Record leap in wholesale food prices
The March statistics show prices rising sharply before Nixon ordered ceilings on beef pork and lamb. Meany called for pocketbook protection as Congress weighed price freezes amid talk of broad action. Stein said expanding food supplies with market incentives would ease the problem later this year.
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Nixon
Meany
America
Congress
Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Iu- Teau
Meat prices rally and boycotts roil markets and unions
A flood of price cuts spans West Coast stores with up to 70 percent off meat while nationwide surveys show 81 percent of housewives plan to keep or expand meat boycotts. Union layoffs rise as producers face losses and cafeterias face contract shifts. Wholesale and farm price indexes surge, signaling continued inflation pressures amid policy actions. Macy’s Newton of the Black Panther Party says the group remains active and revolutionary.
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San Diego
Calif
Fire and blast level California resin plant
A plastics pipe maker near M&T and a nearby house suffered heavy damage after a fire and explosions. Fire Chief Teixeira reported the MEK producing plant was fully involved as 300 plus windows blew out at greenhouses a mile away. A 10,000 gallon hydrochloric acid tank remained intact as responders worked. Resident Gladys Faria described the massive blast and shattered bedroom windows.
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Westflex Products
M&t
Manual Texeira
San Pablo
Teixera
Gladys Faria
New Home
Mushrooms for Army Recall After Botulism Toxin Found
The FDA announced a recall of at least 800 cans of mushrooms sold to the Defense Department due to Botulinum type B toxin. Production from Fran Mushroom Co. of Ravenna New York was shipped to Memphis and Alameda depots. 24 eight ounce cans per case. One suspect can led to a military veterinary report at Fort Gordon. Previous recalls affected United Canning Co. East Palestine and Fresh Mushroom Products Co. South Lebanon. Stouffer's and Fabbrini also pulled products.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Defense Department
FDA
Ravenna
N.Y
Defense
Memphis
Tenn
Alameda
Calif
Ft. Gordon
Augusta
Atlanta
United Canning Co
East Palestine
Ohio
Fresh Mushroom Products Co
South Lebanon
United
Stouffer's Food Co
Selon
Fabbrini Family Foods Inc
Ossinike
Mich
Meat boycott cripples L B meat plants across coast
Central figures identify Rueht Uros as spokesman for a West Coast meatpackers group. Prices rose while production slowed by 40 percent this week due to the boycott. Retail sales plunged in Huntington Beach and nearby areas as shoppers stockpiled beef and wholesale prices stayed high. Market managers report 40 to 70 percent drops in meat sales across the West Coast, with many plants laying off hundreds of workers and retailers calling the market a ghost town.
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West Coast
Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc
Robert A. Wachsler
Ohio
Umion
Westnessty
Gah
Rueht Uros
South Cale
Mel Free
Huntington Beach
Southland
John
Los Angeles
Les Whisenhut
Brentiwood Country Mart
Robert Miller
Union Packing Co
Winds blow structures and injure residents in Southland
A day of strong gusts felled a 4 foot plate glass window in Gales, toppled a camper on Foot Hill Freeway, and tipped a tractor trailer near Indio. In Los Angeles mix, 33 year old David J McKean was struck by a patio roof in Hollywood while Marian Katz, 61, was cut by a flying sign at Fairfax. Coast Guard warned seas with 35 mph gusts and Catalina Island reported 45 mph winds, Riverside and Fontana airports 40 to 66 mph.
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Montrose
Indio
Los Angeles
Marian Katz
Fairfax
Hollywood
David J. McKean
Coast Guard
Catalina Island
Southland
Riverside
Fontana
Nixon vetoes second funding push amid pork barrel critique
President Nixon again vetoes funds arguing communities pay twice for local facilities and sewers. He warns double taxation harms national welfare and federal spending restraint is essential while noting the program has developed a pork barrel flavor over time.
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Nixon
Solons Oppose Aid to North Vietnam
Arkansas House passed a resolution opposing U S aid to rebuild North Vietnam. Sponsor Rep N B Murphy of Hamburg said U S dollars are needed for domestic problems. He cited stories of torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners of war.
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Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas House
North Vietnam
Rep. N.B
Nap" Murphy
Hamburg
Ark
U.S
Wai Murphy
Heaviest Viet action since truce reported in four regions
In South Vietnam heavy artillery and mortar exchanges marked the strongest fighting since the January 28 cease fire. Military sources said attacks ranged from the north to the Mekong Delta with significant casualties as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces pressed for a broader offensive while using international talks as a shield to regroup and resupply.
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Saigon
Paris
Protests cited by Luce witness in Pentagon Papers trial
Los Angeles reports show the witness Aldo Luce, who helped disclose the tiger cages in South Vietnam, admitted signing a 1967 letter to President Johnson protesting bombing in North Vietnam. He resigned as a Vietnam volunteer to protest village bombings, defoliation, and forced villager moves. Hayden, Fonda in courtroom as Ellsberg Russo defense ties emerge. In Montana, Jemima Cook defeats Hyram Brown 124 to 55 to become Twin Bridges' first woman mayor.
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Los Angeles
U.S
Vietnam
David Nissen
Donald Luce
Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
Luce
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Antiway
Tom Hayden
Chicago Seven
Hayden
Ellsberg-Russo
Jane Fonda
Courwoom
Twin Bridges
Mont
UPI
Jemima Cook
Hyram Brown
Montana
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New York
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Oan
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N. Viet
Palm Beach
Los Cerritos Center
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Atkins
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