Worse Before Better Price Patience Asked of Public
Washington reports rising food and fuel costs, while the Nixon administration urges patience and defends its policies. Officials warn the consumer will face tougher months ahead, but Treasury Secretary Shultz says retail food prices should end the year no higher than at the start. Nixon’s State of the Union address reiterates the stance.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Congress
Fire closes Liberal Market for 24 hours
A fire yesterday afternoon shut Liberal Market at Girard Avenue and Verity Parkway, causing about 24 hours of closure and estimated $5,000 in building damage. Local responders contained the blaze with no injuries reported.
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Girard Avenue
Verity Parkway
Middletown
Robert Curtis
Curtis
Dale Bushong
Dayton
Microwave Heated Debate Drowns Out Other News
A New York eye doctor testified before a Senate committee that safe exposure standards for microwave ovens cannot be set, while AHAM argued proper use keeps them safe. Consumers Union warned 15 models leaked radiation, FDA said dangers were exaggerated, and related store fire and price control items followed in a packed briefing of health, safety, and economic news.
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Washington
New York
Senate
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
AHAM
Milton M. Zaret
Bureau of Radiological
Zaret
Senate Commerce Committee
Consumers’ Union
Food and Drug Administration
Oil prices push up consumer costs in February index
Today Inside reports the February Wholesale Price Index shows petroleum and other fuels as a leading driver of higher food prices. The data highlights energy costs as a major factor in the latest inflation readings.
Senate backs one year extension for wage price controls
A Senate Banking Committee bill would extend President Nixon’s authority to regulate wages and prices for one year and require quarterly reports on actions. The panel defeated amendments for tougher Phase 3 rent controls and a return to Phase 2. Senators Proxmire and Williams vowed a floor fight later.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Reunion Brings POW Father Home to 5-Year-Old Son
In Colorado a bright red rose greets 5-year-old Roy E. Ziegler III as Army CWO Roy E. Ziegler II returns from captivity in the Philippines. The father, unaware his wife had died years earlier, reunites with his son at Buckley Air National Guard base before medical and debriefings at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. The boy, cared for by his aunt in Springfield, Illinois, shares a joyful embrace and a single flower on arrival.
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Aurora, Colo
Roy
E. Ziegler III
Army
CWO
Roy E. Ziegler II
Ziegler
Young Roy
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Buckley Air National Guard Airfield
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
Dorothy DeCardy
Springfield
Ill
Ten IRA bombers in Scotland Yard probe in London blasts
IRA figures in Belfast say ten Irish men and women being questioned at Scotland Yard were part of the squad that planted explosives in London. Three devices exploded near Old Bailey and Whitehall, killing one man and wounding 243 as several other booby trapped cars were found and the blast zone evacuated.
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London
Irish Republican Army
Belfast
Scotland Yard
Ireland
Heathrow
Weather outlook with rain in the region tonight
A rain front is forecast for tonight and tomorrow with temperatures dipping to the low 40s tonight and reaching the low 50s on Saturday. Yesterday Middletown recorded a high of 68 and an overnight low of 43. State and national weather map details appear on page 17.
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Middletown
Cease fire at Wounded Knee amid gun battle
Indians at Wounded Knee say they will not let a shooting threaten a peaceful settlement with federal lawmen. Dennis Banks of AIM urges restraint and continued negotiations despite the violence injuring two.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Dennis Banks
Woon Knee
Banks
American Indian Movement
AIM
Prisoner release sought in Vietnam war moves
SAIGON AP The United States pressed for the release of about 140 additional American prisoners of war by next Tuesday Brig Gen John A Wickham Jr said nearly 74 percent of U S and allied forces have been withdrawn since the cease fire on January 28 The cease fire calls for prisoner releases at the same rate as troop withdrawals and the pace is being pursued under the Vietnam American Joint Military Commission
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Saigon
United States
Vietnam
U.S
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