Iran Auction Sets Oil Price Record At $17.40 A Barrel
After an Iranian National Oil Company sale, Iran announced spot oil sold as high as 17.40 dollars per barrel while Persian Gulf crude averaged 3.64 dollars. Purchasers were American, Japanese and European, signaling potential world price baselines and accelerating calls for Western energy independence.
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Persian Gulf
Iran
Middle East
Europe
United States
Alaska North Coast
North Sea
More Amtrak Routes Needed Says Sen Hatfield
Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield cites strong rail use growth as auto and air fuel shortages rise. He notes Oakland to Seattle rail passengers jumped 102 percent in October year over year and calls for adding routes to the Amtrak system. He urges action for West Virginia and Virginia too.
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Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Amtrak
Oakland
Seattle
Hartfield
Congress
West Virginia
Virginia
Washington
National Health Insurance Comes To Congress In January
The piece argues national health insurance is long overdue and urges rapid Congressional action after President Nixon unveils a broad proposal in January. It compares U S progress to Britain and emphasizes the private insurance route in the administration plan while noting multiple bills will compete for passage. It also derides a jumbled political digression about tapes and odd quotes.
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Congress
Nixon
American Medical Association
Britain
United States
The Difficulties Of Rationing Gasoline
Russell Kirk argues public support for a national gasoline rationing system wavers. He notes the complex, unequal needs across cities like Phoenix versus New York and questions who would administer quotas, urging caution about bureaucratic schemes and highlighting personal household conflicts and racial considerations.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Siaties
Tempe
Scottsdale
Phoenix Complex
New York
Boston
San Francisco
Open Letter on Gas Prices and Economic Sense
A New York writer criticizes William F Buckley Jr for elitist views while arguing against gas rationing. He cites 1974 petroleum shortages, consumer budgets, and energy demand projections to claim gas price rises would have limited impact on overall consumption.
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Buckley
New York
Schultz
Nixon
Hell
John Kenneth Galbraith
United States
Nixon Candor’s Tax Plot Shows Deep White House Preoccupations
Four years after Nixon claimed a 576000 tax deduction for vice presidential papers aides discussed reinstating larger breaks for presidential papers. In late 1972 and early 1973 top lieutenants and lawyers debated a bill to restore state tax deductions, but Watergate halted efforts. The piece notes obsession with personal finances under Operation Candor and questions the administration’s candor in handling Plumbers related inquiries and cooperation with special prosecutor Jaworski.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Nixon White House
Disney World
Fla
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Herbert Kalmbach
John W. Dean III
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Daniel Elisberg
Leon Jaworski
Jaworski
Capitol Hill
Mr. Nixon
Paul Harvey Saving Time
Congress has moved to permanent daylight saving time at the president’s request. The piece argues energy savings of about one percent of electricity use, reduced accidents, and safer evenings, while noting farmers face schedule conflicts and calls for nationwide uniform clocks. It cites a 1972 poll and Farm Bureau opposition to year‑round DST.
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Congress
America
American Farm Bureau
FDR
Oil giants under scrutiny fuel national crisis debate
Washington lawmakers push for government oversight of Big Oil citing antitrust probes and industry influence across banks universities media and politics. Center study uncovers interlocking directorships linking Exxon Texaco Gulf Mobil and others to 460 ties across firms and institutions.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Exxon
Texaco
Gulf
Mobil
Standard of California
Standard of Indiana
Shell
Atlantic Richfield
Phil Hart
D-Mich
James Abourezk
D-S. D
Metropolitan Opera
Los Angeles Rams
Boy Scouts
Center For Science
Senate
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Mayo Foundation
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
National Pollution Control Committee
Dow Jones
IBM
Committee For National Trade Policy
Hollywood Turf Club
Nixon
Mellon National Bank & Trust
General Foods
Ralston Purina
Jones Laughlin Steel
University of Texas
H. J. Heinz Company
ARCO
Eisenhower Fund
University of Chicago
Pepsico
Lockheed
Atchison
Standard of
California
Indiana
Ohio
Continental
Sun
Union
Cities Service
Getty
Marathon
Amarada Hess
Ashland
New York Life
National Broadcasting Company
Union Pacific
American Automobile Association
National Biscuit
Red Cross
New York Zoo
United Airlines
At&t
American Potato
Souper Says Menu Sparks Shortage Spin In Dinner Talk
A fragmented report notes Senator Souper remarks that housewives choose scarce sounds rather than tasty ones. The piece mentions a girl reaching babysitting age and a sun shortage while referencing Watergate hearings returning and hints at unclear figures.
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Bluefield
Baily
Hugh the Short
Hugh Shot
Richard Wesley
William Thackeray
National Health Insurance
Sludgepump
France
Russell Kirk
William F. Buckley Jr
Philip Gramm
Texas A & M
Executive
Roland. Evans and
Robert Novak
Oval Office
Pecnicoelle
Rep
Charles Whalen
Whalen
Sen
Charles Mathias
Maryland
Paul Harvey
Thrvan Truck
Jack Anderson
Souper
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