's Fusileers, led by Major Kenneth Mortenson, seek their 12th state drill title in 14 years at the University of Missouri in Columbia on May 8. They will face Kemper and Wentworth Military Academy teams while reviewing results from winter national events and the Governor’s Trophy standings.
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Missouri Military Academy
Fusileers
University of Missouri
Columbia
MMA
Kemper Military School
Wentworth Military Academy
Kenneth Mortenson
University of Ilinois
Fusiliers
Mortenson
University of Dayton
Pershing Rifles
Purdue
Dayton
Murphy State
Murry State
Charles Stribling III
Academy
Antiwar protests clash with troops on four bridges
AP reports federal troops and Washington police use minimum force as antiwar demonstrators employ guerilla tactics on Virginia bridge approaches to the capital. Dispatches note military restraint. other wires cover Vietnam, Cambodia, Jordan, and Nixon farm aid plans amid ongoing international and domestic tensions.
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Washington
Virginia
Pickpockets Win $6,000 At Derby
Police report pickpockets collected nearly $6,000 from bettors at Churchill Downs during the Kentucky Derby. The incident occurred Saturday as crowds gathered for the race in Louisville Kentucky.
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Derby
Louisville, Ky
Lucky Bettors
Louisville
Churchill Downs
More Stage Area For 71 Pageantry
The 1971 Miss Missouri Pageant will have one third more stage room and runway. Over 2,200 seats will be available each night for more than 5,000 spectators at Missouri Military Fieldhouse in Mexico, which hosts the pageant July 22 23 and 24 sponsored by the Mexico Jaycees. Season tickets start at $6 with patron tickets at $25 offering reserved seats and extra activities. tickets contact Robert Kirgan at 926 Ringo St.
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Jim Stowe
Stowe
Missouri Military Fieldhouse
Mexico
Mexico Jaycees
Robert Kirgan
Ringo St
Rebel Raids Beaten Off In Ceylon
COLOMBO AP troops and police repelled raids by Ceylonese youths amid a four day amnesty. 998 insurgents surrendered in two days as leaders press for more surrenders. 2,500 hardcore rebels and 3,000 supporters estimated in Kegalle area.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Kegalle
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Bandaranaike
War Pushes Pakistan Near Ruin
Pakistan teeters toward financial ruin as East Pakistan resistance persists after Awami League rout. West Pakistan faces renewed debate over ending military rule while violence flares in Dhaka and surrounding Bengali-Urdu communities. General Yahya Khan aims to transfer power to civilians but struggles to unite East and West Pakistan.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Awami League
West Pakistan
Sylhet
Mymensingh
Panhandle
Chittagong
Bay of Bengal
Dacca
Mohammedpur
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Yahya Khan
Awami
Fazlul Haq
Mahalia Jackson Keeps India Audience For Encore
In New Delhi Indira Gandhi postponed a meeting and stayed through the end as gospel singer Mahalia Jackson extended a 90 minute concert to nearly three hours. An assistant said the audience of about 1000 refused to leave and Jackson returned for an encore. Mrs Gandhi, with U S Ambassador Kenneth B Keating, had left after the scheduled end.
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New Delhi
Indira Ghandi
Mahalia Jackson
Miss Jackson
Ghandi
U.S
Kenneth B. Keating
Mrs. Gandhi
Construction to Start at Crossroads West Shopping Center
Raul Walters, a real estate agent, says construction of Crossroads West Shopping Center will begin within a month at Broadway and Stadium Boulevard. The project will feature a supermarket a drug store and a service station.
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Columbia
Crossroads West
Raul Walters
Broadway
Stadium Boulevard
Too Much Too Soon For Hero Turned Robber
Detroit story of Dwight H. Johnson, first Black Medal of Honor recipient for heroism in Vietnam, who died after an armed robbery attempt in Michigan. Family claims financial stress and sudden fame contributed to his downfall. details note his Medal of Honor award in 1968 and subsequent posthumous headlines.
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Detroit
Michigan
Dwight H. Johnson
Leroy May
Katrina Lyn
Sgt. Johnson
Bollce
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
May
Katrina
Dwight
Dwight Christopher
Charles van Dendeghem
van Dendeghem
Vietnam
Army
Dak
Clyde Wright
Valley Forge
Brookings study foresees rising costs offsetting Vietnam windfall
A Brookings Institution budget study concludes that expanding federal program costs will absorb all revenue from Vietnam troop withdrawals and growth through 1975, with a 1976 peace dividend of about 17 billion dollars far below Nixon's 20 billion forecast. It notes highway trust fund surpluses and failure to meet housing goals among key findings.
