Senate approves sweeping fuel allocation bill in energy crisis
The Senate passed a mandatory fuel allocation bill to control distribution of all fuels and back the administration in energy crisis plans. Debate on the emergency energy bill was postponed with House support and a call for a $23 million supplemental to fix allocation handling.
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Senate
Washington
White House
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Nixon
Jesse Helms
R-N
R-N. C
Jackson
Paul J. Fannin
R-Ariz
Interior
Calif
Naval Petroleum
Special Prosecutor May Get Tapes In Watergate Case
Special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski signaled in court that President Nixon will provide tapes and documents previously withheld from Archibald Cox. The material reportedly includes months of Nixon aide discussions about keeping the plumbers unit activities secret. Gesell ruled Cox’s firing illegal and warned against removing Jaworski, strengthening his hold on the probe.
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Washington
Leon Jaworski
Papantie
Pres- Nixon
Archibald Cox
Jaworski
Nixon
White House
Cox
U.S. District Court
Gerhard Gesell
Gesell
Congress
Ees 8
Egil Krogh Jr
Plumbers Unit
Krogh
Plumbers
Ellsberg
National Security
London Wedding Couple Begins Honeymoon After Glittering Ceremony
Princess Anne and her cavalry officer husband left for a countryside honeymoon following a royal wedding day filled with cheers in London. The ceremony drew wide public attention as the couple embarked on their initial journey as newlyweds.
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London
Anne
Mark Phillips
Princess Anne
Royal Yacht
Buckingham Palace
Alexandra Aere
Queen Elizabeth
Phillips
Mrs McDermott 101 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Joseph H McDermott of 414 Oakhurst Ave Bluefield died Wednesday at Heritage Home Clarksburg after a lengthy illness She was 101 born Louise Jane McLane in Cassville Feb 20 1872 daughter of Dr and Mrs Charles McLane she moved to Bluefield in 1929 She was predeceased by her husband a Pennsylvania oilman and former State Senate president in 1906 Survived by a son and a daughter-in-law among others She was member of the Episcopal Church and the Daughters of the American Revolution
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Joseph H. McDermott
Oakhurst Ave
Bluefield
Clarksburg
Louise Jane McLane
Cassville
Morgantown
Charles McLane
Joseph J. McDermott
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
State Senate
Episcopal Church
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Countdown Begins For Skylab 3 Launch
Cape Canaveral launches prep as Saturn 1B fuels for 9 01 a m liftoff to carry Skylab 3 crew Gerald Carr William Pogue and Edward Gibson into an 85 day mission. Engineers resolved cracks in aluminum parts and confirmed no danger to astronauts.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
William C. Schneider
Skylab
Gerald P. Carr
William R. Pogue
Edward G. Gibson
Upgrade Sewage Systems Or Face Court Action Communities Told
Mercer County communities with public sewage systems face federal and state penalties for pollution. GWG Public Service District attorney William Winfrey said agencies are pressuring the districts, with Princeton cited as next to face court action. A countywide public service district was discussed but tabled for later.
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Jim Calfee
Mercer County
State Department of Natural Resources
Green Valley
Glenwood
Bluewell
Bluefield
Princeton
Knight
William Winfrey
GWG Public Service District
Winfrey
Environmental Protection Agency
D.ee
Joe Coburn
Metrix
GVG
Esme
Eleven Sites Studied For Bluefield Community Hospital
A Bluefield Board committee announced it studied 11 possible hospital sites with most on West and East Cumberland Road and one downtown site. The group aims to buy Bluefield Sanitarium at Ramsey and Russell to repurpose as extended care or physiotherapy center, and may seek funds from ARC and Hill Burton.
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Jim Terry
Bluefield
Ramsey and
Russell Street
Jack Lloyd
West Virginia-Virginia
Harold Brewster
LeRoy Katz
Brewster
Hospital Corporation of America
Nashville, Tenn
Katz
Salem
Roanoke
Beckley
Karl Weier
Appalachian Regional Commission
State Hill
Bluefield Board of Directors
Britain imposes energy curbs amid emergency
London announces a state of national emergency with a ban on street and flood lighting and a 10 percent heating cut in all public buildings and state industries. The move follows coal and electricity workers refusals to work overtime over wage freezes.
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London
Britain
Keadilly Circus
Princess Anne
Elizabeth II
Mark Phillips
Moonshiner Tells Judge His Booze Was For Wife Thirst
Cyrus Kerns, 67, told Chillicothe judge he made bootleg liquor to quench his wife's thirst after federal and state agents raided his barn. Deputies recommended leniency. the judge imposed a $250 fine and two months in jail. The relieved defendant faced up to six months and $800 for manufacturing illegal liquor and possessing the still.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Cyrus Kerns
Ross County
Kerns
William Sammons
Sammons
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John V. Tunney
Nice
Turkey
Pat Nixon
National Turkey Federation
Mrs. McDermott
Phillip Lilly
Donald Allen
John Jackson
Richard Painter
Jack Comer
Burton Agency
ARC
Fred Burton
Hill- Burton Agency
Kerns’ Barn
Norfolk, Va
John M. Smith
Lois Bennett Andrews
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