Connally Talks Prices With Food Chains
Treasury Secretary John B Connally met with executives from twelve major food chains in a quiet Texas chat on rising meat prices. The Cost of Living Council announced four front efforts including IRS intensive surveys of meat packers to sniff out price violations. The session names Great Atlantic and Pacific Co Safeway Kroger Acme Markets National Tea Jewel Companies Lucky Stores Grand Union Allied Supermarket Supermarkets General First National Stores Stop and Shop.
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Washington
Treasury
John B. Connally
Texas
Nixon
Connally
Cost of Living Council
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Great Atlantic & Pacific Co
Safeway Stores
Davis Trial Delayed After Santa Clara Jailbreak Clashes
The Angela Davis trial paused as a jail escape attempt near the Santa Clara County jail led to a hostage situation and the death of ringleader Jacob Zitzer. Two hostages were rescued, and two inmates were recaptured, with the trial resuming under tight security.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Santa Clara County
Marin County
Jacob Zitzer
Jacob Williamson
Sheriff's
Miss Davis
Civic Center
Santa Rosa County
Tom Rosa
Zitzer
Maids of Honor Named for 45th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
Four young women appointed as Maids of Honor to Queen Shenandoah XLV include Janet Lamont Adams Letitia Clare Monahan and Margaret Strader. They join 23 college princesses and five horticultural representatives for the May 5 6 7 events led by Queen Shelley Wellens Moore and the festival Grand Feature Parade.
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Janet Lamont Adams
Letitia Clare
Clare Pendleton Monahan
Margaret Armstrong Strader
David G. Simpson
Shenandoah
Shelley Wellens Moore
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore, Jr
Virginia's largest newborn weighs 14 pounds 5 ounces
Frances Havener's two day old baby boy in Roanoke is 14 pounds 5 ounces and two feet tall, making him the state's largest recorded birth. The premature infant was born at 6:34 p.m. Monday, with the mother noting disbelief at the weight. Her first child weighed 11 pounds 8 ounces.
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Roanoke
Frances Havener
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Virginia
New Turn in Violence as Walkout Ends
In Belfast Protestant workers returned to their jobs after a two day walkout that crippled the economy. Violence shifted as mobs attacked two Roman Catholic homes and drove occupants from others while British troops protected affected neighborhoods.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Limavady
Derry
Britain
Ulster
House of Commons
London
Oldpark Road
ITT President Returns to Witness Chair in Senate Hearings
ITT President Harold S. Geneen is back before the Senate Judiciary Committee as hearings continue on Richard G. Kleindienst nomination for attorney general. GOP leaders threaten to halt the probe amid claims of irrelevancy. columnist Jack Anderson calls the proceedings a circus.
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Washington
ITT
Harold S. Geneen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
Hugh Scott
GOP
Jack Anderson
International
Télephone & Telegraph Corp
San Diego
Geneen
Denver
Dita D. Beard
Beard
Anderson
Scott
White House
Kleindienst
James QO
Eastland
D-Miss
Nixon
Peter Flanigan
Brit Hume
Hume
Booby Trap Kills 2 on Jungle Trail Near Saigon
A Viet Cong booby trap exploded on a jungle trail 31 miles east of Saigon killing two men of a small American reconnaissance patrol and wounding four. The patrol from the 8td Brigade of the 1st Air Cavalry Division was searching for enemy elements. A second clash was reported nearby with another American wounded. Rocket helicopters evacuated the dead and wounded while B52 bombers hit a North Vietnamese base camp near the A Shau Valley. South Vietnamese troops claimed 52 enemy killed and seized weapons and ammunition.
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Saigon
8Td Brigade
1St Air Cavalry Division
South Vietnam
Highlands
A Shau
Hue
Passover Begins With Seder Under Sundown Lights
The Associated Press reports Passover starts at sundown with the seder meal. The family retells Moses leading the Israelites from Egypt as the family notes the night differs. The festival spans seven or eight days per congregation and features traditional seders and songs.
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Egypt
Howard Cosell Named Sports Marshal at Shenandoah Blossom Festival
ABC sportscaster Howard Cosell was announced last night as Sports Marshal for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Story and photo on P. 38.
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ABC
Howard Cosell
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
West Berliners Reunite in East German Countryside
West Berliners gained access to East Berlin and the East German countryside for a three-day Easter visit. Guards opened nine crossing points before 6 a.m. as families reunited and exchanged gifts amid eased restrictions and a tense political backdrop awaiting ratification of Willy Brandt's treaties.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
East Berlin
West Berlin
Klaus Schuetz
Wall
Moscow
Willy Brandt
Warsaw
Brandt
Nader suit against ITT Hartford merger dismissed
Hartford Superior Court Judge Walter J. Sidor dismissed Ralph Nader's challenge to the ITT Hartford Fire merger. The suit claimed a CT takeover law was violated, but the court found Nader not aggrieved and threw out the case.
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Hartford, Conn
Ralph Nader
Justice Department
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Nader
Superior Court
Walter J. Sidor
Freeze Damages California Crops Raisin Losses Loom
Two cold nights in Fresno County caused an estimated 35 to 40 million dollars in raisin crop damage. A state senator urged disaster declaration. Other central and Southern California crops including fruit nut groves tomatoes and vegetables also face widespread losses.
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Fresno, Calif
Fresno County
California
Weather clouds move into Virginia with possible west rain
A Mississippi Valley low pressure system brings increasing clouds over Virginia with a chance of rain in the western region by nightfall. Separate note mentions a wallpaper hanging clinic on April 4 at 9 30 a m with registration at Sherwin Williams 814 S Loudoun and a Good Friday closure for B K Office Supply.
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Richmond
Mississippi Valley
Virginia
Sherwin Williams Co
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Hollins College
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Hawthorne Drive
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