Supermarket Chains Move to Freeze Meat Prices
Safeway Grand Union and Winn-Dixie act to curb costs amid rising food prices. Safeway cuts select beef prices two days early, while Grand Union and Winn-Dixie freeze fresh meat and poultry for 30 days in their extensive networks. Government officials expect further declines as wholesale beef prices ease and farm-to-market costs adjust.
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Safeway Stores, Inc
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John B. Connally
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Lead Ground Scraped Near El Paso Smelter
Six inches of top soil will be removed around the ASARCO plant in El Paso to cut lead poisoning risk for local children in Smeltertown. Bulldozers began work under ASARCO ordered cleanup as El Paso sues the firm for 1 million dollars for damages and pollution law violations.
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el Paso
ATA Building Co
Texas Air Control Board
U.S. Currency Report Rules Set to Take Effect
The Treasury says from July 1 Americans carrying more than $5,000 in currency or checks out of the United States must file a report with Customs. The final regulations, under a 1970 law, impose extensive reporting and record keeping for banks and transfers, with five year retention.
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Samuel R. Pierce
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William Dickey
U.S
Financial
Ex CIA Chief Confirms ITT Involvement in Chile Plot
Former CIA director John A. McCone says ITT executives discussed moves to block Salvador Allende from taking office in 1970 and pledged to help if a plan existed. He faulted memos as misread, while Chilean Congress orders inquiry into CIA activity and other nations’ roles.
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ITT
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Allende
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Santiago
Christian Democrats
Cuba
Knapp Charged Over Postage Stamp Fund Theft
Former Texas legislator Walter Knapp of Amarillo is indicted by a Travis County grand jury on two counts theft by false pretext and diversion of a special fund for using 1200 in postage stamps to buy a 1965 Chevrolet pickup. Bond set at 5000. District Attorney probes nepotism cases involving Sen. David Ratliff and Rep. John Allen.
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Walter Knapp
Amarillo
Travis County
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Tom Blackwell
T. O. Lang
Potter County
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Bob Smith
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Ned Granger
David Ratliff
Stamford
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John Allen
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Granger
Allen
Ratliff
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Peggy
Barbara
Gus Mutscher
Warehouse Explosion Destroys Fireworks Plant in Bridgewater
A warehouse blast at Interstate Pyrotechnics Inc. in Bridgewater Massachusetts leveled the fireworks firm. State Fire Marshal Joseph Sneider reports three dead and at least 11 injured, none seriously. Debris and unexploded aerial bombs were searched in surrounding woods. Donna L. Dumanis, 18, of Brockton, was identified among victims.
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Joseph Sneider
Interstate Pyrotechnics Inc
Donna L. Dumanis
Brockton
Apollo 16 Crews Prepare for Final Test Before Moon Launch
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K. Mattingly II prepare for a final major countdown drill atop a Saturn 5 rocket. A week-long rehearsal ran late due to a faulty circuit breaker with minor issues to fix before the April 10 countdown.
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John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mat
Tingly II
Walter Kapryan
Woman Dragged To Death In Astroworld Accident
At Astroworld in Houston a Monterrey Mexico newspaper director's wife, Elba Gonzales Junco de la Vega, 49, was dragged to death after the ride started while she and her husband sought seats. He escaped injury. she was pulled by a supporting girder before the ride was stopped. Five children survive.
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Astroworld
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Rodolfo Junco de la Vega Jr
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George Lanier
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