Uranium Price Cartel Claimed Involving Gulf Oil
Washington reports indicate a House Commerce subcommittee published over two dozen confidential documents alleging an international cartel of uranium producers, with Gulf Oil implicated. The panel subpoenaed Gulf president Jerrold McAfee and five other executives as hearings begin to probe antitrust violations and potential impacts on U.S. nuclear expansion and domestic producers.
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Washington
UPI
House
Gulf Oil Co
Gulf
Jerrold McAfee
Subcom
Mittee
John Moss
D-Calif
United States
Carter
U.S
Weather and Page References Highlight Regional News
Tonight 40 percent rain chance with 30 percent Friday. High 84 Low 67. Editorial warns coal slurry pipeline risks. Missouri ex governor Bond promotes public interest law foundation. Nebraska Medicaid payments questioned. UNO chancellor search underway with five candidates. Local farming profile LaVerne Vermeer family cited. Ann Landers and comics on pages. obituaries and legal notices listed.
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Connecticut
Justice Dept challenges oil shipping rates via Trans Alaska Pipeline
The Justice Department protests up to 900 million dollars in next year’s overcharges by seven major oil firms shipping through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. It asks ICC to block rates up to two dollars per barrel, wants new filings on short notice, and cites rate ranges from 6.04 to 6.44 per barrel versus recommended 4.40 to 4.60. A decision is due by June 30 as the pipeline opens.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Dept
Trans-Alaska
Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Justice Department
Commission
Joe Sims
Antitrust Division
BP Pipelines Inc
Sohio Pipe Line Co
Arco Pipe Line Co
Amerada Hess Pipeline Co
Exxon Pipeline Co
Mobil Alaska Pipeline Co
Union Alaska Pipeline Co
Rogers shifts from education to Nebraska governorship bid
Vance Rogers, longtime president of Nebraska Wesleyan University, announces his 1978 Republican bid for governor. The jovial administrator emphasizes community leadership, fund raising success, and a broad network of civic ties as he pivots from academia toward state politics.
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Warren Weber
Vance Rogers
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Wesleyan
Rogers
Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska Wesleyan
Soviet seeks constructive opening at Belgrade security talks
The Soviet Union opened the Belgrade Conference on European Security with a conciliatory line and said it would seriously consider western agenda proposals. UPI reports Western diplomats noted the session was closed to the public as Vorontsov avoided specific reactions to a US led package for organizing the full review conference this fall.
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Soviet Union
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPI
Yuly Vorontsov
Vorontsov
United States
European Common Market
U.S
Albert W. Sherer Jr
Nebraskans press Washington for higher farm price supports
Governor Exon led fifty Nebraskans in Washington seeking an immediate boost in loan and price supports for crops, especially wheat. officials offered no answers, warning of fiscal strains, while discussions with Lance, Watson, and lawmakers opened dialogue but yielded little concrete relief.
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Washington
J. J. Exon
Carter
Nebraska
White House
Bert Lance
Office of Management and Budget
Exon
Congressional
Executive Branch
Lance
Cabinet
Foley
Senate
House
Carol Foreman
Lance and
White
Charles Thone
Tornados Cause Damage at Sioux City Nursing Home and Park
Two mini tornados struck Sioux City at dawn injuring two residents from Martin's Evergreen Village. Five trailers overturned and 35 damaged at the trailer park. the Casa DePaz Nursing Home suffered roof and sprinkler system damage with no additional injuries. Residents remained during repairs.
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Sioux City Nursing Home
Trailer Park
Sioux City
Iowa
Paul Holcomb
National Weather Service
Marilyn
Jim Morehead
Martin
Evergreen Village
Jack Martin
Casa DePaz Nursing Home
Jerry Wood
Power outage hits city grid from 1st to 70th Streets
A transformer failure at the 70th and Calvert substation caused an area wide outage from about 12:55 a.m. to 2:22 a.m. Eight nearby substations were knocked offline. The western area restored by 1:41 a.m. while the eastern side remained dark until 2:22 a.m.
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70Th Sts
Old Cheney Road
70Th
Calvert
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Golor
Weekend View
Holly Spence
Gulf Oil
Missouri
Christopher Bond
Public Interest Law Foundation
Jim L. Brown
The
National Educational Film Library Assn
LaVerne Vermeer
Sterling
University of Nebraska
Ronald Roskens
UNO
Ann Landers
National
Inreteuse Financial
Sims
Phillips Petroleum
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Lincoln Country Club
Nebraska Club
University Club
Scottish Rite
Shriners, Masons
Newcomen Society
American Legion
Bryan Memorial Hospital
National Bank of Commerce
Aan
Sherer
Jack Watson
Agriculture
John White
House Agriculture Committee
Herman Talmadge
Tom Foley
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