FTC considers probe of oil firms with coal assets price effects
A FTC official said a broad study of the energy sector will examine if oil companies with coal holdings inflate prices through shortages. The inquiry may also address if coal to oil tech is being stunted and if oil firms outperform other industries in invention. The agency seeks input from the Emergency Committee for the Valley as part of the planned work.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Lawrence G. Meyer
Congress
Meyer
House
Miles Kirkpatrick
Barrett Shelton
the Valley
FTC Office of Policy Planning and Evaluation
Bureau of Competition
Bureau of Economics
Justice Department
The
Trade Commission
Tennessee Valley
Shelton
On This Date in 1870 Confederate Readmission to Union
Georgia became the last Confederate state readmitted to the Union in 1870. A weather note shows 60 percent rain today, 30 percent tonight, 50 percent Friday with highs near 94 and a low around 70.
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Georgia
Confederate States
Ellsberg Wiretap Probe Sought For Evidence Disclosure
In Boston attorneys for Dr. Daniel Ellsberg petitioned a U.S. magistrate to force government disclosure on wire taps used to obtain evidence connected to his indictment. In Washington Senator Harold Hughes of Iowa declared he will not pursue the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination.
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Boston
Daniel Ellsberg
U. S
Ellsberg
Washington
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Split widens as Wallace Beasley feud escalates with firings
Alabama tension deepens as Lt Gov Beasley loses state car and two aides amid conflict with Gov Wallace. Pitchford and McMahan reassigned or dismissed while Wallace ousts close associates. Beasley travels to Idaho for a lieutenant governors conference.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jere Beasley
Beasley
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Sun Valley
Idaho
Casper Pitchford
Wayne McMahan
Associated Press
Pitchford
Public Safety Department
Alabama
McMahan
State Revenue Department
Lightning Damage Destroys Reed Barn in Danville
Firefighters Calvin Long and Tillman Reed survey smoldering remains of Danville barn struck by lightning on Wednesday. No injuries reported as crews assess damage and secure the site.
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Hartselle
Calvin Long
Tillman Reed
Danville 2
Reed
Minh denounces U S support for Thieu election
Gen Duong Van Minh accuses U S officials led by Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker of backing Thieu, triggering fears of an unfair October vote. He says U S backing, including media and funding, will rig the election and decries the use of government workers in campaigning.
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Saigon
Duong van Minh
Ellsworth Bunker
Nguyen Vain Thieu
Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Minh
United States
Bunker
Dominican Republic
Vietnam
U.S.A
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Missing patient at Bryce Hospital remembered in interview
Bryce Hospital superintendent Don Green recalls Annie Blankenship a 62 year old partially blind patient who vanished during a hospital picnic on the Warrior River near Fuscaloosa. He says authorities believe she slipped into the water and drowned with no sign found after extensive searches.
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Tuscaloosa
Don Green
Bryce Hospital
Morgan County
Green
Annie Blankenship
Warrior River
Fuscaloosa
Miss Blankenship
United Fund approves 1972 budget totaling 344000 dollars
The 1972 United Fund budget of 344000 dollars, a 10 percent rise from 311000 in 1971, was tentatively approved by the budget committee. The panel reviewed agency requests including Storrs Day Care Center’s 10500 grant and related salary and wage adjustments amid funding uncertainties.
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DAILY
United Fund
Agency
Storrs Day Care Center, Inc
David Matthews
Matthews
Alabama
Dialogue With Viet Cong Opens At Paris Peace Talks
U S Ambassador David Bruce initiated what he called a useful dialog with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong at the Paris peace talks. He answered Viet Cong questions and queried their plan seeking clarification while the delegates criticized his responses as non concrete.
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Paris
U.S
David K. E. Bruce
Nguyen Thi Binh
Bruce
United States
Leadership Row Over Senate Presidency In Beasley Absence
With Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley away, a power struggle erupts over who will preside as Senate leader as the chamber reconvenes at noon. Debate centers on control and procedural steps as the session opens.
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State Senate
Jere Beasley
Senate
Decatur Daily
Air Force Captain pivots to Women’s Lib after court martial
Battler U.S. Air Force Capt. Thomas Culver, fined and reprimanded by a court martial for antiwar actions, launches a new crusade. The 32 year old bachelor serves as secretary of a women’s liberation group and writes for its magazine and plans to appeal the conviction.
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U.S. Air Force
Thomas Culver
Culver
LEPA to be Probed as Baxley Set to Testify
A House subcommittee will probe LEAA grant handling in Alabama Florida New York California and Illinois as part of a wide inquiry into the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. Witnesses include Florida Governor Reubin Askew Alabama Attorney General William Baxley and GAO officials.
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Lepa
Bill Baxley
House
Alabama
Florida
New York
California
Illinois
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
Monagan
Reubin Askew
William Baxley
Federal General Accounting Office
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Athens
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Transportation and Common Carrier Committee
Gary Wilhite
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Somerville
Don Donner
United Fund Board of Directors
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Monetary Affairs Subcommittee
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