Billion-Dollar Wheat Subsidy Plan Backed by Administration
Washington AP Nixon administration unveils a $1.1 billion wheat acreage set-aside program for 1973 to trim surpluses. Basic price support stays at $1.25 per bushel while an optional 10 million acre removal incentive could pay about $20 per acre. If Soviet sales materialize, government costs may fall.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Agriculture Department
Glenn A. Weir
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Weir
Bill to Aid Elderly Approved by House
The House approved a 1.5 billion measure over three years to aid seniors with economic and personal independence. It funds a National Information and Resource Center for the Aging and multipurpose senior centers, plus 225 million for housing transportation employment education and preretirement programs with allocations to states by share of population over 60.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
A&g
Occidental Signs Pact For Services To Soviets
Occidental Petroleum announces a Moscow signed agreement to provide scientific and technical services to the Soviet government. The five year contract, valued by London informants at up to 3 billion dollars, covers oil and gas, fertilizers, metals, hotel design, and waste materials, with potential expansion. Dr. Armand Hammer notes royalties, patents, and licenses included and ties the deal to Nixon's Moscow visit.
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London
Occidental Petroleum Co
U.S
Armand Hammer
Occidental
Moscow
Hammer
Soviet Union
Nixon
Still Another Downpour Still Another Downpour
A thunderstorm dumped 1.30 inches of rain on Winchester around 5 30 pm flooding streets and forcing a brief downtown shutdown. City officials reported filled sewers and pumpers active on Wood Ave while 77 telephone lines were knocked out but expected to be repaired by morning.
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Winchester
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Wendell Seldon
Wood Ave
C&p Telephone Company
Fire Company
Mark Rucker
U S Destroyer Warrington Damaged by Underwater Blasts
In the Tonkin Gulf the U S destroyer Warrington suffered heavy shock damage and minor injuries among the crew after two underwater blasts. The ship, resisting flooding, sailed to Subic Bay before being towed for assessment as U S forces continued air strikes and patrols against North Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
Warrington
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
U.S. Naval
Subic Bay
Philippines
7Th Fleet
Hon la Island
Demilitarized Zone
Tee North
Vietnam
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Radio Hanoi
Ha Tay
Air Force
Marsh Backs Nixon in Virginia Politics Shift
Former 7th District Democrat John O Marsh announces support for President Nixon in the November election. Democratic candidate Murat Williams plans a grass roots bid to defeat incumbent Republican J Kenneth Robinson, focusing on economic issues.
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Congress
Nixon
Virginia
George McGovern
Thomas Eagleton
John O. Marsh
Strasburg
Washington
Richard Nixon
Marsh
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Murat Williams
Madison Mills
J. Kenneth Robinson
Democratic Committee
Williams
Kenneth Robinson
Sadat asks Moscow to pull advisers from Egypt
President Anwar Sadat called for the withdrawal of Soviet military advisers from Egypt, signaling a shift after Premier Aziz Sidky’s Moscow visit. Estimates place advisers at 10,000 to 20,000, with street protests earlier signaling discontent at Soviet ties and hopes for a freer foreign policy.
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CARIO
Anwar Sadat
Soviet Union
Egypt
Aziz Sidky
Moscow
Sadat
Central Committee
Arab Socialist Union
Action Today
U.S
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Cairo
Middle East
Sudan
Africa
United States
China
Nixon Wins Teamsters Endorsement For Re election
President Nixon returns to Washington with the endorsement of the Teamsters Union leadership. Frank Fitzsimmons and the executive committee praised Nixon after the independent union backed his bid Monday in what sources say was nearly unanimous.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Washington
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Independent Union
Teamster
New Feelers For Cease-Fire In Northern Ireland
IRA Provisional wing leaders in Dublin signaled new cease-fire overtures after ordering a halt to attacks in Lenadoon Belfast. Despite this, fighting continued across the province with 100 shootings and heavy bombing in Londonderry and Portadown and several soldiers wounded.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Lenadoon
David O’ Cornnell
IRA
Provisional
Dublin
O'Connell
Londonderry
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Gerrardstown
W. Va
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Winchester Memorial
David Smith
South Vietnam
Quang Tri City
Hue
THE
Associated Press
Piccadilly and
Kent Sts
Roy E. Potts
ITI
Portadown
Duncairn Gardens
No-Man's Land
Provisionals
Ceycern
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