Meat Prices Rise As Beef Supplies Shrink In Monroe
Monroe retailers report tightening beef supplies with only about 30 percent of requested beef shipments arriving. Prices for poultry pork milk rise. chicken up to 79 cents a pound and pork to 1.59. Officials warn shortages may persist through next weeks and beyond until market stabilizes.
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Monroe
New Orleans
Florida
Texas
Nixon
Swift & Company
Chicago
Great Falls
Mont
J. Weingarten, Inc
Little Rock
Ark
American Hospital Association
Tucson
Ariz
Raymond F. Thill
National Association of Meat Purveyors
Wyoming
Service Meats Inc
Cleveland
Portland, Ore
Senate Passes Bill Raising Minimum Wage Nationwide
The Senate approved a bill to raise the hourly minimum wage to 2.20 and extend coverage to about seven million workers. The measure moves to the House, then to the White House where a veto is possible.
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Senate
Washington
House
White House
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Secretary of Labor
Peter Brennan
Helms details Dean bid to use CIA funds for Watergate bail
Former CIA chief Richard Helms testified that John Dean proposed CIA paid bail for the seven Watergate burglars and payroll while they served jail terms. Helms said Deputy Vernon Walters rejected the idea and warned the White House of reporting any such activity to Congress. He also tied a 1971 equipment request for Hunt to Ehrlichman and revealed Martinez was paid by the CIA as a refugee reporter. The session noted Haldeman's lawyer criticizing Sen Inouye and other updates followed.
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UPI
CIA
Richard C. Helms
John W. Dean II
Helms
Tran
Army
Vernon Walters
Dean
White House
Graying Helms
Senate
Watergate Committee
B. Howard Hunt
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Hunt
Watergate
Lewis
Fielding
Pentagon
Daniel Ellsberg
Ehrlichman
Ellsberg
Eugenio R. Martinez
Martinez
Cuba
Democratic
House Government Operations Committee
California
Florida
Robert F. Drinan
Dmass
Drinan
House
H. R. Haldeman
John J. Wilson
Senate Committee
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Sam J. Ervin
N.C
Inouye
Wilson
Walters
South America
Chuckle Notes on Luck and Hard Work
A witty line equates luck as a lazy estimate of a hard worker's success implying effort determines outcomes more than fortune. The remark playfully contrasts effort with chance in everyday achievement.
Louisiana deer fed after floods by LAROLA aid and DPW
Mrs. Sandra Thompson executive director notes in the Atchafalaya Basin Division newsletter that floods left many deer starving but funds from Land and Royalty Owners of Louisiana supported feeding. Gifts from individuals aided the stranded wildlife and support from the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission followed. Eva Nell Cascio began as Monroe City School System elementary supervisor replacing Olive Cochran who retired this summer.
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Louisiana
The
Land and Royalty Owners of Louisiana
Larola
Sandra Thompson
Atchafalaya Basin
Louisiana Department of Public Works
Thompson
Maxine Smith
Monroe
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
Eva Nell Cascio
Monroe City School System
Cascio
City Media Center
Olive Cochran
City School Board
Beef price freeze debate widens as shortages grow
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz voices sympathy for the meat industry while offering no pledge to lift the beef price freeze soon. He met about 50 industry reps in Washington as shutdowns and lay-offs loom and investigators probe possible price manipulation amid shortages nationwide.
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Earl L. Butz
Butz
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Warm Weekend Forecast For Twin Cities Monroe Area
Residents of the Twin Cities expect temperatures near Wednesday with partly cloudy skies today. Monroe and vicinity forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions today tonight and Friday with highs in the upper 80s and Friday's highs in the lower 90s. Winds are 5 to 15 mph. FAA records at Monroe Municipal Airport show a high of 88 and a low of 73 with no precipitation in the last 24 hours. Extended outlook for Louisiana shows a chance of southeast showers then partly cloudy conditions with lows in the low to mid 70s and highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Louisiana
Drop Steepest In 25 Years Wholesale Prices Fall in July
The Labor Department reports July wholesale prices dropped sharply the largest monthly fall in 25 years led by farm products and processed foods and feeds. Prices fell 4.1 percent unadjusted and 4.6 percent seasonally adjusted for farm products and foods. The decline followed Nixon price freeze and export controls and includes notable drops in soybeans and grains while foods like eggs and fresh vegetables led the slide.
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Washington
Labor Department
Nixon
Monroe City to welcomed new M S Manufacturing plant
Monroe announces a major new industry, M S Manufacturing Co, will build a 73 400 square foot plant at Selman Field Industrial Park, 12.5 acres, employing about 450 eventually, with 200 starting, leased from the city and funded by a 500 000 bond retirement via lease payments.
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Travis Mayo
Monroe
Ralph Troy
M & S, Manufacturing Co
Monroe iWill
Selman Field
M & S Manufacturing Co
Monroe Manufacturing Co
Marchman
West Monroe
Earnest
Mildred
Troy
Rayville
DeSiard St
H. W. McSherry
Rescue mission eyed to bring Skylab 2 crew home early
Mission Control weighs a rescue using Saturn 1B and Apollo ship to retrieve the Skylab 2 astronauts due to propulsion leaks. If confidence grows in the Apollo vehicle, a quick return as early as next week is possible, with Bean Garriott and Lousma aboard the lab and Carr and Pogue piloting the rescue craft.
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Space. Center
Houston
Mission Control
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Earth
Charles Lewis
Lewis
Apollo
Cape Kennedy
Skylab
Gerald P. Carr
Wiliam R. Pogue
Bean
Garriott
Lousma
Mission Controll
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Park Avenue
New York
Mott
Camden
Inside the News-Star
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Lowman
Radio-Tv
Broadway
van Dellen
Space Agency
Glenn Lunney
Hawaiian
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Helen
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