Oil Crisis Deepens as U S to Cut Gasoline Output
The Associated Press reports the United States plans about a 20 percent cut in gasoline production amid a rising world oil price and shortages. Iran sells 80 million barrels at high prices, Venezuela asserts oil as a weapon, and unemployment and living costs are expected to rise.
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Associated Press
Venezuela
United States
Carlos Andres Perez
Nixon
Federal Energy Office
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Grand Jury to Hear Kent State Killings Probe
The U S Justice Department will convene a federal grand jury in Cleveland on December 18 to investigate the Kent State shootings of May 4 1970. The action revises prior decisions and may question witnesses including family members of Allison Krause and other victims.
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Arthur Krause
Pittsburgh
Kent State
Grand Jury
Allison Krause
William Schroeder
Jeffrey Miller
Sandra Scheuer
Ohio
Energy Crisis Hits Major Athens Firms Abex and Litton
The national energy crisis forces layoffs at Abex Corporation's Athens Engineered Products division with 26 workers cut and potential recalls if mold contracts resume. Litton Industries faces paper shortages for a printing plant, signaling broader supply constraints and reduced tire production as auto demand slows.
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Athens
Abex Corporation
Litton Industries
McBee
Litton
Abex
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington
Mill Street
Jarvis
Grand jury to review Kent State shootings prompts families’ relief
Families of Kent State victims express relief as the Justice Department announces a federal grand jury will probe the 1970 Kent State shootings. Relatives in Youngstown Elyria and Pittsburgh react to the plan with hopes for truth, justice, and accountability. The investigation will convene in Cleveland next Tuesday amid prior state probes and a presidential commission verdict.
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Associated Press
Kent State University
Martin Scheuer
Youngstown
Sandra Scheuer
Elyria
Louis A. Schroeder
William
Arthur Krause
Pittsburgh
Allison
Testimony Slated In Saxbe Nomination Hearing
Washington AP report says Senate Judiciary Committee planned a rapid one day hearing for Sen. William B. Saxbe nominees as attorney general. Chair James Eastland expected quick committee vote if no opposition, with questions on Saxbe’s independence from special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski.
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William B. Saxbe
Ohio
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
Saxbe
Leon Jaworski
Archibald Cox
Nixon
Elliot L. Richardson
Cox
Rockefeller's Step Toward 1976 Presidential Bid Stated
Nelson Rockefeller, long seen as an Eastern GOP liberal, resigns as New York governor after 15 years to work on two bipartisan commissions. He says options for future candidacy are open, not a gimmick, with a potential run debated by Republicans.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
New York
Republican Party
National Commission On Critical Choices For America
National Commission On Water Quality
Fire on Kitty Hawk Kills Six and Wounds Thirty Eight
The Navy reports six sailors dead and 38 injured after a one hour engine room fire aboard the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk as it sails toward Subic Bay Philippines. A Navy spokesman says the blaze began Tuesday while the ship was 700 miles from its destination. Boyle Arraignment Is Ordered in Pittsburgh Federal court former UMW President W A Tony Boyle is to be arraigned February 25 on conspiracy charges linked to the Yablonski murders while in protective custody in Washington DC.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Subic Bay Naval Station
Philippines
Boyle
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony’’ Boyle
Yablonski
Washington, D.C
Cincinnati Bus Pact Ends Four Day Strike
Cincinnati reached a tentative agreement to restore partial bus service after a four day strike by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 627. More than 600 drivers and mechanics were to vote on ratification at 11 a.m. today.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati
Amalgamated Transit Union
AIU
Nixon Deduction Claim Questioned in IRS Papers
President Nixon says he donated prepresidential papers worth 570000 to the National Archives to claim an income tax deduction. Senator Lowell P. Weicker Jr. releases an 11 page memorandum with 26 supporting documents challenging the deduction and raising new questions about the White House disclosure of the President's finances.
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Washington
Nixon
National Archives
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Weicker
Internal Revenue Service
White House
Weather Forecast: Cloudy With Showers and Mild Lows
The report notes increasing cloudiness tonight with lows in the mid to upper 30s. Thursday will be cloudy with a chance of showers and highs in the 40s.
Robber Loses Loot In Cincinnati Cash Grab
A young bandit robbed F W Woolworth's in Cincinnati of 200 dollars on Tuesday before escaping pursued by manager Chad Blind who stood between the thief and the door. Blind grabbed the money as the robber bolted past, remarking it was an impulse. The suspect fled with the bag in hand.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Bengals
F. W. Woolworth’s
Chad Blind
Blind
Kissinger Plans Algeria Stop in Middle East Tour
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will brief Algeria in Algiers for a few hours before meeting Boumedienne and Algerian ministers. He aims to win Arab backing for peace talks in Geneva and will push Western oil policy efforts in a later speech.
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London
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Algeria
Kissinger
Algiers
Houari Boumedienne
Geneva
Africa
Abdel Aziz Boutilika
Edward Heath
Britain
United States
Israel
Pilgrims’ Society
Independent truckers rallying for two day fuel cost protest
A threatened two day work stoppage by independent truck drivers aimed at higher fuel costs and lower speed limits drew scattered support. Some 200 trucks parked at a Baton Rouge area truck stop while others planned immediate stop pages. Teamsters President Fitzsimmons doubted a shutdown would occur.
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Associated Press
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Senate
Batonsville
Robert Jasmon
Springfield
Ill
Midwest Truckers Association
Midwest
Jasmon
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Perez
Kent
Justice Department
Cleveland
Atty
Stanley Pottinger
Robert H. Bork
Pottinger
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Jeff Jarvis
Mrs. Krause
U.S. Atty
John Mitchell
Ohio National
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Benson Wolman
The
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Rocky
Clifford L. Jones
Pennsylvania
Heather
Alec Douglas-Home
Western
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