Senate rejects gasoline rationing by Nixon in energy crisis vote
The Senate failed 40 to 48 to force President Nixon to implement gasoline rationing by January 15. The act remains discretionary, letting Nixon decide which fuels are scarce and require limits. Leaders urged swift action as Alaska pipeline work advances and Arab oil embargo impacts loom.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
Floyd K. Haskell
D-Coro
Sen
Dewey F. Bartlett
R-Okla
Bartlett
Haskell
Scott
Congress
Alaska
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mideast
Lompoc Commission Calls for Restudy of Dam Project
The Lompoc Water Commission voted 5-2 to urge the City Council to seek a Bureau of Reclamation restudy of the Lompoc Dam and Reservoir Project and its feasibility. The decision awaits action by the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District and the Santa Barbara County Water Agency with a Dec 1 restudy deadline.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
Water Commission
Bureau of Reclamation
Joe Mixsell
Mixsell
Jack Myers
Emil Scolari
Virgil Phelps
J. Dene DeBolt
Edward Diaz
Clifford Taylor
Santa Ynez
Bureau
Santa Ynez River
Phil Macias
Stanley Hatch
Thomas Stetson
Fick
Commission
Lompoc Dam
Salsipuedes
History of Lompoc oil field reviewed
Standfirst recounts the Lompoc oil field development from the 1903 Union Oil discovery near Purisima Canyon to mid 1940s activity. It notes multiple companies drilling wells, production rates, dormant periods, and a total about 7.9 million barrels by January 1, 1940, with field expansion from west to east.
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Lompoc
Stan Tulledo
Sierra Club
Union Oil Company
California
Purisima Canyon
Union Oil
Pacific Oil Fields Co., Ltd
Discovery
Pinal Dome Corp
Union
Pinal Dome
Vaqueros-Major Oil Company
York Oil Company
Debated odds of radioactive release at Diablo Canyon plant
The article surveys expert views on LOCA risk and ECCS effectiveness at PG&E Diablo Canyon and across the U S nuclear fleet. Will Kaefer argues LOCA is extremely unlikely and ECCS will prevent core meltdown. others call the risk credible or almost wholly incredible.
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Steve LA Rue
Diablo Canyon
U.S
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Will Kaefer
Bruce Sharpe
Atomic Energy Commission
Dale Cook
MIT
Henry Kendall
Kaefer
Purdue
Pg&e Atomic Plant
AEC
Gold edges up in London after Zurich drop
The gold market shows a mixed session with Zurich at 90 dollars an ounce, a one dollar drop from Wednesday, while London buyers push prices up by about 1.25 dollars from the same day. Traders note the largest one day decline in five years followed by renewed activity and shifts in currency markets. The dollar remains firm but eases slightly in Tokyo and European centers.
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London
UPI
Zurich
Tokyo
Paris
Frankfurt
Milan
Weekend Tide Watch With Springlike Inland Highs
Fair conditions continue today with little temperature change. Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with high 60s and low 40s, light winds. Tidal cycle shows Friday highs of 4.1 feet at 3 42 a.m. and 4.8 feet at 2 20 p.m. Low tides 2.8 feet at 8 38 a.m. and 0.1 of a foot at 9 40 p.m.
Nixon Says He Won't Walk Away From Job
President Nixon told about four thousand people he was elected to do a job and would not resign or walk away. He spoke at a National Association of Realtors event and to White House meetings with Republicans, defending his Watergate handling and accepting responsibility for campaign mistakes. Police said the city planted ten new trees to improve the department’s look.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
House
Watergate
National Association of Realtors
Sheraton Park Hotel
United States
John J. Sirica
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Henry M. Jackson
Mansfield
Edward W. Rodgers
South County
Rodgers
Mrs. Arnold Robinson
Robert Hibbits
Frank Nicholson
Job
Police Department
Woodsey
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