Market Basket Costs Rally As Food Prices Rise
The USDA reports a 2.5 percent rise in the February market basket, adding 34 dollars to the yearly cost of feeding a typical family. Farm values climb 3.2 percent while middlemen gain 1.9 percent. beef pork and poultry hit record highs, eggs fall. Farmers receive 43 cents of every dollar spent on food in February, with implications for Nixon administration price controls.
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Agriculture Department
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U.S
USDA
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Meatless For Six Years Ex POW Backs Meat Boycott
Air Force major Bernard Talley who spent time as a prisoner of war says he will endure longer if it helps reduce food prices. The Associated Press survey shows growing support for a nationwide meat boycott planned for the first week in April. California organizers propose an April 18 meat ban, while families test meatless meals and Clarksburg pupils in Massachusetts will have meatless menus the week of April 1.
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Talley
Air Force
Associated Press
California
Clarksburg
Mass
Berkshires
Man Killed In Two Car Crash Near Bakersville
A Washington County man Ronnie Lee Johnigen 22 of Roscoe died at the scene after a collision with Walter Kessler Jr. 58 of Romulus Mich injuring four others at Route 31 and SR 55052 in Jefferson Township. The dead man died of severe neck injuries at 1 45 a m. Four injured were admitted to Somerset Community Hospital George Kornosky 21 Charleroi minor cuts Walter Kessler Jr 58 Romulus Mich head chest hip injuries serious condition Harriet Joseph 73 Somerset back injuries serious condition. Damages were estimated at 7000 to the cars plus 300 to a telephone pole.
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Bakersville
Jefferson Township
Ronnie Lee Johnigen
Roscoe
Somerset County
Harold Hay
Somerset Community Hospital
George Kornosky
Charleroi
Walter Kessler Jr
Romulus
Mich
Jahnigen
Walter Kessler
Lawmakers Move Toward Public Right to Know Bill
Five House members meet to craft language for a bill to open meetings of Pennsylvania state agencies and local bodies. A subcommittee will review the measure. Rep. Daniel Beren plans amendments to require invalidation of actions if discussion is refused.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House State Government Committee
Daniel Beren
R-Montgomery
House
Senate
Shapp
Joseph Ammerman
Clearfield
Beren
McCord Names Watergate Figures to Senate Panel
Senate Watergate inquiry chief Samuel Dash says James W. McCord Jr. supplied names of others involved in the 1972 bugging of Democratic HQ. McCord cooperates fully and may testify under oath as public hearings approach. Cash indicates other defendants may disclose information soon.
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Senate
James W. McCord Jr
Samuel Cash
McCord
Dash
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Cash
Senate Committee
John J. Sirica
Grand
Laos Prisoner Gap Halts Paris Ceasefire Steps
Hanoi offers to turn over 107 U S prisoners with nine Laos captives included many details. The United States demands guarantees that nine Americans captured in Laos be freed simultaneously and refuses to budge on troop withdrawals until all POWs are released. The stalemate ties to Pathet Lao control and the Paris accord deadline remains unsettled.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
United States
Laos
Nixon
Florida White House
Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Paris
Joint
Military Commission
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
North Vietnamese
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
Gia Lam
Joint Military Commission
DRV
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Mild Week Ahead With Showers Possible In Pennsylvania
The forecast predicts mild conditions in Western Pennsylvania with showers likely Monday. Highs range from the low 50s to near 60, followed by showers Monday night and lows in the mid 30s to low 40s. Northerly winds at 10 to 20 mph are expected Monday.
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