FTC refuses to drop oil refining antitrust suit
The Federal Trade Commission votes 3 to 1 to keep the antitrust case against eight major oil companies. The panel rejects the administrative law judge Alvin L. Berman's recommendation to withdraw and instead pursues the case accusing Exxon Texaco Gulf Mobil Standard Oil California Indiana Shell and Atlantic Richfield of refinery market monopoly since World War II. Commissioner Stephen Nye dissented.
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FTC
Commission
Alvin L. Berman
Berman
Agency
Exxon Corp
Texaco Inc
Gulf Oil Corp
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Standard Oil Co. of
California
Standard Oil
Indiana
Shell Oil Corp
Atlantic Richfield Co
Henry’s Cold China Comment Stirs White House Turmoil
Nate delivers a sharp postscript to Henry’s chilly China remark, warning that reception at the White House will be harsher. The quip signals political friction and a tense moment for the administration as critics seize the remark to frame national stance.
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Henry
China
White House
Bomb hits Caroline Kennedy residence in London
A bomb exploded in front of Hugh Fraser’s Conservative MP home on Campden Hill Square at 9 a.m. killing one and injuring seven. Caroline Kennedy, staying there during an art course, escaped harm along with Fraser who confirmed they were unhurt.
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London
UPI
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Scotland Yard
Miss Kennedy
Hugh Fraser
Campden Hill Square
John F. Kennedy
Fraser
Sotheby Parke Bennet
Chanute Bicentennial Committee poised for state approval
Chanute local leaders anticipate state and national bicentennial certification within a week to ten days. The CBC seeks official recognition to access federal funds and sell commemorative items for fundraising. Meetings discussed funding, a historical society, a museum, tree plantings, and potential flag displays for the Memorial Building.
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Bud Huffman
Chanute
Hoxie
CBC
Chamber
Kay Rommell
Historical Society
Kihm
Kissinger Ends China Visit Amid Detente Strain
Secretary of State Kissinger left Peking after a five day trip shadowed by disputes over detente with the Soviet Union. He briefed Tokyo leaders on his eighth China visit and rejected claims that detente harms China while Mao warned against it. A cool farewell and cautious optimism about Ford’s upcoming trip closed the visit.
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UPI
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America
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Richard Nixon
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Soviet Union
Mao
Area Forecast Signals Warmest Day This Week
Partly sunny and windy conditions with unseasonably warm highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. A slight chance of scattered showers tonight, with lows in the lower 60s. Friday becomes cloudy and cooler with a chance of showers or thunderstorms and highs in the lower to mid 70s. Gusty southerly winds 16 to 20 mph tonight.
Hart criticizes oil negotiators after grain sale tie
UPI report says Sen. Gary Hart criticizes U.S. negotiators for delaying grain sale linkage to Soviet oil talks. He claims tying grain first forces higher oil prices above OPEC levels, costing the U.S. about 13 dollars per barrel for an estimated 200000 barrels daily.
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UPI
Gary Hart
D-Cole
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
U.S
Soviet Union
Hart
Hearst Mental Condition Improves as Trial Competence Seen
Patricia Hearst’s mental state reportedly improves according to court psychiatrists cited by the San Francisco Examiner. U.S. Judge Oliver J. Carter set November 4 for a competency hearing on armed robbery charges linked to the April 15 1974 Hibernia Bank holdup. Hearst was kidnapped February 4 1974 and later claimed to join her captors.
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UPI
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The
San Francisco Examiner
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Randolph
Examiner
U.S
Oliver J. Carter
Hibernia Bank
Sunset District
Carter
Berkeley
Calif
Symbionese Liberation Army
Five Pittsburg men arrested in Texas on burglary charges
Five Pittsburg Kansas men calling themselves the United Junkies Association were jailed in Austin Texas on burglary charges. Police said the group may have burglarized up to 62 doctors offices since August, with items including drugs stereos dental equipment and cash seized from their apartment. Jackson and Banks had recently arrived from Kansas while the other three moved to Austin earlier.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Kan
United Junkies Association
Steven Lee Schmidt
William Juenge
Steven J. Edwards
George W. Banks
James C. Jackson
T. R. McElhenney
West
Austin
People’s Attack Group
Jackson
Banks
Kansas
Southwestern Bell Tops Chanute United Fund Advance Gifts
Southwestern Bell leads Chanute United Fund advance gifts with a $350 company gift and $2 376 85 from employees. Advanced gifts total reached 11 856 07 toward a 13 300 goal as of Wednesday. The 1975 United Fund goal is 32 000. The full contributor list follows.
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Chanute United Fund
Bill Boone
Advanced Gifts
United Fund
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