Nixon Announces Broad Energy Conservation Measures
President Nixon with energy adviser William E. Simon outlines new steps to curb consumption. They include halving highway lighting, cutting office and industry lighting, banning most limousines by officials, and mandating fuel efficient cars. Gasoline use down 15 percent in three weeks. overall fuel use down 29 percent for three weeks.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
William E. Simon
Simon
Gerald R. Ford
Heath Proposes Three Day Week to Conserve British Power
Prime Minister Edward Heath says Britain will run a three day work week to save fuel during the energy crisis. Industry will be capped at five days total for Dec 17 to Dec 31, then three days weekly. electricity use limited for continuous processes and TV networks to shut at 10 30 p.m. daily. Weather outlook notes rain, cooler temperatures, and coastal tides.
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London
UPI
Edward Heath
Britain
Heath
Saxbe vows to fight for Jaworski if forced out
Senator William Saxbe told the Senate Judiciary Committee he will not resign as attorney general and would be fired rather than accept removal of Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. Jaworski said he has complete independence as the probe risks direct involvement by President Nixon. Acting AG Robert Bork was to testify on a consensus plan to limit Jaworski, with Eastland hopeful for a committee report that afternoon.
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Washington
UPI
William B. Saxbe
Nixon
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Jaworski
Saxbe
Senate Judiciary Committee
Special Prosecutor
White House
Robert Bork
James O. Eastland
Senate
Sirica
Wreckage Found Of Navy Transport Plane In Alaska
Navy reserve C18 transport with 10 aboard crashed on a Christmas mission near Mt Sitkin Island Adak Alaska. No survivors announced as search crews plan further attempts despite winds hindering helicopter landings.
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Adak
Alaska
API
Mt. Sitkin Island
Widbey Island Naval Air Station
Recreation Dept. in Lompoc Faces Youth Gaps and Waiting List
Parks and Recreation Commission hears that the Lompoc Recreation Department fails to serve all youths in the Pee Wee and Junior Basketball League due to rule 19 banning post draft signups. Chair Joe Valencia urges minutes be read and seeks late signups, while recreation leader Bill Keith defends the policy as needed against roster manipulation.
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Stan Tulledo
Lompoc
Joe Valencia
Parks and Recreation Commission
Bill Keith
Recreation Department
Pee Wee
Valencia
Keith
Truckers attacked for not joining shutdown
Shotgun blasts hit seven trucks on Interstate 76 in Mahoning and Trumbull counties as drivers who ignored a two day park in protest fuel prices and speed limits faced brick and bottle attacks. Other trucks were forced off roads or flagged to stop across Ohio and Pennsylvania with police reporting several injuries but no fatalities.
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United Press International
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mahoning
Trumbull County
Highway Patrol
Canfield
Youngstown
Illinois
Maryland
Nebraska
California
Michigan
Detroit
Ohio Highway Patrol
Michael Shipp
Ravenna
Akron
Barberton
Columbiana
Experts rule out lamp and typewriter as hum causes in Nixon tape
Electronics experts told Judge Sirica the lamp and Miss Woods office equipment likely did not produce the 18 minute hum on the June 20 1972 Nixon Haldeman tape. They indicated Miss Woods could have erased part of the conversation or the recorder itself caused the hum but restoration appears unlikely.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
H. R. Haldeman
Rose Mary Woods
John J. Sirica
Miss Woods
Sirica
Food talks shift to Washington to speed strike end
Food industry and union leaders moved talks to Washington at the urging of Federal mediator William Ussery as a 10 day supermarket strike nears unresolved. The dispute involves four unions under the Food and Drug Council and 61 Southern California chains represented by the Food Employers Council. About 23,000 workers are on strike or locked out while most markets stay open with tighter shelves.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Washington, D.C
Food and Drug Council
California
Food Employers Council
Kissinger Opens Middle East Tour With Algeria Talks
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met Algerian President Boumedienne and Foreign Minister Bouteflika in Algiers on the first stop of a seven nation trip that aims toward a Geneva peace conference on December 18. He said the discussions were frank and constructive but did not confirm a restoration of diplomatic ties.
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UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Houari Boumedienne
Middle East
Geneva
Kissinger
Boumedienne
Abdel Aziz Bouteflika
Algeria
Cairo
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