Germans eat fewer potatoes as per capita consumption falls
The Agriculture Department reports Germans remain Western Europe’s traditional potato eaters but have cut per person intake from 374 pounds twenty years ago to about 207 pounds in 1973. Americans average 122 pounds per person last year, up from 108 in 1960, yet still far behind Germany.
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Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Prussia
Frederick II
Western
Europe
USDA
Liddy Says Nixon Not Harsh Enough Over Watergate
Convicted Watergate burglar G Gordon Liddy criticizes Richard Nixon claiming the former president did not act ruthlessly enough in handling the scandal.
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Washington
G. Gordon Liddy
Richard M. Nixon
China faces first major budget deficit in 1974
China ends 1974 with an estimated 735 million dollar deficit as imports of American goods surge to 1.5 billion while exports to the United States reach 65 million. City Bank economists foresee a quick gap closing on rising oil exports from offshore Pohai Gulf wells.
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New York
First National City Bank
China
United States
City Bank
Saudi Arabia
Pohai Gulf
Korea
Liddy Attacks Dean and Magruder in Watergate Interview
In a televised talk Liddy calls John W Dean III a stool pigeon and Jeb Magruder an accomplished liar. He compares Dean to Judas Iscariot and says he would prefer an honest bank robber as a cellmate if returned to prison.
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White House
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Jeb Stuart Magruder
Judas Iscariot
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Magruder
Watergate
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Sirica
Mike Wallace
CBS 60 Minutes
Wallace
Nixon
Freighter Hits Tasman Bridge. Toll Feared in Hobart
A British ore freighter rammed the Tasman Bridge in Hobart Tasmania causing a 240 foot span collapse. At least 10 people are feared dead with five bodies recovered and two to three cars believed to plunge into the Derwent River. The Lake llawarra stayed afloat briefly. 35 crewmen survived. The disaster follows Melbourne’s 1970 bridge collapse as the second worst in Australian history.
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Hobart
Tasmania
Tasman
Derwent
Manley
Sharon
Westgate
Melbourne
Mailed threats target Amish community in LaGrange
Arthur Hayner 42 of LaGrange was arrested on a preliminary charge of attempting to extort up to 1 million dollars from the local Amish community. Investigators say six leaders received hand delivered letters demanding cash and directing payments to a LaGrange phone booth, with a later call for follow up.
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Arthur Hayner
LaGrange
Sidney Fish
Fish
Possible
Hayner
Democrats seize control as Rhodes prepares oath in Ohio
Ohio Democrats, who last ruled both chambers in 1959, move to push partisan measures including redistricting. Gov elect Rhodes to take oath in a week while Lt. Gov. Brown faces pressure to sign bills before Celeste succeeds. Republicans plan to block with court actions and procedural challenges.
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Ohio Senate
House
James A. Rhodes
John W. Brown
Brown
Rhodes
Richard Celeste
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
New
Boston
Senate
Shifting cigarette tastes could boost U S leaf tobacco sales
An Agriculture Department expert notes Russian smokers shifting from hollow-tube papirosy to fully packed Western style cigarettes may raise demand for U S leaf. Soviet imports rose to 280 million pounds in 1964 and 203 million in 1973, with potential tied to most favored nation terms and ongoing trade talks.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Agriculture Department
Russia
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Bacco
Kiger
United
Middletown Area Weather Outlook and Snow Report
Partly cloudy tonight with a low in the low 30s expected for the Middletown area. Light snow fell in western Butler County this morning. Sunday’s high reached 43 with a 27 degree overnight low. Saturday rain totaled 0.6 inch. Warmer conditions are forecast for Tuesday in the upper 40s to low 50s with a chance of rain.
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Middletown
Butler County
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