Weekend Gas Rationing Sparks Mixed Reactions in Mercer County
A Daily Telegraph survey of 20 residents reveals broad tolerance for Nixon’s weekend gas station closings. Thirteen say the shortage won’t change much, while others fear economic impact on businesses and travel. Some plan rationing and staying home, others welcome the quiet weekends.
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Nixon
Mercer County
Thompson
Daily Telegraph
R. R. Wickham
Bluefield
Wickham
E. E. Gunn
Wytheville
Jack Hunter
Pocahontas
Gasoline Curbs May Stall West Virginia Road Bonds
West Virginia faces a cautious path for selling 500 million in road bonds under the Better Highways Amendment as gasoline supply uncertainty raises doubts about highway user tax revenues. House Speaker Lewis N. McManus and Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. warn an election year plus possible rationing could curb new debt.
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Herb Little
Charleston
W. Va
Lewis N
McManus
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
Moore
Oil Executives To Aid In U.S. Fuel Planning
Interior Secretary Rogers C. Morton said about 250 petroleum executives will be recruited as special government employees in December to assist in petroleum distribution planning for six months. He aims to avoid gasoline rationing and notes steps to boost long term supply include leasing six federal oil shale tracts and expediting federal permits for the Alaska oil pipeline. Morton cautioned Japan should not expect Alaska oil, reaffirming that U S exports will stay at historical levels.
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Washington
Rogers C. B. Morton
Morton
House Commerce Committee
Nixon
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Justice Rtment
trans-Alaska
Apy
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Japan
Alaska
U.S
Boyle's Attorney Calls Pennsylvania Trip a Kidnap Attempt
Pittsburgh AP report says attorney Frank Kampfe argues government seeks to move W. A. Boyle to Pennsylvania on conspiracy charges as a kidnapping tactic. Boyle, indicted last September over Yablonski murders, remains in protective custody in a Washington hospital as a ruling on extradition is awaited.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony
Boyle
Pennsylvania
UMW
Joseph “Jock” Yablonski
Boyle Ince County
R. Frank Kampfe
Kampfeld
Ee U.S. Dist
An Eber
Weber
Washington, D.C
Skylab 3 Focuses on Medical Tests and Sun Study
Space Center Houston crew under orders to avoid maneuvering due to a control issue devote time to medical experiments and solar observations. Gerald Carr and William Pogue test weightlessness adaptation while Edward Gibson photographs the sun with eight telescopic cameras. The problem traces to a gyro failure. gas thrusters burned fuel, and officials suspect ground computer programming as the source.
McDowell Youth Killed in Virginia Car Crash
A single vehicle crash on Virginia Route 635 near Whitewood left Walter Blankenship Jr. dead at 16. Driver Patrick Wayne McCoy, 17, was critically injured, while passengers Lonnie Wimmer, 12, and Allen Wimmer, 16, survived in satisfactory condition. Trooper S D Palmer reported the car veered out of control on a curve and struck the left side, demolishing the vehicle. No charges were filed by Wednesday night.
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McDowell County
Virginia Rt. 635
Whitewood
Clinch Valley Clinic
Richlands
Walter Blankenship Jr
Jolo
Patrick Wayne McCoy
Jewell Valley
Richlands Hospital
Lonnie Dwayne Wimmer
Allen Keith Wimmer
Jewell Ridge
Virginia
S. D. Palmer
McCoy
Rt. 635
Palmer
Not Erasures: More Blank Spots On Watergate Tapes
White House lawyer J. Fred Buzhardt testified that technicians found other blank spots on subpoenaed Watergate tapes while copying them for the court, but the gaps do not amount to new erasures. The disclosures follow his earlier note of an 18 minute gap, raised during testimony as Rose Mary Woods finished three days on the stand.
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Washington
White House
J. Fred Buzhardt
Buzhardt
U.S
John J. Sirica
Rose Mary Woods
Nixon
Watergate
H. R. Haldeman
Leonard Garment
Arab hijackers surrender after releasing hostages
Three Arab hijackers who commandeered a KLM Boeing 747 over the eastern Mediterranean released 11 hostages and surrendered to Dubai police after a 68 hour ordeal spanning Syria Cyprus Libya Malta and Dubai. The hijackers demanded political aims against Israel and Dutch support for the Jewish state.
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Dubai
Mediterranean
Iraq
KLM
Syria
Cyprus
Libya
Malta
Persian Gulf
Israel
Wildcat strike at Celco plant stalls talks in Narrows Virginia
Striking Celanese Fibers workers from AFI CIO Local 2024 at the Celco plant in Narrows demand negotiations after a two week walkout. Troopers maintain order as about 200 picketers gather near the plant entrance while workers cite unsafe workload increases and a violated arbitration ruling.
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Jack Honaker
Celanese Fibers Corporation
Celco
Narrows
U. S. 460
Virginia
Aficio Local 2024
The
Textile Workers of America
Daily Telegraph
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Cincinnati
Post Office
United States
J. D. Thompson
Abbs Valley
Buchanan
Billy Graham
Abby Dixon
Giles County
Jack O'Brian
Arksansas
Amsterdam
Dutch Foreign Ministry
Hague
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