Peanuts price supports rise as costs surge through 1980s
Washington based UPI reports that peanut price supports, tied to acreage and parity, are climbing from 17 million in 1960 to 105 million this year with forecasts of 200 million by 1980 and 300 million by 1985. Officials weigh whether to seek legal changes as yields rise from 1232 to about 2209 pounds per acre and parity-based prices move from 193.50 to potential 500 per ton by 1985.
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U S moves to aid Nicaragua after Nicaragua quake
President Nixon learned of the Nicaragua earthquake by cable from Gen. Samosa and ordered relief. The U S dispatched two C130s with medical supplies and water purification units from the Canal Zone and prepared a 400 bed army field hospital at MacDill AFB to Managua. A towboat crew survived after stranding near Belleville Locks.
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Tampa
Army Field
Managua
Judge Won't Lift Blackout Order for Playoff Game
A three judge U.S. Court of Appeals refused to lift the Washington television blackout for the Redskins Packers playoff game. Robin Ficker, the Maryland lawyer who filed suit, said he would appeal to the Supreme Court via Chief Justice Burger but could not locate a justice as the court was closed for the weekend.
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Nixon and Kissinger Named Time Man of the Year
Time magazine selected President Nixon and Henry Kissinger as its Men of the Year for 1972 calling them an odd couple whose partnership reshaped global power. The Jan 1 cover shows their faces carved in stone with the caption Triumph and Trial.
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Henry A Kissinger
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