Oil firms found guilty of contempt by California panel
A joint Assembly Senate committee ruled Exxon Mobil and Texaco in legislative contempt for not producing records on California petroleum pricing. The probe targets under pricing of state crude worth about 45 million dollars yearly. The panel seeks court orders to compel disclosure and may expand the action to Standard Oil of California and Union Oil Co. if needed.
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UPS
Joint Assembly
Senate
Exxon
Mobil
Texaco
California
Subcommittee On
Public Domain
San Francisco
Standard Oil of
Union Oil Co
Kenneth Cory
Los Angeles Superior Court
John L. Cole
Four teens slain in weekend state park shooting
Four teenagers were killed at a weekend party in a state park. A medical examiner called the gunmen mentally deficient and police hunted three unidentified men with possible two vehicles involved. Autopsies showed wounds from at least one shotgun at varying ranges.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
UPI
H. H. Gessford
Lyon County
Iowa
Richard Schultz
Minnehaha County
Governors reach unanimous Watergate resolution in meeting
Seventeen Republican governors spent three hours in a closed room to craft a resolution praising Nixon's foreign policy and energy actions while cautiously endorsing his Watergate posture. Linwood Holton called the outcome a miracle as governors, including Reagan and Thomson, backed the statement without dissent.
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Tenn
UPI
Nixon
Linwood Holton
Virginia
Republican Governors Association
Middle East
Holton
Tom McCall
Oregon
Meldrim Thomson
New Hampshire
Ronald Reagan
Tornadoes strike Kansas and Oklahoma kill five
Nationwide weather report by United Press International details tornadoes that ripped through Kansas and Oklahoma late Monday. Five people died and at least 50 were injured as storms caused more than 2 million dollars in damage across multiple cities and towns. A woman and her 3 week old child were among the injured.
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United Press International
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Oklahoma
Blanchard
Okla
Moore
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Oklahoma City
Grand Island
Neb
Emporia
Kan
North Platte
Goodland
Denver
Lamar
Colo
North Central Mountains
Nixon gesture sparks White House rebuttal of press slur
The White House condemned press coverage after President Nixon lightly touched Air Force sergeant Edward S. Kleize on the face, calling reports of a slap unethical and unprofessional. The incident occurred after a Disney World news conference with about 100 well wishers present.
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UPI
White House
Press Corps
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Air Force
Orlando
Disney World
Edward S. Kleize
New York City
Kleizo
James Deakin
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fred Zimmerman
Wall Street Journal
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