Fort Sill Chosen as Future MAST Site
Fort Sill is named a future MAST site expanding DoD program to nine additional installations including Ft Jackson Fort Benning Ft Hood Ft Bliss MacDill AFB Ft Riley Ft Ord and Ft Ord Call. The expansion authorized by Congress and signed by the President adds air ambulance support with six Huey medevac helicopters under Maj Gen David E. Ott.
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United States
Department of Defense
Washington
D.C
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Tex
Ft. Carson
Colo
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Mountain Home Afb
Idaho
D507th
David E. Ott
Two Cents Per Gallon Heating Oil Boost OK'd
The Cost of Living Council approved a two cent per gallon increase for home heating oil and a one cent per gallon reduction at the refinery level for gasoline. The heating oil rise will likely start in January as a seven percent uptick, while the gasoline cut may not reach consumers due to other production costs.
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Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Internal Revenue Service
United States
California
Council
James W. McLane
William E. Simon
Nixon
New
Federal Energy Administration
House Panel Rejects Limousine Fleet Cut Proposal
The House Commerce Committee voted 7 to 17 against a plan to abolish government limousines below cabinet rank to model fuel saving. Several officials already use voluntary limits, while others warned the amendment would complicate the energy bill.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Bertram L. Podell
D-N.y
Fred B. Rooney
D-Pa
Nixon
Congress
Bob Eckhardt
D-Tex
Eckhardt
Federal Energy Administration
Senate
Energy
House
Ways and Means Committee
City Utilities Revenue Surges From Higher Rates
Utilities tax lifts city income as sewer and garbage charges double, boosting monthly revenue. Since mid September, the standard minimum rose to 2.75 dollars for sewer and garbage, with extra charges for higher water usage. November 1973 collections show substantial gains over 1972, including sewer at 76 355.63 and garbage at 75 499.37.
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Constitution
Water Authority
Water Trust
Protesting Truckers Block Delaware Memorial Bridge
Truck drivers blocked the Delaware Memorial Bridge for seven hours amid protests over diesel prices and higher fuel taxes. Police reported 1,639 rigs on the New Jersey side and hundreds more backed up on approaches, with 1,000-plus trucks overall. Leaders condemned 55 mph limits and fuel hikes while a news conference aired their complaints.
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New York
Washington, D.C
Ohio
Indiana
New Jersey
Jersey
Delaware River
Nixon aide Woods denies knowledge of tape tampering
Rose Mary Woods testified in federal court that she had no information about deliberate tampering with subpoenaed Watergate tapes. The hearing focused on an 18 minute gap in a June 24, 1972 conversation between Nixon and Haldeman and possible causes.
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U.S
John J. Sirica
Miss Woods
H.R. Haldeman
White House
Powers
H. R. Haldeman
Mond C
Zumwalt
Simea
Nixon
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Haig
Sirica
Skylab 3 Astronauts Observe Comet Kohoutek Flyby
Skylab 3 astronauts began extensive observations of comet Kohoutek from SPACE CENTER Houston planning four instruments for nearly four hours of viewing as it nears Earth at 120 million miles away and 110000 mph. The crew will track and photograph Kohoutek daily during their 84 day mission.
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Kohoutek
Earth
Gerald P. Carr
Carr
Pegue
Gibson
Israel Denies Egypt's Claim Of Downing Jet
Egypt claimed it shot down an Israeli Phantom over Ismailia near the Suez Canal. An Israeli spokesman in Tel Aviv denied the claim. A bomb aboard an Israeli bus en route to a resort injured 15 civilians, marking a second terrorist explosion in as many days.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Ismailia
Tel Aviv
Colder Weather Sets In Southwest Oklahoma and Suez Tensions Rise
Forecasts show cold air moving into Southwest Oklahoma with highs in the mid 50s today and mid 40s Thursday, while overnight lows dip to the mid 20s. Downtown Lawton recorded a 28 degree low Tuesday, the first subfreezing of the season. In the Middle East a Cairo press report says tensions on the Suez front escalate as an Israeli plane is shot down and two Israeli soldiers die in a jeep mine incident south of the Cairo Suez road amid renewed cease-fire talks.
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Suez
Tel Aviv
Cairo
Cairo-Suez Road
Canal
West Bank
EPA asks closer look at Hanford waste safety and leaks
The EPA told the Atomic Energy Commission to reexamine environmental safety of Hanford waste disposal and to include safety questions in impact statements for Hanford Idaho and Savannah River plants. At Hanford, 150 concrete tanks hold high level wastes, with 16 leaks since 1959 and a 115 000 gallon spill last April undetected for six weeks due to human error.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Atomic Energy Commission
EPA
AEC
Hanford
Richland
Wash
Idaho
Savannah River
South Carolina
Han
Ford
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