Gas Tax Hike and Daylight Saving Move in Congress
Congress may consider a gasoline tax increase that could push prices to about 60 cents a gallon as the Nixon administration pushes for energy reform. President Nixon to announce a new Federal Energy Administration led by William E. Simon amid cabinet reshuffles. Senate to take up year round Daylight Saving Time to conserve fuel while House backs a 55 mph speed limit to forfeit federal highway funds.
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House
Weber Approved as Fuel Coordinator in Austin Council Meeting
The Austin City Council OK'd Winona Plumbing Co. for a southeast sanitary sewer collector at 678512 dollars amid higher bids and named James Weber emergency fuel coordinator. Weber, county Civil Defense director, will set up a fuel assistance office and run rationing if needed.
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Austin
Winona Plumbing Co
Winona
Weber
Energy Commission
North Vietnamese Attacks Hit Central Highlands Towns
North Vietnamese forces spearheaded by tanks and artillery struck across the lower central highlands. They captured parts of Kien Duc district town near the Cambodian border and threatened Gia Nghia, while 45 enemy troops were reported killed and civilians fled eastward.
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Gia Nghia
le Trung Hien
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Mekong
Hien
Loc Ninh
Weather outlook high 27 to 33 with rain today and tonight
Weather forecast shows a 90 percent chance of precipitation today and tonight with highs near 27 to 33 degrees and low temperatures in the mid twenties. Conditions remain wet through Wednesday with continued rain chances and cool temperatures.
Nuclear plant unit gains 90 percent ops in Minnesota
Northern States Power Co. wins approval to run one Prairie Island unit at 90 percent capacity. The decision allows continued operation at the nuclear generating site near Minneapolis amid ongoing safety and energy supply considerations.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Northern States Power Co
Schedule of Pages Society 6 VS-Mkt. 2 Editorial 4 Classif TV
The page lists sections for society news and editorials with items on marketing and classified TV, plus area news, sports and comics across pages 6 8 12 13 14 15 16. Readers are guided to follow page numbers for features and notices.
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Found French Poodle Reunited With Owner In Austin
Lost and found classified ad notes a French Poodle found in northeast Austin. The owner retrieved the dog after three days, faster than the five day run. Contact XXX-XXXX or 435-8851 for details.
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Norths
Austin
Blast wounds 18 in Jerusalem near Holy Sepulchre
An explosion from a hand grenade in Arab Jerusalem wounded 18 people as crowds gathered near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Authorities report five Israeli women soldiers among the injured in the incident.
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Jerusalem
Foreign aid bill okayed for Israel
The House Appropriations Committee advances a nearly 5.8 billion foreign aid bill to fund Israel with most of Nixon's 2.2 billion request. Subcommittee chair Passman indicates support to restore the full amount, citing a strengthened administration case. The package also covers 150 million for Cambodia and 10 million for drought relief in Africa, Pakistan, and Nicaragua, with some scale-backs from the administration.
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Middle East
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D-La
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Sahel
Africa
Pakistan
Nicaragua
Public financing election bill defeated in Senate fight
After a three day clash between Senate supporters of public financing and the White House, a key bill failed this year. Advocates pledged to renew the effort in 1974, but without emergency status. The defeat came as Congress moved to a debt limit bill signed by President Nixon to avert a potential government default.
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Truckers protest fuel costs blocks Ohio highway
Truck drivers protesting high fuel prices and slow speed limits blocked westbound Interstate 70 near Cambridge, Ohio for two hours. One driver, Robert Gallicchio of Somerset New Jersey, was arrested for unlawfully stopping on the highway. the Pennsylvania protest on Interstate 80 near Blakeslee ended with drivers listing their demands to reporters.
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Pennsylvania
Robert Gallicchio
Somerset
N.J
Gallicchio
Cambridge Municipal Court
Blakeslee
Pioneer 10 Opens Door to Outer Solar System
Pioneer 10 sailed safely through Jupiter radiation belts and continues transmitting data as it heads toward the Milky Way. Project manager Charles Hall said he is elated as scientists begin studying the data on Jupiter’s magnetic field and radiation belts, with signals expected to continue for up to five years out to Uranus orbit distances.
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Solar System
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Two Iowa men plead guilty in Austin robbery
In Mower County District Court two Iowa men Richard Schultz 21 Brooklyn and James Gates 20 Grinnell pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery over the November 21 Austin Holiday Inn hold up. Gates gets pre sentence investigation. Schultz sentenced to 20 years by Judge Warren Plunkett.
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Austin Holiday Inn
Richard Joseph Schultz
Brooklyn
James Gates
Grinnell
Gates
Richardson
State Commissioner of Corrections
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Philip Richardson
Warren Plunkett
Wallach Leih
Kenneth F. Fairbanks
Austin
Fairbanks
Erickson Oil Products
Robert Leighton
Wallace Leih
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