Wage and price controls recalled amid inflation fears
President Nixon warned business leaders that Americans may demand new price controls if inflation remains unchecked. He urged restraint in setting prices and noted forthcoming measures to aid housing while stressing production as the key. U.S. Steel planned price hikes despite high profits, and the new minimum wage law raised pay for 4.2 million workers to $2.30 hourly over two years.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
White House
Pat
U.S. Steel Corp
Edgar B. Speer
U.S. Steel
Oil City firm to close main oil lines over antipollution ruling
National Transit Company, once part of Standard Oil, will permanently shut its two main crude oil lines in six weeks due to costly antipollution maintenance orders. Pennzoil owned, the firm will keep 2,000 small lines and a Bradford distribution center.
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Oil City
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Trust
National Transit Company
Thomas L. O'Shea
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
National Transit
Pennzoil Co
Bradford
Betti O'Shea
Pennsylvania” Department of Environmental Resources
Groverment
O'Shea
O’shea
Commonwealth
Rockefeller
Pennzoil
Venango County
Titusville
New York
Indiana
New Jersey
New York State
Aerosol Can Blast Burns Two Youths in Union City
Two Union City Area High School seniors, Mike Lutzo 18 and George Nirmaier, were treated at Union City Memorial Hospital after a paint aerosol can exploded while youths burned papers at Shade's Surplus. Lutzo suffered arm burns and Nirmaier burns to arms and face. both in fair condition.
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Union City
Union City Memorial Hospital
Mike Lutzo
Waterford Street
George Nirmaier
R.D. 2
Centerville
Union City Area High School
Lutzo
Nirmaier
Six Arrested In Zebra Slayings In San Francisco
Six black men were arrested in the Zebra street shootings that left 12 whites dead and six wounded over six months in San Francisco. Police named J C Simon 29 Larry Green 22 Dwight Stallings Thomas Manney Manuel Moore and Edgar Burton as arrestees. Simon and Green were seized in a 5 am raid on an apartment and faced murder conspiracy to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon charges. The other four were to be booked on conspiracy to commit murder with possible kidnapping charges noted but not detailed.
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San Francisco
Zebra Street
Charles Barca
J.C. Simon
Larry Green
Dwight Stallings
Thomas Manney
Manuel Moore
Edgar Burton
Simon
Green
Barca
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Mckees Rock
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Israel
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Nuclear Research Center
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Tomlinson
Corry Journal
John Tomlinson
Springfield
Ill
Latex
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Plaza
Ols
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