Food Chain Stores President Predicts Prices To Increase
Clarence G. Adamy, president of the National Association of Food Chains, warned a House subcommittee that once the price freeze ends, food prices could rise up to 15 percent on some items. He forecast 4 to 5 percent overall increases and looming shortages in fruits, vegetables, oils, shortening, beef, pork, and chicken, urging immediate lifting of price controls.
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Washington
Clarence G. Adamy
National Association of Food Chains
House
Adamy
Peter W. Rodine
D-N.j
Louisiana Consumers Cut Energy Use in AP Survey
Louisiana residents show mixed changes in energy habits as they slow driving and raise thermostats. Professionals and households report lower AC use, slower speeds, and smarter lighting while citing higher bills and mixed results on savings. Government energy suggestions shape some actions.
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Nixon
Pye
C. C. Karkalus
Lake Charles
McNeese State University
Monroe
Charles McCullen
McCullen
David Norman
Baton Rouge
Ocean Springs
Miss
Heat Record Tops 111 Degrees In Pierre South Dakota
The National Weather Service logged the highest temperature of the day outside Alaska and Hawaii at 111 degrees in Pierre South Dakota. Bradford Pennsylvania recorded a low of 31 degrees.
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New York
UPI
National Weather Service
Alaska
Hawaii
Pierre
S. D
Bradford
A Book Not a Success Until Faked Reader Buzz
A humorous quip notes a book only earns success when nonreaders pretend they have read it. The line highlights social posturing in literary culture and the vanity of pretended familiarity.
River Stages Station Flood Present Change Stage
River stage readings show Station flood levels with present change at Monroe 40 and 28.45 feet while Camden reports 26 feet and an unlisted status.
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Monroe
Camden
Parish Hails Custodian’s Service in One-Year Extension
Billy Wilhite urged the Ouachita Parish Police Jury to extend James F. Brothers’ tenure as custodian of the Ouachita Parish Court House for another year. Brothers turns 65 on Oct 9 and would otherwise retire, with supporters calling him a valuable employee and essential to the parish.
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Ouachita Parish
Billy Wilhite
Wilhite
James F. Brothers
Ouachita Parish Court House
Brothers
Chance Of Rain In Northeast Louisiana Through Friday
Partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures continue in Northeast Louisiana through Friday with a 20 percent chance of mainly afternoon thunder showers. Highs in the lower 90s and lows in the lower 70s, with light variable winds. FAA Monroe Municipal Airport logged a Wednesday high of 90 and a morning low of 66, with no precipitation that day. About 80 percent possible sunshine is expected today and Friday.
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Louisiana
FAA
Monroe
Louisiana panel eyes negotiations on oil lands
Louisiana Constitutional Convention Natural Resources Committee favors inviting Gov. Edwards and other officials to discuss negotiated settlements in oil and gas lands. The panel hears that the State Mineral Board often makes compromises with little legal oversight and proposes a review board to override settlements. Edwards and Atty. Gen. Guste are possible witnesses. The board also grants voluntary unitizations at oil company requests.
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Baton Rouge, Ta
Louisiana Constitutional Convention
Natural Resources Committee
Edwin Edwards
Lantz Womack
Winnsboro
Louis Lambert
Gonzales
Edwards
Atty
William Guste
Podell Indicted in Bribe Case Ties Florida Air Route
New York congressman Bertram Podell faces a federal indictment accusing him of taking 41,350 in bribes to influence federal agencies over a Florida Bahamas air taxi route. His brother Herbert Podell and Martin Miller are also charged in a two year probe by the U S attorney's office and the task force.
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New York
Bertram Podell
D-N.y
Florida
Podell
Herbert S. Podell
Martin Miller
Maimi, Fla
Leasing Consultants Inc
Florida Atlantic Airlines
U.S
Paul J. Curran
Rep. Podell
Manhattan
TBI
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Congress
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Department of State
Bahamas
Curran
FBI
Pentagon Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Loses Millions
Rep Mario Biavei cites a GAO study showing the Pentagon's fruit and vegetable program lost about 310 million over fiscal years 1971 and 1972. The Defense Supply Agency purchasing practices restricted competition by limiting participation of terminal market vendors and fueled resale losses.
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Washington
Pentagon
Mario Biavei
Biagei
General Accounting Office
Defense Supply Agency
Final Action Expected on Congress Pay Hikes Soon
Washington sources say Congress will act within two weeks on a bill to raise salaries for congressmen and some officials by about ten thousand dollars a year from the current 42500. The House committee will move up the deadline for presidential recommendations on top officials.
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UPI
Congress
House Post Office Committee
Nixon
Commission On
White House
Mitchell Quizzed by Senate Panel
Former attorney general John N. Mitchell testifies on Watergate turmoil before the Senate committee. He cites firings and resignations of H R Halderman Ehrlichman Dean Krogh and Magruder while noting Nixon's duty to uphold laws and his own willingness to brief the President if asked after the election.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
White House
Mitchell
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Twouye
D-N.c
Samuel Cash
Arson Probe Launched By U S Agents Overland Fire At Records Center
A fire on the sixth floor of the Military Personnel Record Center in Overland Missouri damaged or destroyed thousands of records. Federal agents opened an arson inquiry amid reports of prior incendiary fires. About 500 people were in the building at onset. no major injuries, some smoke inhalation cases. The center holds tens of millions of military records with many not duplicated elsewhere.
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Overland
Military Personnel Record Center
Comepanies
St. Louis
Ronnie L. Hudson
General Services Administration
F. Howard Whiteley
Kanesas
Navy
Army
Wesley ©. Scarborough
Washington
Leonard Reed
Marine Corps
Kansas City
Court blocks OSHA insecticide use restrictions
A federal court in New Orleans blocked OSHA from enforcing its guidelines on 12 organic phosphorus pesticides. The decision delays restrictions that would bar workers from entering sprayed crops for one to 14 days, pending further orders from the court.
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New Orleans
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Shortages Of Protein Rich Soybeans Roil U S Economy
U S embargo on soybeans and cottonseed exports aims to ease domestic high protein feed shortages. The move affects 92 million bushels slated for shipment in 1972 73 and weighs on meat dairy poultry prices while threatening trade balance and dollar strength. By mid 1980s soybeans could become the top US crop with 63 million acres planted and 2.4 billion bushels harvested.
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U. S
United States
China
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Inside The News-Star Highlights and Sections
The page listing shows Abby Lowman Broadway and radio TV classifieds with 11C to 10D codes, plus sports, comics, theater, and editorial sections. It outlines the newspaper’s classified and feature layout across 44 pages and four sections in this edition.
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