Officials Ponder Serving Hughes Summons in Bahamas
U S Justice Department officials weigh how to serve a court summons on Howard Hughes now staying at the Canadu Hotel in Freeport Bahamas. Four other defendants named in the nine count indictment include Robert Maheu and Ches te Davis. The case stems from Hughes control of Air West and its stock manipulation charges. He may face Las Vegas arraignment as U S authorities study the extradition treaty with the Bahamas for violent crimes.
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Patrick Arnold
Associated Press
Las Vegas
Ney
Justice Department
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Canadu
Freeport
Bahamas
London
Air West
United States
Mexico
Canada
Huyes
Jan. Li
U.S. Atty
Veevoe Heaton
Heaton
Robert L. Vesco
Cheste Davis
Hughes’ Summa Corp
David B. Charnay
James H. Nall
Soviet Role in Oil as Weapon During Middle East War
Analysis suggests Moscow provided encouragement for using oil as pressure during Round 4 of the Middle East conflict. Soviet advisers were expelled from Egypt amid detente shifts, yet Kremlin Arab specialists reportedly promoted oil as a weapon to threaten Western economies. Western Europe faced energy shock as a result, shaping security talks and U.S. reassessment of such strategies.
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Moscow
Middle East
U.S
Egypt
Kremlin
Western Europe
Postal Service Delays Rate Hikes To March Second
The U S Postal Service postpones planned increases previously set for January 5 and keeps first class letter rate at eight cents until March 2 while implementing a scaled rise under a Cost of Living Council directive. Other increases include postcards from six to eight cents and airmail letters from 11 to 43 cents, with broader second to fourth class changes.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Cost of Living Council
Postal Service
Barker release anticipated after court ruling
Mrs. Barker welcomed the court action in Miami and Potomac as good news after a long wait. Barker, Hunt and two other Miami men seek release under guard, with appeals tied to Judge Sirica. Release likely a week away as federal and local courts coordinate, with Pensacola and Washington delays noted.
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Mel
Barker
Clara
Miami
Hunt
Potomac
Washington
Fla
Daniel E. Schultz
Martinez
Sturgis
Gonzalez
Florida
Pensacola
U.S
John Sirica
Gas Station Shortages Sweep Across Nation Ahead of New Year
Gasoline supplies are expected to run dry at many stations as deliveries halt for the holiday. Surveys show 65 to 90 percent of stations closed on New Year’s Day with 20 to 30 percent already out of fuel in several regions. Prices already surfaced up to $1 a gallon in scattered areas while IRS agents prepare to police price gouging.
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Moises
Houston
Tex
A.G. Aresti
Greater
Texas
American Automobile Association
New York
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Portland
Ore
Massachusetts
Harold P. Murphy
Bay State Gasoline Retailers Association
The
American Automobile Association of Wisconsin
Auto Club
James Heizer
Virginia Gasoline Retailers Association Inc
Heizer
Chicago Motor Club
Robert Jacobs
Illinois Gasoline Dealers Association
Chicago
Louisiana
Daniel Asner
State Service Station Association
John O'Donnell
Pennsylvania Service Station Dealers Association
Woman In Mental Hospital Days Before Family Knew
Hartford police say 27 year old Sarah Rattell was found in the street and after arrest she was committed to Norwich State Hospital for five days before her husband learned of the case. He said authorities told him nothing and described the week as hell for their children. The husband filed a missing persons report, while hospital and court officials indicated no standard notification procedure existed for emergency commitments to mental facilities.
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Hartford, Conn
Hartford
James Rattell
Sarah Ratell
Norwich State Hospital
Norwich
Rattell
Joseph Civittello
Bloomfield
Circuit Court
Train derails near Redding injures passengers in rain
The Starlight, en route from Seattle to San Diego, derailed on six cars ten miles south of Redding in light rain. A wife trapped on the other side was briefly above her husband as they escaped. Investigators cited possible wheel or mechanical failure while continuing the inquiry. Passengers from the derailed cars were hospitalized in Redding. 10 of 11 non derailment cars were cleared and resumed with 325 aboard.
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Iron Page One
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Andrew Anderson
Seattle
San Diego
Redding
Sacramento
California
Oil Firms Dominate Venezuela Output and Tax Hits
Venezuelan oil production stands at 3.4 million barrels daily with 1.7 million shipped to the United States and 800,000 to Canada. Foreign companies such as Exxon, Shell, Gulf, Mobil and Texaco supply about 85 percent of oil while the government collects a 60 percent income tax based on market or reference price and a royalty around one sixth of production. Gasoline in Venezuela costs 12 to 28 cents per gallon.
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United States
East Coast
Canada
Venezuela
Automaker Maintains January Layoff Plan at 6600 Workers
Layoffs on page one show the company sticking to January plans involving about 6,600 workers at plants shifted to compact car production. Roughly 4,000 workers have already been laid off at various facilities.
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