Ford ends fee on imported oil
President Ford signed a proclamation ending the $2-a-barrel tariff on imported crude oil saying the energy conservation bill would achieve the same effect. The move followed earlier reductions and a broader energy bill aimed at reducing oil import vulnerability, with provisions on price controls, fuel switching, storage, labeling, and emergency rationing.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
United States
Cubans Detain Yacht Venture Family For Three Days
Robert L. Woods of Wisconsin and his family sail their 58 foot Venture near Cuba when Cuban patrol boats halt them. They are kept aboard a fishing boat and later released after Swiss embassy involvement. The family describes the tense standoff and the youths aiding with a Spanish dictionary.
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Satellite Beach
Fila
UPI
Robert L. Woods
Waukesha
Wis
Jane
Venture
Bob
David
Daniel
Pete
Woods
Wisconsin
Florida
Cuban
Cuba
U.S
Longest airline strike ends after 127 days at National
National Airlines resumes limited service after a 127 day strike ending with 1,200 flight attendants approving a work contract. The move includes a bare bones schedule as planes and crews are repositioned. The strike cost South Florida about 1 million daily and unions report $52.5 million in mutual aid funding.
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Miami
UPI
National Airlines
National
New Orleans
San Francisco
Washington
Ion
U.S
South Florida
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Old Bahamas
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Hearin Boal
Water World
California
Imperial
Hi Imperial Saving
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