States plead for emergency gas amid severe winter shortages
Washington reports North Carolina faces economic peril without emergency gas supplies as the FPC weighs new emergency sales. Houston Pipeline seeks to ship 150 million cubic feet to United and 85 million to Transco to avert outages, with shortages across North Carolina New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania and industry warnings from Thurmond Bauman and textile groups.
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Washington
North Carolina
James Hunt, Jr
Federal Power Commision
South Carolina
Maryland
FPC
Houston Pipeline Co
Commission
Transcontinental Company
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
United Gas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Houston
Transco
United
Piedmont Natural Gas Co
Two Carolinas
Ford says nation is more perfect after brief presidency
President Ford delivers a final State of the Union urging Congress to pass tax, energy, and defense measures. He notes progress, defends foreign policy powers, and cautions about high per member costs while lamenting unemployment as his main regret. Carter misses address due to a Blair House briefing.
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Ford
Rockefeller
Thomas O'Neill
Washington
Gerald Ford
House
Senate
Jimmy Carter
Blair House
Carter
Herbert Hoover
Congress
White House
Ome
Soviet Union
United States
OPEC urged new meeting to review oil prices
Kuwait News Agency reports Iraq plans a fresh OPEC meeting to reassess oil prices while Saudi oil minister, arriving in the UAE, says other members must cut price increases. Federal actions and weather notes follow in later pages.
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Kuwait
Iraq
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Jaworski Backs Bell for Attorney General in Senate Hearing
Former Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski endorsed Griffin Bell for attorney general amid calls by black leaders to reject Bell. Jaworski cited Bell in the Meredith case as upholding the rule of law during the 1962 University of Mississippi desegregation event.
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Washington
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Griffin Bell
Atlanta
Parren Mitchell
Meredith
Jaworski
Bell
Univer
Memorial remodeling plan viewed by council and commission
City councilmen and Veterans Memorial commission members reviewed preliminary remodeling plans for the Memorial building on May's island, aiming to create more city and county office space. Architects Ted Healey and Kim Steveley presented a three floor office layout for the auditorium area, with plans created at the firms' expense.
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Veterans Memorial Commission
May’s Island
First
Second Avenues
City Hall
Ted Healey
Kim Steveley
McConnell
Iowa Roads Hazardous From Snow and Ice
Snow and freezing drizzle created hazardous driving in Iowa with a travelers advisory extended into the evening for the eastern region. A high pressure system was expected to bring very cold temperatures Friday while Cedar Rapids police noted numerous traffic incidents between 8 and 12 a.m. and could not provide exact counts.
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Iowa
Lowa
Weather Service
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Highway Patrol
Eight year old's nightmare saves family from gas poisoning
An eight year old's cry alerted his family to carbon monoxide poisoning in the early hours. John O'Connor and family were treated and released after responders suspect a clogged chimney rather than a faulty furnace.
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John O'Connor
John, Jr
O'Connor
Judy
Gary Hoan
Gary
Kenny
John Jr
O’connor
St Luke's Hospital
Dog in Court Over Alleged Bite Mix Up
Ole the German Shorthaired Pointer faces a Marion municipal court hearing to resolve a mistaken identification as the dog that allegedly bit Jeff Rittmer, 8, in Carriage Hill on December 7. The real attacking dog remains at large while Ole was found running loose in violation of leash law.
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Ole
Marion
Jeff Rittmer
Carriage Hill
Jim
Joyce Rittmer
Jerry
Sue Truemper
Mrs Truemper
Trumper
Chad
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Shreveport
Strom Thurmond
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Southern Natural Gas Co
Robert Timmerman
American Textile Manufacturers Institute
Union
Jim Wright
UPI
O’neill
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Sherwin Gardner
Concord
N.H
Meldrim Thomson
API
Hughes Will
San Francisco
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Nevada District Court
Las Vegas
Labor
Ray Marshall
Marshall
Senate Labor Committee
Joseph Califano
Health, Education and Welfare
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Senate Finance Committee
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Harold Brown
Brown
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Charles William Duncan
Coca-Cola Co
Pentagon
C.R. Youth
Tom Alex
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