Grand Jury Indicts Six Sugar Refiners
SAN FRANCISCO AP Six major sugar refiners were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to raise and fix sugar prices for at least three years before 1973 in 19 western and midwestern states. The Justice Department also filed two civil suits seeking to prohibit price information exchanges amid a yearlong probe into the $2.5 billion U.S. sugar market. The defendants include Great Western Sugar Co American Crystal Sugar Co Holly Sugar Corp California and Hawaiian Sugar Co Amalgamated Sugar Co and Consolidated Foods Corp. Each faces up to 50 000 fine if convicted.
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San Francisco
Justice Department
U.S
California
Arizona
Las Vegas
Reno
Nev
Great Western Sugar Co
Denver
American Crystal Sugar Co
Holly Sugar Corp
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hawaiian Sugar Co
Amalgamated Sugar Co
Ogden
Utah
Consolidated Foods Corp
Chicago
American Crystal
Fargo
N.C
J.C. Tanner
Amalgamated Sugar
Hawaiian
Holly Sugar
Great Western
Colorado
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
A&r Ovth Dakota
Texis
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Hostages Released In Supermarket Saga
In Richfield Minnesota forty hostages were freed from a suburban Minneapolis grocery after about six hours of captivity by armed robbers who threatened to blow some of them away. A final group of 14 hostages remained with police awaiting clearance or transport.
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Associated Press
Brian
Wendell Anderson
Thomas Kelm
Kelm
Darrell
Bill
Minneapolis
Duane Iverson
America
Waters pleads to manslaughter in wife’s suicide
Robert C. Waters, former Clarkston official, faces up to 15 years after pleading no contest to manslaughter for helping his 65 year old wife Kathleen die by carbon monoxide in their garage. Prosecutor calls it a crime of love. sentencing set for January 10.
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Pontiac, Mich
Robert C. Waters
Oakland County
Waters
William J. Beers
Clarkston
Kathleen
Bob
Patterson
Tobacco Rift Criticism Keeps Growing in 1970s Debate
Washington criticism of government tobacco price supports persists as health officials link smoking to cancer and calls grow. ers to ban tobacco to shift land to food crops. An Agriculture Department spokesman declines to identify, noting many needy nations rely on tobacco, while US figures show India grew 1.1 million acres in 1972.
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Washington
Pople
Agriculture Department
Usda Rekote
India
Major Corporations Benefit From Federal Tax Laws
A congressional study released by Rep. Vanik lists ten large companies paying no federal taxes in 1973. It notes banks used tax-exempt municipal bonds and deductible interest as key tax-avoidance devices, and cites credits for capital spending and accelerated depreciation. Companies include UAL, Trans World Airlines, Chemical Bank NY, Bankers Trust NY, Western Bank, Continental Illinois, Consolidated Edison, American Electric Power, Texas Gulf, and Freeport Minerals.
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New York
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Securities and Exchange Commission
Vanik
Congress
Court Upholds Boston Busing Policy in Desegregation Ruling
A federal appeals court upheld the Boston desegregation order requiring busing for about 18 000 of the city s 87 000 public school students. The court signals possible expansion to 35 000 riders and notes precedent linked to Supreme Court rulings. Separately, HEW paused processing Boston s 1 8 million schools grant application.
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Boston
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
U.S
1St Circuit Court of Appeals
Frank M. Coffin
Supreme Court
Garrity
Boston School Committee
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Thomas E. Kauper
Antitrust Division
Ottawa
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LeRoy
Sinclair
Main
Treva Adell
Bonnie Olson
James R. Baxter
Scott Shanahan
Lois C. Baxter
Lois Stoneking
Pomona, Kansas
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Paxson’s Grocery
S. Maple
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