Illegal Slush Fund Scandal Forces Gulf Chief to Quit
Gulf Oil chairman and CEO Bob R. Dorsey resigns amid a controversial slush fund that paid about 12.3 million to politicians from 1960 to 1975. The board also ousts three top officers and accepts the McCloy Report faulting legal and improper political contributions.
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Pittsburgh
Bob R. Dorsey
Gulf Oil Corp
Dorsey
Gulf
Herbert C Manning
Cult
William L. Henry
Gulf Oil Real Estate Development Co
Fred Deering
Jerry Mcafee
Gulf of Canada, Ltd
Gull
Rsrman
New York
John J. McCloy
Gulf Directors
Securities and Exchange Commission
McCloy
Richard Nixon
Claude C. Wild
Wild
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Furi Scott
South Korea
Rene Barientos
Henry
Deering
Bahamas
Manning
Allegheny County
McAfee
Pa Couple Robbed and Tasered in Montgomery County
A Montgomery County couple was robbed and tortured with a Taser by four masked assailants who tied them up and demanded money and valuables. The attackers fled with $7,000, $4,000 in jewels, the man’s Mercedes Benz, and two 12 gauge rifles. The victims were treated and released from the hospital as police investigate the attack and the weapon’s use.
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Blue Bell, Pa
Montgomery County
Joseph Stemple
Stemple
Ropers
Mercedes Beng
Fragmented Notice: Ey Veloped Developments In Nash
Partial OCR reads as a public notice from Nash about eyed Veloped developments. It mentions Peter ic events and vague references to timelines and authorities, but essential details are unreadable.
Stamp Could Rise to 23 Cents by 1981 Says USPS Official
Atlanta AP report quotes Carl C. Ulsaker warning Congress that a 23 cent first class rate may come as postal debt tops 1 billion. He urged doubling public service funding as debt worsens, speaking to Postal Consumer Council and stressing the service's grave financial position.
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Atlanta
U.S. Postal Service
Carl C. Ulsaker
Congress
Uigaher
Postal Consumer Council
Postal Service
Moro faces liberalization push to win Socialist support
In Rome Premier Aldo Moro must liberalize his tight economic program to secure Socialist backing for a new government. Socialist leader Francesco de Martino said renegotiation of the industrial recovery plan before Parliament is the central issue in the crisis after Moro received President Giovanni Leone's mandate to form a cabinet. In Beirut, leftist Moslem fighters struck Beirut's port area, attempting to isolate Christian districts as psuh fights raged and militiamen overran a police cordon.
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Rome
Aldo Moro
Socialist Party
Francesco de Martino
de Martino
Moro
Giovanni Leone
Beirut
Lebanon
Anld
Kissinger to visit Moscow for nuclear talks this month
Secretary of State Kissinger will fly to Moscow for a three day visit beginning next Tuesday to discuss mutual questions on a prospective nuclear weapons agreement. The announcement suggests the superpowers are nearing a compromise on a new treaty to limit offensive weapons until 1985.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Leonid J. Brezhnev
State Department
Kissinger
Betty Ford praises Liberty Bell's new home in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia Betty Ford appreciates the Liberty Bell's glass and steel setting near Independence Hall. She believes the move will boost public awareness of the symbol of freedom as crowds gather for the New Year dedication. She notes the site will attract visitors from far away.
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Philadelphia
Betty Ford
Independence Hall
Ford
Federal Courthouse
Million Dollar Blaze Hurts Mill In Stoystown Area
Firefighters fought a blaze at the Porbaugh Ler Co electric cutting mill near Stoystown Somerset County damaging the plant and hampered by water shortages and winds up to five miles per hour. The fire began shortly after midnight and the cause is under investigation.
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Stoystowny
Nthe Porbaugh Ler Co
Somerset County
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