Hart cites oil import quotas as price relief lever
Sen. Philip Hart argues ending import quotas would boost competition among U S oil firms. He says gasoline could fall 4 to 5 cents a gallon and save consumers 3 to 7 billion yearly, while noting no new Atlantic Coast refineries since quotas rose and the broader economy suffers from the protectionist effect.
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Washington
UPI
Sen
Philip A. Hart
D - Mich
Hart
Asst
Atty
Richard W. McLaren
Michigan
U.S
United States
Atlantic
New England
Mass Exodus From Pop Festival At White Lake
Thousands of youths left the Wood stock Music and Art Fair as a sodden procession began. Two youths died and many were injured on the dairy farm site near Route 17B. a drug overdose death occurred, and medical officials treated about three thousand injuries and drug reactions. Festival officials reported no violence despite the massive crowd and difficult conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Lake
N.Y
UPD
Raymond R. Mizsak
Trenton
N.J
Famed Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Dies in Chicago
UPI reports Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, renowned architect and former Bauhaus director, died after a long illness at age 83 in Chicago. His career began in Berlin in 1907 and shaped modern design through projects from Lake Shore Drive apartments to the Seagram Building. Survivors include two daughters, five grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.
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Chicago
UPI
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Bauhaus School of Design
van der Rohe
Berlin
Bauhaus
Germany
United States
School of Architecture and Planning
Illinois Institute of Technology
Lake Shore Drive
Seagram
New York City
New National Gallery
West Berlin
Georgia van der Rohe
Marianne Lohan
Building Named for Dr Cook at University of Vermont
Trustees in Jeffersonville voted to name a new 6.5 million physical science building for the late Dr Clinton Cook, former vice president for academic affairs at the University of Vermont. The project is set for completion in 1971 and the president’s post will remain vacant until a new leader replaces retiring Lyman Rowell. The report also covers Vermont college budget requests, blood donations, a Rutland absence without leave case, two fatal accidents, and a separate UVM budget plan seeking 33 million to operate in 1971 with a 10.9 million state appropriation.
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Jeffersonville
UPD
Clinton Cook
University of Vermont
Lyman S. Rowell
Cook
Burlington
APT
Vermont State Colleges
Robert S. Babcock
Board of Trustees
Frederick Reed
University of Vermont Board of Trustees
Sloop festival draws crowds to Castleton on Hudson
Thousands filled Castleton for the Clearwater sloop festival organized by Hudson River Sloop Restoration. A 76 foot sloop with 106 foot mast drew crowds, while Pete Seeger led folk concerts and craft exhibits. About 400 people boarded the vessel per hour during its two day stop. next stop is Newbury to promote river cleanliness. Saratoga mayor's water billing committee to meet at 8 pm Tuesday in City Hall chaired by Rod Sutton. session limited to five members to discuss excess water charges affecting about 40 homeowners in Jordan Estates amid 4,500 water accounts.
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Albany
Castleton
Hudson River Sloop Restoration Inc
Pete Seeger
Sloop
Newbury
Hudson River
Saratoga
Rod O. Sutton
Jordan Estates
Rail safety worries mark Berkshire derailment hearings
North Adams leaders report no new rail installation on the Boston & Maine line since 1930 as union officials tell a special committee engineers fear the Boston to Mechanicville route. Hearing cites heavy loads, missing spikes, and overly long trains as derailment risks. Pittsfield set August 21 for Berkshire Downs racing transfers to Suffolk Downs after a $550,000 sale earlier this year. Five youths escape a Route 7 plunge into Pontoosuc Lake. one driver identified as Lynwood Smith. North Adams adopts a 1969 tax rate of 52.40 per thousand, up 2.50 mainly for schools.
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North Adams
Boston & Maine
Greenfield
B&m
Boston
Mechanicville
N.Y
Pittsfield
Suffolk Downs
Berkshire Downs
Bill Beech
Berkshire Oval
Pontoosuc Lake
Lynwood Smith
Pittsfield General Unit
Berkshire Medical Center
James F. Cleary
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Finast Drinks
Drysdale’s
Festival Field
William Abruzzi
Abruzzi
Bennington
Vermont
Dr. Cook
New Hampshire
Red Cross Blood Center
Manchester
N.H
Keene
Rutland
APD
Kansas
Gary Lee Mitchell
Mitchell
Regional
Montpelier
Fairlee
Sherburne Chickering
Irene
Bradford
Susan Laasko
Fitchburg
Mass
Henry Denais
East Hampton
UVM
New York
Seeger
Clean Hudson
Down In
Berkshire
Suffolk Downs Racing
Lake
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