Zarb urges new rate schedules to smooth demand
Federal Energy Administrator Frank G. Zarb told electric utilities to adopt load management and conservation minded rate changes to smooth demand, cut peak oil use by 1.3 million barrels daily, and save about 49 billion in investment costs by 1985. He cited higher peak rates and moving away from discounts for large users, and highlighted Smithsonian energy savings of 22 percent plus 17 percent with load control equipment.
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Washington
Frank G. Zarb
Zarb
Zark
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
Oil market shifts and postal reform spark mixed policy moves
The meeting outlined OPEC price to SDR conversion planned for Oct 1 as a safeguard against dollar devaluation, with no recovery of prior losses. Iran's central bank governor Mohamed Yaganeh cited higher oil import costs and urged price increases. Separately, Wenner’s postal reform proposal foresees self supporting bulk mail and reduced first class rates, prompting Bailar to warn of higher overall costs and volume loss. The CIA mail access face new court controls, with intelligence mail opened only under warrants. The Rockefeller Commission reported CIA mail interception of up to 4.3 million pieces per year from 1953 to 1973.
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Mohamed Yaganeh
Iran
Central Bank
OPEC
Wenner
Bailor
Tate
Bailar
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
Postal Service
CIA
Rockefeller Commission
United States
Soviet Union
Hathaway Confirmed as Interior Secretary in Ford Era
Former Wyoming governor Stanley K. Hathaway won Senate approval 60 to 36 as interior secretary, despite attacks on his environmental record and statements about strip mining. He faced questions over undeclared income and a debated environmental accomplishments document from his governorship.
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Wyoming
Stanley K. Hathaway
Senate
Interior
Hathaway
Henry M. Jackson
Interior Committee
Clifford P. Hansen
R-Wyo
Gale McGee
D-Wye
Hansen
Jackson
Edmund S. Muskie
Senate Pollution Subcommittee
Congress
Ford
Hostages Attack Sparks Prison Vault Breakout
The coroner reports abrasions and needle marks on Miss Steinhauser as two inmates Lucas and Bruce and Claire Wilson deteriorate. Intermediaries told Vancouver hostages debated a break after failed negotiations. The hostages struck with a heavy tripod, freeing Steinhauser then rushed out as guards stormed the vault. Bruce remained in hospital in serious condition.
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Steinhauser
Imates
Vancouver Radio
Gary Bannerman
Miss Steinhauser
Lucas
Bruce
Claire Wilson
Demerota
Bannerman
Banderman
Royal Columbian Hospital
Vancouver
Hos
Feather From Beaches To Mountains see PBR Lge
Outer Banks to Cape Lookout reports mostly cloudy conditions with showers and thundershowers likely from Thursday through Friday. Temperatures vary with lows in the 60s tonight and Thursday night and highs in the 80s across regions. Rain chances range 50 to 80 percent on different days.
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PBR Lge
Associated Press
Kitty Hawk
Cape Lookout
Northwest
Southwest
Greek film plans to cast Jackie Onassis in Tycoon biopic
Athens AP Greek producer Nikos Mastorakis offers Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis $1 million to play herself in a film about Aristotle Onassis. He says the project would start in January with a $4 million budget and may include a claim about who killed Alexander Onassis.
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Greece
Nikos Mastorakis
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Aristote Onassis
Talso
London Mail
Anthony Quinn
Onassis
Neek
Tycoon
Mrs. Onassis
Mastorakis
Julie Christie
Barbara Parkins
Christina Onassis
Daghter
Alexander Onassis
Alexander
Sutherland Hints Churchill Portrait Possibly Destroyed
British painter Graham Sutherland suggested it is possible that Clementine Churchill destroyed his controversial portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. The work, presented to Parliament in 1954, has not been seen publicly. Churchill disliked it and his wife was said to have hated it. Churchill's former secretary and Churchill Centenary Trust head noted Lady Churchill's known dislike, while Baroness Spencer-Churchill, now 90, declined comment.
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Menton
France
Graham Sutherland
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Clementine
Spencer-Churchill
Sutherland
Freur Cowles
London
Cowles
Walter Sickert
Sickert
Clemmie
the Statesman
French Riviera
John Colville
Churchill Centenary Trust
W. Somerset Maugham
Helena Rubinstein
Coventry
England
Westminister Hall
Clement Attlee
Rabin and Ford Pledge Fresh Push Toward Middle East Peace
At a White House dinner President Ford urged no stagnation in peacemaking with Israel. Prime Minister Rabin, in a toast, thanked Ford and said ongoing talks must lead to a real peace achieved through understanding and compromise by the two sides to end the conflict.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Ford
Rabin
United States
Israel
House defeats oil quota bill and gasoline tax amendment
The House adopted Rep Fortney Stark's amendment removing a proposed gasoline tax of up to 20 cents a gallon planned for April 1977 if 1976 gasoline use did not drop from the 1973 peak. Stark argued the tax would unfairly punish workers and the poor, noting likely price increases beyond 10 cents in coming years.
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House
Fortney H. Stark
D-Calif
Stark
Truck Slams Wall. No Injuries Reported
A 1973 dump truck driven by Byrd struck a wall and floor edge at a school building, causing no injuries. The truck, a total loss, hit the end of a Toom partition with the concrete floor about 15 inches above ground level. An architect will assess the damage and provide a repair estimate.
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Byrd
CIA Committee Grants Immunity to Maheu in Hughes Ties
The committee voted unanimously to grant limited immunity from prosecution to Robert A. Maheu former aide to Howard Hughes and described as liaison between the CIA and two crime figures. Maheu invoked the Fifth Amendment when testifying. Church said a September deadline for probes may require an extension due to delays from investigating the assassination issue.
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Robert A. Maheu
Howard Hughes
Maheu
CIA
Church
Ford
Select
Ribicoff backs bill to abolish idle board
Sen Abraham Ribicoff chairman said he would support legislation to abolish the board. He noted the startling fact that the board has no work and apparently never had any work to do. The five members serve without salary but receive federal expense payments.
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Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Ribicoff
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