Venezuela Doubles Oil Tax Reference Price to Record Level
Venezuela raised its tax reference price on crude to 14.08 a barrel from 7.74, effective January 1, aiming to boost oil revenues. The move, part of a broader price shift by Persian Gulf producers, may push higher costs to consumers, with Canada also planning export tax increases.
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William H. Heath
Associated Press
Caracas
Venezuela
United States
Publi
U.S
Canada
Caribbean
South America
Persian Gulf
Treasury
Donald Macdonald
Watergate figures Hunt and Barker to be released next week
E Howard Hunt and Bernard Barker will be released from prison next week to await appeals results. The U S Court of Appeals ordered their release and delayed ruling on three other Watergate conspirators pending a parole hearing January 7.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
E. Howard Hunt
Bernard L. Barker
U.S. Court of Appeals
Court delays split Watergate cases as holidays slow actions
The 4 day New Year weekend delays bringing Hunt and Barker to Washington for court orders. Barker's wife Clara in Miami says she wishes he were free now. The appeals court orders Sirica to rehear a Watergate case after a new law allows Congress to assert authority over tapes. The five men appeal their guilty pleas to conspiracy burglary and wiretapping.
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Barker
Clara
Miami
Fla
Hunt
Washington
Allenwood
Eglin Afb
Pensacola
U.S
Nixon
Kevin
Florida
U. S
John J. Sirica
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Sirica
Congress
Appeals Court
Court grants bail on Watergate defendants awaiting appeal
Attorneys call the release on bail a sign the court regards their appeal issues as serious. The five men were sentenced November 9 with Hunt given two years and a 10000 dollar fine. Barker Sturgis Gonzalez and Martinez receive lengthy minimums.
Brezhnev Faces Jitters Over Detente Challenge
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan reports Moscow shows signs of misgiving about detente amid Middle East crisis and oil tensions. Brezhnev loyalists defend the policy while Suslov leads a skeptical faction within the Politburo, signaling a sharpened Kremlin debate on peaceful coexistence.
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William L. Ryan
U.S
Kremlin
Moscow
Middle East
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
NATO
Europe
Japan
United States
Washington
Kirilenko
Mazurov
Brezhnev
Egypt
Syria
Shelepin
GM to lay off about 38 thousand workers nationwide
General Motors announced temporary layoffs beginning January 7 at seven plants and production cuts that affect nine percent of its 420,000 U S hourly workers. Indefinite layoffs will idled nine percent of the workforce while 38 000 workers face temporary layoff up to ten days as sales decline 12 percent in 1974 from 1973.
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Associated Press
Detroit
General Motors
United States
Richard CC. Gerstenberg
Gerstenberg
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Ford
Chrysler
Navarro named Spain's premier after Carrero Blanco death
Madrid AP reports Francisco Franco appoints Carlos Arias Navarro as premier for five years to lead a crackdown on antigovernment elements following the December 20 assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco. A Franco signed degree will name Navarro, the 65 year old former Madrid mayor, to the post.
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Madrid
Carlos Aria
Navarro
Spain
Luis Carrero Blanco
Iis
Francisco Franco
Carrero Blanco
Franco
Reporter Sold to Trio in Childress Merger
The Childress Reporter is sold to Vaughan Nowlin Nick Christensen and Claude Arnold by publisher Michael G Ehrle. The trio took over management Saturday and merged the paper with the Childress Chronicle.
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Childress Reporter
Childress
Michael G. Ehrle
Vaughan Nowlin
Nick Christensen
Claude Arnold
Childress Chronicle
Political Clash Shaping for Texas 13th District
Indications point to an active 1974 political year with a heated U S House race in Texas 13th District. Incumbent Bob Price a rancher from Pampa and Republican has faced Democratic challengers Ray Ruffin of Amarillo and Jack Hightower of Vernon as the race heats up.
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U.S. House
Texas
Bob Price
Pampa
Childress County
Price
Walter Rogers
Graham Purcell
Wichita Falls
Purcell
Washington, D.C
Ray Ruffin
Amarillo
Jack Hightower
Good News is Followed By Bad News
A Wichita Falls man enjoyed saving enough for a new car then wrecked it on a bridge abutment. He fell 30 feet into a dry creek bed but was uninjured. Police arrested him for drunken driving as a birthday capper to a day of mixed fortunes.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Fire Department Makes Five Calls
The Childress Volunteer Fire Department ran five fire calls from Wednesday to Friday amid dry conditions. Incidents included grass fires threatening a shed at 1201 Ave I NW, another grass fire near Bill Ross place, cotton bales burning near US 83, two fires in the same area, and a trailer on the Leonard King farm eight miles east and three quarters mile north of Childress.
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Childress
Billy Joe Rothwell
Ave. I
Bill Ross
U.S. 83
Leonard King Farm
Kirkland
King Farm
Food Stamp Program Hooded By Federal Delay Fears
Dallas AP reports USDA officials told Texas not to worry about a program cutoff after a mixup. State Welfare Director Raymond Vowell warned Texas might face overpayments if stamps were issued after January 1 due to overlap with a new federal Social Security law. About 300,000 Texans receive food stamps.
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Dallas
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Raymond Vowell
Vowell
Astronauts Seek Kohoutek Story From Skylab 3
Skylab 3 crew Commander Gerald Carr and Edward Gibson plan a second space walk to photograph comet Kohoutek after promising astronomer Lukos Kohoutek they will gather all possible data. Kohoutek says findings could help explain solar system formation.
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Howard Benedict
Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Kohoutek
Gerald P. Carr
Lukos Kohoutek
Carr
Edward G. Gibson
Two Accidents Injure and Halt Traffic. City Intersections Cited
A scooter car crash at Ave G and 4th St Northwest injures Tommy Holcomb 16 who was treated and released from Childress General Hospital. He pled guilty to a license violation while no helmet ticket was issued. A second city collision on Ave F addresses defective brakes in a Hoover vehicle. Kohoutek the Hamburg Observatory astronomer discusses a possible new comet with mission control after Skylab 3 launch delays.
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Tommy Holcomb
Ave. I
Childress General Hospital
Holcomb
Ave. G
4Th St
Betty White
Hillcrest Drive
Wayland Wright
Ave G
Dennis Ray Hoover
Diane
Wright
Hoover
Ave. J
11Th St
William R. Pogue
Kohoutek
Hamburg Observatory
Germany
Jupiter
Mission Control
Gibson
Cotton Harvest Nearing 22 000 Bales in County
A survey shows the cotton harvest nearing 22 000 bales, with 21 816 reported so far. About half the crop may be harvested, but estimates vary due to unclear ginned versus licked bales. A cool front brings gusty winds and cooler temps across Texas, dropping Panhandle readings to the upper 20s while coastal areas stay in the 60s.
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Associated Press
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Gulf
Panhandle
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C. Dickerman Williams
New York
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Frank A. Sturgis
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
Eugenio Martinez
Schultz
James W. McCord Jr
CTA
Democratic Party
Sturgis
Gonzalez
Martinez
CIA
Sircia
West
U.S.S.R
LA Jolla
Calif
Walter Tkach
Cheryle Gaillard
San Francisco
Secret Service
Oakland
Reporter
Trio
Fire Department
Glen A. Griffin
6Th St
Chester Hufstedler
Forrest Preston
Ave. G. Sw
USDA
Federal Agriculture Building
Ave. B
3Rd St
Griffin
Soil Conservation Service
Preston
Childress Air Field
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