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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1972
Page
3
A teen advice column from the Odessa American guides on handling family balance, dating pressures, and part time work. It includes Henry’s issue with secrecy at a father’s shop, Nanci’s gifting etiquette, and Lew’s job hour questions, urging practical, nonconfrontational steps.
The Odessa American lists its daily and Saturday publication details and subscription rates. It notes home delivery in Odessa and Ector County at 27.50 per month, retail trading zone 20 per month, all other zones 35 cents per week, and various monthly and annual rates. A single copy price is 10 cents daily and Saturday, 25 cents Sunday.
Washington AP The Agriculture Department says the Soviet Union could purchase 250 to 400 million bushels of U S wheat, up to one fourth of this year's crop. Private exporters are involved led by a firm with a former U S agriculture official. Prices in the Midwest rose amid sale rumors.
Washington AP reports that Soviet purchases of 35 to 40 million bushels of U S soybeans, the first by Moscow, are about 99 percent confirmed. The deal adds to a 750 million dollar three year grain pact with the Soviets, with wheat and other feed grains also selling briskly. USDA projects a 1.27 billion bushel fall crop and a season average soybean price near 3 dollars per bushel, the highest since 1947.
Rep. Les Aspin questions a 70 percent disability ruling for Maj. Gen. John Lavelle and the $23,500 annual tax free pension, calling it an unnecessary retirement gift after Lavelle’s disobedience over North Vietnam strikes. The article also covers a Senate Commerce Committee vote approving a National Metric Conversion Board plan to shift the U.S. to the metric system within 10 years, a bill to double widows’ pensions for Supreme Court justices, and a House Commerce Committee advance to restore World War II savings to about 2,000 Japanese American families or their heirs.
Eleanor McGovern says she would debate First Lady Pat Nixon after Nixon’s remark that McGovern did not want to debate. In California, Tony Curtis gains temporary custody of daughters Alexandra and Allegra Kaufmann, with a hearing set for Oct. 9 and a restraining order barring travel out of the country. Governor Wallace’s condition improves after an assassination attempt, with doctors noting possible more surgery. Ramsey Clark broadcasts from Hanoi urges halt to bombing citing civilian casualties and destroyed schools and hospitals.
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