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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1972
Page
4
Los Angeles Mayor Yorty said Tuesday he opposes extending price controls to farm products. He argued production costs have doubled since 1955 while farmers’ net income rose only 65 percent, urging alternative measures.
Washington witnesses told a House Agriculture subcommittee that beef prices will likely hold until midsummer as supply and demand shape costs. Clarence Adams of the National Association of Food Chains and He rrell DeGraff of the American Meat Institute cited expected marketings and stable prices, while others noted counter pressures from retail margins and wholesale factors.
The House approved 364 to 13 a measure to authorize 3555.9 million in maritime subsidies for fiscal 1973. It earmarks 280 million for construction subsidies, including 30 million extra for break-bulk vessel purchases for the national defense reserve fleet, funding 170 ships and LNG hulls while aiming to build 300 merchant ships over the decade. Operating subsidies on U.S. flag vessels would total 232 million as requested by President Nixon.
VW officials testified that 1975 exhaust cleanup devices wear out fast and raise fuel use, hurting engine power and driveability. AMC and Volvo urged a one year delay, citing tests showing devices fail after 4,000 miles and may worsen emissions.
The Assembly Planning and Land Use Committee approved a bill to add four public members to the State Lands Commission. Speaker Bob Moretti introduced the measure, the panel passed 60 to 0, and it moved to the Ways and Means Committee.
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