City Briefs Cash Taken from Diner and Homes
Reports of thefts and incidents fill the city briefs. Julie Cahill at 111 Sixth Avenue SW reports $40 cash and a $5 billfold stolen from her coat pocket at Joe's Diner on Sunday. John Prange at 221 Sixteenth Street NE reports $145 cash stolen from his home. Dennis Convey at 1129 Twenty-first Street SE loses ten work pants valued at $61 from Farah's lounge area. Shada's Third Avenue Market reports a Sunday night break-in with $300 cash and $25 food stamps stolen. Additional items stolen include a Christmas tree and various household goods from 715 6th Avenue NW last week. Police note other ads for services and local events amid the notices.
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Julie Cahill
Sixth Avenue SW
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Third Avenue Market
Third Avenue SW
Joan Bevins
Avenue NW
John Prange
Sixteenth Street
Dennis Convey
Twenty-first Street
Farah
Philippines Seizes Oil Sales Under Martial Law
President Marcos ordered government control of oil sale and distribution in the Philippines using martial law powers. Oil products were declared strategic materials and a Philippines National Oil Co. was created to supervise the industry. The move targets Arab oil cutbacks and ensures oil remains under Philippine supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
Marcos
Philippines National Oil Co
Francisco S. Tatad
Getty
Mobil
Caltex
Esso
Tatad
Superivision
Drivers Strike Hits Southern Trailways Buses
Carolina Trailways bus drivers strike after failed talks, halting service for 350 workers across North Carolina Virginia Maryland Delaware and Pennsylvania. Union and management could not agree on terms at Carolina Coach Co. which runs Trailways buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Carolina Trailways
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Carolina Coach Co
Trailways
Military breaks up Communist band in Brazil’s northeast
The Brazilian military government said it disrupted a Communist band funded by Peking and Havana that operated in the impoverished northeast of Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Peking
Havana
Brazil
Energy crisis prompts national gas station shutdowns
Southwestern Ohio trucking firms join a national energy action while most U S stations closed Sunday per President Nixon's energy saving plan. Traffic on expressways stays light. Charles Binsted leads calls for a 1 to 3 cent per gallon price hike to sustain the petroleum retailing industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Ohio
Nixon
Charles Binsted
National Congress of Petroleum Retailers
Government Creates 10 Area Energy Offices
Ten regional Federal Energy Administration offices are to be established nationwide. William E. Simon announced the plan, saying regional directors must earn the public's trust and cooperation. Offices will be in Boston New York Philadelphia Atlanta Chicago Dallas Kansas City Denver San Francisco and Seattle.
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Washington
Federal Energy Administration
William E. Simon
Federal Energy
Simon
Boston
New York City
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Chicago
Dallas
Kansas City
Denver
San Francisco
Seattle
Woman charged after Marion crash
Loretta Ann Whittlesey, 19, of Marion, was charged with failure to yield the right of way after a Sunday collision injured a passenger in her car. Mitchell Zapata, 17, was treated and released at St. Luke's hospital for head and rib injuries. Police say Whittlesey stopped at a stop sign and pulled into the path of Gary King, 42, of Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Ann Whittlesey
Eleventh Avenue
Marion
Mitchell Zapata
Brentwood Drive
St. Luke's Hospital
Miss Whittlesey
Second Avenue
Seventh Street
Gary King
Southview Drive
Texas Farmers Back Impeachment of Nixon
The Texas Farmers Union voted unanimously to support a resolution calling for President Nixon's impeachment. The measure, introduced by Max Carriker of Roby Texas and former Texas representative, was the final act of business at the TFU weekend convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock, Texas
UPI
Texas Farmers Union
Nixon
Max Carriker
Roby
Texas
House of Representatives
TFU
$3 Million Suit Awaits Like Case In Colorado
Vera Reisinger of Eldora seeks $3 million from the department of transportation for her husband’s death in the Metro Commuter Airlines crash of October 3, 1969, in Denver. The Cedar Rapids trial was vacated as the federal government urged resolution based on the Colorado case, which began November 5.
