Farmers squeezed between food price freeze and grain market
Farmers nationwide face a gap between the 60 day retail price freeze and a volatile feed grain market. Poultry groups warn higher costs may force layoffs, reduced output, and even a bloc of eggs at up to a dollar a dozen. Experts note looming shortages depend on government action and grain exports.
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Kristin Liljeholm
Associated Press
Abi Massey
Georgia Poultry Association
Bruce Hettle
Poultrymen’s Cooperative Association
California
Cost of Living Council
Senate Agriculture Committee
East Texas
Los Angeles Grain Exchange
Fire devastates New Orleans lounge killing 29 patrons
A second story New Orleans cocktail lounge fire killed 29 and injured 15 as patrons were trapped by burglar bars on front windows. Investigators consider a gas or accelerant theory while survivors escaped through bars or side windows.
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New Orleans
Eric Newhouse
Associated Press
William McCrossen
Summer Heat Seen In Wellington As 4H Fair Plans Progress
Summer heat arrived with 100 degree readings and 102 degree highs in Wellington. An ambulance responded to a pedestrian struck near the Santa Fe building, he was hospitalized. The County Extension prepares Sumner County 4H Fair books for August 12 and invites guests to a July 10 Friends of 4H picnic. Fire Marshal Wolfe says Kansas allows Class C fireworks June 27 to July 5 with Sky Rockets and Night Parachutes banned.
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Wellington
Santa Fe
St. Lukes Hospital
County Extension Council
Sumner County
Melody Bowl
Woods Park
Charlotte Liddle
Las Vegas
Nev
Phoenix
Arex
Robert Wolfe
Kansas
Wolfe
Dean's Testimony Aimed at Nixon Opens Watergate Hearings
John W. Dean III, fired White House counsel, is expected to testify that Nixon knew of the Watergate cover-up. The Senate Watergate committee plans five days of hearings featuring Dean and former Attorney General Mitchell with further testimony from Haldeman and Ehrlichman. Dean's closed-session remarks reportedly include accusations and a $4,850 campaign loan for his honeymoon, while newspapers cite possible presidential clemency discussions and other pressures.
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Associated Press
Washington
John W. Dean III
Nixon
White House
Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Senate
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Jeb Stuart Magruder
New York Times
Mde
E. Howard Hunt
Ehrlichman
Farm population rises but deemed not significant
The 1972 farm population estimate stands at 9.61 million, up 185000 from 1971, but officials caution the rise may reflect sampling error and does not alter the long term downward trend. The report shows more men, few youths, and nine percent minority presence.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
Wheat Harvest Near Completion In Sumner County
Neal Shinn reports 85 percent of the 1973 Sumner County wheat harvest cut and 1.9 million bushels hauled to Caldwell area elevators. Yields run 40 to 50 bushels per acre at 60 to 65 pounds test across the Caldwell area. Cleo Harris notes about 70 percent cut in the Wellington area with 40 to 45 bushels and 61 to 65 pounds test.
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Eddie J. Shaw
Sumner
Neal Shinn
Caldwell Farm Placement Office
Shinn
Caldwell Area
Cleo Harris
Wellington
Connecticut Medical Delegation Seeks Right to Die in Dignity
A Connecticut resolution presented to the AMA House of Delegates urges allowing patients to declare their wish to die with dignity when recovery is unlikely. The statement would guide families and physicians, not bind them, and emphasizes patient dignity and humane end-of-life choices.
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Connecticut
New York
American Medical Association
AMA
House of Delegates
Organized Medicine
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Newsweek Magazine
Frederick C. LaRue
Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
Time Magazine
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Colson
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Gallup
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Charles Percy
Illinois
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House
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