Price controls lifted on US fertilizer industry
Washington AP report says government ended fertilizer price controls to boost food production. Agriculture Dept data show September food costs fell the most in 17 years. Two ex US officials testified to a House subcommittee that military property in Laos was bartered for favors and that unauthorized upgrades and a swimming pool were added to the ambassador's home.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Laos
House
World tour on credit card draws teen arrest
Michael Thomas Henson aged 18 and his girlfriend allegedly financed a two month around the world spree with a borrowed credit card and about 200000 in fake checks. Henson was arrested at a motel in Orlando after failing to pay for a one night stay. Authorities estimate the trip cost up to half a million dollars as officers investigate theft and fraud charges including defrauding an innkeeper passing worthless checks and receiving stolen property.
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Orlando, Fla
Michael Thomas Henson
New York City
Henson
Debt ceiling lifted without tax reforms or Social Security boost
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a new public debt ceiling seen as a Nixon administration victory. The limit would rise from 465 billion to 478 billion dollars with no tax reform or Social Security increase attached.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
Australian writer Patrick White creates annual Nobel prize fund
Nobel laureate Patrick White announced in Canberra that his 1973 award money of 120000 dollars will endow an annual Australian writers prize. He will hand the Nobel check to a trustees committee to administer the award, with an expected annual prize of at least 9000 dollars.
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Canberra
Australia
Patrick White
American executive abducted in Argentina amid ransom demand
David B. Wilkie, 48, general manager of Amoco Argentina Oil Co., was kidnapped outside Buenos Aires on Thursday. Report says kidnappers seek 1 million dollars in ransom and Standard Oil Co. of Indiana says it has been contacted by the abductors.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
American Oil Company
David B. Wilkie
Amoco Argentina Oil Co
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Amoco
Texas Revision Commission Completes Constitution Proposal
The Texas Constitutional Revision Commission finished work on a proposed new state constitution and sent it to the printer. The plan will be formally presented in a ceremony in the Texas House chamber to Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby and Speaker Price Daniel Jr. Invitations have gone out to thousands of prominent Texans. A Dec. 6 briefing for reporters precedes briefings on Dec. 7 for state senators and representatives who will be delegates to the 1974 Constitution Convention.
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Austin
Pex
Texas Constitutional Revision Commission
Bill Hobby
Price Daniel Jr
Texas House Chamber
Duck cholera hits Wharton County in Texas
AUSTIN AP. About 200 ducks and other waterfowl died in Wharton County from duck cholera. The Parks and Wildlife Department said the disease is not contagious to humans and is considered a local die-off with no other reports. Goose season opens Monday for most of the state and duck season starts November 10. Sick birds should be left alone.
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Austin
Tex
Wharton
Parks and Wildlife Department
Murdoch to Buy San Antonio Express and News
Australian publisher Rupert Murdoch through News America Inc agreed in principle with Harte-Hanks Newspapers to purchase the San Antonio Express and News for 18 million dollars. Harte-Hanks president Robert Marbut confirmed the deal.
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San Antonio
Sirica Receives Award for Judicial Courage in Boston
Watergate Judge John J. Sirica was honored with the American Judges Association award of merit for judicial courage at a Boston convention. He avoided discussing Watergate in his remarks while noting the pursuit of truth as central to the adversary system. Earlier, President Nixon agreed to turn over White House tapes to Sirica.
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Boston
John J. Sirica
American Judges Association
Nixon
White House
Sirica
DefCon 3 alert ordered after Soviet Middle East talks
Nixon in his bedroom ordered a Defense Condition Three alert as US forces worldwide moved to a precautionary state after a Soviet envoy discussed Middle East ceasefire supervision. Kissinger briefed, White House meetings followed, and the Security Council later approved a peacekeeping force.
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Nixon
U.S
America
Soviet Union
Middle East
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Henry A. Rissinger
State Department
Kremlin
United States
Dobronin
Moscow
Kissinger
National Security Council
White House
West Wing
State and Defense Departments
CIA
National Military Command Center
Florida
Homestead Air Force Base
Atlantic
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Mideast
Dor
Oval Office
Fort Bliss war games continue after service death
Fort Bliss Texas hosts Brave Shield VI six day desert maneuvers with about 10 000 troops. An Army Sergeant J C Stephen Savage died when run over by an armored track vehicle as troops begin command post exercises and mock confrontations. Air force units planned 14 air strikes and 16 sorties amid the go ahead designation despite regional alert.
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FT. Bliss
Tex
el Paso
J.C. Stephen T. Savage
Savage
Middle East
Air Force
Bill Duerre
Defense Witnesses Focus on War in Unique Armstrong Hearing
Madison AP reports a landmark mitigation hearing for Karleton Armstrong, who pled guilty to arson and second-degree murder in the 1970 Army Mathematics Research Center bombing that killed 33-year-old researcher Robert Fassnacht. Defense witnesses including Ellsberg and Gruening argue Armstrong’s act paled beside U.S. conduct in Vietnam. ArmStrong faces up to 25 years. state seeks maximum.
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Madison, Wis
Vietnam
Karleton Armstrong
U.S
Indochina
Armstrong
Army Mathematics Research Center
Robert Fassnacht
Philip Berrigan
Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony J. Russo
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Ellsberg
Michael Zaleski
Fassnacht
Fasnacht
Karl
Melsin Greenberg
Briscoe outlines zero based budget plan for Texas
Governor Dolph Briscoe and Arlington Mayor Tom Vandergriff spoke at the Texas Manufacturers Association convention in El Paso. Briscoe outlined a zero based budget requiring agencies to justify all expenditures from zero, aiming for better personnel use and taxpayer value. Vandergriff outlined proposed constitutional revisions to grant the governor broader powers and allow joint city county services, with a two thirds vote and state referendum for debt. The convention also announced Ed C. Burris award to Central Freight Lines of Waco. The constitutional convention is set to begin January 3 with action due by November 1 and a potential statewide vote in November 1974.
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EL Paso
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Tom. Vandergriff
Texas Manufacturers Association
IMA
Briscoe
Vandergriff
Arlington
Texas
UAW Reaches Tentative Ford Contract Amid Walkout Threat
The United Auto Workers reached a tentative three year deal with Ford Motor Co averted a 10 am walkout by 185000 workers. union leaders said negotiations would continue and strike authorizations could follow. Details remained undisclosed but a Cleveland Local 1250 source noted retirement after 25 years with full benefits for 9000 foundry workers.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Cps
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Ford
Woodcock
Cleveland
Ohio
Skylab 3 Launch Expected On Schedule
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP space agency officials express optimism Skylab 3 will blast off as planned on November 10 after buckled fuel tank sections in the Saturn 1B booster were popped back into place. Crew Gerald Carr William Pogue and Edward Gibson are to stay aboard 56 days with possible extension to 70.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Agency
Gerald Carr
William Pogue
Ward Gibson
Skylab Space Station
NASA
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