NFU Develops A Family Farmer Plan
The National Farmers Union adopted a program protecting family farms with direct income support and mandatory supply management to curb surpluses. It guarantees 100 percent parity based on production and envisions referendums to determine producer desires, targeting a shift away from large corporate farming.
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Houston
National Farmers Union
Tony Dechant
Denver, Colo
Library of Congress
General Accounting Office
Pioneer 10 Sets Course for Jupiter and Beyond
NASA reports Pioneer 10 launched from Cape Kennedy aboard Atlas-Centaur at 8 49 pm EST. The unmanned probe speeds toward Jupiter 600 million miles away, carrying a plaque for any potential alien civilizations and planning to study Jupiter’s radiation belts, magnetic fields, and atmosphere.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Pioneer 10
Jupiter
Space Agency
Launch Control Center
Inter-Planetary Explorer
Solar System
Blind Skier Provides Aids For Guided Skiing
Sacramento college student David Swinney travels 80 miles weekly to the Sierra Nevada slopes. He skis with a helmet and a bright blind skier sign, guided by shouted directions from a friend. The San Juan Unified program now has about 20 blind and 20 deaf students among 1,500 youths. Swinney learned skiing in 1968 and now promotes it for the visually impaired.
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Sacramento
Calif
David Swinney
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Swinney
San Juan Unified
Soviets pledge aid to Mujib for Bangladesh
The Soviet government promised Prime Minister Mujibur Rahman 42.2 million in aid for East Pakistan turned Bangladesh. Funds, agreed during talks in Moscow, will finance a thermal power plant, electrical manufacturing, oil and gas exploration, radio facilities, and other development projects. A second agreement for further assistance was said to be substantial and to be launched before Mujib ends his visit. The United States has not recognized Mujib's government.
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Moscow
Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh
Mujib
East Pakistan
Kremlin
India
Inmates sue over cruel prison conditions at Lansing
Four Kansas State Penitentiary inmates file a damages suit in U.S. District Court seeking 140000, charging cruel and unusual punishment in Lansing. Plaintiffs include H. Dean Scruggs, Eddie D. Cox, Gary L. Poindexter and Samuel R. Brooks. The suit names Warden R. J. Gaffney and state penal director Robert Woodson as defendants.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
U.S. District Court
Lansing
R. J. Gaffney
Robert Woodson
Larry McClain
Topeka
Antidrug Success Says Nixon Drive Cuts Heroin Supply
Washington AP The Nixon administration reports success in antinarcotics efforts with fewer heroin smuggled overseas and reduced U S supply Treasury official Eugene T Rossides cites rising seizures as proof while cautioning progress remains fragile He references 1971 data showing 1308 pounds seized up from 1970 and says the president's program has tamed the corner on heroin abuse though much work remains.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
Treasury Department
Eugene T. Rossides
Treasury
Rossides
Customs Bureau
Kleindienst Denies ITT Charge Amid Senate Probe
Acting Atty Gen Richard G Kleindienst rejects as false a memo allegedly linking an ITT antitrust settlement to a political contribution. Senator Eastland seeks Beard testimony as Mitchell and Anderson face questions over secret talks and a 400000 donation cited to defray Republican National Convention costs.
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Washington (Ap
Richard G. Kleindienst
Justice Department
Nixon
Anderson
Senate
Kleindienst
Mitchell
ITT
Felix Rohatyn
San Diego
Belfast police sergeant dies. fifth death this week
BELFAST AP A 28 year old police sergeant died of gunshot wounds becoming the fifth fatality this week in Northern Ireland's sectarian strife. Sgt Thomas Morrow was shot during a factory break in near Newry as bombs and killings attributed to the IRA intensified. The British government signaled steps to ease IRA violence by addressing Catholic minority grievances and banning harsh interrogation methods.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Thomas Morrow
Newry
Irish Republican Army
Edward Heath
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