Energy Cutback What Nixon Asked For
Washington AP Five percent energy cutback would raise home heat and winter cold. Deputy Treasury Secretary William E Simon released an energy saving list focusing on home conservation. Suggestions include raising thermostat settings, using fans, turning off unused appliances, repairing leaks, and reducing highway speeds from 70 to 50 mph to save gasoline and electricity. Public transport or car pools urged. list not exhaustive.
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Washington
Nixon
Administration
Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
Phase 4 Won't Be Popular
Washington AP report notes Nixon aides debate Phase 4 wage price controls and public reaction. Officials warn disillusionment ahead as Phase 4 aims for rapid end, with talk of possible tax increases or spending cuts and shifts in policy timing.
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Washington
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Japan
White House
Commission To Build One-Story County Court Facility
Franklin County Commission approves a one-story court building for County Probate and Juvenile courts with a full basement. The project, tied to a $322000 Governor’s grant from May 1972, aims for an August 15 1974 completion, housing a law library and potential future second floor. Officials consider remodeling District Court space and will use future levy funds for final plans.
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Anne Wolf
Franklin County Commission
Wilbur F. Kruse
District Court
Governor’s Committee On Criminal Administration
Kruse
Victor Warren
Lee Nichols
Southeast Kansas Association
Bruce Spears
Shirley Capper
Russell Wray
Farm Bill Clash Over Escalator Clause Deepens Rift
Washington AP reports the House defeated the Nixon plan by keeping an escalator inside the target price system for cotton, wheat and corn, rejecting a phaseout and signaling a possible presidential veto. The bill would set target prices and adjust them with costs and yields, potentially ending $3.5 billion yearly subsidies. House votes also cut Cotton Inc funding, kept forestry incentives, and debated reserve and loan provisions.
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Washington
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Robert H. Michel
R-D
Senate
Nixon
Cotton, Inc
New York
Dollar slides on Europe markets after weak Fed hints
The U S dollar fell again on European exchanges after a brief two day rebound from record lows as traders cited a lack of decisive support from the Federal Reserve and other central banks. Central bank purchases were viewed as symbolic and failed to shore up the rate.
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London
U.S
Europe
U.S. Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Bank of France
Bundesbank
Switzerland
Report on Kansas Reformatory Needs Reform Efforts
A legislative committee's preliminary findings on the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory at Hutchinson call for busier inmate work and recreation programs, improved food service, and higher staff morale. The panel visited in late May, interviewing inmates and outsiders, and plans to include the results in a broader 1974 report.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Special Committee On Social, Rehabilitative and Penal Institutions
Reformatory
Wint Winter
K-Ottawa
Mitchell Says Nixon Dropped Aides In Watergate Era
Former attorney general John N. Mitchell told the Senate Watergate committee that President Nixon had been lowering the boom by ousting aides implicated in wrongdoing. He cited H R Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman as examples and noted resignations of Dean Krogh and Jeb Magruder. Mitchell admitted placing Nixon’s fortunes above constitutional duty by not sharing fully what he knew about Watergate. He said he would have revealed everything if Nixon had asked after the election.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Democrat
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
White House
Mitchell
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Inouye
John W. Dean III
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Egil
Samuel Cash
Grandmother Kills Mountain Lion to Save Infant
In Rapid City a grandmother from Anoka Minnesota killed a mountain lion with a butcher knife to protect her 18 month old grandson Jason Cowden as the big cat mauled him inside a motor home at Bear Country eight miles south of the city. The boy was listed in serious condition in an ICU. The lion leaped through a partially opened window as the mother and grandparents watched. Mrs Underdahl described her actions and said a prayer helped give her strength and aim.
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Rapid City
Peter Underdahl
Anoka
Minn
Jason Cowden
James Cowden
Bear Country
Underdahl
US Planes In Support Role Near Phnom Penh Bridges
American planes attacked insurgent positions south of Phnom Penh in support of encircled Cambodian battalions and government forces defending two small bridges near Highway 3 and Rural Route 38. Cambodian commanders reported encirclements and relief efforts amid fighting at multiple river towns and routes. In South Vietnam a U.S. search team recovered remains of missing servicemen from a helicopter crash near Nha Trang, with identities pending lab confirmation.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S. Fiji
Takhmau
Kompong Kantuot
Trapeang
Thaot
Tonle Sap
Prek Kham
Prek Tameark
Mekong River
Ponley
Battambang
South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Nha Trang
Thailand
Joint Casualty Resolution Center
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