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Washington
Vietnam
Brookings Institution
Nixon
Social Security Trust Fund
Congress
Charles L. Schultze
Highway Trust Fund
Brookings
Ecology Day balloon stunt ends with litter in Bountiful
Bountiful High students aimed to drop 350 multicolored balloons with antipollution slogans onto school grounds. A misjudged wind caused the balloons to fall into a nearby subdivision. Students later searched the neighborhood and retrieved most of the balloons.
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Bountiful
Utah
Bountiful High School
Young Adult Review Board Meets at Mexico Library
The Young Adult Review Board of the Mexico-Audrain County Library met May 1 at the Mexico Library in its last meeting until fall. Members reviewed achievements and planned future work. Graduating seniors suggested replacement names. Two films were shown, Search for Happiness and Know Your Library. Attendees included Susan Brinkman, Debbie Hooke, Jean Becker, Janie Middleton, Ramona Maxwell, Nellie Kidd, Martha Hawthorne, Robert Hill, David Isgrig, Steve Wieberg, Robert Boyes, and Mrs C T Lierheimer, Review Hoard Director.
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Mexico-Audrain County
Mexico Library
Susan Brinkman
Debbie Hooke
Jean Becker
Janie Middleton
Ramona Maxwell
Nellie Kidd
Martha Hawthorne
Robert Hill
David Isgrig
Steve
600 Scouts Attend District Scout-o Rama
More than 600 Cub Scouts Boy Scouts and Explorers attended the 1971 Little Dixie District Scout-o rama at the Mexico Fairgrounds from 2 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Leaders include Charles H. Shaffer the district scout executive. Awards and ribbons were handed out with packs and troops from multiple counties earning various colors.
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Little Dixie
Orama
Mexico Fairgrounds
Charles H. Shaffer
Audrain
Callaway
Montgomery
Bob Brandkamp Sr
Montgomery City
Art Allen
Mexico
Farber
Scotts Corner
New Bloomfield
Auxvasse
Fulton
Centralia
Vandalia
Middletown
Laddonia
Wellsville
Richard Coil
Walter Staley Jr
Ken Wyatt
Charlie Bill Crow
Donald Suggett
Ruth Ann Barker
Benton City
den Mother
Gerald Kietchley
Lee Goran
John Schultz
Bob Baysinger
Robert Love
Francis Stroker
Jack Harper
Walter Sewell
John Stutsman
Gene Stephens
Ronald Kamper
Harold Adams
Bobbie Joe Force
Bob Besalke
David West
Kenneth Eastin
Martinsburg
Paul Hoer
Waye Chandler
Robert Wagner
Harold Case
Billie Bellinger
Walter Hodgson
John Couch
Sturgeon
David Fisher
Nazis On Trial For Babi Yar Massacre
In Regensburg Germany three Nazi officers face trial for the 1941 Babi Yar massacre in the Ukraine. Maj. Martin Besser 79 Maj. Engelbert Kreuzer 57 Sgt. Fritz Forberg 65. Their regiment commander Rene Rosenbauer 82 is unfit to stand trial. They are charged with organizing executions near Kiev and personally killing victims. The trial is expected to last three months.
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Regensburg
Germany
Babi Yar
Ukraine
Martin Besser
45Th
Engelbert Kreuzer
Fritz Forberg
Rene Rosenbauer
Kreuzer
Kiev
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Hungate Speaks At Demo Rally In Columbia
Congressman William L. Hungate headlined the Boone County Democratic rally at the Daniel Boone Hotel in Columbia with an overflow crowd. Special guests included Ed Dowd Bill Morris Joe Teasdale Jack Schramm James Godfrey James Spain and local officials led by Dr Arthur Fulbright and M D Murphy. State Senator A Basey Vanlandingham gave the welcome.
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Columbia
William L. Hungate
Boone County
Daniel Boone Hotel
Boone County Men’s Democratic Club
Ed Dowd
Bill Morris
Joe Teasdale
Jack Schramm
James Godfrey
James Spain
Arthur Fulbright
Wilkes Boulevard United
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