Royal Wedding Sparks Protests Amid Budget Strains
Princess Anne rehearsed for what may be the wedding of the year as Labor MPs shouted for cancellation in Parliament. The 23 year old royal, fourth in line, and her commoner fiancé Liam Phillips attended a Westminster Abbey rehearsal before a Buckingham Palace dinner with Queen Elizabeth. The wedding, seen as costly at 240000 dollars, coincides with Britain facing a financial crisis, a weak pound and dire trade figures, while energy protests and emergency government measures roil the country.
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Pb Eager
Mark Phillips
Britain
Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Phillips
Fie
House of Commons
Shultz Fights Gasoline Control Rationing Debate
Administration officials weigh rationing heating oil and gasoline amid an energy crisis. Treasury Secretary Shultz opposes broad gasoline rationing calling it the last resort. Officials cite a potential 10 to 15 gallon weekly personal gasoline quota as likely. Senate to vote on emergency fuel-saving measures. DST return eyed. Saudi share claim in oil firms and Elk Hills reserves noted.
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Treasury
George P. Shultz
Kenneth Lay
Interior
Nixon
House
Senate
Shultz
Washington
Rogers C. B. Morton
Beirut
Lebanon
al Anwar
Saudi Arabia
Armed Services
Elk Hills
Calif
Congress Clears Alaska Oil Pipeline Plan
Congress approved a $46 billion pipeline to tap the Prudhoe Bay oil reserves on Alaska's North Slope. The measure, passed 80 to 5 in the Senate and sent to President Nixon, faces environmental concerns despite promises of regulatory powers. Reserves were discovered in February 1966 and are estimated at 10 to 30 billion barrels.
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Washington
America
Alaska
Congress
Senate
Nixon
Prudhoe Bay
Britain declares emergency over fuel crisis and cuts overtime
Prime Minister Edward Heath announces a 30 day state of emergency to curb Britain’s fuel shortage and launches a credit squeeze. An overtime ban affecting 270000 coal miners and 18000 power workers slows maintenance and reduces output as stock prices fall and public concern rises.
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London
Edward Heath
Britain
Princess Anne
Home
Robert Carr
The
Commons
Carr
Nixon Reaffirms Stand On Quitting To GOP Senators
President Nixon meets with 15 Republican senators denying resignation over Watergate. Senators report no firm pledge to appear before the Senate Watergate Committee and discuss steps to present his case. Georgia, Massachusetts, and Tennessee figures react as West Virginia abortion suit advances and a $20,000 interest loss probe targets Governor Moore.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Watergate Committee
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
Dole
Brooke
Sen Po Buckley
New York
John Anderson
Bill
N. W. Va
Arch A. Moore Jr
Joint Committee On Government and Finapce
Tor Moore
Kissinger Toasts To Normalization With Red China
Secretary of State Kissinger assured Chinese leaders that U S friendship with China is permanent policy at a dinner for Premier Chou En Lai. He and Chou planned a communique to be issued after a trip to Japan, aiming for stronger cultural and ties beyond the Shanghai communique of February 1972.
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Kissinger
Peking
Henry A. Kissinger
China
Washington
Chou En-lai
Promar Pola
Chou
Japan
United States
Shanghai
Nixon
Car Pool Computer Eases Drain On Gas and Air
Boston programs push group commuting as a new way to reduce highway congestion and pollution. WBZ radio and ALA Auto & Travel Club run a computer dating style system matching coworkers by work location and time. In seven weeks 6,000 applications processed and 500,000 distributed. rate about 100 returns daily.
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Boston
Environmental Protection Agency
WBZ
ALA Auto & Travel Club
Gorham Smith
Jerry Swerling
Gulf Ashland Oil Admit Handing Illegal Donations To Both Parties
Gulf Oil Corp and Ashland Oil Inc pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally donating $100,000 to Nixon campaigns and hidden gifts to other candidates. The two firms and associates faced fines, while lawmakers Mills and Jackson sought to return or reject the funds. A Senate witness sought immunity for testimony on possible corporate gifts to Muskie’s 1972 campaign.
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Democrats
Senate
Gulf Oil Corp
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Mills
Jackson
Iday
Ashland Oil Inc
Kentucky
Watergate
Watergate Committee
Senate Committee
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Sol M. Edidin
Hertz Corp
Washington Star-News
Legal Gulf
Claude C. Wild Jr
Doctor Wins Battle To Fly Family Home To Princeton
Dr. Alan N. Feir emergency physician at Princeton Community Hospital, a Philippines native, reunites with his wife and four children after two and a half years apart due to martial law caused red tape. Officials aided by U S. Consul and lawmakers cleared papers for flight home to Village Glen near Princeton.
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Jack Honaker
Alan N. Feir
Princeton Community Hospital
Baguio City
Philippines
Feir
Maria Riceli B. Feir
Princeton Community
United States
Dr. Feir
Manila
Feirs
Gary B. Feir
Inet
Princeton
Mercer County
Star
U.S
Robert Byrd
Ken Hechler
U. S
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W. Va
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Roane County
Jane Doe
State of Regents
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Cleveland
Ohio
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Alan Victor Feir, Jr
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John A. Feir
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