Oil firms post record profits amid rising fuel prices
New York reports show major oil companies posted high second quarter earnings with little year over year growth in profits. Texaco, Shell, and others show double digit gains, while gasoline prices rise to record levels. Ford and Chrysler also report peak quarterly or half-year profits as they seek higher car prices.
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Texaco
Shell
Maurice F. Granville
Aiantle Richfield
Occidental Petroleum
Standard Oil
Indiana
California Standard
Phillips Petroleum
Marathon
Exxon
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler
Ford
Weather Outlook With Showers Likely This Weekend
Rain chances persist as showers fade this morning to scattered showers tonight. Ground fog possible Saturday with improving but unsettled conditions into the weekend. Highs around 64 degrees today, lows near 50. Sunrise at 5149 remains unclear.
Salmon Returns to Bennington for First Real Visit
Gov Thomas P Salmon arrives in Bennington for his first major stop since the election. He answers questions succinctly while signaling awareness of flood relief needs and federal funding uncertainties. He pledges not to abandon families or businesses, contemplates using unallocated surpluses for relief, and warns that funding day care and education will be a coming headache.
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Thomas P. Salmon
Bengton
Salmoun
Salmon
Vermont
Ehrlichman warns of cash influenced justice in Watergate evidence
Ehrlichman testified that a Nixon campaign lawyer warned of obstruction of justice due to cash payments to Watergate defendants. He recounted a San Clemente April 5 conversation with Paul O'Brien about using funds to secure silence, while Archibald Cox pressed Nixon to surrender tapes if ordered by the Supreme Court.
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UPI
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Senate Watergate Committee
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Laird defends secrecy of Cambodian bombing orders
Former defense secretary Melvin Laird says he ordered clandestine bombing of Cambodia but did not authorize falsification of raid records. He testified Nixon approved the strikes and that secrecy was to avoid embarrassment and avoid disclosure of sensitive developments.
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UPI
Melvin R. Laird
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Cambodia
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White House
U.S
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Norodom Sihanouk
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Sihanouk
Saigon
Air Force
Robert C. Seamang
House withholds $1.1 billion in unspent HEW funds
The Nixon administration did not spend about 1.1 billion dollars of funds intended for Health Services and Mental Health Administration and NIH. House Commerce Committee chair Harley Staggers questioned legality and asked for program-by-program justifications as Caspar Weinberger defended the withholding. See HEW FUNDS Page 4,Col. 3.
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Commerce Committee
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Harley C. Staggers
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Caspar W. Weinberger
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Staggers
Ex Nation
Weinberger
Pownal orders Gray to dig up septic tank proof
Selectmen in Pownal require Patrick J. M. Gray to excavate an installed septic tank to prove a legitimate sewer system exists for a mobile home site near Glass Onion. The town says no permit was filed and warns Gray by registered letter to respond by next Thursday.
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Geoffrey Chapman Pownal
Pownal
Patrick J. M. Gray
Charlies Palmer
Banner
Gray
Glass Onion
Palmer
Bennington
Tri- State
Cox says Nixon will heed court orders on Watergate tapes
Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox expressed confidence that President Nixon would surrender Watergate tape recordings if the Supreme Court orders him to do so. Cox said the courts define duties and that Nixon should comply, noting the tapes are highly relevant to Nixon's personal involvement and potential perjury. The Senate committee voted to sue Nixon to obtain the tapes, a first in its history, with decision likely by the Supreme Court.
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Archibald Cox
Nixon
Supreme Court
Cox
High Court
Howard H. Baker
Senate Watergate Committee
Baker
Senate
Samuel J. Cash
Cash
Allende aide slain in Chile by terrorists
Capt Arturo Araya naval aide to President Salvador Allende was killed in a gun duel with a group of about 10 terrorists lure him to a balcony by garden explosions. The government blamed the ultra-right Fatherland and Liberty Movement for the assassination.
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Chile
UPI
Arturo Araya
Salvador Allende
Araya
Fatherland and Liberty Movement
Inside Page Notes Highlight Fortney and Columnists
On the Inside Karen Fortney reviews Last Tango on Page 3. Pete Horton analyzes issues facing private and state campground operators on Page 4. Conservative Paul Greenberg critiques the Ervin vigilantes on Page 4. Charles Bonetti reviews the week’s opening at Dorget on Page 6. Football season official preview tonight on Page 10.
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Karen Fortney
Pete Horton
Paul Greenberg
Ervin
Charles Bonetti
Dorget
Woodford Tries Again for Zoning Plan
Woodford Vermont will renew efforts toward permanent zoning after extending interim measures beyond the usual expiration. A new planning commission was named to draft bylaws, with aims to hold development in check until hearings and a March vote.
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Bennington County
Williams Rogers Jr
Mary Lauzon
Gene Davis
Philip Young
Albert O'Neil
New Commisssion
Rogers
Lauzon
O'Neil
John Simson
Hennington County
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