Sugar prices rise in Ohio as housewives feel squeeze
An Associated Press survey across 12 Ohio cities shows sugar prices up to 42 percent higher possible, with five pounds of cane sugar averaging 94 cents and some stores selling near or above a dollar. Eggs and butter moved lower, while other staples such as pork chops and ground chuck showed modest changes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Akron
Athens
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Conneaut
Dayton
Massillon
van Wert
Youngstown
Coshocton
Zanesville
Shootout Ends Kidnapping in Milwaukee
FBI agents and Milwaukee police killed Jacob P. Cohen after a dramatic two stage confrontation that left three officers wounded. A 14 year old hostage Daniel Brady escaped unharmed as Cohen dragged him inside a home and held two other children. The boy was later reported safe and in satisfactory condition.
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Milwaukee
Wis
FBI
Chicago
Jacob P. Cohen
Daniel Brady
Herbert Hoxie
Stowell Avenue
Cohen
Richard Carr
Bradford Street
Robert Brady
Brady
Hoxie
Daniel
Food prices seen rising up to four percent in February
Government data indicate retail food prices climbed as much as four percent from January to February, the sharpest monthly rise since August. The Feb 15 food-tobacco index shows a 24 percent year over year increase, while farm product costs rose 1.5 percent in the same period.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Laborites Lead in Britain Election But Likely No Majority
Harold Wilson’s Labor Party held a sizeable lead as 442 of 635 Commons seats reported. Projections from BBC and ITV placed Labor around 307 seats, short of a majority, while Conservatives hovered around 177 with Lib-Lab other totals small. A Conservative resurgence looked unlikely to prevent a minority Labour government.
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London
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Wilson
Liberals
Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
Commons
Labor Party
Conservatives
Laborites
British Broadcasting Corp
ITV
Television Network
Labor
BBC
Heath
No. 10
Downing St
White House aides indicted in Watergate case
A federal grand jury indicted H R Haldeman John Ehrlichman and six others including John Mitchell Charles Colson Robert Marchan Gordon Strachan and Kenneth Parkinson on charges to obstruct the Watergate inquiry. The panel also handed a sealed report and two black suitcases with evidence to Judge Sirica. Arraignments set for March 9.
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Washington
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Atty
John N. Mitchell
White House
Charles W. Colson
Asst. Atty
Robert C
Grand Jury
Haldeman
Mitchell
FBI
Colson, Marchan and Parkinson
Strachan
Sirica
New York
Nixon
Marathon Oil raises gasoline price at the pump
Marathon Oil Co boosted its pump price by 10 cents a gallon to 55.9 cents for regular and 65.4 cents for high test as foreign crude costs rise. A spokesman said overall per gallon margins in United States refining and marketing would stay unchanged.
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Marathon
U.S
Michael D. Russo
Oil firms told to resume sale of turnpike truck fuel
The Ohio Turnpike Commission ordered four oil companies at turnpike plazas to resume selling truck fuel from 9 p.m. Saturday to midnight Sunday. Chairman James Shocknessy said the industry had not shown an actual shortage and aligned with President Nixon that the energy crisis no longer exists.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Turnpike Plazas
Commission
James Shocknessy
Shocknessy
Nixon
Ban on spray adhesives lifted by government
The seven month ban on 13 aerosol spray adhesive brands is lifted as no new evidence shows birth defects or genetic damage. The CPSC says 3 M Co. of St Paul and Borden Co. of Columbus may resume production and supply to industry and hobbyists who used over a million cans yearly.
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Washington
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Columbus
Ohio
Sohio Raises Heating Oil Price 2.6 Cents Per Gallon
Standard Oil of Ohio increases home heating oil by 2.6 cents to 33.4 cents per gallon while denying any gasoline price rise. The move follows federal approvals to pass through crude oil cost hikes and took effect today.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Sohio
Kissinger Reviews Israeli Golan Peace Plan Steps
Kissinger bases Israel Syria talks on disengagement idea from Sinai. A UN buffer force would patrol 300 square miles of Golan terrain with fronts thinned, 30 tanks per side. Israel to hand back October gains but not the 1967 Golan Heights or the 15 settlements on that land. Assad is to be briefed in Damascus.
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Tel Aviv
Henry A. Kissinger
Golan Heights
Sinai
United Nations
Biblical
Mt. Hermon
Kissinger
Cairo
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Syria
Middletown Weather Forecast: Showers Possible Tonight
The Middletown area may see showers tonight and Saturday with temperatures tonight in the 30s and highs tomorrow in the 50s. Yesterday's high was 56 and overnight low 30. The extended outlook shows showers Sunday then clear skies Monday and Tuesday with highs in the mid 40s and lows in the 30s.
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Middletown
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