Nixon signs farm bill amid inflation fight
President Nixon signed the four year farm bill expanding price supports and food stamp rules while cutting potential payments to farmers. The measure gives the agriculture secretary new pricing powers, raises milk supports, tightens payment limits, and retains food for peace with North Vietnam blocked without Congress approval.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Agriculture
North Vietnam
Price freeze extended on gasoline and beef scheduled
The Cost of Living Council extended the gasoline and petroleum price freeze to Aug 19 and announced beef prices stay frozen until Sept 12. Margins will mirror Jan 10 levels, and pumps must display price and octane. News also notes Phase 4 insurance regulations and rising pork costs amid beef concerns.
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Cost of Living Council
John T. Dunlop
Dunlop
Nixon
Kenneth Fedor
Fedor
Ideal Baking Co
Illinois
ITT Continental Baking
Wonder Bread
Interstate Brands Corp
A&p
Washington
D.C
Butcher’s Union
New York City
Wayne Brewer
Saga Food Service, Inc
Wilmington
Ohio
Paul’s Bar_B-Q
Air crash hearing set for Ozark Airlines crash
The National Transportation Safety Board announced a public hearing starting August 28 in St. Louis into the July 23 Ozark Air Lines crash near Lambert-St. Louis airport. Forty four were aboard and thirty eight were killed.
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Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
St. Louis
Ozark Air Lines
Lambert-St. Louis
Governor Opens Illinois State Fair in Springfield
Governor Daniel Walker cut the ribbon to inaugurate a 10 day Illinois State Fair in Springfield. Officials expect as many as 750000 visitors to tour the fairgrounds during the run which ends August 19.
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Springfield
Illinois
Daniel Walker
Local forecast shows cooler, less humid weekend ahead
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with cooler air and low temperatures in the 60s. Saturday will be drier with highs in the 80s, followed by warm, partly cloudy conditions Sunday through Tuesday and a chance of showers on Monday.
Parking lot decision sparks SIU trailer court clash
SIU trustees debated converting the campus trailer court to a 600 car parking lot tied to an east campus master plan. Residents argued preserving the eco village and questioned space needs while officials cited a shortfall and a proposed monorail link.
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Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
SIUC
T. Richard Mager
Rino Bianchi
Chris Robertson
Robertson
University Trailer Court
Siu-C
Mayer
STUC
Pine Hills Research Center
SIAC
David R. Derge
Ivan A. Elliott Jr
Carmi
Derge
Pine Hills Station
Distress Calls From Chilili Boy Puzzle For Police
Searchers sorted conflicting reports as they traced radio distress from a boy who said his name was Larry claiming his father collapsed and needed help. Authorities noted no missing boy Larry or father report yet, leaving police no clearer leads.
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Chilili
N.M
Larry
A. B. Whitehouse
Six Die in North Illinois Head-On Crash
Six people died and four children were orphaned after a head-on collision on Illinois 1 north of Mount Carmel. The dead include Thomas Hyneman 28 and Roger Stanford 17 in one car. In the other car were Elbert Dougherty 43 his wife Caroline 40 and their children Mark 12 Pat 10 plus four other Dougherty children Sabryna 18 Joe 15 Tom 13 and Kirk 5 all from Mount Carmel. All are reported in critical condition.
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Illinois
Thomas Hyneman
Roger Stanfield
Elbert Dougherty
Wabash County
Caroline
Mark
Pat
Dougherty
Sabrina
Joe
Tom
Kirk
Police unearth bodies in Texas youth led slayings case
A 17 year old, Elmer Wayne Henley, claims 27 youths were killed by a homosexual procurement ring. Police unearthed two more bodies near Broaddus raising total found to 21. Henley says six more may lie in sand dunes by High Island. He admits involvement with Dean Corll and David Brooks in luring boys to Corll's Pasadena home for killings. Brooks to be arraigned.
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Michael A. Lutz
Broaddus
San Augustine
Houston
Elmer Wayne Henley
Henley
High Island
Galveston
Pasadena
U.S
Juan Corona
Huba City
Calif
Corona
Dean Corll
Corll
David Brooks
Brooks
Dean
Breck Porter
Tex
White House tapes subpoena battle and Agnew records probe
Federal Judge Sirica weighs two actions over Nixon White House tapes and related documents in Watergate probe. Senate committee seeks faster responses, while prosecutors seek turnover of nine conversations. Meanwhile Vice President Agnew leaves for Palm Springs amid ongoing Maryland corruption inquiry and grand jury testimony.
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Washington
John J. Sirica
Nixon
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
U.S. District Court
Sirica
Archibald Cox
Maryland
Agnew
Palm Springs
Calif
Jay H. Topkis
Baltimore
U.S
Secret Service probes agent over McGovern spying claim
The Secret Service investigates allegations that agent James C. Bolton Jr. passed information to the White House about Senator George S. McGovern during the 1972 campaign. The Washington Post reports two dozen classified memos show White House aides seeking damaging data on Democratic rivals from multiple agencies between 1971 and 1972.
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Secret Service
White House
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Washington Post
the Post
James C. Bolton Jr
Post
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Lawrence F. O’brien
Henry L. Kimelman
H. R. Haldeman
John W. Dean III
Charles W. Colson
FBI
Internal Revenue Service
Departments of Justice, Commerce, Defense and Interior
Nixon Signs FHA Mortgage Insurance Authority Extension
President Nixon signed a measure restoring FHA authority to insure single and multi family mortgages and raised the interest ceiling to 7.4 percent. The authority had lapsed June 30. the stop gap lasts until Oct 1 while Congress finalizes wider housing legislation. VA loan guarantees were separated from FHA and given distinct authority and rate limits.
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Washington
Nixon
FHA
Congress
Federal Housing Administration Authority
Veterans Administration Loan Guarantee Authority
Secret memo shows Laird approved covert Cambodia bombing plan
A top secret memo released to the Senate Armed Services Committee shows former Defense Secretary Melvin Laird personally approved a plan to mask B52 raids in Cambodia by attributing them to South Vietnam. The document, dated November 20, 1969, details simultaneous strikes and falsified records, with other areas staged as South Vietnam missions.
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Cambodia
South Vietnam
Laird
Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
South
Vietnam
Harold E. Hughes
Diona
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Johnson
Moorer
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
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