12 Apr 1973
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1973
Page
1
USDA data compare protein content to cost showing dry beans give 20 grams of protein for about 6 cents while porterhouse steak provides the same protein for 66 cents and lamb chops for 67 cents per 20 grams. It also notes whole chicken and hamburger as best meat bargains.
A $5,000 option check to buy Union Terminal rotunda was rejected after the deadline passed. STC officials say Alfred Moore met resistance as Southern Railway president Claytor said terminal manager Gray had no authority to accept the offer. The rotunda price remains $1 million as railroads own the terminal. STC plans a new fund drive if agreement is reached.
The Viet Cong said an ICCS investigation team found the crash helicopters strayed from their prearranged path. Maj. Gen. Duncan McAlpine said one helicopter was shot down by a heat seeking missile over Quang Tri. All nine aboard died. a second ICCS helicopter survived ground fire.
The two Thai captives are the last known Indochina war POWs. Chai Chamn Harnavee praised by ex POWs as a key communications link in Hanoi Hilton, while Napodam Wang Chom was captured in Laos in 1972. Officials lack clarity on why Hanoi still holds them.
An outbreak of three smallpox cases in London, traced to a laboratory accident, is being monitored by the Center for Disease Control according to a spokesman.
A federal judge blocked the Nixon administration from terminating OEO programs and phasing out the agency. Judge William B. Jones ruled the administration cannot unilaterally end programs funded by Congress, in suits by a government workers union local and a Missouri redevelopment group. In Chicago a different judge allowed the actions to proceed, saying continued funding is possible unless Congress acts.
President Nixon asked Congress to set minimum unemployment insurance standards so workers receive at least half their average weekly wage. He proposed extending coverage to about 635,000 agricultural workers with safeguards for migrant aid and sought a change to preserve the neutrality of the system during labor disputes.
Partly cloudy tonight with low in the low 30s and a sunny day tomorrow in the mid 40s. Yesterday reached 43 degrees with an overnight low of 32 and 2 inches of snow recorded. Weather details are on page 26.
A comic line describes a man who says his marriage began as a partnership but has become a wholly owned subsidiary. The quip reflects strain in domestic life with a business metaphor.
Pablo Picasso’s family donates a private collection of works by Matisse Modigliani Dufy Braque Rousseau and others to the French nation. The pieces will hang together at the Louvre and were kept private while Picasso’s fortune faces inheritance taxes.
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