Butz Sympathetic Toward Beef Industry Amid Price Freeze
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz voiced sympathy for the beef industry as reports of shutdowns and shortages grew. He suggested ending the price freeze before Sept 12, but said removal is not his decision. A federal probe into possible artificial shortages and kickbacks was announced as packers cut production and retailers warned of barren meat cases.
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Butz
Associated Press
Earl L. Butz
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
New York City
U.S
Robert Morse
Swift & Company
Chicago
Great Falls, Meat, Meat Packing Co
J. Weingarten, Inc
Little Rock
Ark
American Hospital Association
Tuscon, Ariz
Raymond F. Thill
National Association of Meat Purveyors
Skylab 2 Mission in Jeopardy
Mission Control considers returning Skylab 2 crew Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma as early as Friday due to propulsion system trouble on the command ship. Officials say no current danger to crew though potential deterioration could force a quick or planned reentry and possible rescue by Saturn 1B for Skylab 3.
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Orbiting Lab
Hawaiian
Lunney
Earth
Space Center
Bean
Garriott
Lousma
Mission Control
Watergate Burglar on CIA Payroll
Former CIA Director Richard Helms testified before the Senate Watergate committee that one Cuban-American burglar in the Watergate case was on a $100 a month CIA retainer at the time. He stressed the agency had no involvement, noting the man was later taken off the retainer as his link to the break in became known.
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Washington
CIA
Richard Helms
Senate Watergate Committee Today
Helms
Fred Thompson
Eugenio Martinez
Florida
Martinez
Senate Armed Services Committee
White House
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
CLA
Vernon A. Walters
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Mexico
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Thompson
James W. McCord Jr
E. Howard Hunt
Agency
Commission
George Underwood
Apple Lane
Underwood
Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa City Commission
Franklin County Commission
Park
Mills
Wholesale price drop in July hits 25 year low
The Labor Department reports July wholesale prices fell 1.3 percent unadjusted and 1.4 percent adjusted, the steepest monthly decline in 25 years. Farm products and processed foods led the drop, aided by Nixon administration price freezes and export controls.
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Washington
Labor Department
Nixon
Senate pushes broad powers for Nixon on fuel crisis
The Senate approved a Jackson amendment to a coin labeling bill, ordering President Nixon to implement a mandatory fuel allocation within 10 days and to set prices for gasoline and other fuels. The measure runs to March 1, 1975, aims to protect farm operations and independent distributors, and signals a possible House acceptance after today’s vote.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
United States
Congress
Jackson
House
City Commission OKs Main Street Overhaul Contract
The Ottawa City Commission approved a contract with the state for overlay and repair of Main Street. The state will handle engineering and inspection with a $35,000 state share of a $110,000 project. A second contract with Wilson and Company for a comprehensive 701 planning program was also approved. The board set a public hearing for the 1974 budget and approved a lease with King Radio Corp tied to an industrial bond issue.
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Jewel Scott
Ottawa City Commission
Main Street
Ben Park
Fred Zook
Park
Robert W. Mills
State Highway Commission
Mills
State Board of Tax Appeals
Allen Loyd
State Department of Economic Development
King Radio
Cypress Street
Seventh
Eighth
John Richeson
Richeson
Commission
Irl Staley
Bill Rice
Rice
Willow
Thirteenth
Public Works Department
Staley
Forest Park
Sacramento
Calif
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Memorial Auditorium
Quin Furniture Company
Ottawa
Total Design Concept Inc
Kansas City
Didde Office Supply and Printing
City Commission
City Hall
Docking Aides Call Grand Jury Probe Political Witch Hunt
Gov. Robert Docking aides describe the federal grand jury inquiry in Kansas City Kansas as a political witch hunt. Richard Malloy and James Shaffer rebut the probe, alleging political motivation in questioning tied to a perjury case and other connected inquiries.
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Topeka, Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas City
Kan
Richard L. Malloy
Malloy
James Shaffer
Docking
Kansas City, Kan
Lansing State
Raymond J. Gaffney
Shaffer
Justice Department
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Wyoming
Utah
Service Meats Inc
Cleveland
Portland, Ore
Charles Percy
Reusch
South Main
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