Nixon Signs Bills Exceeding Budget By $671 Million
President Nixon signed three bills that would push domestic program spending $671 million beyond his budget. The measures authorize health, economic development, and airport aid, with several programs the administration planned to cut or end. House committees approved export control tweaks while resisting sweeping powers.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Congress
House Banking Committee
Economic Development Administration
Sarasota
Fla
Evansville
Ind
New Hampshire
John Ehrlichman
1973 food prices set to rise 12.5 percent in U S
Agriculture Department says average 1973 grocery prices will be about 12.5 percent above 1972, the largest one year gain in 26 years. Nixon price freeze helped limit increases. If weather allows, farmers may harvest record crops with 5 percent higher marketings, but livestock feed costs curb expansion and slow price easing.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Nixon
Postal Service and workers reach tentative contract
United press international reports union and U S Postal Service negotiators reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. Postmaster general Elmer T Klassen indicated a plan to raise first class letter postage to 10 cents to cover wage increases. Agreement covers APWU Letter Carriers Mail Handlers and Rural Letter Carriers with ratification pending by members.
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Washington
UPI
Union
U.S. Postal Service
Elmer T. Klassen
Francis S. Filbey
American Postal Workers Union
APWU
Postal Service
Filbey
Klassen
Postal Rate Commission
Peron Returns to Argentina After 18-Year Exile
Massive crowds in Buenos Aires welcome ex president Juan Peron as he ends 18 years in exile. Government frees transport and day off for workers. Campora, now leading civilian government, faces ongoing Peronist and Marxist guerrilla tensions with turf battles over influence and safety.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Juan D. Peron
General Peron
Argentina
Hector J. Campora
Peron
Campora
Pass guilty in Yablonski slaying
ERIE Pennsylvania UPI Former United Mine Workers official Albert Pass was found guilty of murder in the 1969 killings of reform leader Joseph Jock Yablonski his wife and daughter The prosecution said after the verdict there would be at least one more arrest and special prosecutor Richard Sprague said someone in Washington gave the green light to Pass
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Erie
UPI
United Mine Workers
UMW
Albert Pass
Joseph
Jock” Yablonski
Richard Sprague
Washington
Pass
Two Die in Atlanta Downtown Gun Battle Over Newspaper Sales
In Atlanta two people are killed and three hurt in a downtown shootout sparked by a Black Muslim newspaper sales dispute. Police say a Muslim man was passing out papers to pedestrians when an officer asked him to stop, leading to a fatal exchange. Detective Chief John Inman noted the confrontation began after a request to cease distributing the papers.
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Atlanta
UPI
John Inman
Inman
Detroit
Robert F. Williams
North Carolina
Williams
Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan
Monroe
N.C
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Joan Kurdt
Silvana Company
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London
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