Jobless rate rises in December amid energy crisis
U S unemployment climbed from 4.7 to 4.9 percent in December, with 170000 more people out of work for a total of 4.4 million. Analysts cite incomplete data on fuel shortages, while officials warned of harsher effects early next year. The rate is the highest since May and contrasts with 5.1 percent a year earlier.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Herbert Stein
Labor Department
Dayan May Offer Deal During Talks With Kissinger
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan met with Secretary of State Kissinger in Washington as talks progressed toward a possible Israeli withdrawal from the Suez Canal and assurances that the waterway stays open to Israeli shipping. Dayan planned a two hour session, with a later visit to the Pentagon for weapons talks.
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Kidnappings and crashes dominate New York and Oklahoma reports
News in brief from AP covers an Anglo Argentine Pepsi executive's second kidnapping in Buenos Aires, a fatal motorcycle crash in Oklahoma City raising the 1973 toll, a potential replacement for Oklahoma's FBI director, a truck hire kidnapping in the Bronx, and a rate cut by major banks after prior reductions.
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Douglas Gordon Roberts
Pepsi
Billie Jean King to Play Charity Matches in Lawton
Billie Jean King will play two tennis matches on March 4 at Cameron College fieldhouse in Lawton to raise funds for the Lawton Philharmonic Society. She will face Karen Krantzcke in an exhibition singles and team with Gov David Hall in mixed doubles with Don Whitaker. Tickets cost 25 10 and 5 dollars with 25 dollar seats including a post match reception.
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Lawton Women's Philharmonic Association
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Karen Krantzche
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Don Whitaker
Cameron College
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Wayne Smith
Baltimore
British Seize Second American Girl in Arms Smuggling Case
Security police questioned a second young American woman in London linked to arms smuggling and terrorism. Authorities name Allison Thompson of Santa Barbara and two male suspects as the main figures, with deportation discussions under consideration to avert Arab reprisals.
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Scotland Yard
Allison Thompson
Santa Barbara
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Times of London
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Edward Heath
United States
Year Round Daylight Saving Time Goes Into Effect Sunday
The United States moves to year round daylight time starting Sunday as part of Nixon energy conservation efforts. Most states advance clocks at 2 a.m. with few exemptions under review by the Uniform Time Office.
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United States
Nixon
Indiana
Hawaii
Claude Brinegar
Congress
White House
Net Tightens In Death Case
Lawton police detectives arrested a 22-year-old city man early today as a prime suspect in the Dec. II shooting death of Edith Murphy at a northside grocery store. A .380 caliber pistol was confiscated and a south Lawton couple was arrested as material witnesses as detectives pursued connections to the weapon.
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Lawton
Edith Murphy
Robert Gillian
Saxbe Assumes Justice Department Post as Attorney General
William Bart Saxbe, a blunt veteran of Ohio Republican politics, takes the nation's 70th attorney general amid claims of political influence in the department. He vows immunity from improper pressures and outlines a shift from Richard Nixon's attempt to depoliticize the office.
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Washington
Wiliam Bart Saxbe
Ohio
Justice Department
Saxbe
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Elliot L. Richardson
Archibald Cox
Richardson
Cold Front Heading For Lawton With Possible Monday Storm
Forecasters say a new cold front will bring fair skies in Lawton and southwest Oklahoma through Saturday while a winter storm may hit Monday or Tuesday. Temperatures: today mid to upper 30s, tonight around 18, Saturday in the lower 40s. Snow or rain possible with much colder air by Monday or Tuesday.
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