Detroit Automakers Boost Prices as Controls End
Ford and Chrysler announced average wholesale price increases of 150, with Ford citing a 192 average rise in suggested retail prices. GM and AMC expected to follow later, while exemptions from wage and price controls apply to auto production.
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Chrysler
General Motors
American Motors
United Auto Workers Union
Council
AMC
United Auto Workers
Saxbe nomination seen as swift attorney general pick
President Nixon formally nominated Sen. William B. Saxbe of Ohio for attorney general. Hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee could begin as soon as today with anticipated rapid confirmation. The pay-cut legislation to allow Saxbe’s appointment already passed 75 to 16.
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Washington
Nixon
William B. Saxbe
Senate
Ohio
Senate Judiciary Committee
Saxbe
Congress
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Elliot. L. Richardson
Archibald Cox
Robert H. Bork
Agnew to Fight Bar Action in Maryland Court
Former Vice President Spiro Agnew will appear in Annapolis on December 18 to contest disciplinary action by the Maryland State Bar Association. Leon Pierson, one of his lawyers, says the three judge panel session should last a day. The bar group cites Agnew’s October 10 no contest plea to a federal tax evasion charge as ground for misconduct.
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Towson
Agnew
Administration of Justice
Vinland Plans Airport Expansion and Private Hangar
Vinland voters debated a 664000 bond for a 1930000 airport expansion while Chanay Aircraft filed a 5000 building permit for a new fire plane hangar. The privately funded Vinland Valley Airport houses 20 planes, hosts a 2200 foot runway on former railroad bed, serves Baker University and local farmers, and plans avoid federal rules and costs.
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Lawrence
Vinland Valley
Vinland
Chaney
Miller to Testify in Shawnee Grand Jury Probe
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller will begin presenting evidence to a Shawnee County grand jury at 9 am Wednesday in a month long inquiry into the May 1972 architectural contracts for the University of Kansas Medical Center expansion in Kansas City. The attorney general declined to comment on the evidence.
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Topeka
Kan
Vern Miller
Shawnee County
Grand Jury
Miller
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Truckers Plan Nationwide Shutdown Over Fuel Costs
An independent driver said as many as 10,000 truckers will park their rigs tonight to protest high fuel prices and low speed limits. John Sassi of Newark Delaware emerged as a spokesman for disgruntled independents, urging drivers to “take them to the barn.” He did not indicate how long the stoppage would last. Sassi claimed to represent 8,000 to 10,000 independents in testimony before a Senate Public Works subcommittee addressing fuel shortages.
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Washington
John Sassi
Newark
Del
Sassi
Senate Public Works
Watergate Panel Pursues Nixon Hughes Link Theory
The Senate Watergate committee pursues a theory that burglars sought links between Howard Hughes and the Nixon administration. The aim was to see if Lawrence O'Brien had such information to embarrass Nixon. Counsel Samuel Dash called the theory viable and based on reliable evidence, though not the sole focus.
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Watergate Panel
Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Howard Hughes
Lawrence O’brien
Nixon
Samuel Cash
Sirica Examines White House Tapes as Gap Is Studied
U S District Judge John J Sirica listens to two March 21 1973 presidential conversations to verify copies for Leon Jaworski while Cambridge technicians reexamine an 18 minute gap on a June 20 1972 tape between the President and H R Haldeman.
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Washington
White House
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Cambridge
Mass
H. R. Haldeman
Wescoe to Head Sterling Drug
W. Clarke Wescoe, KU chancellor 1960 1969, will become chairman and chief executive officer of Sterling Drug Company effective February 1. He was elected by the Sterling board on Monday to succeed J. Mark Hiebert who has spent 40 years with the firm. Robert K. Pfister will become vice chairman.
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W. Clarke Wescoe
Kansas University
The
Sterling Drug Company
Wescoe
Sterling Board
J. Mark Hiebert
Robert K. Pfister
Lawrence School District to Lower Daytime Heat Over Break
Lawrence School District 497 will keep building temperatures much cooler during Christmas vacation while assessing night activity curtailment. Supt Carl Knox chairs a task force to set guidelines after talks with Bill Larome of KS Public Service Gas Co. and Austin Stedham of Kansas Power and Light. A KS HSA ruling blocks junior and senior high interscholastic activities from Dec 22 to Dec 30.
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Lawrence
Carl Knox
Task Force On Energy
Knox
Bill Larome
Kansas Public Service Gas Co
Austin Stedham
Kansas Power and Light
Baldwin Invests Idle Funds and Buys Snow Blade
Baldwin City Council will invest 41 000 of idle general funds in Baldwin State Bank certificates. The panel awarded 1 335 to Wentz Equipment Co for a snow blade to attach to a city truck as winter gear, with planning for a 4 p.m. December 26 meeting due to Christmas Eve.
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Baldwin
Virgil Reeves
Baldwin State Bank
Wentz Equipment Co
Topeka
Reeves
Nixon Tax Review Expands Before It Begins
Congressional scrutiny of President Nixon s tax returns and deductions grows ahead of formal action. Senator Long expects a full audit beyond two areas, with findings public. Committee to meet midweek to plan inquiries, hearings undecided. The piece notes Nixon s state tax payments and recent disclosures.
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Washington
Congressional Review of
Nixon
Russell B. Long
D-La
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Paola Schools React as Gas Service Restored
Paola and Osawatomie school districts easing energy fears as Gas Service Co restores natural gas for now and Gov. Docking says Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co has extra supply for remainder of 1973 if needed. Osawatomie continues rapid switch to propane or fuel oil to curb costs.
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Paola
Kan
The
Gas Service Co
Robert Docking
Osawatomie
Ernest Swenson
Diehm
Mislaid cash dispute over $18,000 found on Lawrence-area farm
Bradford D. Charles and Susie Payton claim ownership of cash found Oct. 5, 1972 on a farm south of Lawrence and placed in a sheriff’s safety box. Robert Gottstein seeks a right to the money, which a district court judge may decide at a jury trial.
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Lawrence
Bradford D. Charles
Susie Payton
Robert Gottstein
Perry
Charles
Miss Payton
Gottstein
Douglas County
Rex Johnson
Johnson
James W
Paddock
District Court Division II
1918 Ruling Could Apply To Park Case
Kansas Supreme Court in 1918 held a city cannot divest park land but offered no ruling on parking allowed on park land. Lawrence may permit a parking lot as a park adjunct. City Attorney and officials seek legal guidance while plans to extend the South Park lot and swap land proceed.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Douglas County Commission
Lawrence
South Park
Buford Watson
Milton P. Allen
County Commission
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
City Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
Wagstaff Reappointed Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Robert W. Wagstaff, chairman and president of Coca Cola Bottling Co of Mid America Kansas City, is reappointed chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and will lead the nine member Federal Reserve Board as it meets monthly on economic developments monetary policy and banking matters.
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Washington
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Robert W. Wagstaff
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Wagstaff
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Mid-America
Kansas City
Federal Reserve Board
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