Ohio police clear highways as truckers protest widen
United Press International reports Ohio state police used riot gear and tear gas to clear major highways of protesting truck drivers by nightfall Thursday. About 1,700 trucks blocked Ohio roads at peak. 27 drivers were arrested. Protests spread to Arkansas and South Dakota with warnings of nationwide action next week.
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Ohio
Arkansas
South Dakota
John J. Gilligan
Ohio Turnpike
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Delaware
Michigan
New York
New Jersey
Itate
Brinkley
Ark
Larry Morris
Ohio Highway Patrol
National Guard
Watcd
Columbus
Northeast electric co-ops press three energy demands
Officials from the Northeast Association of Electric Co-operatives urged a three-pronged plan to avert an energy crisis. They called for a national energy police with a national grid, a Manhattan Project scale R and D program, and the Dickey Lincoln hydroelectric project to add 850 megawatts. A mild winter could avert shortages, the group says. The association serves 70,000 members across Vermont New Hampshire New York New Jersey and Maine.
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Bedford
N.H
UPI
Northeast Association of Electric Co-operatives
Association
William J. Gallagher
Morrisville
Vermont Electric Electric Co-op
Northeast
Manhattan
Dickey - Lincoln
Maine
Walter N. Cook
Vermont Electric Co - Op
Vermont
Joe Zoller
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Northeast Association of Electric Co - Operatives
New Hampshire
New York
New Jersey
Airlift saves Gia Nghia as Saigon holds key province
Saigon reports a large airlift of about 7,000 government troops into Gia Nghia, boosting defense to nearly 10,000 in the central highlands. In Cambodia, clashes erupt on Highway 4 as government and insurgent forces battle for control near Phnom Penh. Lt. Col. Le Trung Hien warns of possible Communist attacks elsewhere in Quang Duc Province.
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Saigon
UPI
Gia Nghia
Cambodia
Highway 4
Phnom Penh
le Trung Hien
Quang Duc
Hien
Kien Duc
Dak Song
Werewolf of Washington leads at Twin Cinemas with Stockwell
At the Movies Harte notes The Werewolf of Washington a political werewolf satire starring Dean Stockwell. Twin Cinemas offers two screenings per theater: Cinema I shows Midnight Cowboy and Slither. Cinema II features The Swinging Models and Swinging Pussycats. Manchester Cinema presents Cops and Robbers with Cliff Gorman and Joseph Bologna.
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Washington
Dean Stockwell
Twin Cinemas
Cinema I
Dustin Hoffman
Jon Voight
Slither
Sally Kellerman
James Caan
Manchester
Cliff Gorman
Joseph Bologna
Oil executive seized in Argentina by guerrillas
Victor E. Samuelson, 36, Esso Oil Co. general manager at Campana refinery, was kidnapped at lunch by seven gunmen claiming ERP allegiance. The incident underscores Peron's crackdown on Marxism as Ford and other foreign firms heighten security after earlier deaths and threats. Samuelson, Cornell and Harvard graduate, married with three children, had been in Argentina since April 1970.
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Buenos Aires
API
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Victor E. Samuelson
Esso Oil Co
Campana
Samuelson
Esso
People’s Revolutionary Army
ERP
New York
Exxon Oil Co
Peron
Ford Motor Co
Peronist Armed Forces
FAP
Ford
John A. Swint
Cordoba
Cornell
Harvard
Diane Miller
Eric
Scott
Katherine
Senate panels to probe wiretaps under Nixon era
A joint inquiry by Senate subcommittees led by Edward Kennedy Edmund Muskie and Sam Ervin will investigate wiretapping and electronic surveillance. The probe will examine Nixon administration wiretaps of 17 government officials and reporters amid broader privacy concerns.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Edmund S. Muskie
D-Maine
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
GOP Advice Upbeat on Ford Nomination
Representative Clarence Long urged Republicans to back Ford swiftly to safeguard their political future. He warned that delaying Ford's ascent could allow the Democrats to win with the Boston strangler analogy, emphasizing urgency in confirming Ford as vice president.
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Washington
Muskie urges candor on energy crisis and rationing
Senator Edmund Muskie urged frank discussion of the energy crisis at a Government Operations Committee hearing on a proposed energy agency. He warned of potential unemployment, oil exports, and the need for gas rationing, citing WWII fuel controls as a model. He urged mandatory rationing and full disclosure to the American people.
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Washington
UPI
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Nixon
Muskie
Energy Agency
Library of Congress
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Moose Lodge
Gerity
Gov
New Day
Diplomat Pictures
Millco
Fuy
Sat
Sun
Gene Stratton-Porter
Jevery
Gianghia
America
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Sally. Kellerman “Slitker
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Rick Olsen
Roas
Roaring Branch
Main ST
Nichols
Myrtle
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