Nixon Signs Farm Bill and Parity Ratio Dip
President Nixon signed a three year farm bill while parity prices reached a 37 year low. USDA delayed details of the program amid budget disputes as prices paid to farmers fell further and costs rose, with hog and barley figures noted and 1910 to 14 base adjusted. Abraham credited as patriarch in a separate line.
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Washington
Nixon
Agriculture Department
White House
Congress
Noer
Belfeattle
Office of Management Ad Budget
USDA
Barbs by Phil Pastoret on information flow and toys
The column jokes about how fast information reaches the home office and mocks the idea of the phone company as a communications medium. It notes that many toys on crowded shelves are made to sell rather than to be played with and quips that success should only go to the head when it buys a new hat.
Shoe Quota Dropped From Import Trade Bill
The Senate Finance Committee voted 8 to 6 to drop import quotas on shoes from the foreign trade bill, bowing to Nixon’s requests. The action leaves a mandatory quota plan for woolen and synthetic textiles, with limited textile exemptions, and signals further floor battles over trade provisions and inflation concerns.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
Russell Long
Dla
U. S
United States
Finance Committee
Fred R Harris
D-Okla
House
Senate
Octopi Swim Only When They Must or During Migration
Octopi swim only when needed or during migration, then move backward in jerks. They use jet propulsion similar to squid to propel themselves, a behavior noted in their locomotion pattern.
Papal Visit Domes in Australia Amid Protests and Talks
The Pope opened a busy day in Sydney with a harbor tour under escort and a bareheaded ride to St Marys Cathedral for a Pan Oceanic bishops conference. The discussion included ordination for married men and potential exceptions while reaffirming priestly celibacy as essential.
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Frederick Channing
New Zealand
Northern Ireland
Ian Paisley
Channing
Paisley
Sydney
Australia
Pope Paul
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Pan-Oceanic Episcopal Conference of Bishops
South Pacific
Vatican
John Rodgers
Tonga
Rodgers
Pope
Paul
Third World Synod of Bishops
Quick Quiz: Shortest US Atlantic to Pacific distance
A trivia item reports the shortest cross country line from near Charleston South Carolina to near San Diego California at 2152 miles. It asks about seed size and presidents sons, noting the coconut seeds largest, three presidential sons of ministers, Saturn’s rings, and a honeybee lifetime honey near one tenth of a pound.
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United States
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Charleston
S.C
San Diego
Calif
OAO 3 Satellite Fails After Launch
NASA reports the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 3 failed after launch as its nose shroud and panels could not extend, likely breaking up upon atmospheric reentry over Africa or the Indian Ocean. The $98.5 million mission, the second failure in three OAO launches, followed prior OAO1 and OAO2 outcomes.
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NASA
Africa
Indian Ocean
Cape Kennedy
Thomas Stafford
OAO 3
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
Pogram
OAO 1
OAO 2
Cambodian Embassy Blast Raises Communist Link Inquest
Embassy sources say the Cong rocket attack on the Phnom Penh mission likely had Communist inspiration. A 50 pound bomb damaged four rooms of the 50 room structure during renovations. only a lone U S Marine guard was endangered. Cambodian forces deployed military police with AK47s after the blast as fighting continued nearby.
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U.S
Phnom Penh
Indochina
South Vietnam
Prek Khham
Betheny
Solzhenitsyn Declines Stockholm Trip For Nobel Prize
In a letter to the Swedish Academy published by friends, Alexander Solzhenitsyn says he will not travel to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize in literature fearing Soviet authorities would bar his return. He would accept in Moscow if possible.
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Moscow
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Stockholm
Soviet Union
Swedish Academy
Solzhenitsyn
Soviet Writers Union
Timepieces for professions vary from pilots to yachtsmen
The Watchmakers of Switzerlund say Swiss watches meet special needs for engineers pilots skiers auto racers and yachtsmen. A Bivouac model suits mountaineers and parachutists and an around the world piece shows time in major cities at a glance.
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New York
Switzerlund
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Iet
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Ford Love
Joyce Miller
Dan Dominguez
Women’s Liberation
Japan
Tokyo
BY Phil Pastoret
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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First National Bank of
Chester Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
Saturn
Cong
Washington, Pa
Jacqueline Mayer Townsend
John Townsend
AIR Force Academy
Colo
Robin Olds
Air Force
Ella Raines
Air Cadets
Water T. Galligan
Tactical Air Control, Center
Tan Son Nhut
Los Angeles
Jerry Lewis
California
Lewis
Rome
Tito
Yugoslavia
Paul VI
Italy
Holy See
Anthony’s
Your Work Shoe Headquarters
RED Wing
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