Outlook Darkens for Stable Food Prices in 1972
Food prices may not stay stable as crops, demand, and farm profits hinge on weather and production. In April 1972 pork, beef, lamb, and poultry production fell year over year, while farm prices rose to 83 percent of parity. Processing and retail costs exceed 55 percent of a food dollar, suggesting limited upside unless supplies rise and farmers gain profits. Jeremiah 29:12 ends the piece.
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Washington’s Loews hotel ribbon cutting and L Enfant legacy
Washington mayor cuts 156 ribbons as Loews L Enfant Plaza opens. The piece profiles architect Maj. Charles L Enfant, his role in designing the capital, battles as a POW, and a posthumous Arlington burial, highlighting his lasting impact on the city’s layout and monuments.
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U.S.A
L’enfant
Paris
Academie Royale de Peinture Et de Sculpture
George Washington
Revolutionary Army
Charleston
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L'Enfant
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Prince Georges County
Maryland
Capitol
Arlington
Lee Mansion
Sunday open house for Butler County Center for Retarded Children
Letter from Mrs James Murphy of Trenton thanks Middletown residents and First National Bank for support of the Butler County Council for Retarded Children. The Fair Acres center on Fair Avenue near the fairgrounds offers day and overnight camps and scouting, with dedication anticipated this Sunday at 2 p.m.
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Hamilton
Butler County
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James Murphy
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Energy crisis and a sunrise approach to saving power
John Chamberlain argues Washington delays on atomic power and coal, while Con Ed uses barges and a save a watt program to avert summer brownouts in 1973. Retailers cut cooling to 75 degrees at Ward stores, with broader consumer actions and energy awareness shaping a hopeful but vigilant national path.
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Montgomery Ward
Edward Donnell
Ward
Washington, D.C
Electric Energy Association
Sen
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Roche Confesses How Pentagon Papers Leak Began
John Roche recounts urging Johnson not to kill the McNamara History project, linking his actions to Ellsberg’s leak. He traces November 1967 Saigon meetings, DoD historian efforts, and Johnson’s suspicions of McNamara, amid assassinations and a transforming Pentagon study.
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Daniel Ellsberg
United States
Lyndon Johnson
McNamara
Pentagon
Ellsberg
Saigon
Humphrey
Nguyen van Thieu
Johnson
Vietnam
Washington
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Secretary of Defense
Paul Nitze
Nitze
Leslie Gelb
Gelb
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White House
Robert McNamara
Clark Clifford
Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
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