Dollar climbs as oil crisis stirs markets and gold surges
In Europe the dollar strengthened amid oil market uncertainty while gold hit a record near 130.50 an ounce before retreating to 127. Brussels reports President Nixon inviting major non Communist economies to discuss oil supplies in Washington next month. Belfast coverage notes Brian Faulkner resigns as Unionist leader but continues in coalition government. London reports miners' wage walkouts and Scottish union talks to curb weekend work.
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London
Brussels
Belgium
Nixon
Washington
Geneva
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Faulkner
Britain
Leicestershire
Scotland
Union
Your State In Brief Washington Zoning Challenge Rebuffed
AP summaries reach across Pennsylvania with multiple items. Supreme Court lets stand a Pennsylvania ruling that Bucks County zoning suits are premature. Other notes include Dixon tax evasion plea delay, Schofield and Hasselman named Penn Central vps, Flaherty begins second term, and Lee critiques Kane campaign role.
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Washington
Bucks County
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Philadelphia
John P. Dixon
Schuylkill County
Oil City Faces Crisis Energy Shortage Hits Oil City
In Oil City Pennsylvania the energy crunch exposes aging infrastructure and rising crude costs. City Manager Jerry Bittner notes gasoline prices surge while stations run dry. Quaker State chief Quentin Wood cites a crude shortage, drilling pipe scarcity, and limited refinery output. Prices rise from five to over ten dollars a barrel as oil firms scramble for supply. residents curb energy use. few new jobs even with higher prices. A municipal minibus plan is abandoned due to waning interest.
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Oil City
Jerry Bittner
Quentin Wood
Quaker State Oil Co
Wood
Quaker State
Pennzoil
Pennsylvania
City Hall
Bittner
Reward Hits 12000 Plus For Killer
Melannie Ann Snyder 18 was buried after a community raised more than 12400 in a radio drive. About 600 mourners attended the high mass at St Titus Roman Catholic Church and 600 attended the service. police reported over 40 officers on the case with ballistics tests pending on a slug near her body.
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Titusville
Melanie Ann Snyder
St. Titus
Miss Snyder
St. Catherine’s
Phillipsville
City Hall
Robert Sauber
Radio Sta
Women Relieved Hostages Freed in Ohio Prison Siege
In Junction City Ohio two convicts held three women hostage for nearly six hours threatening to kill them unless given a car. State patrolmen stormed a barricaded records office at the Junction City Treatment Facility, killing one convict and wounding the other. Helen Binckley cried as the siege ended and captives Debbie Carney and Vicki Clouse were freed.
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Junction City, Ohio
Helen Binckley
Junction City
Ohio
Columbus
Binckley
Debbie Carney
Vicki Clouse
Record Room
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Atlanta, Ga
United Farm Workers Union
Martin Luther King Jr
Corona
Fairfield
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Gloria Irma Corona
Juan Corona
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Rome
Penn Central
Albert M. Schofield
Richard D. Hasselman
Penn Central Transportation Co
America
Schofield
J. Bruce Addington
Hasselman
Transportation
Flaherty
Pittsburgh
Peter F. Flaherty
Shapp
Harrisburg
Kenneth B. Lee
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Robert Kane
Lee
WTIV
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Sauber
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Thera Business
William L. Ruhl, Jr
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Bill Ruhl
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