Natural Gas Cutback Sufficient So Far
North Carolina utilities chief says voluntary residential gas cuts appear to avert further state action. Early distributor data show 15 percent declines, with PSNC 17 percent and Piedmont Natural Gas 16.7 percent through Dec. 6. Gas saved goes to keep industries operating this winter.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Utilities Commission
Marvin Wooten
North Carolina Natural Gas Co
Public Service Company
Piedmont .Natural Gas Co
License Tags Go On Sale Tomorrow
North Carolina's 1974 auto license plates go on sale Wednesday providing motorists more than six weeks to display them before the February 15 deadline. State officials said mail orders for tags would be filled about February 1.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Free Gas At Chicago Station Sparks Federal Probe
Chicago police patrolman Sam McBride owns McBride Super Shell Service which faced a court order for price gouging. IRS agents obtained the order after reports he offered five gallons of free gas with a $10.05 purchase of a rabbit's foot and a last will form. McBride defied the order saying he would keep the station open, later promising to close Sundays and possibly reopen if records are turned over. The district court action is under federal review and further departmental investigations continue.
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Chicago
Sam McBride
McBride Super Shell Service
William J. Bauer
United States District Court
Internal Revenue Service
McBride
Gouger
Islanders on Pitcairn Hit by Fuel Shortage
Descent of HMS Bounty mutineers on Pitcairn Island report fuel crisis. Radio center promises gasoline and kerosene shipment from the Panama Canal in about 10 days. Islanders, 80 people, cut motorbike use and kerosene fridge use and seek wind powered generators as alternatives.
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Glendale
Calif
Pitcairn Island
South Pacific
Voice of Prophecy Radio Center
Picairn
Panama Canal
World Greets New Year Across Globe In 1974 Outlook
About 50,000 revelers braved rain in Times Square as the ball dropped signaling 1974. Skylab 3 astronauts trailed time zones as Mission Control sent New Year greetings. Israel Turkey Greece and Mexico faced political and economic tensions shaping the new year.
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Barton Reppert
Associated Press
Mission Control
Space Station
Skylab Astronauts Span Two Years In Space Orbit
Skylab 3 astronauts Carr Pogue and Gibson mark two years near in space as they orbit the Earth on a 84 day mission. They switch to daylight saving time to align with earth resources passes and continue solar astronomy medical experiments and comet Kohoutek observations. The crew plans a news conference televised from Mission Control.
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Mission Control
Houston Space Center
Gerald P. Carr
William R. Pogue
Edward G. Gibson
Space
Skylab
Earth Resources
Karl Heinze
South America
North Africa
Falkland
Kohoutek
Deep Space
Gibson
Carr
Pogue
Aids Couple In Oil Hunt In Frigid Milwaukee
In Milwaukee, Mr and Mrs James Payne, blind welfare recipients, faced near zero temperatures with no heating oil after a New Year’s Eve shortage. They sought delivery at higher rates, but most firms refused. A major oil firm finally delivered 25 gallons for a $15 service fee, aided by Milwaukee Sentinel staff contributions.
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Milwaukee
James Payne
Payne
Milwakee Sentinel
Charlotte Teen-Ager's Body Found Near Oxford
The body of David Earl Favre, a Charlotte teen-ager, was found near an unpaved road off I-85 about two miles from Oxford. He had been shot at least seven times and severely beaten possibly with an iron pipe. Autopsy to be performed in Chapel Hill per state medical examiner. Found by three Oxford teens who alerted the sheriff.
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Oxford
N. C
Charlotte
Granville
J. C. Cash
David Earl Favre
Chapel Hill
Page Hudson
Favre
Chinese See 73 As Progressive Year of Disorder
The Chinese Communist leadership called 1973 a year of great world disorder with the Third World making gigantic strides and predicted more in 1974. The People’s Daily song article said the international scene showed awakening and strength in developing nations and that nations seek liberation amid U.S. imperialism waning and Soviet revisionism in decline. The piece argued the United States faced domestic problems and failed abroad, complicating their global dominance.
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Tokyo
Peking People’s Daily
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations Organization
U.S
Peking
Nixon aides face trials amid Watergate developments
White House aides Haldeman and Ehrlichman were delayed by Cox’s firing and tape disputes as Jaworski took over. The Watergate probe has 12 guilty pleas so far, with seven convicted in the break in still pending. Former Atty. Gen. Mitchell and Maurice Stans, Nixon allies, face trial in New York for conspiracy to obstruct justice and perjury in a Vesco case.
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White House
H. R. Haldeman
John D Ehrlichman
Archibald Cox
Jaworski
Cox
Watergate
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Nixon
New York
Robert L. Vesco
Musician Seeks British Citizenship by Andre Previn
London based conductor Andre Previn of the London Symphony Orchestra seeks British citizenship. Born German and naturalized American, he cites personal and artistic reasons preferring Britain as home. He is 44 and has previously spoken of his preference for living in Britain.
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London
Andre Previn
London Symphony Orchestra
Previn
Britain
Nixon Keeps Quiet New Year With Family in California
President Nixon spent New Year's Day at San Clemente with his wife Pat and daughter Tricia Cox, while Julie Eisenhower stayed in Washington. He conferred 9 minutes with Secretary of State Kissinger on foreign policy including the Middle East Geneva talks and energy issues, and spoke by phone with energy chief William E. Simon. Earlier Notre Dame’s 24–23 Sugar Bowl win over Alabama drew his attention as he signed into law 17 measures, including $900 million in defense stockpile sales and expanded flood insurance.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Kissinger
William E. Simon
Washington
Oceanside
Tricia Cox
Julie
David Eisenhower
Notre Dame
Alabama
New Orleans
National Defense
Eleven Fatalities On North Carolina Roads During New Year Holiday
The Associated Press reports 11 people died on North Carolina highways during the New Year period. Fatalities include Ronald Dennis Ariana, 25, of Brentwood New York, and Darlene Teresa Johnson, 26, of Goldsboro, in a head on collision on U S 70 in Goldsboro at 12 30 a m.
