Frustrating Congress Session Ends in 1973 Year
The 93rd Congress ends amid frustration as a Social Security increase passes while emergency energy legislation stalls. Energy measures would have let President Nixon impose fuel rationing. House and Senate plan to resume after a month with a broad agenda and ongoing Watergate concerns.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Senate’ Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Soviet Union
U.S
U. S
White House
United States
Alaska
Hastily Assembled Setup Must Handle Fuel Allocation
Washington faces a chaotic pivot in fuel distribution as a hastily built Office of Petroleum Allocation struggles with staff shortages conflicting directives. The system, created from agencies including the Civil Aeronautics Board and Office of Economic Opportunity, faced backlogs and a delay in enforcing priority rules, impacting offshore rigs and Shell operations along the Louisiana coast.
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Washington
United States
Civil Aeronautics Board
Office of Economic Opportunity
Star-News
Robert E. Plett
Plett
Department of Interior
VPAP
PAP
Office of Petroleum Allocation
OPA
O’neal
Shell
Lousiana
O'Neal
Baton Rouge
Interior Department
David Treen
R-La
McNeal
Silver Spurs Helps Santa Enter Homes Without Chimneys
A timeless Christmas tale explains how Santa Claus arrives at houses lacking large chimneys. The clever elf Silver Spurs sneaks through doors and gaps, guiding Santa to deliver gifts to girls and boys in every home across changing times.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Silver Spurs
Budd Firm and UAW Reach New Office and Shop Pact
Budd Co. and its 10,000 United Auto Workers employees reached a new office and shop agreement on Sunday. The spokesman said the deal approximates the pattern and duration of major automakers. Unions in Detroit Clinton Philadelphia Red Lion and Gary are covered.
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Troy
Mich
Budd Co
United Auto Workers Union
Makersof Auto Parts
Detroit
Clinton
Philadelphia
Red Lion
Gary
Ind
Christmas Elves Spark Tiny Skylab Power Glitch
Space Center Houston reports a brief loss of electrical power aboard the Skylab space station during Sunday operations. Astronauts Gerald Carr William Pogue and Edward Gibson were monitoring telemetry as Mission Control suggested elves might be responsible, but the issue resolved about an hour after crews rose for activities on its 38th day in space.
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Kohoutek
Edward G. Gibson
Jofficial
Mission Control
Richard Truly
Gibson
Trul
Carr
Chileans endure Christmas under military rule
In Santiago and across Chile, a 11 pm to 6 am curfew dampens holiday cheer under a military junta that ousted Allende, with thousands jailed or executed and families hoping for quiet celebrations amid shortages and state control. Maria Carla, Jose Luis, and Juan Pablo Herrera urged Pinochet for safe passage to visit grandparents, receiving three passes in a gesture amid ongoing repression.
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Itot Paalom Suulutlo
Maria Carlina
Jose Luis
Juan Pablo Herrera
Augusto Pinochet
Pinochet
Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Allende
Valparaiso
Santa Claus
Alcohol Focus Shifts in WV Drug Abuse Fight
West Virginia groups led by Marshall University sociologist Rev. Charles Adams press alcohol as the new focus in battling drug abuse. CODAC argues liquor funding and treatment need priority, citing state budgets and liquor tax as potential supports. Adams notes 50 percent of homicides linked to alcohol and urges broader community centers, rural outreach, and state coordination to curb alcoholism.
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Vaatco
Aro
Bank of
Sissonville
Rt. 21
Sissonville Road
Martin's
Kanawha
West Virginia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
West Broad Street
Columbus
Ohio
Huntington
W. Va
Charles Adams
Adams
Marshall University
CODAC
Fntil Gil
West
Alco
Fics
Washington
Shalf
Virgil Washington
North Carolina
Nans
Morgantown
Parkersburg
South Charleston
Beckley
Capels
McDowell County
John West
South Carolina
Cabell County
Prose
Cutor L. D. Egnor
Polfor
Two Kennedy Center escapees wounded in Connecticut stop
State troopers shot a Kennedy Federal Youth Center escapee and wounded a second after stopping a car in which they rode. Robert D. Jones, 27, and Robert D. Oicles, 20, were arrested. Oicles faces kidnapping, attempted murder, robbery and fugitive from justice charges. Jones is in critical but stable condition. The stabbing victim, Robert T. Christensen, is in critical but stable condition.
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Durham, Conn
Kennedy Federal Youth Center
Morgantown
W.va
Connecticut
Robert D. Jones
Philadelphia
Robert D. Oicles
East Bridgewater
Mass
Oicles
Jones
Middlesex Memorial Hospital
Middletown
Robert T. Christensen
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Meriden
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Willer
Associated Press
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Philip J. Cullen
Robert L. Williams
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Daye County
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Sare
Joe Boysel
Terry
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Jack Kinder
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Marjorie Ruth May
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Robert €. Carroll
Hubert Www. Higginbotham
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