Ford Sows Seeds For Nebraska Primary Harvest
President Ford campaigns in Omaha as Nebraska Republicans prepare to vote next Tuesday. He defends agriculture policy, praises Earl Butz, and cites a five year grain deal with Russia to steady markets. A Democrat critic questions Butz and blasts farm policy while Ford addresses farmers and supporters.
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Inflation and Fed policy seen driving stocks and bonds
United States stock and bond traders weighed inflation trends and Federal Reserve strategy this past week. Fed Chair Burns warned of rising food and fuel costs, while the Fed adjusted its money-supply target to 4.5 to 7 percent. The wholesale price index jumped 8 percent in April, with farm products up 4.2 percent, and CitiBank held its prime rate at 6 percent amid a sluggish market.
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House Advances Kansas and Missouri Military Projects
The House approved a military construction bill with multiple Kansas and Missouri projects and added an amendment to restrict Pentagon base closures or cuts without a year’s advance notice. Major Kansas items include a 15.2 million sulfuric acid regeneration unit at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in De Soto and a 15.2 million flight control tower upgrade for Fort Leonard Wood. Also funded: Fort Leavenworth water pollution abatement 190 thousand. Fort Riley water pollution abatement 1.67 million, energy conservation 4 million, and base defense disposal office 772 thousand. Parsons pollution abatement 493 thousand. McConnell AFB dorm remodeling 2.7 million and water pollution abatement 248 thousand. Missouri funds include Whiteman AFB sewage facility alteration 133 thousand.
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Compromise Pact Ends San Francisco Strike
AP report says a compromise pact ends a 38 day strike by city crafts workers. Mayor George Moscone announced that cable cars buses and trolleys would roll before nightfall as the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and union leaders approved the plan after a night of negotiations.
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Farm Group Declines To Demonstrate At GOP Convention
The United Farm Workers of America says it will not participate in demonstrations at the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City. Spokesman James Lumsden says members will focus on growers, not Republicans, and that UFW policy foresees no involvement with the GOP protest coalition.
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