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Associated Press
Highway Patrol
North Carolina
Ronald Dennis Ariana
Brentwood
N.Y
Darlene Teresa Johnson
Goldsboro
U.S. 70
North Carolina State Motor Club
Barbara Jean Fish
Rt. 2
Bostic
Rutherford County
Rona Stines Regis
Asheville
Miss Fish
Revis
Beame Becomes New York City Mayor After Inauguration
Abraham D. Beame is sworn in as the 104th mayor of New York in a brief ceremony at City Hall. He succeeds John V. Lindsay, who presided over a mixed emotional exit after eight years in office. Lindsay indicated no immediate plans for office but teased possible runs for higher posts.
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New York
Abraham D
Beame
City Hall
Queens
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
U.S
Man abducts Kathy Morris forces her into car
A man kidnapped Kathy Morris after calling her “a Southern cracker” and forcing her to accompany him in a car owned by one of the girls. Marion County deputies declined comment on the man’s capture efforts as Morris reported a tearful reunion with his daughter and the Morris children.
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Miss Morris
Marion County
Morris
Colder Weather Forecast Sweeps State
The Weatheres9 reports colder temperatures and rain across the state today and Wednesday. In the High Point area, expect mostly cloudy skies and cooler conditions with damp conditions possible.
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High Point
North Carolina Weather Forecast Turns Colder With Showers
Forecast for North Carolina calls for mostly cloudy skies turning colder with scattered light rain in the west and showers or thundershowers in the east today. Tonight mainly cloudy and colder with possible snow flurries in higher elevations and coast showers. Temperatures range from 40s and 50s west to 60s southeast this afternoon, with night lows in the 20s to 30s. Wednesday brings rain likely statewide with possible freezing rain or sleet in the northwest. rain near 20 percent tonight, 60 percent Wednesday. Highs in the 30s. Thursday to Saturday clear to partly cloudy with cold, moderating Friday. highs 30s and 40s, inland lows in teens to 20s, coast near freezing Thursday morning, rising into 20s and 30s by Saturday.
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North Carolina
Friendship
Ed Mendenhall High Point real estate leader and civic figure
Ed Mendenhall, longtime High Point real estate head and civic figure, built a 40 year career in real estate and community service. He led as High Point Realtor of the Year in 1953 and 1963, chaired Perpetual Savings and Loan, and advised the Federal National Mortgage Association while directing local boards and banks. He and wife Annie Robbins have two children, Sandy and Martha Braman.
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Mendenhall
High Point
Mendenhall-Moore Realtors
Federal National Mortgage Assn
Annie Robbins
Sandy
Martha
John C. Braman
Cleveland
Ohio
North Carolina
High Point Board of Realtors
Patman Seeks 24th Term in Texas District
Texarkana Texas Rep Wright Patman 80 will run for re election to Texas 1st Congressional District. He chairs the House Banking and Currency Committee and co chairs two joint committees. In the Democratic primary May 4 he faces Glen Jones a Jacksonville Methodist minister and Fred Hudson a Center lawyer and businessman. Hudson previously polled 44 percent in 1972.
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Texarkana, Tex
Wright Patman
Texas
Patman
House
Banking, and Currency Committee
House-Senate Committee On Defense Production
Senate
Glen Jones
Jacksonville
Fred Hudson
Center
Hudson
Orange Grove Deputies Search For Bodies
In Titusville Florida deputies on a six day hunt failed to locate more bodies in the orange grove and woods where four women were found murdered since Thanksgiving. Sheriff Leigh Wilson said the search would resume Wednesday after a 16 hour stakeout on foot and by trail bikes. NASA Kennedy Space Center infrared photos are being reviewed to help identify heat signatures from possible decomposing remains. The four victims include Paula Hamric 22 and Nancy Gerry 18 both of Titusville shot in a ditch, Carolyn Jan Bennett 17 of Mims found in the woods, and Sharon Mary Wimmer 14 of Titusville found last Thursday. law enforcement notes multiple missing women in the area.
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Titusville
Fla
Orange Grove
Brevard County
Leigh Wilson
Wilson
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kennedy Space Center
Paula Hamric
Nancy Gerry
Carolyn Jan Bennett
Mims
Miss Bennett
Sharon Mary Wimner
Forty Four Cars Derailed At Columbia
Forty four cars of a Southern Railway freight train derailed near Columbia. Two carried sulfuric acid, prompting the State Health and Environmental Control Department to deploy workers to prevent a spill into a creek. Damage estimated at 500000. One northbound lane of U S 1 blocked for 10 to 18 days. Kaoline shipments and beer cars spilled. Nearby trailer park residents were advised to evacuate as two boxcars tilted toward mobile homes.
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Columbia
8.C.ap
Southern Railway
State Health and Environmental Control Department
U.S. 1
Georgia
Lexington County Sheriff's Department
Mary Wiggins
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Midtown Manhattan
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Jerusalem
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Kakuei Tanaka
Mexico
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Greece
Phaedon Gizikis
George Mavros
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter
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Repy
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