Five Percent Power Cut Hits New York Amid Heat Wave
The New York State Power Pool ordered a five percent voltage reduction at 10 a.m. EDT as 100 degree heat pushes demand to a midafternoon record of 20,132,000 kilowatts. Utilities across the East and Midwest brace for further strain while New York City records a 98 degree day and Consoli dated Edison notes peak demand.
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East Coast
Midwest
New York
New York City
Consolidated Edison
National Weather Service
Don Edison
Mexico Earthquake Toll Tops Six Hundred As Floods Hamper Rescue
Torrential rains slowed rescuers in south east Mexico while searchers sought bodies and trapped survivors from a 6.5 magnitude quake. Officials counted 393 dead in Puebla and 92 in Veracruz with dozens more likely in isolated villages as floods displaced thousands.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Luis Echeverria
Sierra Madre Range
Puebla
Veracruz
Ciudad Serdan
Orizaba
Pico de Orizaba
Suspects In Drug Raid Face Court Arraignment
Eleven of twenty eight suspects charged in a Lawton Oklahoma drug roundup were moved to the county jail for arraignment after police and state agents arrested five more vehicles and continued a search for additional dealers. The arrests began about 8 p m Tuesday and extended to late evening. Capt Kenneth Stradley said the remaining 17 suspects were sought as the investigation continued.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
Comanche County
State Crime Bureau
Kenneth Stradley
Lawton Narcotics and Intelligence
Con
Agriculture Dept Announces 1974 Feed Grain Support Plan
The Agriculture Department unveils a 1974 program to raise corn sorghum and barley harvests by at least six percent. An 89 million acre basic allotment will trigger target prices of 1.38 for corn 1.31 for sorghum and 1.13 for barley with government payments if market prices fall short. The plan projects about 206.8 million short tons from allotted land versus 195.3 million tons this year. The goal underpins domestic livestock needs for 1974 75. Harvest reference to page 4A. Col. 5.
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Ashington
Agriculture Department
Congress
USDA
Yippie Radical Charged In Gotham Cocaine Sale
ABBIE HOFFMAN a founder of the Yippies and a noted Chicago Sev en conspirator figure was arrested in New York for selling $500 000 worth of cocaine. He and two women were charged with selling three pounds of cocaine to undercover officers at the Diplomat Hotel on West 43rd Street.
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Abbie Hoffman
Chicago
University of Oklahoma
OSU
New York
Hofman
Diplomat Hotel
West 43Rd Street
Hoffman
Youth International Party
Yippies
Stillwater
J. Herbert Holloman
Unstable Air Brings Rain Chance to Lawton Area
Moist air covers Southwest Oklahoma with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, dropping to 30 percent tonight and 20 percent Thursday. Temperatures reach near 90 today, low 70s tonight, and low 90s Thursday. Tuesday high 91, low 70. downtown Lawton recorded 0.03 inch of rain, none at reservoirs.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
White House Fights Senate Tapes Jurisdiction
In a filing to Judge John Si rica White House lawyers argued the Senate Watergate Committee cannot sue for Nixon tapes claiming the request intrudes on presidential confidential conversations. The ruling came as parallel actions awaited by Archibald Cox and Sirica.
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Tashington
Nixon
Watergate
White House
Senate
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Senate Watergate Committee
Sirica
United States
Inside 353-0620 Circulation and 353-0626 Edit
Fragments show office and circulation numbers 353-0620 for mailroom and 353-0626 for editorial. The text reads as internal contact details for newsroom operations.
Delay Possible In Start Of Phase 4 Regulations For Retail Gas Sales
The Cost of Living Council indicated possible delay in Phase 4 rules for retail gasoline. A court ruling exempts many stations from the rules, prompting talk of a third price freeze extension. The council also discussed a potential auto makers price hike decision and noted recent drops in wholesale commodity prices and live stock costs.
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Ashington
Cost of Living Council
William N. Walker
Council
Walker
John T. Dunlop
Dunlop
Threats On Life Of Agnew's Daughter
Miss Susan Agnew 26 daughter of Vice President Spiro Agnew was flown home from Brazil after a series of threats to her life. A spokesman said security concerns prompted the move from Project Hope ship where she served since February.
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Virginia Electric & Power Co
Richmond
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Warren
Mich
Susan Agnew
Brazil
Spiro T. Agnew
Miss Agnew
Hope Hospital
Agnew
Project Hope
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