Farm support bill faces veto threat and passage outlook
House farm bloc leaders expect quick passage of an emergency farm support bill despite a veto threat from President Ford. The measure would raise wheat, corn, cotton and milk supports while trimming $300 million from the initial $882 million package. Senate panel to review its version.
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Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPI
Ford
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
House Agriculture Committee
Thomas&, Foley
Dwash
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Paul Findley
Rilh
Findley
West Germany warns on oil pressure and possible action
West Germany would consider military action if Arab oil prices strangled the nation, said Karl Borchard first secretary at the West German embassy. He cautioned that rising prices and Arab control of exports pose danger, while stressing no such action is being planned now.
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Spokane
UPS
West Germany
Washington, D.C
Karl Borchard
Europe
Japan
United States
Gonzaga University
Geologist argues continents shrinking not growing
Dr. Paul Lowman of Goddard Space Flight Center contends continents began as a global crust and have eroded, becoming oceanic crust. He cites ocean basin growth as dominant and notes no evidence of complete disappearance or elevation to mountains.
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Bruce E. Hicks
UPI
Houston
Maryland
Paul Lowman
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Earth
Lowman
Johnson Space Center
GSA Plans Public Access to Nixon Tapes Centers
The General Services Administration plans nationwide listening centers with transcripts to let the public hear Nixon White House tapes. Processing will start after legal settlements, with first tapes likely available spring 1977 and most materials within three years.
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Wesley G. Pippert
Washington
UPI
General Services Administration
Richard Nixon
House of Congress
GSA
Congress
Nixon
Supreme Court
Minimum Wage Measure Dies In Idaho Committee
A Senate bill to raise the minimum wage failed on a tie vote in the House State Affairs Committee. The measure would have set $2.00 per hour July 1, increased to $2.20 January 1 next year and to $2.30 per hour January 1, 1977.
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Boise
UPI
Senate
House
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