Congress Slaps Brakes On Busing
Congress sent a 21.3 billion education bill to President Nixon with a strong antibusing rider. The House approved 228 to 180 after Senate passage 63 to 15, aiming to halt desegregation orders for 18 months unless appeals end. Supporters expect a Supreme Court limits outcome as liberals denounce the move.
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John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Nixon
House
Senate
Supreme Court
White House
Soviet Writers Battle On With Communists
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan reports the clash between the Soviet Communist Party and Russia's writers. Vladimir Maximov, a poet and novelist, is cited as in grave danger as Western intellectuals petition Brezhnev to save him. The letter from Rome, signed by Gunter Grass Ignazio Silone V S Pritchett Tris Murdoch and Stephen Spender, urges the leader to allow Maximov to join his sister in Israel and continue his work unmolested. Maximov faces pressure to denounce his book The Seven Days of Creation while officials denounce him as a dangerous transmitter of bourgeois ideology. The piece notes past Khrushchev thaw attempts and Brezhnev's warning to writers at the 24th Communist Congress about slander and aiding enemies.
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William L. Ryan
Soviet Communist Party
Russia
Vladimir Maximov
Kremlin
Gunter Grass
Ignazio Silone
V.S. Pritchett
Tris Murdoch
Stephen Spender
Rome
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Save For Humanity
Maximov
Europe
Writers Union
Vladimir Bukovsky
Bukovsky
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Elvis Presley Rocks Madison Square Garden Debut NYC Tour
Elvis Presley, 37, wowed a teen and young adult crowd at Madison Square Garden in a gold studded white suit. He delivered hits from That's All Right Mama to Hound Dog, peppered with scarf tosses and fan eruptions as he launched a 14 city tour with MSG shows already selling out.
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New York
Elvis Presley
New York City
Presley
Madison Square Garden
Creedence Clearwater
Spain
Dusty Springfield
Righteous Brothers
Hound Dog
Revenue Sharing Plan In Danger
Congress moves to approve a rural development package with about 500 million dollars a year in grants and broadened loan authority for towns up to 10,000 residents and cities up to 50,000. The plan omits the Senate revenue sharing approach but aims to spur countryside revival and curb urban migration.
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House
Senate
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Stiffer Kansas meat labeling rules urged at hearing
Consumer groups livestock producers and Dr. John Blank urged strict Kansas meat labeling regulations at a Board of Agriculture hearing. Proposals define steak as a single unprocessed piece, tighten pork labeling, and clarify hamburger rules. Critics warn higher state standards hurt local processors. regulators plan a decision next month with rules taking effect next January.
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Leroy Towns
Kansas
Harris Enterprises
Topeka
John Blank
State Board of Health
Blank
Hutchinson
Board of Agriculture
Health Dept
Agriculture Dept
Charles Todt
Ranch-Hand Foods
Kansas City
John Vogal
R-Lawrence
House Agriculture and Livestock Committee
Vogal
House Committee
Todt
John Metz
Kansas Livestock Assn
V. L. McLinden
Kansas Cowhbells
J. Winter Petz
Meat and Poultry Inspection
Max Murray
The
Winchester Packing Co
Wheat and citrus crops rise in June USDA forecast
The Agriculture Department projects the 1972 winter wheat crop at about 1.19 billion bushels, up 2 percent from last year, with a yield near 34.3 bushels per acre. Durum and spring wheat total about 374 million, pushing overall crops toward 1.566 billion bushels, while orange and grapefruit box estimates rise in several states.
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Department
Crop Reporting Board
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Corn Belt
Montana
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Nebraska
U.S
Florida
California
Texas
Arizona
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Weinut
Sonotone
Rusty Hilderman
Royal Manor
Ottawa
Sonotone of
Quincy Topeka
Ottawa Fairgrounds
Fr. Co. Agricultural Society
Optree
Accrediting Commission For Business Schools
Them
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