Oil Firms Filling Coffers While Gasoline Prices Rise
Major oil companies report strong profits in the second quarter as motorists pay higher gas prices amid shortages. Earnings gains reach 50 percent plus, with refineries at full tilt and plans for expansion. Companies like Standard Oil, Atlantic Richfield, Exxon, Gulf, and Phillips Petroleum show solid gains across the sector.
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Los Angeles
Otto Miller
Standard Oil Company of California
Richmond
el Segundo
Calif
Pascagoula
Miss
Perth Amboy
California Standard
John E. Swearingen
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Atlantic Richfield
Viet Veterans Gather in Florida to Demonstrate
Five hundred members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War plan five days of demonstrations in Gainesville at the start of the Gainesville Eight trial. Spokesmen say the actions will proceed despite a gag order banning public discussion of the case outside the courtroom.
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Gainesville
Fla
VVAW
U.S
Winston Ar
Gainesville’ Bight
John Mussgrave
Baldwin City
Kan
Mussgrave
Nixon
People’s Fair
Anthony Russo
Pentagon
Chicago
Tom Hayden
Pete Seeger
Arnow
Allende Aide Assassinated in Santiago Home Attack
In Santiago, Chile, navy Captain Arturo Araya, 45, Allende's chief military aide, was killed by gunmen firing from the street as he stood on his suburban home's balcony. Police made arrests, and naval intelligence aided the manhunt amid rising tensions from a trucking industry walkout. Allende ordered Araya to lie in state at the Moneda Palace.
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Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Navy
Arturo ‘Araya
Fatherland and Liberty Movement
Naval
Araya
Allende
Rene Schneider
Edmundo Perez Zujovic
Moneda Presidential Palace
Court Suit Filed In Sidewalk Case
A lawsuit filed in Douglas County District Court seeks to rule a sidewalk protest petition valid while declaring a sidewalk benefit district invalid. Lloyd M. Davies and 65 others sue the City of Lawrence over a district created Feb. 20, contending public lands should not count toward ownership and alleging the districting was illegal and arbitrary.
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Douglas ‘County
Lloyd M. Davies
Lawrence
Lver
James Paddock
Louisiana
19Th
City’ Commissioners
Lawrence hosts reception for new KU athletic director
About 130 Chamber of Commerce members and guests attended an informal Tuesday reception at Lawrence Country Club honoring Mr and Mrs Clyde Walker. Walker was introduced as the new Kansas University athletic director with Bill Lienhard serving as reception chairman for the Chamber Sports Committee.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Country Club
Clyde Walker
Walker
Kansas University
Chamber
Bill Lienhard
Lawrence Guardsmen Return From Ft Riley Training
Lawrence Guardsmen of the Support Company 2nd Battalion 137th Infantry will return home Saturday after two weeks of annual training at Ft Riley. They will be dismissed in Lawrence and resume monthly armory training. The two-week period included field operations and reviews by Army Chief of Staff Creighton Abrams and Gov. Robert Docking.
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Lawrence
Funeral set for William A. White in Emporia Gazette publisher case
Funeral services for William A. White publisher of the Emporia Gazette will be at 4 p.m. Monday at the First Congregational Church Emporia. The family requests contributions be directed to the Emporia city clerk for a free fund in his memory.
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Ymporia
Kan
William AL. White
Emporia Gazette
Emporia
KU Foreign Students Spend Weekend With Holton Families
Seventy KU graduate students from the Foreign Student Orientation Center will spend a weekend in Holton Kansas living with local families to experience a typical weekend. J A Buzzle accompanies the group as director. Rotary Club arranged the home stay with Holton Recorder publisher John Chandler. Most families host one student and avoid rigid plans to mirror a normal family weekend. The group returns to campus Sunday afternoon.
