Nixon Tells GOP Heads Of Finances
President Nixon previewed his personal finances to selected Republican leaders in an unannounced White House meeting. Officials discussed a series of statements and documents intended to rebut allegations about presidential finances and potential refunds from 1969 to 1972 amid questions over tax withholding on his $200000 salary.
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Battle over campaign financing ends in defeat in Senate
Washington AP three day clash between Senate backers of public funding for federal campaigns and the White House ends without passage. Leaders pledge to renew early in 1974 but without emergency urgency. Senate votes fail to invoke cloture. debt limit increase signed, ending an emergency and setting a temporary ceiling of 475.7 billion.
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Door to Door Energy Drive Set in Iowa
DES MOINES AP A state wide door to door energy campaign by Energect Inc a conservation non profit aims to reduce Iowa power use by 20 percent. Gary Fernandes Ankeny announced the project with Gov Robert Ray saying volunteers from Jaycees Iowa Federated Women's clubs and other civic groups will reach about 875000 households starting Dec 23. The effort called Trim 20 Percent Be An Energy Waste Watcher will run through December.
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Fernandes
Haldeman knew of tape gap before public disclosure
UPI reports former White House aide Lawrence Higby testified at Judge Sirica’s hearing that H. R. Haldeman knew about the erased 18 minute segment of the Nixon Haldeman tape nearly a week before the public release. Higby said Haldeman instructed him to retrieve documents from a locked White House file in mid November.
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Lawrence Higby
White House
Rose Mary Woods
Pres
Eight Die As Nursing Home Fire Claims Residents
Wayne, Pa. Eight nursing home residents were killed and scores injured when a fire at Caley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center swept through the building. Firefighters fought four alarms as flames gutted the center portion and smoke damaged the rest. Evacuees were rushed to hospitals and nearby facilities, with 37 residents to Bryn Mawr Hospital’s emergency room and two bodies found inside.
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Caley
Philadelphia
Betty Allen
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Wayne Hall
Paoli Hospital
Caley Facility
Radnor Township
Don Wood
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Rationing and tax plan eyed for fuel policy
Washington officials said a combined gasoline tax and rationing system will likely be sent to Congress for enactment by Christmas. Officials testified that a plan blending tax and rationing is favored, with a higher fuel tax and ration coupons for the first 10 gallons weekly. The House Commerce Committee backed creating a Federal Energy Administration, to be led by William Simon after Senate confirmation, as part of emergency energy legislation aimed at easing scarce fuel supplies.
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Energy Emergency Action Group
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Road Unit Sees Hoarding of Gas
Ames officials question gasoline hoarding as a shield against shortages. R. D. Johnson notes an 18 percent rise in fuel use in the first four months of the fiscal year, with 3-4 percent from carryover and 5-8 percent from more traffic and pollution devices. No clear cause for the remaining increase.
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Pioneer 10 Surpasses Jupiter on Record Space Flight
Pioneer 10, weighing 570 pounds, narrowly escaped Jupiter’s deadly radiation belt and sped away after a 21 month voyage of 620 million miles. Scientists at Ames NASA noted near saturation radiation as the craft reached 82 000 mph and used a gravity boost to depart toward Saturn and beyond. The mission, lasting into 1986 for solar system escape, will continue transmitting until 1977 with data expected to illuminate planetary formation and Earth's origins.
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IOWA WEATHER HIT BY ICE AND TORNADO SHOCKS
Iowa faced widespread hazards as storms swept through neighboring states. Ice storms knocked out Red Oak telephone service, felled the KIFG radio tower at Iowa Falls, and downed about 100 poles. 400 to 500 telephones were out near Nevada, while flood risk grew in southeast Iowa and highways iced over across large sections.
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General Telephone Co
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National Weather Service
Truckers protest fuel price cuts block highways across four states
AP reports drivers protested diesel costs and a 55 mph limit by shutting lanes on interstates in Ohio Pennsylvania New Jersey and West Virginia. At least two arrests occurred with stoppages delaying about 1,000 vehicles in Pennsylvania. Police credited quick actions in Ohio where one driver was jailed.
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William Bresnahan
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American Trucking Assn
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Robert Gallicchio
Somerset
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Four Convicted of Trial Contempt in Chicago Trial
Defense lawyer William Kunstler and three Chicago Seven defendants were convicted Tuesday of contempt during the stormy trial before Judge Julius Hoffman four years ago. Acquittals went to Leonard Weinglass and two others. sentencing set for Thursday with potential six month prison maximum.
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Julius Hoffman
Leonard Weinglass
U. S
Edward Gignoux
Kunstler
David Dellinger
Jerry Rubin
Abbie Hoffman
Thomas Hayden
Bernard Davis
Gignoux
Young girls buy cosmetics to look natural today
A brief note observes that young girls are spending more on cosmetics to appear natural. The reflection suggests a shift in beauty norms and spending, with emphasis on self presentation and industry trends.
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