Coffee States To Hold Crop To Bolster Prices Says AP
Major Latin American coffee producers plan to withhold about 30 percent of their crop to lift prices. Venezuela would back the move with oil money, potentially $80 million, while New York dealers doubt impact due to beans surplus and falling US demand. Separate reports note Saudi Arabia cautious on oil cuts and Guyana to nationalize Reynolds bauxite mines.
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Associated Press
New York
Caracas
Venezuela
Brazil
Colombia
Mexico
Carlos Andres Perez
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
United States
Saudi Arabia
Britain
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
London
Great Britain
U.S
Yamani
Kuwait
Chalid Abu Saud
der Spiegel
Guyana
Forbes Burnham
Reynolds Metal Co
Reynolds
Burnham
Presidents Call for Joint France US Compromise
Ford and Giscard meet at Fort de France in Martinique and urge a joint approach to a compromise on key issues. They present a united stance to ease tensions and foster cooperation.
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Giscard D’estaing
Gerald Ford
Trois Islets
Fort DE France
Martinique
United States
France
Ford
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Caribbean
Middle East
Japan
Europe
Coal Miners Idle As Shutdowns Hit Appalachian Fields
Picket lines formed and mines shut down across the Appalachian coalfields idling nearly 50,000 miners, mainly in West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and Indiana. UMW negotiators reported no scheduled talks with the bituminous contractors amid a widening dispute over wages, benefits, and travel pay for construction workers moving between sites.
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Charleston
W.va
Appalachian
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
United Mine Workers Construction
Washington
UMW
Association of
Bituminous Contractors
Texas Insurance Board approves 8.8 percent rate rise
The Texas State Board of Insurance ordered an 8.8 percent statewide average increase in private passenger auto insurance taking effect Jan 16. Final figures come after actuaries review and factor in two prior rate years. Individual increases vary by age county and use.
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Austin
State Board of Insurance Today
Joe Christie
Christie
Texas
Parker County
Weatherford
Montgomery County
Houston
Texas Automobile Insurance Service Office
Insurance Board
Service set Tuesday for Berton Adair Moore 82
Berton Adair Moore 82 a Scurry County resident for over 75 years died Saturday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday at First United Methodist Church Snyder with Rev Wayland Dowden and Rev Leslie E Kelly officiating. Burial in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home direction. Moore active in philanthropy and community life. charter member of Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch. supporter of West Texas Rehabilitation Center. Texas Cattle Raisers Association member. stockholder in West Texas State Bank. Survived by wife Hattie Elkins Moore a son Bert Sellars a brother Carroll Moore a granddaughter Brenda Otto and a great grandchild plus nieces and nephews.
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Avenue K
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Bell- Seale Funeral Home
Carl Watson
Albert Rainwater
Snyder Cemetery
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
First United Methodist Church
Snyder
Berton Adair Moore
Scurry County
Mr. Moore
Dermott
Wayland Dowden
Union United Methodist Church
Leslie E. Kelly
Big Spring
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Lampasas
West Texas Rehabilitation Center
Cal Farley
Boys Ranch
McMurry College
Abilene
Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association
West Texas State Bank
Today In History December 16 1974 recap
On December 16, 1773 American colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor marking the Boston Tea Party. Other noted events include Beethoven's birth in 1770, Napoleon's divorce in 1809, a New York City fire in 1835, Rasputin's murder in 1916, the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, a 1960 midair collision over New York Harbor, Senator Ted Kennedy’s hospital exit around 1970, Berlin talks in 1965, Berlin access issues in the early 70s, and U S Britain and France pressuring the Soviet Union over Berlin.
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Boston
Ludwig von Beethoven
Napoleon Bonaparte
Josephine
New York City
Gregory Rasputin
Belgium
New York Harbor
Edward Kennedy
U.S
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Berlin
United States
Weather summary for Texas regions this weekend
Snyder temperatures show highs in the 50s and 60s with 7 am readings around the upper 20s to low 30s. Weather across regions remains clear to partly cloudy with warming trend by Tuesday, including freezes inland and milder coastal areas.
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Snyder
Texas
Rail Act Upheld By Top Court
The Supreme Court upheld the Rail Reorganization Act 7 to 2, ruling creditors and shareholders may sue in the Court of Claims if compensation is inadequate. The act creates Conrail, a private corporation backed by $1 billion in federal obligations, to take over Northeast and Midwest bankrupt railroads.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Northeast
Midwest
Federal
Philadelphia
Cal Compositions
Pittsburgh
District of the United Steelworkers of America
U.S. Court of Claims
Court of Claims
Consolidated Rail Corp
Conrail
Russians Find New Life in Charlotte Resettlement Aid
Eight Russian Jewish families arrive in Charlotte under Hebrew International Aid Society sponsorship. They adjust to American life, where costs, transport, and law enforcement differ from Moscow Riga and Odessa. Some move on to New York and Los Angeles. others gain jobs. Leaders stress careful placement, independence, and cultural acclimation.
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Robert H. Reid
Associated Press
Charlotte, N.C
Alexander Ehrenberg
Baltic
Riga
Dmitri Ostrovsky
Moscow
Ehrenbergs
Ostrovskys
Charlotte
Hebrew International Aid Society
America
Odessa
New York
Los Angeles
Ostrovsky
United States
Soviet Union
B'nai B'rith
Israel
Ehrenberg
Susan Bruck
Michael Nurenberg
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Crane
Troy Cox
Hobbs
N.M
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Midland
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DeLeon
B.A. Moore
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Ohio
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Irwin Pepper
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