Arabs Hope Oil Embargo Ends Before Libya Meeting
Washington sources forecast complete removal of the oil embargo to pre war levels with a price drop toward seven dollars a barrel. Saudi Arabia's Yamani urged an end to the embargo, while Kissinger eyed Israel Syria talks and potential government shifts in Israel threaten progress. Ballard claims a 30 million barrel Saudi deal via a Malaysian bank, five years of monthly shipments to the United States.
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Libya
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Europe
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Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Wall Street Journal
Yamani
U.S
Israel
Kissinger
Syria
Golan Heights
Golda Meir
Labor Party
Likud
Baltex Oil and Gas Corp
Malakoff, Tex
W. Page Ballard
Ballard
Malaysia
Netherlands
Tripoli
Egypt
Algeria
Hearing Set On Secret Watergate Report
A federal judge will hear arguments in open court on Wednesday to decide how to handle the secret Watergate report turned over by the grand jury. The meeting will address release versus transmission to the House impeachment inquiry with White House and prosecution officials attending.
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U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
James D. St. Clair
Richard Hauser
White House
Henry S. Ruth
Philip A. Lacovara
Richard Ben-Veniste
Peter Kreinder
Prosecutor
John J. Wilson
Frank Strickler
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Gerald L. Warren
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Los Angeles
Railroad Revival Sought In Ohio Opposition To Plan
Localities and labor pressed ICC to reverse the 1973 act and reinstate partial rail service in Ohio. Gov. Gilligan testified the railroad is vital to the economy as Columbus hearing continued on a plan to abandon about one third of the state's 7800 miles of track.
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U.S. Department of Transportation
John J. Gilligan
Kissinger Escape Alleged Plot Avoids Damascus Mosque Visit
U S officials say Henry Kissinger narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Syria after talks with President Hafez Assad ran late. Kissinger canceled a planned visit to the Umayad Mosque in Damascus and flew to Jerusalem, with reports of a Palestinian plot denied by a Syrian source.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Hafez Assad
U.S
Damascus
United States
Kissinger
Umayad
Assad
Israel
Jerusalem
Meir to Remain Israel’s Premier Despite Cabinet Crisis
Israel's Prime Minister Golda Meir agreed to continue after quelling a Labor party revolt over a minority cabinet plan. She will submit a new cabinet to the party central committee for a confidence vote, with six new ministers in her lineup.
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Israel
Tion
Menahem Begin
Likud
Mrs. Meir
Wilson Names Cabinet and Opens Talks on Strike
Harold Wilson formed a Labor government naming Michael Foot employment secretary and moved to fast track talks with the miners union and the National Coal Board to end the four week strike. Foot will meet union leaders while Wilson also met industry bosses. The economy braces as coal stocks near crisis. a three day work week persists since December 31. The cabinet largely mirrors the previous government with Callaghan as foree minister and Healey as chancellor.
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Harold Wilson
National Coal Miners
Michael Foot
National Coal Board
Foot
House of Commons
Ebbw Vale
South Wales
Wilson
Labor
James Callaghan
Home Secretary
Denis Healey
Elections In Spotlight In Ohio 1st District Special Vote
Voters in Ohio's 1st Congressional District choose between Willis Gradison Jr. and Thomas Luken in a special election seen as a gauge of Watergate and Nixon sentiment. In Cleveland Rhodes testifies before a federal grand jury probing Kent State shootings, appearing voluntarily without a lawyer.
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Ohio
Willis Gradison Jr
Thomas Luken
Nixon
Ventura
Calif
Rhodes
Kent Jury
Cleveland, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Kent State University
Nixon seeks raise for disabled veterans and survivors
President Nixon proposes a congressional package to boost veteran disability benefits by 12 percent and survivors’ compensation by 14 percent retroactive to last Friday. The plan would cost $432 million over one year.
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Washington
Nixon
Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy Tonight and Wednesday
Partly cloudy conditions continue tonight and Wednesday. Lows tonight are in the mid to upper 30s with highs Wednesday reaching the upper 50s.
TV Defects Tied to Fatal Fires Prompt Safety Rules
In New Jersey fires blamed on defective televisions killed 14 people, prompting the U S Consumer Product Safety Commission to pursue mandatory safety standards for TV sets and to hold a public hearing April 23-24 in Washington. The commission cited 35 TV related accidents causing 14 deaths and 10 injuries from complaints, news reports, and emergency rooms.
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Peter Young
Summit
N.J
Young
New Jersey
Edward McDonough
Roseland
Wall Street
Frederick Stock Jr
North Caldwell
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