Seven Months Change Sugar Prices from Peak to Decline
In 1974 US raw sugar prices spiked to 65.5 cents a pound while consumer sugar cost a five pound bag at 3.14. Last week raw sugar fell to 15 cents and the five pound bag to 2.09. Producers fear Congress price support as prices collapse and stockpiles linger. Consumers pay the price, stockpiling and miscalculation shift costs. An encouraging drop allows easier spoons of sugar at breakfast.
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Mason City Glove Gazette
United States
Congress
HEW ruling on women in college sports sparks mixed reaction
The federal order requiring colleges receiving aid to provide funding and equipment for existing women’s teams prompts praise from supporters and criticism from the NCAA and a leading women’s group. The measure seeks equal opportunity while preserving male dominated contact sports.
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National Collegiate Athletic Assn
NCAA
Ford Administration
Casper Weinberger
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Weinberger
Association of Intercollegiate Athletic Women
AIAW
Everest ascendancy dulls aura of the mountain
Tibetan-Chinese team reaches Everest summit as a Japanese climber becomes the first woman to reach the top. Since 1953 many have climbed, and plans for permits extend to 1979. A nearby Everest View Hotel offers oxygen and a growing tourism scramble makes the peak a routine attraction.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Mt. Everest
Edmund Hillary
Tenzing Norkay
Everest
Everest View Hotel
Restoring Muscatine Vesper Hillside podium for church use
A Muscatine Park Commission letter to Aunt Sadie outlines plans to rebuild or restore the Vesper Hillside podium at Weed Park north of the east lagoon. Once a cement cross and rock altar created by F. G. McCullough, the site now has only a foundation and a painted truss. John White confirms interest in restoring facilities for church and youth group events.
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Muscatine Park
Nellie M. Ziegler
Thomas F. Barry
F. G. McCullough
Wesley Norton
Muscatine
McCullough
Mac
Muscatine County
Mac” McCullough
John White
Park and Recreations
Time for direct presidential election is not yet
A Virginia legislator Robert Whitehead called the direct election bill a repeat burden. A Senate subcommittee approved a constitutional amendment for direct presidential election, arguing it would fix flaws in the current Electoral College yet risk federal control and destabilize federalism. Proponents cite broad support and polls while critics warn of radical change and minority loss in a purely national vote.
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Washington
Virginia
Robert Whitehead
Coon
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
House of Representatives
Afl-Cio
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
American Bar Association
Yale
Charles Black
United States
Historic Muscatine pageant plan and local notes
Historical Muscatine County events highlighted with two big American Legion pageant nights set for June 17 and 18 at Muscatine South End Ball Park. Memorial notes recall McColm and Sons storefront signs by painter Mr Keesey. Nearby items mention Fort Bragg soldier Donald Vetter and Red Cross Learn to Swim program launching at Weed Park Pool.
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American Legion Post
Muscatine County
Muscatine South End Ball Park
Cpl
Donald Vetter
Fort Bragg
N. C
Clyde Vetter
Red Cross
Weed Park Pool
Today in History and Birthdays for June 14, 1975
June 14 1975 marks Flag Day with events such as the U S Army founding in 1775 and Continental Congress actions. It notes Paris occupation in 1940 and Nixon Sadat friendship declaration in Cairo. Notable birthdays include Burl Ives and Pierre Salinger.
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Associated Press
U.S. Army
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Sonoma
California
White House
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Cairo
Richard Nixon
Anwar Sadat
Burl Ives
Pierre Salinger
Victor Hugo
Letter praising Anton W Ander on gun control stance
Darrell D Wiegand of Muscatine writes to thank Anton W Ander for voicing gun control views. He argues sportsmen and gun owners are honest citizens and that law-abiding owners should not be treated as criminals while criminals should be faced with tougher measures.
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Anton W. Ander
When I was a boy JIM HAUSMAN
A fragmentary reminiscence references childhood beliefs and a provocative confrontation. The narrator quotes insults toward an unnamed male figure, asserting persistence and defiance across time and against a rival. The speaker closes by claiming continuity into the present era.
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Cedar Rapids
Sadie
Weed Park
Senate
James J. Kilpatrick
The
Small Society
Brickman
Brickmas
Keesey
McColm and Sons
W. J. Young, Jr
Pabenny
Jim Hausman
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