Hughes and the U S government a tangled covert link up
Washington reports reveal Howard Hughes maintained long and secret ties with the CIA and government figures. Documents note Hughes sought to pay presidents to halt Nevada nuclear testing, funneled funds through associates, and used public relations firms tied to espionage activities as his empire grew amid legal probes and Watergate connections.
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Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Nevada
Paul Laxault
R-Nev
Laxault
Nixon
Mullen
Robert Bennett
Wallace Bennett
Rutah
Watergate
E. Howard Hunt
Six oil firms accused of fixing wholesale gasoline prices
A federal grand jury charges six oil companies including Phillips Petroleum with Sherman Act violations for fixing wholesale gasoline prices and curbing price competition from mid 1970 to 1971. Indictment lists Douglas Oil Costa Mesa Powerine Fletcher Golden Eagle and MacMillan Ring-Free. About 800 million gallons rebrand oil sold across six western states for over 90 million dollars.
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UPI
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Santa Fe Springs
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Wilmington
Golden Eagle Refining Co., Inc
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California
Oregon
Washington
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Fletcher
Golden Eagle
MacMillan
Betty Ford Improves After Arthritis Attack
Betty Ford is regaining strength day by day and spending more time in the White House family quarters. Doctors warn against overexertion as she continues hotpacks and massage therapy to aid recovery from a back and neck arthritic condition that has lingered for years.
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UPI
Betty Ford
White House
William Lukash
Ford
Lukash
Congress
Melvin Price
D-Ill
House Armed Services Committee
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
CIA
Kissinger Mideast Talks Face Crucial Israeli Cabinet Decision
In Jerusalem Kissinger delays departures as Israel's cabinet holds marathon talks on Sinai troop withdrawals and oil field terms. Officials report constructive morning sessions with Rabin and negotiators while divisions and positions on concessions to Egypt remain unsettled ahead of Sadat briefing.
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San Francisco
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Vandenberg Junior High School
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Lompoc
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Lefkowitz
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Mark Rucker
Scooter Marshall
Liane Ellertson
Julie Brechwald
Karen Hilbig
Lisa Tucker
Sinai
Egypt
Kissinger
Israel
Aswan
Anwar Sadat
King David
Yitzhak Rabin
Sinai Desert
Sadat
Food costs rise 0.6 percent but mark smallest gain in seven months
UPI reports the February CPI up 0.6 percent, parallel to January, with food prices rising 9.1 percent yet the slowest gain since July. The overall index hits 157.2, 11.1 percent above a year ago, while real spendable earnings decline 5 percent from a year earlier.
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UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Sub caper costs push Congress to tighten CIA budget
Lawmakers clash over the $350 million salvage of a sunken Soviet submarine near Hawaii. Some want tighter CIA budget oversight while others defend the operation as providing valuable intelligence amid detente concerns.
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Idaho
Senate Intelligence Committee
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