Crisis Powers Bill Cleared in Senate Energy Crisis Action
A Senate committee approved a crisis powers bill granting President Nixon emergency authority to ration fuels, limit hours, restrict nonessential uses, and promote mass transit. The measure, written by Sen. Jackson, moves to the Senate floor as Alaska pipeline actions advance.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Congress
Henry M. Jack
Jackson
House
Interior Department
Valdez
Gulf of Alaska
Alaska pipeline bill sails through House to Senate
The House approved the Alaska pipeline bill 361 to 14 and sent it to the Senate where action is expected soon. The vote trimmed a bid to return the bill to conference and remove broad powers for regulators. Roy Ash predicts a veto unless disputed features are removed.
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Washington
House
Senate
House-Senate Conference Committee
Roy Ash
Office of Management and Budget
Secretary of the Interior
Rogers C. B. Morton
White House
Alaska
Valdez
Gulf of Alaska
Don Young
R-Alaska
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
New York Hospital Strike Ends After Wage Cut Agreement
In New York 30,000 striking nonmedical workers at 48 facilities return to work after the Cost of Living Council reduces an arbitration wage increase to 6 percent from 7.5 percent, restoring pay to about $9 more per week from $12. Pentagon reports Cambodian village retakings as government forces push toward Phnom Penh while Vietnam fights near the Cambodian border. United States SBA officials transferred amid lending program allegations. Energy adviser predicts 1974 gasoline rationing amid oil embargo concerns. A Florida assault murder case noted as racially motivated amid ongoing shortages and substitute goods discussion.
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New York
Afl-Cio
Cost of Living Council
Houston
John A. Love
United States
UN Forces Take Control Of 1 Israel Checkpoint
UN truce-watchers moved into the Cairo Suez corridor to operate the Kilometer 101 checkpoint on the highway east of Cairo as part of implementing a new cease-fire. Israel dismantled a second barrier near Suez city after UN troops set it up, with no violence reported. Secretary General Waldheim protested to Israel, while Egyptian and Israeli generals met in a UN tent to implement the pact aimed at opening a path to an international peace conference.
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Associated Press
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Cairo-Suez
Suez
Kilometer 101
Cairo
Israel
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
New York
Kurt Waldheim
United Nations
Middle East
Aharon Yariv
Mohammed Abdul Ghani Gamazy
Egypt
Kissinger-Mao Meet in Peking Signals Thaw in US China Ties
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Chairman Mao Tse tung held nearly three hours of talks in Peking on improving relations. The meeting at Mao's home followed a session with Premier Chou En Lai and involved US and Chinese officials as both sides signaled broader exchanges and possible future visits. China stated the discussion covered a wide range of subjects in a friendly atmosphere.
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Peking
Henry A. Kissinger
Mao Tse-tung
United States
China
Dent
Mao
Kissinger
Chou En-lai
Chung Nan Hai
Chou
David K.E. Bruce
U.S
Winston Lord
State Department
Chi Peng-fei
Robert J. McCloskey
Surface coal mines strained by diesel fuel cuts in West Virginia
Ben Lusk of the West Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association warned that diesel shortages limit trucks and machinery, forcing some surface mines to shrink output. He urged state and federal help as industry grapples with 70 percent fuel deliveries and rising production demands.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ben Lusk
West Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association
Lusk
West Virginia
Couple Devotes Life To Infants Before Adoption
White haired Boston couple Walter and Florence Desmond foster infants for 26 years through the Catholic Charitable Bureau. They care for about 120 newborns before adoption, saying race is irrelevant to a baby’s life and noting the bureau calls to pick up babies next day. The Desmonds describe modest wages and a stipend that barely covers costs.
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Boston
Walter Desmond
Walter
Florence Desmond
Catholic Charitable All
Bureau
Desmond
Nixon Offers Unsubpoenaed Tapes and Diary Pages
President Nixon said he will voluntarily provide unsubpoenaed White House tapes and parts of his personal diary file to a federal judge. He cannot locate a dictation belt from a subpoenaed June 20 1972 Mitchell call and notes. The White House agreed to deliver subpoenaed Watergate tapes by November 20 and have duplicates stored in the White House vaults.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Watergate
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
John W. Dean III
Dean
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Sonal
Mitchell
Virginia Assembly Moves to Liberalize ABC Laws
Virginia's Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission will propose sweeping changes to ABC rules for the 1974 General Assembly. Revisions include 18 year olds drinking full strength beer, two drinks in front of a patron, up to three gallons of liquor without a permit, and easier restocking sizes. The package also seeks bar service with meals, remove stand-up drinking limits, allow carrying drinks between restaurant areas, redefine full meals, permit fortified wines, restructure the ABC Board, repeal a per gallon tax on liquor for mixed beverage licenses, quarterly local profit payouts, and drop the 60 day probation for new mixed beverage licenses.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Virginia Abc Study Commission
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
State Capitol
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Philadelphia
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Fort Lauderdale
Fia
Telegraph
Ette
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Sinai
Sele
Hsinhua News Agency
Wang Haijung
Tang Wen-sheng
Shen Jo-yun
William C. Schneider
NASA
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Philpott
Efield
Greater Bluefield
Bluefield
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