Food Price Index Rises as Phase 4 Ends Controls
The Associated Press reports July market basket data showing grocery bills climbing in 12 of 13 cities after price controls ended for most foods. Eggs and pork chops lead gains. Seattle eggs rose from 68 to 85 cents per dozen amid tight supply.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Seattle
Safeway
Los Angeles
Arline Matthews
New York
Salt Lake City
Miami
Beef Shortage Spreads Across U S Prompting Store Closures
United Press International reports a nationwide meat shortage with packers cutting jobs and retailers selling out. Panic buying spreads to supermarkets as Safeway cuts dozens of jobs in California and retail prices face policy pressure from officials and ranchers.
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New Jersey
Gerald Gilligan
Wakefern Food Corp
Baltimore
Paul Diamond
Detroit
Edward Deeb
Associated Food Dealers of
Michigan
Deeb
Nixon
Robert D. Ray
Safeway
Inside The News-Star Briefs and Notices
The News-Star section breaks down into Abby Lowman Broadway Radio-TV classifieds sports comics theater and editorial notes. Readers catch up on local items across pages with terse summaries and brief notices.
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Broadway
Radio-Tv
Twin Cities Chit Chat Birthday Greeting for James Brice
Oscar Womack a field deputy with Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Department had been healthy until a recent illness He worked as a city bus driver for 30 years before joining the department in 1961 He is back at work Monday Ben Brice of West Monroe turns 33 today and is urged to celebrate despite aging cakes and greetings
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Oscar Womack
Ouachita Parish
James B
Ben) Brice
Gross
West Monroe
Ben
River Stage Changes Reported at Stations
Readings show River Stages rising at Monroe Camden and station updates. Measurements include Monroe 40 rising 20.5 to 1, Camden 26 rising 12.2 to 6.3.
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Monroe
Camden
Bomb destroys motorcycle at judge Elvis Stout home
A pipe bomb exploded under the carport of Monroe City Judge Elvis Stout injuring no one and wrecking his 1972 motorcycle valued at about 2000. The blast damaged the carport but not the house as police investigate similarities to prior Baton Rouge judge attacks.
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Monroe
Elvis Stout
Stout
Valencia
Billy Copeland
Baton Rouge
Dixie
Carport
Copeland
Supreme Court Refuses Immediate Cambodian Bombing Halt
Justice Thurgood Marshall declines to order an instant pause to U S bombing in Cambodia while signaling he might act if the decision were his alone. The Holtzman case seeks to lift the district court stay and halt bombing before August 15, with Douglas away on vacation.
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Washington
New York
Holtzman
Marshall
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Goose Prairie
Wash
District Court
2Nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
Indochina
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Rep. Holtzman
Renewed Violence Strikes Oklahoma Prison
Inmates at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester killed one prisoner and badly beat another as riots and fires surge. National Guard troops guard rubble and patrol the grounds while authorities say they have the situation under control despite daily flare ups. The latest violence follows the weekend uprising and a renewed demand for food as guards move inmates with bayonets fixed to their positions.
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Mcalester
Okla
Hottorn
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
National Guard
Ed Hardy
David Hall'spress
Hardy
Uanuly
Walter Ulbricht dies at 80 amid Berlin wall legacy
Walter Ulbricht, longtime East German leader and key figure behind the Berlin Wall, died at 80 after a stroke. Once a hard line Stalinist, he remained a central figure in the SED, State Council, and central party leadership until his death.
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Walter Ulbricht
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei
Berlin
Berlin Wall
ADN
Ulbricht
Erich Honecker
State Council
Party
Social Unity Party of Germany
German Democratic Republic
People’s Chamber
National Council of
The
National Front
Europe
Stalin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
N. Kosygin
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
East Berlin
West Berlin
Cloudy Skies Forecast for Twin Cities and Monroe
Weather outlook shows partly cloudy skies with a chance of rain in the Twin Cities and Monroe area. Highs near 90, lows around upper 60s, northeasterly winds 10 to 15 mph today easing tonight and Thursday. Rain probability 30 percent today with 1.8 inches of precipitation recorded at Monroe Municipal Airport.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Louisiana
Deville Youth Electrocuted While Helping Wash Home
Keith Aycock a 15 year old from Deville was electrocuted when he touched a 110 volt wire while helping wash down a neighbor's house. He died at Rapides General Hospital after being brought there by Lemmie Paul. The incident was reported by the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Department.
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Deville
Keith Aycock
Rapides Parish
Siberia records extreme cold in Northern Hemisphere
The article notes that the coldest areas of the Northern Hemisphere are in Siberia where temperatures can drop to 90 degrees below zero, surpassing the Pole in extremity.
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North Pole
Siberia
Grain Dealers Set Yearly Convention in Louisiana
The Louisiana Grain and Feed Dealers Association meets at the Ramada Inn in Monroe with a 9:30 program start. Stanley Waguespack of New Iberia presides as speakers discuss 1973 harvest projections, out of state trucking, forward contracting, and licensing laws for grain handlers. Officers include Leo Honeycutt and Reid Grigsby.
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Louisiana Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Ramada Inn
Monroe
Stanley Waguespack
New Iberia
al E. Oliver
Washington, D.C
National Grain and Feed Association
Hice Driers
Waguespack
Louis P. Boudreaux
Depart‘ment of Public Safety
Frank Voelker
Lake Providence
South
James D. Graugnard
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc
James A. McDaniel
Tallulah
Louisiana
Leo B. Honeycutt
Honeycutt Grain Elevator Company
Oak Grove
Reid M. Grigsby
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
FDA limits over counter sale of vitamins A and D
The FDA ordered high doses of vitamins A and D to require prescriptions with a 60 day lead time and classified products with excessive vitamin content as drugs by December 31 1974. Other rules ban vitamin combinations lacking nutritional value and set FDA review for all high content products, sparking industry fear over loss of choice and market disappearance.
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Washington
UPT
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Alexander Schmidt
Schmidt
Health Food Industry
House
Mortgage Signups Hint at Faith in America
Not many have lost faith in the country as many still take out 30 year mortgages. The piece notes ongoing demand for long term home loans despite broader concerns.
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America
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