24 May 1973
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1973
Page
1
Kingsport Times-News invites community events for the This Week This Week column. Submit in writing to the City Desk at least three days before the event. items run without charge at editor discretion as space allows.
A collage of upcoming public events across Kingsport and nearby areas includes rummage and bake sales at Hart Tile building Five Points and Kingsport Mall, a pancake supper at Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church, a women’s festival at Kingsport Mall, and a fundraiser concert featuring Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge. Also listed are a charity barbecue, a county club bake sale, a Pactorus Center rummage sale, a Dobyns-Bennett program, a Rebekah Lodge luncheon, and a Cancerama telethon hosted by WKPT-TV with Leroy Van Dyke headlining.
Mary Carr Witt soprano and Janice Carrier Wilcox pianist present a Sunday May 27 recital at 4 p.m. at Mafair United Methodist Church, no charge. Also father-daughter recital by Bill and Julie Crowther on May 27 at 3 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center, no charge. Fire at First National Bank on Lynn Garden Drive at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday. neon sign atop the building damaged, blaze due to faulty wiring. firemen report substantial damage.
RICHMOND. Maurice Rowe secretary of commerce and resources says Gov. Linwood Holton is weighing an emergency proclamation to cut interstate speed limits to conserve gasoline. The move, if used, would drop limits from 70 mph to 60 mph and is one option among fuel-shortage measures. Interior department estimates a speed limit cut could lower gasoline demand by five to six percent.
The Court of Military Appeals will review three of thirty defense points in 1st Lt. William L. Calley Jr. case. It will consider pretrial publicity bias but reject claims that command influence tainted the trial. Calley, 29, convicted of murdering at least 22 Vietnamese at My Lai and under house arrest at Fort Benning.
Coastal States Gas Producing Co cuts city gas by over two thirds triggering a power shortage scare. San Antonio relies on natural gas for generators and faces fuel shortfalls within days, while officials accuse the firm of pressuring for higher rates. Coastal says federal policy keeps wellhead prices low.
A retired businessman from Bridgeton Missouri filed a federal class action seeking the return of contributions to President Nixon's reelection campaign and an accounting of funds. The suit targets the Finance Committee to Reelect the President and 11 individuals including John N. Mitchell and Maurice H. Stans, alleging misuse for political espionage and related crimes. The plaintiff seeks $1 million in damages and an injunction to stop improper use of funds.
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