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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1975

Page

6

Gas profit plot charged by U S senators

Senators Henry Jackson and Adlai Stevenson charged oil firms may have manipulated gasoline prices to swell profits. They will hold joint hearings with Frank Zarb as first witness, focusing on production cuts and price hikes. Major oil firms Amoco Gulf Exxon ARCO Shell Standard of California and Mobil will testify.

Washington UPI Henry Jackson D-Wash Adlai Stevenson Dtil Pure AG Stl US Federal Energy Frank Zarb Jackson Senate Stevenson Zarb FEA Warren Magnuson Senate Commerce Committee Sackson Amoco Gulf Exxon ARCO Shell Standard of California Mobil George Birelli

Ford urges Congress to face hard qualities in third century

President Ford told the 6th Circuit Judicial Conference that federal courts too often solve issues that other branches or the private sector should handle. He compared the judiciary to the nation's standing army in defense of individual freedom and called for more judgeships and salary increases. Ford, after a Michigan trip, spoke of protecting individual independence amid mass education, government, and labor, and attended Trinity Church services with Mrs. Ford.

Congress Ford Henry Kissinger White House Kissinger Port 6Th Circuit Judicial Conference Michigan Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Rame House Mackinac Island Trinity Episcopal Church

Drama on Brooklyn Bridge Spreads Over Push to Save Jumper

Police officer Robert Sommerville attempts to calm 21 year old Vicki Panzenhagen as she clings to a perch 150 feet above ground on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. The incident centers on a risky standoff with a civilian in distress.

Robert Sommerville Vicki Panzenhagen New York City Brooklyn

Soviet City Leninsk Omitted From Maps For Apollo Mission

New York based dispatch reports the Soviet space city Leninsk is so secret it is omitted from maps and its 50,000 residents were not listed in 1970 census results. The piece traces Leninsk history from Zarya to Leninsky, notes U S intelligence surveillance, and cites public references by Kazakhstanskaya Pravda listing local officials and district representation.

New York Leninsk Soviet Union United States The Space Center Cape Canaveral Flocia Yuri A. Gagarin Kazakhstan Republic Baikonur United States Intelligence Tyuratam European Russia Central Asia Leninsky Charles de Gaulle France Georges Pompidou Francis Gary Powers Space Complex National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earth Resources Technology Geological Survey EROS Sioux Falls S.D Earth Resources Observation Systems Syr Darya Desert Kazakhstanskaya Pravda Kalinin Lenin District Sultan Mr. Savsembayev Kayl-Orda Kazakhstan Leninskes

Apollo Soyuz mission schedule amid space plans

Space plans outline first orbital tests in 1979 with a shuttle Soyuz mission to follow within a year. NASA reports readiness for ASTP tasks as countdown for Saturn 1B and Apollo rockets begins. Apollo and Soyuz crews discuss weather concerns before Tuesday launches and planned rendezvous, docking, and two days of experiments above Earth.

Earth Low Kennedy Space Center Baikonur Cosmodrome Soviet Union Senay Chester M. Lee NASA Apollo Thomas P. Stafford Air Force Soyuz Col Aleksei A. Leonuy Valeri Kubasov Stafford Vance D. Brand Donald K. Slayton The Space Center

Gasoline prices surge as surveys show variety in costs

A nationwide UP survey places regular gas at 60 to 65 cents a gallon this weekend, with self service as low as 53 cents and freeway stations up to 68 cents. Citizens blame oil companies and policy while supplies appear adequate for summer motoring, and many cut vacations or take shorter trips. Authorities call for investigation as the public views the spike as a ripoff.

W. Bancroft Timmons Alapana Motorists Association Birmingam Don Bryans Shell Detroit Florida Auto Club Ford New Hampshire Meldrim Thomson Federal Energy Administration Mike Wrigh Automobile Club of Missouri Nashville

Butterfield defense of White House staff role and tapes

Butterfield, head of the FAA, says he never met Hunt or Howard and that Hunt’s presence on the White House staff was kept from him. He notes CIA clearance for handling material and defends his disclosure of the White House tapes, praising Nixon yet condemning the corruption he witnessed.

Howard Hunt White House Butterfield CIA Air Force Nixon Mar Buth

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