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Cedar Rapids
Colorado
Vera Reisinger
Eldora
Department of Transportation
Metro
Denver
Reisinger
Man tied to two court dates for wedding and bank robbery sentence
Steven Ray Collins, 22, faced a wedding and a 20 years to life robbery sentence the same day in Sacramento. He was handcuffed as seven officers escorted him between courts. He also faced a potential consecutive five year to life term for a separate 412 Bank of America holdup, while three accomplices were sentenced earlier in June.
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Sacramento
UPI
Steven Ray Collins
Collins
Peter Manino
Robert Cole
Bank of America
Nixon Tax Deductions and San Clemente Tax Status Questioned
The article reports that California officials may pursue state tax liability for Nixon based on his claimed San Clemente residence as his home. Senator Weicker questions deductions for vice presidential papers while Senator Kennedy calls deductions for public papers unfair. Nixon states he will donate the California estate valued above $900,000 to the government after death. a possible $120,000 tax deduction exists if deed is signed soon.
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Fornia
San Clemente
New York City
White House
Nixon
California
William Bennett
Franchise Tax Board
Bennett
Lowell Weicker
Rconn
Senate Watergate Committee
New York
Internal Revenue Service
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
President Roosevelt Signs Father Draft Bill
Thirty years ago the president signed a draft measure aimed at delaying induction of pre war fathers into the armed services. The bill sought to give priority to men with dependent children and modify conscription timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Mexicans Accept Oil Price Increase Amid Hikes
In Mexico City many stayed home as Pemex raised fuel prices for the first time in over a decade with gasoline up 40 to 60 percent and liquid gas up over 100 percent. Taxi drivers threaten to strike over costs while observers warn of possible protests after shops reopen and transport costs rise. A housewife plans to cook with wood or coal.
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Mexico City
Pemex
Mexico
Oil Company Tie Seen Less Threatening to Competition
Experts say a merger involving Standard Oil of Ohio Sun and Marathon may not harm competition as much as the industry’s broader shift toward vertical integration. John W. Wilson, former Federal Power Commission economics chief, notes the danger lies in firms controlling all energy steps from extraction to sale.
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Richfield
Sun
Standard Oil
Ohio
Marathon
John W. Wilson
Bureau of Economics
Federal Power Commission
Senate
Civil Service Investigating Political Hiring by SBA
The Civil Service Commission probes SBA offices in San Francisco and Washington D C over alleged political appointees in career posts. SBA Administrator Kleppe testi fied that San Francisco and the central office are under review amid questions of political input on appointments.
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Civil Service
SBA
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Small Business Administration
San Francisco
Washington, D. C
Thomas Kleppe
House
Small Business Subcommittee
Parren Mitchell
D-Md.). He Read A Birmingham, Ala
Richard Bennett
Birmingham
Bennett
Mitchell
Kleppe
Curtis Prins
Washington Central
Washington District
Three Men Sentenced to Death for Rape in Tarboro
In Tarboro North Carolina Vernon Leroy Brown 22 Bobby Himes 23 of Princeville and Jesse Lee Walston 23 of Washington DC were found guilty of rape by an 11 person jury and sentenced to death in the gas chamber. The defendants all African American faced a charge stemming from an Aug 5 assault on a 22 year old white woman near Tarboro. The defense plans to appeal the verdict.
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Tarboro
N. C
Vernon Leroy Brown
Bobby Himes
Princeville
Jesse Lee Walston
Washington, D. C
Raleigh
Agreement in Ireland envisions council and 60 legislators split
A proposed compromise would set a sec retariat and consultative assembly of 30 republic legislators and 30 Ulster members. An arrangement would trial violence crimes in any part of Ireland. Britain would back Ulster and Ireland unification if a majority in Ulster desired it. In Dublin, Kevin Mallon, an IRA leader who escaped six weeks ago, was captured after a dance in Portlaoise.
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Council
Republic
Ulster
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Britain
Irish Republic
Dublin
Kevin Mallon
IRA
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