Bread prices rise as wheat costs push loaf to 29.5 cents
Washington The Agriculture Department reports a September bread loaf average of 29.5 cents up 4.9 cents from July 1972 with wheat costs accounting for about three cents of the rise. Farm value of wheat in a loaf climbs to 5.6 cents, other ingredients 1.4 cents.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Economic Research Service
Soviet Union
U.S
USDA
Athenian Workers Rounded Up in Detention Camp
Greek authorities detained a group of construction workers and youths in Athens during a security sweep. Police and soldiers moved the detainees to a temporary camp set up inside a city stadium as part of the operation.
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Athens
Spyridon Zoumnatzis
Lon Nol palace bombed in Phnom Penh
Cambodian air force bomber attacked Lon Nol’s palace compound in Phnom Penh dropping four 250 pound bombs. Reports say Lon Nol unharmed, three Cambodians killed and ten wounded. Astride the city, anti government protests and arrests disrupted construction sites and daily work amid heightened security and detentions.
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Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Pech Lim Kuong
Highway 2
Ohio seeks federal review of oil contract bidding irregularities
Ohio Attorney General Bill Brown asks the U S Justice Department to examine alleged market irregularities in oil contract bidding after a survey found most public contracts had a single bidder and prices rose up to 25 percent. Brown cites insufficient evidence for state action and says resources prevent pursuing major oil companies.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bill Brown
U.S. Justice Department
Brown
Washington
Ohio Petroleum Council
David Hyer
Hyer
Middletown Forecast Calls For Cloudy Skies And Lows In 40s
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Middletown tonight with lows in the mid 40s. Tuesday will be cloudy with highs in the mid 50s. Weekend rain totaled .07 inches. The extended outlook shows showers on Wednesday and Thanksgiving with highs in the 50s and overnight lows in the 40s.
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Middletown
Tentative auto contract deal reached between UAW and GM
United Auto Workers and General Motors reportedly reached a tentative contract early today. Tony Zone of Local 1112 said word arrived at 8 15 a m EST less than two hours before expiration. Details were not released. The UAW represents 415 000 GM workers and ministrikes were planned at several GM plants if no national agreement is reached.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp
UAW
Tony Zone
Lordstown
Ohio
Ued
Ford and UAW Reach Lorain Avon Lake Plant Pact
Ford Motor Co and United Auto Workers Local 425 announce a tentative local contract covering about 7,400 members at Lorain and Avon Lake plants in Ohio. Local President Michael Pohorence said details were not released and a ratification vote was hoped for by Tuesday.
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Lorain, Ohio
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Local 425
Lorain and
Avon Lake
Michael
Pohorence
Cohorence
Senate moves energy powers bill amid Nixon push
The Senate nears final passage of emergency energy powers giving the President authority to order fuel rationing if needed. House delays until Nov 26 after Thanksgiving. critics warn of recession and shortages. Rockefeller warns of zero growth and a 6 percent drop in industrial output amid shortages.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
NBC
Meet the Press
D-Wis
CBS
Face the Nation
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
New York
Rockefeller
ABC
Mansfield
Proxmire
Wallace speaks at Southern Conference of Black Mayors
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace addressed the Southern Conference of Black Mayors in Tuskegee, pledging to aid education development and social services while stating he seeks a better life for all. He previously opposed desegregation. In Birmingham, Terri Points was crowned University of Alabama's first black homecoming queen.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Southern Conference of Black Mayors
Wallace
Terri Points of
Birmingham
University of Alabama
Circus oil crisis barely halts Ringling Bros train move
In Cleveland the Ringling Brothers Circus faced a heating oil shortage when Standard Oil could not supply 1000 gallons for the private train. City officials located fuel at the municipal light plant and Ralph Tyler supplied a truck to fuel the generator tanks as the last performance ended at Cleveland Arena. Sohio pledged replenishment.
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Ralph Tyler
City
Cleveland Arena
Sohio
Charles Spahr
Compacts Ordered for State Cars Stir Ohio Officials
Gov. John J. Gilligan orders state agencies to buy compact cars amid past reluctance. Edward Kienle of the Ohio Department of Administrative Services notes earlier experiments with small cars failed as officials complained and did not continue the program.
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Columbus, Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Edward Kienle
Ohio Department of Administrative Services
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Lydia
Hermon Smith
Lydia Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ann Landers
Ford
Ohio Plants Agreement
Gov. Wallace
Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Ringling Brothers
Barnum
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