Phase 4 Details Expected Inflation Control Plan
Washington reports indicate the Nixon administration will announce Phase 4 of its anti inflation program this weekend at the latest. Expected measures include extending wage and price controls, tighter price limits, exemptions for troubled industries, and potential price increases tied to capacity expansion. Mortgage rates are expected to rise as savings rate ceilings increase. Gasoline and petroleum allocation decisions are anticipated within a week.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Nixon
Labor Management Advisory Committee
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
James M. Roche
General Motors Corp
Walter B. Winston
First National City Bank of New York
Cost of Living Council
Savings and Loan Associations
Thomas R. Bomar
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
James McLane
Newsmen
Fire kills three in Worcester rooming house blaze
Three people died and 22 were injured when a five story brick rooming house on Main Street caught fire. Nine residents remained unaccounted for as firefighters halted search after an outside wall collapsed injuring four firefighters at seven this morning.
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Worcester
Mass
Main Street
Post Office Plans Outlined to Council
Winchester officials reviewed a design plan for a new regional post office to be built on Kerr Street fronting Berryville Avenue. The one story 28000 square foot facility would feature buff brick glass and a low profile roof with ample green space and parking including 43 employee spaces and 35 carrier loading spots. The site lies partly in B-1 Local Shopping and partly in R-5 zoning requiring rezoning. a public hearing on the rezoning was set.
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Pat Robinson
Winchester City
Winchester
Berryville
Virginia Aves
Kerr St
Hubert T. Stratton
H.D. Nottingham and Associates, Inc
Stratton
Postal Department
Philadelphia
George H. Garber
Wendell L. Seldon
Berryville Ave
Council
Nottingham and Associates
Virginia Ave
Pentagon worry as June recruiting misses hit Army Navy
Pentagon officials report June enlistments under goal for Army and Navy as draft ends. Navy fell to 59 percent of its 14 200 target with 8 357 volunteers. Army enlisted 15 019, missing its goal by about 1 500, despite combat arms bonuses. Air Force and Marines surpassed quotas.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Congress
Marine Corps
U.S. Cambodian Air Strikes Claim 200 Insurgents Killed
Cambodian military said air strikes around Kompong Kantuot freed trapped troops in a school. Defenders reportedly counted about 200 insurgents dead and recovered 30 rifles after the bombardment by U.S. and Cambodian fighter-bombers.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Kompong Kantuot
Mitchell repeats Nixon kept in dark on Watergate plans
Former Attorney General John N Mitchell testified that he told President Nixon nothing of the meetings planning wiretaps because he had rejected the plan and assumed the matter was over. He said he withheld details to avoid harming Nixon's reelection and expected a house cleaning after the campaign.
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Washington
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Mitchell
Senate
Capitol Hill
Martha
Daniel K. Inouye
D-Hawaii
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Jeb Stuart Magruder
White House
John W. Dean III
Inouye
Justice Department
Daniel
Philip Berrigan
Henry A. Kissinger
Hawaii
Berrigan
New York Stock Exchange
Storm Hits Clarke and Frederick Counties Causing Power Outages
A strong electrical storm disabled power to about 500 Clarke County customers and 20 to 30 Frederick County customers. Minor fires erupted from lightning near Double Tollgate, Gaylord and Stephens City. Fire crews reported four alarms in Charles Town with no major damage. Rain totals and cooler conditions followed with highs near 93 yesterday and mid 80s tomorrow.
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Clarke
Frederick
Potomac Edison
Clarke County
Double Tollgate
Gaylord
Frederick County
Stephens City
Gainesboro
Henry Duckworth
Whitacre
Meadows
Charles Town
W.va
Brazilian jetliner crashes near Paris after engine trouble
A Varig Airlines Boeing 707 from Sao Paulo to Paris with a stopover at Rio de Janeiro crashed three miles south of Orly as it attempted an emergency landing. Authorities reported only a few survivors among 117 passengers and 17 crew. three survivors were pulled from the wreckage and no ground fatalities were confirmed.
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Paris
Orly
Civil Aviation Authority
Varig Airlines
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
France Readies First Nuclear Test in South Pacific
Paris reports the launch of controversial French nuclear tests in the South Pacific as a ban on flights and shipping takes effect. The first blast, likely one megaton, could occur as soon as Friday with up to six explosions anticipated, despite a World Court injunction and protests.
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Paris
South Pacific
New Zealand
Dollar Moves Up Again in Global Markets
The U S dollar strengthened in major markets amid talks of intervention and a Federal Reserve backed swap fund. Zurich and Frankfurt quotes rose as Tokyo demand surged and the Dow gained 11 points to 888.32, with nine central banks adding 6.25 billion to the swap pool.
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London
U. S
Washington
Frankfurt
Europe
Tokyo
Bank of Japan
U. S. Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
U.S
Canada
Japan
Belgium
Britain
France
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Sweden
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Manhattan
New York
Wea Visla
Val Vista Heights
Public Safety Committee
Ben B. Dutton Jr
Watergate Committee
Howard H. Baker Jr
Rtenn
Baker
Richard Moore
Frederick, Clarke
P.E. Morris Jr
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Dollar
Zurich
Bartley’s
Loudoun St
Millard
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