Senators Probe Oil Giants Over Gas Shortage Motives
The piece notes Senators Henry M. Jackson and James Abourezk question whether big oil firms withhold low sulfur crude from independent refiners to worsen the gasoline shortage. Abourezk cites a National Petroleum Refiners Association report suggesting excess low sulfur crude exists. The article urges formal inquiry and disclosure into the motives behind the shortage.
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United States
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
James Abourezk
South Dakota
Abour
National Petroleum Refiners Association
Abourezk, Jackson
Misgivings Grow Over Supersonic Trains After Paris Crash
The TU-144 crash deepens doubts about supersonic airliners and raises questions on environmental impact and economics. Congress halted SST subsidies, aiding Concorde's progress but raising doubts about paying for development and high operating costs. Some airlines canceled orders or reconsidered, and reliability concerns persist as neither Concorde nor TU-144 is yet in service.
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Congress
U. S
Paris
Bobby Riggs
Useless But Interesting Ple Knock Junk Mail
A quirky note discusses etiquette and life rules with a digression on golf and the dependence of some on the game. It mentions Philadelphia mounted policemen and playful imagery about saddle horns and taillights.
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Jack Nicklaus
Philadelphia
Who Controls McGovernite Democratic Charter Body?
The Democratic Charter Commission faces a mystery over who really runs the 167 member body. McGovernite activists or regulars and moderates? A disclosed April meeting hinted Rick Stearns pushed Sanford plans, sparking a power struggle ahead of a Ft Collins session to draft a new charter. The piece also notes a fresh $7.5 million grant to the Kennedy Center amid debate over federal funding and prior assurances of private support.
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Washington
Democratic Charter Commission
Commission
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Rick Stearns
McGovern
South Dakota
Radical
Stearns
Sanford
California
Executive Committee
Charter Commission
Ft. Collins
Colo
Democratic National Committee
Kennedy Center For
Potomac
Congress
HOUSE
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Robert Kennedy II: A Transitional, Candid Figure
Five years after Robert Kennedy's murder, Joseph Kraft reflects on a cooler, more calculating Kennedy who shifted positions on Vietnam and war aims, negotiated with opponents, supported limited violence, and faced errors without existential self-doubt. The piece contrasts mythic memory with a pragmatically evolving real person.
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Robert Kennedy
Los Angeles
John XXIII
Jack Newfield
Albert Camus
Pat Moynihan
Robert Kennedy II
Vietnam
Indochina
America
Paul
Damascus
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Cuba
Watergate paralysis delays anti inflation plan decisions
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report the Nixon White House remains indecisive over tightening Phase III anti inflation controls amid Watergate distractions. Top advisers negotiated plans before Nixon's Iceland trip but he returned to inaction, eroding consumer confidence and prompting Mills to push a price freeze backed program while Connally grows disillusioned.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
John B. Connally
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Wilbur Mills
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Iceland
John B. Conally
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Treasury
George Shultz
William E. Simon
Wall Street
Shultz
Simon
Connally
Albert Sindlinger
White House Oval Office
Sindlinger
Shultz-Stein
Blood Money and Blood Station Scandals Linked to Haiti
Washington probes target Rep. James Collins and ex Rep. J Irving Whalley over alleged kickbacks while Haiti faces a blood selling controversy. U S attorney may indict Collins for obstruction and Whalley faces possible indictment after FBI-led inquiry. Blood promoters rebrand to Life Services and use Washington lawyers to press a deal in Haiti. Public relations push and congressional intrigue entwine with Haiti’s Duvalier regime.
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U. S. Attorney’s Office
Washington
James Collins
R-Ten
Dallas
J. Irving Whalley
R-Pa
U. N
Justice Department
Collins
Whalley
George Haag
FBI
U.S
Pittsburgh
U. S
Richard Thornburgh
Doc
Hemo- Caribbean
Luckner Cambronne
Port-au
Hemo-Caribbean
Cambronne
Life Services
Joe Sharlitt
Milton Barall
Capita
Haiti
Adrien Raymond
Rene Chalmers
Dante Fascell
D-Fla
House
D. C
Walter Fauntroy
Fascell
Fauntroy
Sharlitt
Congress
Congress of the
Sues Hemi
Ier
Preaek Leyueira
Nel Patrom Ts
Pariger Shilton Baral
Barall
CIA
OAS
Switch-Hitter politics and Connally’s 76 bid prospects
Political observer notes party switches shape elections. Strom Thurmond and Reagan illustrate shifting allegiances while Connally charts a path from Democrat to GOP. He surveys GOP support, party strategy, and potential vulnerabilities as a 1976 presidential contender.
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John Connally
Strom Thurmond
Sen
California
Ronald Reagan
Georgia
Bo Callaway
Callaway
Congress
Army
Wayne Morse
Oregon
John Lindsay
New York
Democratic Party
Connally
Reagan
GOP
Rimcents
White House
Mister Clean
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