Schweiker Charges Oil Monopoly Probe Blocked
U S Senator Richard Schweiker says the Justice Department halted an investigation into alleged efforts by oil companies to control retail gasoline outlets after a two week probe by U S Attorney Curran. He cites lost allocation forms and anti trust violations while naming no companies and pledges to push the issue forward. He also mentions a possible appointment of former Gov William Scranton to the Federal Railway Association board.
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Federal Justice Department
U.S
Richard Schweiker
Schweiker
Montgomery County
Curran
Senate
Nixon
White House
Energy Feld
Justice Department
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Federal Railway Association
Transportation Department
Argentina asks OAS lift Cuba embargo at talks
Argentina formally requested the Organization of American States end the embargo on Cuba, raised by Foreign Minister Alberto Vignes during closed door Western Hemisphere minister talks at the State Department. TheMexican foreign minister may propose inviting Cuba to the next meeting, possibly in October in Argentina. President Nixon hosted a White House dinner for the ministers and urged lower Latin American trade barriers.
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Argentina
Organization of American States
Cuba
State Department
Alberto Vignes
OAS
Nixon
White House
U.S
Latin America
U .S
Automak
Elso
Simon Faces Rising U S Inflation Rate
Washington reports William E. Simon, a former Wall Street banker and head of the Federal Energy Office, named as Nixon’s fourth treasury secretary to replace George P. Shultz who will step down in May. Sawhill to replace Simon at energy office as politics over economic policy begins.
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Washington
William E. Simon
Nixon
Treasury
Wall Street
George P. Shultz
Treasury Department
Simon
Federal Energy Office
White House
John C. Sawhill
Shultz
Sound Off Tonight invites Pet Peeve Letters for Saturday
Readers are urged to phone The Journal at 665-829 to vent opinions on solvable issues. Sound Off columns publish grievances and requests for action, with tonight’s call-in between 8 and 9. Nixon to head Council on Economic Policy and Shultz posts explained. Corry Jaycees elect Wilt as president for 1974-75. David Mitchell named Jaycee of the Month for leading the apple butter Sunday project raising funds for retarded and handicapped children in Corry area.
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Journal
the Journal
Corry Area
Jaycees
William Wilt
Wilt
Lawrence McCray
Bruce Palmer
James Falcone
Patti Proskine
David Mitchell
Frank Malek
Steven Young
Alfred Vanderhoff
Hiram Daley
David Ladd
Eric
Con
Corry
Congressmen and Wives Travel at Taxpayer Expense
Washington AP reports nearly forty senators and representatives travel overseas during recess at taxpayer expense. Delegations to conferences in Romania Malaysia Korea and Taiwan visit Paris Athens Istanbul Singapore and Hong Kong. Some trips include wives for protocol reasons with 75 daily per diems and travel on Air Force planes.
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Washington
Congress
State Department
Romania
Malaysia
Korea
Taiwan
Paris
Athens
Istanbul
Singapore
Hong Kong
Melvin Price
D-ill
Price
City Police Expand Training Throughout Year 1974
The city police push extensive education for all officers, with training funded largely by state and federal sources. Police Chief Kenneth Nichols started the year with a three day course in police community relations at Mercyhurst College in Erie on April 9 to 11.
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National Academy of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pennsylvania State University
Edward Zarger
Mary Ann Kibler
Kenneth Nichols
Mercyhurst College
Erie
Nichols
Titusville Drug Arrests Under Probe By Police
Titusville police continue the probe into a drug incident last week in which six juveniles were arrested and charged with various offenses. A 15‑year‑old suspected supplier allegedly passed marijuana to five girls from Titusville Junior High School. The cases were handed to juvenile authorities.
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Vitusville
Titusville
Spartansburg
GOP faces backlash fears after 1972 election landslides
The piece notes Republican defeats amid Watergate fallout with GOP leaders warning of a party backlash and Democrats poised to gain House strength. It references Nixon era tensions, Javits and Ford comments on party strategy, and ongoing impeachment considerations. A later paragraph mentions an arrest and a youth admitting marijuana purchase from a man named Joe in a trailer near Canadohta.
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Nixon
White House
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Gerald R. Ford
Barry Goldwater
Traxler
House
Joe
Canadohta
Police Charge Driver 20 on Two Counts
A 20 year old Corry man, David C. Demby of B D Corry, was charged after a high speed chase. Police said beer was found in the car and a siphoning setup with a hose and gas cans tied to the Dowell Inc. plant. He faces counts of possession of an alcoholic beverage by a minor and theft of gasoline. He will be arraigned before District Justice Porter Auer.
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Corry
David C. Demby
B.D
David Turntt
Daniel McClelland
Demby
Dowell, Inc
West Main Street
Dowell Gate
Turner
McClelland
Porter Auer
Five Democrats Win Special House Seats Shaping 1974 Campaigns
Bob Traxler joins John Murtha, Richard VanderVeen, Thomas Luken, and Robert Lagomarsino as the junior members who won 1974 special elections in districts once considered safely Republican. Democrats gain ground while Republicans fear losses and coattail effects from the President amid Watergate and economic concerns.
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Washington
Bob Traxler
John P. Murtha
Richard VanderVeen
Thomas
Luken
Robert Lagomarsino
House of Representatives
Traxler
Saginaw
Mich
White House
Nixon
William G. Milliken
Michigan
Vander Veen
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