Cattlemen condemn meat boycott as unfair and dangerous
Midwestern cattlemen denounce the national housewives meat boycott as unfair and dangerous. They cite severe Plains winter costs, disrupted markets, and potential price swings while noting uncertain immediate effects on meat prices. Farmers may respond with boycotts of selling to packers as packing houses face shortages.
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Kansas City
Plains
Bill House
Cedarvale
Kan
American National Cattlemen's Association
Kansas City Livestock Exchange
Ray Davis
Kansas City Exchange
Indians End Occupation at Wounded Knee Agreement Reached
AIM and federal officials reached a deal to end the 37 day armed occupation at Wounded Knee South Dakota. Indians will remain armed and in control of the village until Saturday as negotiators conclude the terms following Medicine Man Wallace Black Elk witnessing an eagle over the tepee.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
UPI
American Indian Movement
AIM
Wallace Black Elk
Tepee
Sioux tribe signs peace treaty at Wounded Knee standoff
The water at Menasha dam rises above flood stage while at Wounded Knee Sioux and Cheyenne tribes sign a peace treaty with federal officials. Russell Means leads occupation and is later jailed. ceremonies include a peace pipe and tom-tom drumming as talks unfold with Assistant Attorney General Kent Frizzell. Government aims to end the siege with planned Washington talks and potential amnesty not granted. Warrants for rebels total at least 77 as forces inside the village dwindle to 40–50.
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Russell
Menas
U.S
Wounded Knee
Kent Frizzell
Russell Means
Rapid City
AIM
U.S. Cavalry
Means
Washington
Frizzell
Oshkosh approves park land purchases near river
The Oshkosh Common Council voted to exercise two options to buy land from Wisconsin Public Service Corp and the Hooper Community Center for Riverside Park expansion and a municipal parking lot. Total costs are 35000 and 50000 dollars. Purchases were delayed by Nixon spending freezes but were authorized after DNR confirmation to retain eligibility for state and federal aids.
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Oshkosh Common Council
Fox River
Riverside Park
The
Wisconsin Public Service Corp
Hooper Community Center
Hooper
WPSC
Nixon
Mgr
Gordon Jaeger
Department of Natural Resources
Jaeger
DNR
Ganther Low Bidder on Oshkosh Post Office Contract
The Ben B. Ganther Co of Oshkosh leads 12 bidders with a 2,417,000 proposal for the Oshkosh sectional post office at Wittman Field. If approved by the Army Corps of Engineers, a May 1 start is planned with completion in 365 days. Local contractor favored.
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Ganther
Ben B. Ganther Co
Oshkosh
Wittman Field
Chicago
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Adlophson and Peterson
Minneapolis
Utschig and Son
Appleton
Hutter Co
Fond du Lac
Fritz Ganther
The
Ganther Co
Postal Service
20Th and Knapp
Army Corps of Engineers
Irion Remke
Rosendale Man Killed in Highway 26 Crash
A Rosendale man, Lloyd Roen, 29, died after his pizza truck collided with another vehicle on Highway 26 two miles south of Waupun at 6 28 p m Thursday. The driver of the other truck, Henry Bednarek, 57, of Waupun, was injured and hospitalized with a right arm injury and facial lacerations. his condition was listed as satisfactory. The collision occurred as Bednarek turned left into a driveway, leaving both vehicles wrecked.
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Waupun
Rosendale
Highway 26
Dodge County Sheriff's Department
Lloyd Roen
Waupun Memorial Hospital
Medzger Ambulance Service
Dodge County
Henry Bednarek
Sheriff's Department
Bednarek
Roen
Nixon withdraws Gray nomination to FBI director
President Nixon pulled the nomination of L Patrick Gray II to be permanent FBI director at Gray’s request saying it was obvious he would not win Senate confirmation. The move ends a bitter controversy over Nixon’s selection of Gray as the replacement.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
L. Patrick Gray II
FBI
Gray
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
Myles J. Ambrose
District of Columbia
Jerry V. Wilson
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
San Clemente
Calif
White House
John W. Dean III
Bureau
Senate Judiciary Committee
Pat Gray
Woman confronts robbers in bold street stand off
London report describes Mrs. Jessie Burns 34 blocking a getaway car during an armed payroll robbery. A shot fired at her head reportedly used blanks, as she urged the robbers to stop and refused to move. The incident followed by broader FBI and Watergate coverage including Pat Gray’s nomination withdrawal by President Nixon.
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London
UPI
Jessie Burns
Chain cuts prices as meat boycott wins first victory
The Grand Union Co. lowered beef pork lamb and veal prices by at least 10 cents per pound below Nixon administration ceilings. The move trims prices through April and is the first major retail response to a nationwide meat boycott. Retailers report weak sales and wholesalers warn of delayed wholesale price cuts, with varied local effects and one plant closure in Liberal Kansas.
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Associated Press
Grand Union Co
Grand Union
Charles G. Rodman
Kansas
National Beef Packing Co
Liberal
Kan
New York State
State Department of Agriculture
Seattle
Safeway Stores Inc
Unemployment Drops as March Jobs Surge to New High
Washington AP reports March payrolls rise sharply with total employed at 83.9 million, up 700,000, and unemployment fell to 5.0 percent. Teenagers create over 300,000 of the gain while adults contribute roughly 2.0 million year over year. Average weekly earnings rise $1.13 to $140.23 as costs climb 3.9 percent.
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Washington
The
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jevel
Weekend Weather Outlook Noted Warmth Likely Rain Chance
Cloudy conditions persist with a slight rise in temperatures and a chance of rain on Saturday. Overnight lows near 35 degrees. Details continued on page 2.
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