Indicators Show Leading Economic Gain in April
The Commerce Department reports the leading indicators rose 1.4 percent in April, with March revised up to 1.9 percent. Eight indicators improved, except for a slight dip in price and labor costs, signaling a trend toward faster growth. The grocery market basket fell $9 with middlemen and farmers sharing the cut, though annual cost rose 3.7 percent versus last April.
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Middleman
Middlemen
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
U.S
Schools bill sails through Senate amid antibusing clash
The $21.5-billion education bill clears the Senate 63 to 15 with antibusing provisions drawing Northern liberal opposition. It would extend and fund higher education programs, aid desegregation, create a national Institute of Education, and launch new grants while awaiting a House vote delayed by at least two weeks.
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House
National Institute of Education For Research
Carl Albert
German gang sought in Heidelberg bombing
West German authorities pressed an intensive search for terrorists after the Heidelberg blast at the U.S. Army European headquarters killed three Americans and wounded five. Interior Minister Hans Genscher pointed to the Baader Meinhof Group, linked to the Red Army Faction, which claimed past attacks on Frankfurt Augsburg and Munich. Bombs had also exploded at two American buildings in Paris earlier.
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Hans Genscher
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U.S. Army
Frankfurt
Augsburg
Munich
West Germany
Paris
U.S
American Legion
Plant blast kills five at ammunition plant
A series of explosions at an ammunition plant in Kiln Mississippi killed five women and left investigators cautious. Fire crews resumed entry after smouldering fires but were forced back by further detonations as fires reached storage areas.
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Kiln
Miss
Carterville youths win state best in history model
Jim Laskaris and Mickey Kell of Carterville Junior High won the state best in history award for an Old Dutch Mill diorama at Springfield finals. They receive a 25 dollar prize and were part of a statewide competition with over 1500 projects.
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Jim Laskaris
Mickey Kell
Carterville
State Historical Society
Springfield
Jim Stalker
Laskaris
Kell
Stalker
Twest
Pamela Johnson
Illinois
State Historical Library and Society
Eric Stevens
Nancy Erickson
Carmen Clancy
Miss Johnson
Jim Caldwell
Campaign bill approved by committee amid party lines
The House Appropriations Committee passed a bill limiting campaign expenditures on a party line vote. Democrats opposed, proposing amendments to loosen union contribution restrictions. The measure sets advertising caps, office spending limits, committee registration and reporting requirements, penalties for noncompliance, and includes a $50,000 appropriation to the State Board of Elections.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
House Appropriations Committee
State Board of Elections
Bremer seen at Nixon Ottawa rally crowd
Arthur Herman Bremer was identified in footage from Ottawa Parliament Hill as President Nixon spoke on April 14. U.S. and Canadian authorities traced Bremer to an Ottawa hotel after a gasoline slip surfaced in Maryland. The Toronto Star cited Canadian channels confirming the development.
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Nixon
United States
Bremer
Parliament Hill
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Toronto Star
U.S. District Court
Baltimore
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Laurel
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Maryland
U.S
Pierre Trudeau
Secret Service
Nixon Brezhnev Hold First Detailed Vietnam Talks
Nixon and Brezhnev spent nearly five hours at a Moscow villa discussing Vietnam amid a flurry of signed accords. The leaders and aides pursued a broad summit agenda focusing on Vietnam strategic arms limits and trade while public statements hailed a climate for more pacts.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Vietnam
Moscow
Brezhnev
Leonid Zamyatin
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kremlin
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security Council
Southeast Asia
John Negroponte
Winston Lord
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Aleksei N. Kosygin
Nixon defense of arms curbs pact counters conservative claims
The State Department denied that the forthcoming U S Soviet arms limitation agreement would give the Soviet Union a decisive edge. Spokesman Charles W Bray said the accord benefits the United States and the world, while critics warn of ceilings that would leave the USSR with more land based ICBMs and submarines. The administration counters that U S warhead superiority offsets the parity fears.
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Soviet Union
State Department
Charles W. Bray
United States
Ussr
U.S
Weekend Forecast: Warmth Persists Across Ahead of Weekend
The forecast calls for overcast tonight with partial clearing and lows in the 60s. Friday brings partly sunny and warm conditions with highs near 90. Saturday remains very warm with highs in the lower to mid 80s or upper 80s and lows around 60s. Sunday stays partly sunny and very warm with continued high temperatures.
Contested Kontum Under Heavy North Vietnamese Shelling
Vietnamese and U.S. reports describe a major North Vietnamese assault on Kontum with rockets and 105mm howitzers. Sappers, tanks, and heavy bombardment drive intensify two month offensive as An Loc endures siege and refugees flee toward Tau O. American and South Vietnamese casualties and damage tallies grow.
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Kontum
U.S
Quang Tri
An Loc
Saigon
Associated Press
David J. Paine
Tau O
Hanoi-Haiphong
Reclamation witnesses find Illinois mine law lacking
Officials from a dozen central and Southern Illinois counties testified that Illinois new strip mine reclamation law falls short. They urged topsoil preservation and longer county review times, while noting action likely after the November election.
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Peoria
The
Institute For Effective Land Reclamation
James Nowlan
Toulon
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