Senate energy plan targets Sunday driving and fuel cuts
Nixon administration officials discuss curtailing Sunday driving and closing filling stations on Sundays to save fuel. A ban on Sunday driving could save 660,000 barrels daily, with possible partial exemptions for churchgoers. The Senate sent emergency energy legislation giving the President power to order gasoline rationing as part of broader energy crisis responses.
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Charles DiBona
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
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Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Organization
National Science Foundation
Congressional Economic Committee
New England
East Coast
Recession fears trigger major stock market drop
Analysts link rising concern over an energy driven recession risk to a sharp Dow Jones plunge. The Dow fell 28.67 points to 862.66, its worst single day in 11 years, while the NYSE composite slipped 1.72 to 53.76, marking a notable market decline with further losses anticipated.
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John F. Kennedy
New York Stock Exchange
Alan Shaw
Harris, Upham & Co
Monte Gordon
Dreyfus Corp
United States
Washington
De Young reports success for 1974 Minnesota ballot
Garry De Young independent conservative seeks the governor’s office and says he has 2000 signatures to place his name on the 1974 general election ballot. He began gathering signatures Nov 10 in rural Northwestern Minnesota and leads a broader petition drive toward 200,000.
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Garry de Young
Minnesota
Cass Lake
Bemidji
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Blackduck
Laporte
de Young
Weekly
Journal of Art, Science, Philosophy
Ernst Haeckel
James Casper
Pillager
San Quentin Prison Keeps Open as Population Rises
San Quentin, once eyed for closure by 1974, remains open with the population near 3,000 and rising by about 100 weekly. Gov. Reagan’s plan faded as parole reforms and tougher sentences load California prisons, while the notorious gas chamber stays operational.
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California
State Parole Board
California Supreme Court
Charles Manson
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan B. Sirhan
George Jackson
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