Ford Proposes 39 Month Decontrol With $11.50 Ceiling
President Ford offers Congress a 39 month decontrol plan with an $11.50 per barrel ceiling on domestically produced oil. Administration says the proposal could raise prices about six cents a gallon by 1978 and urges windfall profits taxes and energy rebates. The plan extends controls through November 20, 1974, with a five cent monthly ceiling rise.
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Ari Albert
Apollo astronauts face gas exposure after splashdown aboard USS New Orleans
Three Apollo crewmates Thomas Stafford Vince Brand and Donald Slayton were found to have inhaled a yellow gas during reentry causing eye irritation and brief fainting. Doctors report no major medical issues and the crew remained in sick bay as a precaution aboard the carrier near Pearl Harbor. The gas was identified as nitrogen tetroxide used in small rocket thrusters and the astronauts later prepared for arrival in Hawaii and Houston.
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Houston
Diver survives shark attack near Pt Conception vows not Jaws
Robert Rebstock, 23, a UCSB student, says a shark mouthed him and lifted him from water during abalone dive with his brother near Pt Conception. Teammate Jeff Harris and others confirm a large white shark attacked. Rebstock suffered facial and chest lacerations and punctures. Authorities deem the incident real with no hoax.
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San Miro
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Relstock
Morris
Redstock
Lompoc District
Santa Barbara
Electricity Costs Jumped Thirty Percent in 1974
EPA report shows U S electricity prices rose 30 percent last year due to higher fuel costs. Residential rates up 23 percent and commercial industrial 33 percent as regions along Atlantic Pacific faced steep increases. The study cites a 9 billion rise in industry revenues to 40 billion and notes rising capital costs for pollution controls.
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Washington
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Russell Yrath
Armetican
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New England
Middle Atlantic
Federal Judges Sued For 500 Million Each In Historic Case
A group led by American Constitutional Rights Protectors sues nearly all federal judges including Chief Justice and President Ford for 5 million dollars each. The Wyoming filing targets a trial underway with Daly and others acting as non licensed counsel. The suit seeks triple damages in gold and silver coins.
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Edward J. McManus
Ford
American Constitutional Rights Protective
Alan
Wyoming
Dubuque 15
Cedar Rapids
Petiion
Jerome Daly
St. Paul
McManus
Uile Sbit
Supreme Court
American Bar Assa
Daly
Employment and Unemployment Rise in Linn County
Linn County sees higher unemployment at 5.6 percent in June as total employment reaches 77,900, up from May. May rate was 4.8 percent. Manufacturing jobs drop 500 year over year while nonmanufacturing gains 1,400. Average weekly earnings in Cedar Rapids factories hit 213.84 dollars in June.
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Linn County
Iowa
Iowa Unemployment Rate Revised Up for June
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was revised up by 0.1 percent to 6.1 percent of the labor force, down from May’s 6.3 percent. June unemployment totaled 87,400 with 1,331,400 employed, vs May figures of 72,100 unemployed and 1,408,000 employed.
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Des Moines
UPL
Iowa
Employment Security Commission
Police arrest Linn escapee and kin in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police capture Frank Srenicka after he fled from a Linn district court arraignment. Also arrested are his mother Judy Lnenicka 95 and brother Donald 20 for disturbing the peace, and occupant Evans 23 for resisting execution of process. Frank accused of breaking into Igram's grocery taking over $50. He and girlfriend Holly Decker 19 previously charged with stealing two citizen band radios. Sheriff cites lack of court-appearance schedules by magistrate judges and county attorney as driver of the escape.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Sneninka
Low City
Byam
James Francis Evans
Twenty-first Avenue
Alen
Livenicka
Clu Judy Lnenicka
Iowa City
Donald
Evans
Frank Srenicka
al So
Igram’s
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Frank Anenitka
Holly Sue Decker
Ninth Street
Linn
Walter Grant
Lwonicka
Linn District Court
Angry Turks Halt All Activity on U.S. Bases Saturday
Ford warned the House rejection of resuming U.S. arms sales to Turkey would cause serious and irreparable damage to U.S. national security interests. A late vote defeated a measure to lift embargo terms after Turkey invaded Cyprus, straining ties with Ankara.
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Washington
Ford
Turkey
United States
Cyprus
President Ford Vetoes Education Funding Bill
President Ford vetoed the Education Appropriation Act of 1976 citing it would require spending 1.5 billion more than the current budget proposal. He described the bill as asking too much from taxpayers and the economy.
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Washington
Ford
Educational TV Commercials Show Consumers Targeted
A critical note on today’s index of TV ads describing them as educational yet portraying advertisers as manipulating viewers. It calls out perceived stupidity in ad strategies and ends with a személyized critique.
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