Court To Hear Appeal On Obscenity Ruling
The Supreme Court agreed to review how states and communities define obscenity in film and publications. It will hear arguments over an Albany Georgia theater manager’s conviction for showing the film Carnal Knowledge, cited as among 1971’s top movies by critics.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Albany, Ga
Jenkins
Warren Burger
Georgia
Georgia Supreme Court
Jules Feiffer
Mike Nichols
Oklahoma
Douglas and
Marshall
American Civil Liberties Union
New York
West Virginia
Kissinger urges allied energy effort for long term unity
Secretary of State Kissinger proposed that North Atlantic allies address long term energy supply to keep unity. He said short term focus should push a Middle East peace settlement while allies expect concrete proposals soon. NATO leaders warned of rising Soviet strength as tensions over the Middle East persist.
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Brussels
Kissinger
North Atlantic
North Atlantic Council
Middle East
U.S
Israel
Wapello Couple Rescued From Icy Coralville Water
A Wapello man and his wife were rescued after clinging to a capsized boat in the Coralville reservoir. Two Cedar Rapids youths 16 observed them from Highway 218 and alerted the Johnson County sheriff. The Wheelers were hospitalized with shock. Mrs Wheeler in satisfactory condition and Mr Wheeler released days later.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Coralville Reservoir
Wesley Wheeler
Thelma
Bruce Clark
Cherry Hill Road
Duane Poole
Harvest Hill Road
Wheeler
Johnson Sheriff's
Wheelers
IRS probes diesel price gouging at truck stops
IRS spot checks at 850 truck stops across 16 states found 225 selling diesel above legal ceilings. About 145 agreed to lower prices immediately, while the rest planned to contest the orders under the Economics Stabilization Act. The probe, under Cost of Living Council orders, aims to curb price inflation tied to the energy crisis.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Cost of Living Council
Chuckle Cartoon: 20th Anniversary Dilemma
A light quip notes that a 20th wedding anniversary is hard to celebrate being both too soon to brag and too late to complain. The caption plays on timing and sentiment in a humorous tone.
Prosecution Receives White House Tapes Anew
The Watergate probe reports that the White House delivered a significant number of presidential tapes on Saturday and two subpoenaed tapes were handed to special prosecutor Jaworski by Judge Sirica. The conversations cover March 13 and 22, 1973, including Nixon’s talks with Dean and Haldeman.
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White House
John Sirica
Leon Jaworski
Jaworski
Gerald Warren
Sirica
New York City
Nixon
John Dean
H. R. Haldeman
Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
Howard Hunt
Senate
J. Fred Buzhardt
John Ehrlichman
Charles Colson
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Colson
Nixon Awaits Tax Verdicts By Congress
President Nixon after a weekend release of financial records awaits a congressional committee ruling on whether he owes up to 300000 in federal income taxes and interest. Tax questions include deductions for donation of vice presidential papers and a 117000 capital gain from a 1970 San Clemente sale.
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Nixon
Congress
Washington
White House
Senate-House Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
National Archives
San Clemente
Calif
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Cali
Big Oil Firms Control Most U S Fuel Resources
An Associated Press study shows the nation’s 20 largest oil companies hold most U S oil reserves and major shares of natural gas coal uranium and oil shale. A Senate subcommittee probes competition as executives defend diversification while critics call for breakup.
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Washington
Associated Press
Senate
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers
Special Senate
B. R. Dorsey
Gulf Oil
Exxon
Texaco
Gulf
Shell
Continental
Atlan
Dayan Ties Geneva to POW List at Geneva Talks
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan told the Israeli parliament Israelis will not engage with Syria at the Geneva peace talks until a list of Israeli prisoners held by Syria is provided. The remark followed Syria’s claim of destroying an Israeli engineering unit on one of two fronts.
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Moshe Dayan
Syria
Geneva
Jerusalem
Extremists Vow To Ax Irish Unit
Protestant and Catholic extremists in Ireland and Northern Ireland vowed to oppose the Council of Ireland aimed at closer Belfast and Dublin ties and ending Ulster violence. The UVF may suspend a 43 day Christmas cease fire to protest Catholics gaining more say in the crisis. IRA wings rejected the peace package linking the plan to a seven by seven Ireland Council of ministers.
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UPI
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
Council of Ireland
Dublin
Ulster
Ulster Volunteer Force
UVF
UPS
Donal O'Higgins
Irish Republican Army
IRA
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