Russia Offers Prizes for Grain Farmers
The Kremlin will award cash and automobiles to top Russian farmers to lift 1973 grain output, though USDA observers warn of continued deficits. One-fifth of the winter wheat and rye were unplanted, indicating a slow recovery from 1972 losses. The report notes heavier spring workloads and drought vulnerability for later crops. Moscow may still need U.S. grain imports to meet needs.
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Washington
Kremlin
Agriculture Department
Ussr
Foreign Agricultural Service
Thenalysis
Moscow
USDA
U.S
New pastry tactic repels robbers in Gary bakery
Gary Indiana police say Chester Spkits used doughnuts to deter two gunmen during a midtown bakery hold up. One robber fired a shot and missed. the robbers escaped after being hit with pastries.
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Gary, Ind
Chester Spkits
Spkits
Navy POW Wives Face Finality As Peace Talks Loom
In Virginia Beach Navy wives with missing or imprisoned husbands confront possible death while seeking resilience. Nicki Stegman, widow-to-be, reflects on fear and shifting plans as ceasefire prospects press families toward acceptance and remarriage. The report notes 1200 Americans unaccounted for in Southeast Asia and profiles two other wives facing divergent hopes about their husbands.
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Virginia Beach
Navy
Nicki Stegman
Tom Stegman
Baltimore
Nicki
Southeast Asia
Cmdr
Alexander J. Palenscar II
Leslie Pallenscar
L and N to close seven stations along Monon Line
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad will close seven small town depots on the Monon Line in Southern Indiana for better service and economy. Depots at Pekin Salem Orleans Paoli Mitchell Clear Creek and Rilettsville will shut cometime after year’s start as the railroad shifts to a mobile agency plan based in Bloomington offering 24 hour toll free service. The L and N had closed five depots earlier.
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Bedford
Ind
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Indiana
W.T. Dudley
L&n
Pekin
Salem
Orleans
Paoli
Mitchell Clear Creek
Rilettsville
Bloomington
Snowmobile Opens On Mackinac Island Ban
Mackinac Island lifts 23 year motor vehicle ban for 78 registered snowmobiles amid islander split. Some fear noise and disruption while supporters cite winter mobility as ferries halt and horses retreat to the mainland. Local officials defend the measure as practical transport in harsh conditions.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Mackinac
Weather delays Indiana 37 opening plans
Bad weather postpones opening of sections of Indiana 37. State Highway Commission Chairman Ruel Steele says four-laning from I 465 to Martinsville should finish by early next summer. Two 3.5 mile north sections near Martinsville expected to be awarded in 1973. Paving done on 6.2 mile north segment from the Bloomington bypass but shoulders incomplete. The 4.7 mile south Bloomington bypass also slated for completion next year.
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Washington
Civil Defense
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Karl L. Butz
USDA
Washington (Ap
Ot U Look
A. R. Summerfield
Joann Bagbey
Frank Breswick
Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
Ruel Steele
Martinsville
Steele
Bloomington
Boomington
Bayh seeks federal probe into gas shortages in Indiana
Sen. Birch Bayh requests federal investigation of propane butane and natural gas shortages hurting Hoosier farming. He cites higher home fuel use, late harvest, and wet fields requiring grain drying, with rationing already starting and Purdue officials alarming about potential disaster for farmers.
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Washington
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Indiana Democrat
Federal Power Commission
Purdue University
Bayh
Purdue
Harvest Estimate Indicates Half of Corn Crop Harvested
The report estimates that only about half of the corn crop has been harvested, signaling cautious progress and potential adjustments in supply expectations.
Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins to Adapt MacArthur Screenplay
Hollywood reports Frank McCarthy signs Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins to write the MacArthur biopic based on the life of General Douglas MacArthur for a feature film project.
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Hollywood
UPI
Frank McCarthy
Patton
Hal Barwood
Matthew Robbins
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Anacin Treated as Top Doctor Recommended Pain Reliever
Doctors prescribe many pain medications including narcotics, but Anacin is presented as the most recommended over the counter option. The ad claims doctors dispense over 50 million Anacin tablets yearly and that it relieves headache, dental pain, arthritis, cold and flu aches, and reduces tension. It also boasts minimal stomach upset and urges readers to follow doctors by taking Anacin.
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