Mandatory Fuel Allocation Under Consideration
Washington officials discussed a possible mandatory fuel allocation to address the gasoline shortage but ruled out immediate rationing. Treasury deputy secretary William E. Simon said a compulsory program would enforce equitable distribution under penalty. A voluntary plan has operated since May 10 amid the nationwide shortage.
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Washington
Ap) — Administration
William E. Simon
The
Dallas News
Allocation program would cover all commodities
The News quotes Ligon saying the considering program would not ration at the consumer level and would apply to crude oil and more. He says they are on the brink with the whole program ready and would have announced it earlier pending Gov. Love's approval.
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Ligon
Gov. Love
Nixon says Love named energy assistant in White House
Government sources say Colorado Governor John A. Love will become Nixon's energy chief with duties at the White House. William Simon plans dinner talks with Love to outline the program while Love reportedly opposes mandatory allocations and favors voluntary ones. Ligon notes Love has not spoken with Simon and is unaware of the mandatory plan. He also oversees the Oil Policy Committee and the voluntary allocation program amid wheat harvest pressures.
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Colorado
John A. Love
Nixon
William Simon
Ligon
White House
Simon
Oil Policy Committee
Texas
Canada
Traditional July Fourth Celebrations Mark Fort Sill Area
A Wednesday Fourth of July brings a 50 gun salute at Fort Sill and a noon ceremony at McNair Hall. The Association of the U.S. Army picnic opens at Landing Strip 15 with 200 aerial and ground displays. Two city fireworks areas aim to ease crowding.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
McNair Hall
State of the Union
David Ott
Association of the U.S. Army
Sixth Street
Third Street
Eisenhower Elementary
Military plan to dismiss charges against seven ex prisoners
Army Secretary Howard Callaway and Navy Secretary John Warner moved to drop aiding the enemy and misconduct charges against seven former POWs in North Vietnam due to insufficient evidence for court martial. An eighth POW Sgt Abel L. Kavanaugh killed himself. two officers Wilber and Miller still face mutiny and related charges.
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Washington
Army
Navy
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Howard Callaway
John Warner
Abel L. Kavanaugh
Denver
Colo
Walter E. Wilber
Columbia Crossroads
Edison Wainwright Miller
Tustin
Calif
Topeka Boy Electrocuted by Downed Power Line
A 9 percent year old Topeka boy died after running into a downed power line in his North Side home yard. The death marks the first linked to Monday night's windstorm which caused a major area power outage.
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Topeka
Capitol City
Famed WWII Pin-Up Betty Grable Dies at 56
Betty Grable, famed World War II pin up girl and star of 42 films, died of lung cancer in Monica Calif at St John’s Hospital. She was 56, treated in May, and hospitalized again last Friday after cancelling a May 1972 Melbourne stage appearance. Her iconic white bathing suit pin up circulated nearly three million copies to GIs during the war.
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Ganta Monica
Calif
Betty Grable
Miss Grable
St. John’s Hospital
20Th Century-Fox Studio
Pace
Air Force picks Brown for chief of staff and McLucas as secretary
President Nixon selects Gen. George S. Brown to be Air Force chief of staff and John L. McLucas to become secretary. Brown, 54, will replace Gen. John D. Ryan who retires July 31. McLucas, 52, succeeds Robert C. Seamans Jr. Brown heads the Air Force Systems Command, the first chief chosen from this technical post.
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Washington
Nixon
George S. Brown
U.S
Southeast Asia
Air Force
John L. McLucas
Brown
John D. Ryan
McLucas
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Air Force Systems Command
Rain Making Contract Renewed Amid Council Disarray
The cir council renewed a weather modification contract and formed a committee to adjust a local motel water bill while fireworks discharges were debated despite a city law. The two hour session featured interruptions and decorum concerns as Mayor Whitaker urged smoother meetings. The meeting opened with a 9 1 decision authorizing Safety.
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Cir
Don Whitaker
Charles Beller
Whitazier
Dan _ Glascock
Checker Cab
Norma Roberts
Irving Krick
Beller
Cleo Craig
Twenty six Fort Sill men hurt in truck crash
Twenty six Fort Sill soldiers were taken to Reynolds Army Hospital after a one truck crash at Sheridan Road and Hunt Boulevard. Two victims were in critical condition as the five ton vehicle failed to turn, jumped a culvert, and struck a tree. All passengers were from Battery A, 1st Battalion, 12th Field Artillery, and Checker cab companies.
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Fort Sill
Reynolds Army Hospital
Sheridan Road
Hunt Boulevard
12Th Field Artillery
Fort Sill OCS Nears Final Graduation and Inactivation
Final Fort Sill Officers Candidate School class nears graduation with a 9:30 a.m. Friday ceremony in Snow Hall. Lt. Col. Beverly Barge and Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Carl H. Jark highlight events as the 77th Army Band and Field Artillery Half-Section attend the retreat. The program, opened in 1941, has produced about 47 500 lieutenants and will be inactive Friday with future training moved to Ft. Benning.
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McNair Hall
Beverly Barge
77Th Army Band
Field Artillery
Snow Hall
Fort Sil
Guish
James Robinson Jr
Germany
Robinson Barracks
Fort Sill Ocs
Harold B. Durham Jr
Vietnam
Carl H. Jark
Field Artil
Ft. Benning
Barge
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