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Kansas University
Holton
Kan
United States
J. A. Buzzle
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Pearson Hall
Rotary Club
John Chandler
Holton Recorder
Pat Clune
Gaughan Revokes Appeal in Reckless Driving and Amphetamine Case
Thomas J. Gaughan Jr. withdrew his appeal of a reckless driving and illegal amphetamine possession conviction in Douglas County Court. The 24 year old from 921 Ill. was fined 250 dollars and given 90 days jail for amphetamine possession and 50 dollars for the traffic charge. He will serve a weekend in jail and is to be paroled on the remaining sentence after trial on February 26. He had been free on a 750 dollar bond.
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Thomas J. Gaughan Jr
Douglas
Gaughan
License Tag Production Falls Short
Kansas drivers will pay more for 1975 auto license plates due to reduced work force at the Lansing state penitentiary tag factory. The drop in production means private firms must cover the shortage, driving higher plate costs.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Lansing
Three Die in Midair Collision Over Oklahoma City
An FAA Boeing 727 training jet and a small private plane collided in mid-air over Oklahoma City, killing three people. The incident involved a training flight and private aircraft, with authorities investigating the crash location and cause.
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Oklahoma City
Federal Aviation Administration
Investigators Path Leads to Top Court
Watergate subpoenas push Nixon crisis toward Supreme Court as Senate committee and Archibald Cox urge court orders. Nixon cites separation of powers and presidential immunity, while White House provides some documents but withholds taped conversations. Judge Sirica sets August 7 as deadline for White House reply.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Archibald Cox
Cox
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
White House
Ervin
Sirica
United States
Harvard Law School
Charles Alan Wright
University of Texas
Wright
Cox Signals Willingness to Subpoena More White House Records
Special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox said he would consider subpoenas for additional White House documents if urgently needed. President Nixon refused a subpoena for tape recordings, and Cox sought a court order. Cox highlighted a critical file on ITT merger funding for the Republican National Convention in San Diego and an intelligence file from John Dean III. He said memos addressed to H R Haldeman were under consideration and noted subpoenas often advance legal work.
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Washington
Archibald Cox
White House
Nixon
Cox
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
San Diego
Calif
House
John W. Dean III
Lynn Anderson Named Nominee for Kansas Outstanding Young Man Award
Lynn Anderson of Lawrence First National Bank is among 15 nominees for the Kansas Jaycees Outstanding Young Man of Kansas Award. The banquet in Manhattan will honor three or four winners. Anderson, 523 Pioneer Rd, has led local and statewide banking and community service efforts including chairing the statewide trust education program and president of the Lawrence United Fund in 1971.
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Lynn Anderson
Lawrence First National Bank
Kansas Jaycees
Kansas
Manhattan
Anderson
Pioneer
Lawrence
Kansas Bankers Association Trust Division
Life
Lawrence United Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Sertoma Club
Kaw Valley Heart Assn
Douglas County Mental Health Assn
Bob Wells
Garden City
Kiul Radio
John H. Stauffer
Topeka
Stauffer Publications
Topeka Capital Journal
Deryl Schuster
Wichita
Kansas Small Business Administration
James McCain
Kansas State University
Beer Proposal Under Study At State Campuses
Kansas University and the state colleges weigh permitting 3.4 beer sales on campuses for a one year trial. Chancellor Raymond Nichols notes the presidents’ recommendation that sales be optional and regulated by each institution. The Kansas Board of Regents currently allows only consumption on campus. Unions seek to centralize supervision and extend sales beyond Kansas Union areas. Other state universities already permit cereal malt beverage sales.
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Council of Presidents
State Colleges and Universities
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas University
Raymond Nichols
Kansas Union Board of Directors
Board of Regents
Union Board
Kansas Union
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Continental
John G. McLean
Phillips Petroleum
Commonwealth
Marathon
Ashland
Florida
Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum
11Th and Mass
Journal-World Photo
Gordon Strachan
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Watergate
H. R. Haldeman
Purina
Kansas City
Kroger
Naismith
Medical Arts
Kentucky
Towa
Oklahoma
Colorado
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