Prober Says Oil Policy Planners Ignored Warnings
Senate investigator LaVern Duffy testified that 1971 to 1973 U.S. oil policy was ill advised and based on outmoded assumptions. Gen. George Lincoln defended his OEP role, denying awareness of an analysis predicting domestic oil production would peak in 1972.
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Washington
U.S
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
LaVern Duffy
George A. Lincoln
Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
Lincoln
Colorado
Duffy
Philip Essley
Gen
Essley
Bureau of Mines
Office of Oil and Gas
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Tornado Damage Across Tennessee and Georgia Spreads
Tornadoes struck across Tennessee and Georgia causing about 2 million dollars in damage and injuring at least 24 people. In Gainesville and Hall County more than 40 homes and eight mobiles were damaged or destroyed. one tornado damaged Riverbend Elementary School with no injuries. In Benton Tennessee, a roof ripped from an elementary school injured three pupils and trapped others briefly. Firefighters in Ninety Six, South Carolina monitored a vulnerable house as a dangerous fire risk loomed with approaching storms.
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Associated Press
Tennessee
Georgia
North
Gainesville
Hall ‘County
County Civil Defense Unit
Atlanta
Civil Defense
Riverbend
Benton
Tenn
Pat Neeley
Pace
White House
Jaworski
Scott
Hart- Kennedy
God
Senate
Saxbe
Robert H. Bork
Nixon
Bork
Kennedy
Archibald Cox
Elliot L. Richardson
Cox Bork
House
Senate Judiciary Committees
Energy policy trims gasoline supplies and cooling rules
Federal energy measures tighten controls on fuel and temperature in federal buildings. A licensing system for petroleum exports aims to curb overseas shipments while a misprint briefly suggested a 25 percent cut in gasoline production. Officials say actual cuts are about 5 percent, with a 15 percent consumer shortage after priority needs. Nixon cites 15 percent lower demand, urges agency cooperation.
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Simon
Energy Office
Federal Register
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
New York
New Jersey
Russell B. Train
Council of Environmental Quality
New York City
Nixon
Watergate tapes questioned by judge as experts study
Judge Sirica disclosed that a panel of experts spent 150 man days analyzing the original June 20 1972 Watergate tape. They examined authenticity erasures and edits and the origin of the buzzing 18 minute section while prosecutors seek evidence of the break in discussion. Senate panel weighs a pledge for Jawartski independence.
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Sirica
White House
Watergate
Haldeman-Nixon
Haldeman
Democratic Party
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Leon Jaworski
House Divides Over Busing Amendment Amid Energy Debate
The House expressed anti-busing sentiment as it backed a Dingell amendment that would delay effect until next school year and expire with the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act. It exempted coal profits but kept a ban on excess oil profits. Rep Abzug called the move demagogic and racist amid looming conference with the Senate.
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Dingell
Senate
House
Bella S. Abzug
D-N.y
Kissinger seeks lasting peace linked to UN 242 plan
Kissinger aims for a just and lasting peace based on UN Security Council Resolution 242 with Israel withdrawing from territories occupied in 1967. He returned from Algiers after talks with President Boumedienne signaling a turning point in U.S. Arab relations. A prisoner list exchange and resumed ambassadorial ties are set to be discussed, while Geneva talks face delays until elections in Israel are completed.
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U.N. Security Council
Israel
Kissinger
Algeria
Houari Boumedienne
U.S
Boumedienne
Sadat
Syria
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Truckers' Protests Create Roadblock Tensions Nationwide
The article details a two day trucker slowdown with posters at Keystone Truck Stop and a Milford Conn stop claiming fuel to food shortages. Western states show sparse organization while Ohio and Pennsylvania report blockades. Governor Meskill orders National Guard prep for obstructed roads. police vow restraint as detentions occur at truck stops.
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Keystone
Nashville
Tenn
Woods
Milford
Conn
Oregon
Independent Truckers Association
Harold Taylor
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Arch Booth
California
Midwest
Connecticut
Thomas Meskill
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
Plateau
Waverly
United Parcel Service
Heath orders shorter British work week and energy clampdown
Britain tightens energy policy as electricity powers down two hours earlier each night. Heath predicts unemployment could rise, with 1.6 million jobless previously and about 500,000 now. He warns of a three day week and urges national unity amid dwindling power resources. Labor calls for resignation during the Commons address.
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Heath
House of Commons
Labor Party
Nixon approval rises after Operation Candor in Gallup poll
Gallup women? wait. Nixon's public approval rose 4 percentage points after public appearances and Operation Candor. In a Nov 30 to Dec 3 survey 31 percent approved, 59 percent disapproved, 10 percent no opinion. South saw the largest gain, 7 points to 34 percent. overall, 27 percent approved in November poll, with disapproval at 63 percent.
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Princeton
Nixon
Gallup
Vietnam
Ing
South
Large Firms Still Moving Trucks Through Virginia
The Associated Press reports state police saw no traffic problems as large trucking firms kept moving through Virginia while independent drivers joined a nationwide shutdown. Truck stops offered mixed views with Ashland and Doswell sites near normal traffic, while Ashland's stop reported about 20 percent activity. Some managers noted a 35 to 40 percent slowdown overnight and many independents participated, though some companies ordered compliance to avoid conflict.
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Associated Press
Virginia
George Cauble
Briscoe
Ashland
Oran Jarrell
Jarrell
Doswell
Dan McCormick
Interstate 95
Richmond
Washington
Co. W. Aman
Mason & Dixon Lines, Inc
George Evers
East Coast Freight Lines
E. P. Davis
Richmond- Petersburg Turnpike Authority
Kissinger aims to keep Middle East peace talks on track
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrived in Cairo to chart a Geneva conference agenda for the new year as he met with President Boumedienne. In the West Bank, eight deported Palestinians and Israeli soldiers on the Allenby Bridge resolved a tense standoff after Red Cross mediation. The Red Cross proposed mixed commissions to investigate wartime atrocities, with notes sent to Egypt Syria and Israel. The report also notes bomber incidents and Metesky's parole process ending with Creedmoor discharge.
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Henry A.kissinger
Geneva
Kissinger
Algiers
Houari Boumedienne
Allenby Bridge
Red Cross
Bira
Ramallah
West Bank
Jordan
International Red Cross Committee
International Red Cross
Israel
Egypt
Syria
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Grand Central Terminal
Metesky
Creedmoor
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