Convention plans roll on schedule
AP dispatch from Miami Beach notes Nixon administration officials touting achievements to the Platform Committee as preparations for the Republican National Convention proceed on schedule. Cabinet members and the Council of Economic Advisers testify while McCloskey, a GOP critic, appears before a subcommittee. City Council eases protests near the venue and McGovern and Shriver campaign elsewhere.
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Carl P. Learsdorf
Miami Beach, Fla
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Platform Committee
Paul N
Pete” McCloskey
California
Flamingo Park
Spiro T. Agnew
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
McGovern
Ohio
Illinois
Shriver
West Virginia
Richard Nixon
GOP
Advisers urge keeping controls on economy
President Nixon's top economic advisers told Republican platform writers that federal spending must be curbed and Phase 2 economic controls maintained to prevent inflation and higher taxes. They urged continued price and wage controls and improvements while looking toward eventual removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Republican Platform
Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Herbert Stein
Ezra Solomon
Marina N. Whitman
Congress
Weartern
Administration
Police evict campers at Flamingo Park near Republican convention
Helmeted police led about 40 officers to clear Flamingo Park of roughly 100 demonstrators hours after the City Council allowed camp sites for GOP delegates. Campers, mostly Zippie followers, dispersed to streets and a church shelter. no arrests were reported and most slept in the church parish house while a minority remained in the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Flamingo Park
Rocky Pomerance
Miami Beach Community Church
Pomerance
Record oil quota sought by Texas buyers
Major Texas crude buyers asked for a record 3,751,417 barrels daily for September, per the Railroad Commission. The nomination tops August and the U.S. Bureau of Mines forecasts 3,525,000 bpd for September, down 75,000 from August. The commission will set statewide allowable oil next Wednesday, after considering nominations and forecasts.
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Austin, Tex
Texas
Railroad Commission
U.S. Bureau of Mines
City winks at park law during protest camp
Miami Beach officials allow Flamingo Park to host protesters during the Republican convention while enforcing safety rules. Police say skin exposure is discouraged but not strictly policed at 2am. the council approved park camping for non delegates despite prior closures.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Flamingo Park
Rocky Pomerance
McGovern May Temper Tax Reform During Midwest Swing
Sen George McGovern heads a four day Midwest tour with stops in Youngstown Ohio Springfield Illinois and Wisconsin amid signs he may temper his tax reform plan. He gains AFL CIO union backing and enlists conservative economists Charles Schultze and Walter Heller to advise on tax welfare and employment proposals. Shriver campaigns for labor votes in West Virginia as McGovern meets union leaders and eyes a Springfield stop near the State Fair.
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Washington
George McGovern
Midwest
Ohio
Wisconsin
Illinois
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Afl-Cio
National Labor Committee
McGovern
Charles Schultze
Walter Heller
Heller
Canneril of
Feammie Advisors
Kennedy
Johnson
Schultze
LBJ
New Labor Coalition
Joseph Kennan
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Joseph Beirne
The
Communications Workers
Floyd Smith
International Association of Machinists
Paul Jennings
International Union of Electrical Workers
Sargant Shriver
West Virginia
Shriver
Wheeling
California
Denver
Houston
Youngstown
United Auto Workers
Lordstown
Springfield
Daley
Debate over who bears blame for rising food prices
Washington prices across groceries spark a debate among farmers, middlemen, and retailers about who profits and who pays. government figures show shifts in the share of the food dollar and rising costs from farm to table while economists expect a leveling trend through the year.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
S. Kent Christensen
National Association of Food Chains
Christensen
Agriculture Department
Safeway Stores
Price Commission
Department of Agriculture
Oscar Levant dies in sleep in Beverly Hills
Oscar Levant, famed pianist, wit, composer, author, and TV host, died in his sleep in Beverly Hills at 65 from natural causes. The Pittsburgh native studied with Schoenberg, co wrote hits like Lady, Play Your Mandolin, and starred in films including a Gershwin biopic. He left three daughters with wife June Gale, lasting until his death.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Oscar Levant
George Gershwin
Levant
Pittsburgh
Eler
Arnold Schoenberg
Oscar
Gershwin
Barbara Smith
June Gale
Public Safety officer faces game law charges in Texas
Maj. Kent Odom, commander of the Corpus Christi DPS region, goes on trial in Beaumont on federal migratory bird charges. He is among 10 defendants accused of shooting migratory birds over a baited area in Nacogdoches County on Sept 1 1971. The case cites violations of treaty protections and can carry up to six months in jail or a $3,500 fine.
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U.S
Tyler
U. S
Joe Huffstutler
Mexico
Odom
Zavala County
Comal County
Rio Grande
Calhoun County
Batt
DPS
L. S
Bride helps husband collect city trash
Patricia and Tom Crawford newlyweds in Chatham Township New Jersey drive a Model Disposal Co garbage truck six days a week, starting at 5 am. Since their Aug marriage they share curbside and backyard pickups for hundreds of customers, with Patricia driving and loading drums on her head.
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Chatham Township
Patricia
Tom Crawford
Crawford
Model Disposal Co
New York City
Tom
Madison
Cotton shifts west as Texas leads U S production
A Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas review notes Texas now grows about a third of America's cotton on only 3 percent of the land, with 75 percent produced west of Abilene. Modern irrigation and tech push yields up, East Texas retires marginal land to cattle and oil remains strong.
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Dallas
King
East
Texas
West
Carl G. Anderson Jr
Business Review
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
America
Anderson
Abilene
West Texas
East Texas
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James W. Field
Corpus Christi
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Warren
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Barnett Dugat
Hubert Oxford
Brian E. Blair
Ravel Ennis
High Plains
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