Mayor backs plan for city recycling center in Austin
The Mayor's Recycling Committee plans a recommendation to the Austin City Council favoring a city recycling center. Mayor Leo Reding expressed support for mandatory separation of garbage into recyclable classes and reorganization of current routes into zoned areas. A detailed 32 page report.
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Austin City Council
Council
Austin
Leo Reding
James Elza
Larry Landherr
Austin Mower County
Landherr
Duwayne Harrington
Harrington Incinerator
Cedar Valley
Hijackers Free Hostages as Dutch Runway Drama Ends
Three Palestinian hijackers released their hostages and left the KLM Boeing 747 after being offered safe passage from Dubai. The 10 crew members and a presumed released vice president were taken to a VIP lounge, while details of the arrangement remained unavailable. The report also mixes unrelated local recycling plans and an assault incident in Austin, noting hospital transfers and investigations.
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Dubai
Mediterranean
KLM
Amsterdam
Nixon aides lean toward gas rationing as crisis deepens
A Cabinet energy group signals a shift toward gasoline rationing with talks of 30 percent cuts and possible government control of wholesale fuel distribution. Treasury Secretary Shultz shows only tentative support for a tax, while Laird notes Congress shows little appetite for taxes amid the shortage.
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Washington
Nixon
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Schultz
Cabinet
Congress
Melvin R. Laird
Secretary says nothing was erased in Nixon tape
Rose Mary Woods testified she never knowingly erased any part of a subpoenaed White House tape. When asked if she intended to testify that she erased words, she responded that she did not use the word erase because she did not know there was anything to erase.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Charles $. Rhyne
Rose Mary Woods
Humphrey asked to testify on gift in 1968
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey was asked to testify under oath about a reported $50,000 political contribution allegedly delivered by Robert Maheu. Separately Minnesota reports an October unemployment rate of 5 percent, up slightly from September but below October 1972, with Emmet J. Cushing noting the state’s jobless rate. A cease-fire line talk between Israeli and Egyptian generals near the Suez Canal was postponed to Thursday per U N. Cairo and Jerusalem spokesmen.
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Humphrey
Los Angeles
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Howard Hughes
Robert Maheu
St, Paul, Minn
Emmet J. Cushing
Suez Canal
U.N
Cairo
Jerusalem
House backs year round daylight saving time plan
The House approved moving to year round daylight saving with a Senate vote expected soon. The bill would push clocks ahead one hour on enactment and keep energy time through October 1975 while a DOT study assesses effects.
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Washington
House
Senate
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Department of Transportation
White House
House Commerce Committee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
Ford wins Senate approval and expected House backing
Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford wins 92 to 3 in the Senate amid broad praise for his honesty and integrity. House leaders anticipate swift confirmation by end of next week with about 25 members expected to vote against him.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Senate
House
Ford
Sen
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
William D. Hathaway
Maine
Congress
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
House Judiciary Committee
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate Democrats
Gerald Ford
Robert N. Winter- Berger
Senate Rules Committee
Winter-Berger
New York
Rules Committee
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
FBI
Housing for Rent Ad Sees Quick Fill After Short Run
Small house five miles from downtown offered for rent in the Herald classified ads. Clean with references requested. Contact xxx- YXRXX or 433-8851. Ad ran six days for 5.40 dollars but was rented after one day.
Federal lands opened for shale oil leases in three states
Interior Secretary Morton announced competitive bids on six oil shale tracts in Colorado Utah and Wyoming to start January 8 through June 4 1975. He also moved to issue a Trans Alaska Pipeline permit and activated 250 industry executives to join federal energy emergency programs.
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Washington
Rogers C. B. Morton
Morton
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Trans - Alaska
Justice Department
Environment Groups
Emergency Petroleum and Gas Administration
County Board OKs Two Year Road and Bridge Contract
Mower County Board approves a two year contract with the road and bridge department represented by UAW Local 867 granting a 25 cent raise the first year and 30 cent raise the second year. The board also approves fuel coordination duties, road work with Austin, and several vehicle bids while authorizing microfilming of 480 books.
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Mower
James Weber
City County
Mower County
Nixon
Weber
City of
Austin
Co. Rd. 58
Usem’s of
Fondtown
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Sheikdam
Steven Langan
6Th Ave
4Th Ave
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Associated Press
Hawaii
Equator
Thomas F. Eagleton
Wantsville Ala
CAP
The
Herald Daily
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Capitol Hill
Register of Deeds
Register of Deeds Office
Duluth
Aaron Huseby
Ben Huseby
Mower County Extension
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