Corn Report Due By Ag Department
The Agriculture Department prepares to announce its August 1 corn output estimate for 1971. Private forecasts suggest 5.4 billion bushels, up from 1967’s record, with blight uncertain but not severely damaging nationally. Yield and acreage scenarios could push total from about 4.6 to near 5.2 billion bushels.
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UDA
Don Paarlberg
Department
Paarlberg
Cally
Corn Belt
Corp
Nixon and candidates tour New England in sunny weekend
President Nixon returns to work after a Maine weekend on a private island in Penobscot Bay. He drew large crowds in Manchester and Nashua New Hampshire and Bangor Maine while Democratic hopefuls McGovern Bayh and Jackson campaigned nearby.
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Nixon
New England
Washington
White House
Ellsworth Bunker
Saigon
Vietnam
William J. Porter
Paris
William P. Rogers
Joseph Sisco
New York
United Nations
Pakistan
Penobscot Bay
Maine
Manchester
Nashua
N.H
Bangor
Minot Island
Jack J. Dreyfus Jr
The
Dreyfus Fund
George McGovern
South Dakota
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Henry M. Jackson
Twelve Arrests For Marijuana In Kansas City Area
Authorities in Platte and Leavenworth counties report 12 arrests in two incidents involving newly harvested marijuana. Platte County seized a half ton at a Weston campsite after a raid, detaining four youths. Leavenworth County arrested eight youths from the St Louis area and Tennessee as they left with freshly harvested marijuana.
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Kansas City
Platte County
Weston
Missouri
Leavenworth
Missouri River
Kansas
St. Louis
Tennesee
Future outlook for economists and buyers in uncertain economy
Government economists face skepticism as the fourth quarter nears with no clear improvement. Polls show consumers gloomy but business leaders more hopeful for the next decade than the coming year, while analysts warn long term sentiment shifts quickly.
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New York
Washington
Two killed in Pratt plane crash in Kansas
Pratt Kansas AP report identifies the victims as Dr Richard A Storts 36 orthopedic surgeon Muskogee Oklahoma and Patricia Groves 24 of Okmulgee General Hospital. The twin engine plane disappeared Friday after a radio contact with Hutchinson and wreckage was found Saturday nine miles southwest of Pratt.
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Pratt, Kan
Pratt
Richard A. Storts
Muskogee
Oklo
Patricia Groves
Okmulgee General Hospital
Storts
Okmulgee
Cheyenne
Wyo
Hutchinson
Kaw
Kansas
Jury Deadlocked In Panther Trial
Black Panther cofounder Huey P Newton faces a third trial after an 11 to 1 hung jury in Oakland. After six days of deliberation the jury of 10 women and two men could not agree on voluntary manslaughter in the Oct 28 1967 killing of Officer John Frey. Newton remains free on 50000 bail as prosecutors weigh next steps.
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Oakland
Calif
Huey P. Newton
Superior Court
Harold Howe
Newton
Criminal Calendar
Donald Whyte
John Frey
Britain inches toward metric system changes in everyday life
The AP reports Britain is gradually abandoning imperial measures in favor of metric, with a target of becoming largely metric by 1975. Some sectors are already metric while shoppers see limited changes, as pricing often shows both systems and some items like beer and milk stay in pints.
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Britain
U.S
Canada
Europe
Metrication Board
Contractor Influence In Sale Of Generators
Washington AP A House Armed Services subcommittee report finds hundreds of Vietnam combat generators sold to the U S government via contractor influence over Marine Corps personnel. Defective units powered radar near Danang and may have contributed to casualties. Consolidated Diesel fated of Old Greenwich Connecticut supplied about 7,000 units under multiple contracts totaling over 27 million dollars since 1967. Investigators name Daniel Elmore and Daniel Ross as principals. Jennings McLain helped secure a later contract despite lower bids. Consolidated denies wrongdoing, saying units met specs under supervision.
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Washington
Britain
London
U.S
Agriculture Department
USDA
Foreign Agriculture Service
New Zealand
FAS
Vietnam
Marine Corps
House Armed Services Investigating Subcommittee
Consolidated
Daniel Elmore
Daniel Ross
Elmore
Ross
Pentagon
Jennings McLain
McLain
Marine Corps Procurement Division
Subcommittee
Inver
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Herb Wittmeyer
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NASA
Lunar
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National Chamber of Commerce
Panther
Burgerteria
Kimball’s Burgerteria
Main
United States
Congress
Commerce Department
Justice Department
Consolidated Diesel i Fated Co
Old Greenwich Conn
Danang
E. Wilson
Ottawa
Richmond
Raines Amusement Co
4-H
T.V
Central Heights
Philtones
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
Escade
Conner of
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Charlie
DeLuxe
Panavision
Colem
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