New import duties shift cost to U S consumers
Treasury outlines Nixon wage price freeze guidance on the 10 percent duty on foreign goods. Officials say consumers may bear the higher costs as the embargo and price controls continue. The document answers questions on checks, dividends, profits, wage ceilings, state and local pay, tuition, utilities, school contracts, and car excise tax relief status under the freeze.
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Washington
Nixon
Treasury
A. Nixon
Texas
Viet Cong Freighter Sunk in Qui Nhon Harbor
Viet Cong frogmen sank an 11,000 ton American freighter in Qui Nhon harbor. Overnight shelling along the DMZ continued for the sixth straight day. U S B52s conducted heavy raids inside the DMZ and in the buffer zone as part of ongoing operations. Four were injured when a 500-60 pound explosive damaged the Green Bay, now resting at the harbor bottom during the U S withdrawal.
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Saigon
Qui Nhon
Demilitarized Zone
U. S
United States
Vietnam
Ogilvie fills four of five Higher Education board seats
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie appointed James M. Unland Pekin and Robert C. Ziebarth Chicago to fill vacancies on the Illinois Board of Higher Education created by expired terms and a mid-1970 resignation. Lindsay and Lanterman were reappointed, leaving Harris’s term to expire.
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Michael A. Smith
Lindsay-Schaub
Richard B. Ogilvie
Board of Higher Education
George &. Harris
Chicago
Auguste C. Hershey
Alton
Edward E. Lindsay
Decatur
Joseph B. Lanterman
Jundelein
Ogilvie
James M.unland
Pekin
James B. Halderman
Halderman
Ziebarth
Harris
Unland
Zievarth
Bell and Howell Corp
College de
Rev Brune
Rock Island
Ilinois Junior College
Frank Fowle
Winnetka
Illinois Junior College Board
George L. Clements
Joseph Block
Fred W. Heitmann, Jr
Merle R
Nixon visit trims politics at Illinois State Fair
President Nixon cuts back on political spectacle during a noon visit to the Illinois State Fair to sign legislation designating Abraham Lincoln's home as a national historic site. Gov Ogilvie hosts a reception for youth outreach, with Nixon’s party keeping speeches brief and a focus on new voters.
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Springfield
Richard M. Nixon
Tuinois Gop
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Fairgrounds
State Agriculture
Gordon Ropp
Nixon
GOP
Victor Smith
Robinson
Julie Hisenhower
Brad Lindskog
Prophetstown
Old State’ Capitol
Lincoln
Old Capitol
New York City
Grand Teton National Park
Jackson Hole
Wyo
Dallas
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Shakeup at Illinois B I Office Quietly Shifts Powers
State law enforcement officials moved the entire general criminal division of the Illinois Bureau of Investigation to the state police. The change shifts 55 agents into organized crime and narcotics duties under Lowell Southern. IBI head David Phillips reassigned to a supervisory narcotics team. director Herbert Brown calls it not a major demotion.
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Michael Robinson
Associated Press
Springfield
Ilinois Bureau of Investigation
IBY
Richard Glisbe
Superin
District 25
State Police
Wlineis
FBI
Gliebe
Herbert D. Brown
Law Enforcement
General Criminal Division
Brown
David Phillips
Lowell Southern
Phillips
TBI
William Barr
Joliet
Jack Faneil
Mitchell Ware
Chicago Black Panther Grand Jury
Heart Lung Transplant Recipient Dies in Cape Town
Adrian Herbert, 49, the world’s fourth heart and lung transplant patient, died 23 days after the July 2 operation by Dr Christiaan Barnard’s team in Cape Town. He had suffered two years with emphysema and received a donor heart and lungs from a 28-year-old. Earlier heart and lung transplants in the US had mixed results with one surviving a week and the others dying soon after. Police Brief: Charles Overton, 52, 30 days in Williamson County jail for illegal transportation of alcohol.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Adrian Herbert
Christiaan N. Barnard
Herbert
United States
Charles H. Overton
Williamson County
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Richard Gardner
Ibi
Your Neighborhood Paint and Decorating Center
Sherwin-Williams
Jocat Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams Store
Carbondale
Mardale Shopping Center
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