Florida Files Suit Against Oil Firms
Florida officials announce a federal antitrust suit against major oil firms alleging price fixing and market manipulation causing a gas shortage with claims of nationwide profits protection. Spokesmen for Mobil Oil deny conspiracy while investigations by Senators probe tax preferences for oil and gas exploration and potential exclusionary practices.
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Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
Pasin
Fegan Riy
Shevin
Anticor Irpanies
Fed-T
Mobil OU
Ha’ Subh
Washinton
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Jackson
Federal ‘Trade Commission
Coimon
Petro
Storms cause deaths and widespread damage across Texas
Thunderstorms lingered across Texas causing fatal crashes and home destruction. The storm system produced flooding and power outages, with multiple casualties reported in West Virginia and Texas regions. Weather and energy demand spikes followed as heat and humidity rose in the Northeast and Midwest.
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Texas
Lubbock
Lubbook
Gulf of Mexico
East Texas
Rio’ Grande
Brownsville
del Rio
High Plains
Pecos River
Kansas
New England
New York State
Consolidated Edison Co
New
York
Manhattan
Teletype link to aid deaf residents in Lubbock
Ten teletype machines supplied by Western Union are now available to Lubbock households to aid deaf residents in contacting for emergencies and appointments. The initiative, led by the Association of the Deaf, aims to place teletype service in every home with a landline through local volunteers and interpreters.
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Anne Ray Fraser
Avalanche-Journal
Western Union
Lubbock
PPG
Association of the Deaf
Joe Burke
Lubbock State School
Uinet Wester
Joseph Benet
76Th St
Hogland
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Hock
Explosion in Valencia fireworks factory kills two workers
An explosion at a fireworks factory in Olleria near Valencia killed two of the six workers on duty and left others injured. Police and emergency services responded to the scene as investigators opened a probe into the blast.
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Donnally
Charleston
W. Va
Texas
Valencia
Spain
Olleria
State Insurance Rate Cuts Expected At Board Meeting
The Texas Insurance Board is set to hear testimony on rate deviations and possible auto insurance premium reductions. Insurers and consumer groups will present arguments as the board considers standard and competitive rates effective September 1 under a new bill.
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Austin
UPD - the
Texas Insurance Board
Total Auto Insurance Standards Board
Texas
Comparative Negligence
Spenced Ametrsal
al- Flow
Joe Chris- Lee
Excessive Subsidies Linked to U S Soviet Wheat Deal
GAO report to Congress finds excessive subsidies paid by the U S Agriculture Department in 1972 to back the U S Soviet wheat sale. It urges review before reinstating export subsidies and cites $300 million paid despite likely sales with reduced or no subsidies.
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Washington
U.S
General Accounting Office
Congress
GAO
Agriculture Department
Russia
Department of Agriculture
John. Melcher
D-Mont
House Agriculture Committee
Melcher
Pierre S
Pete’ Dul Pont
R-Del
John Hill
GAQ
Lay
Weather Map Page 7 4 Ye Dallas
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a weather map on page 7 4 in Dallas. The readable text provides no concrete forecast details, dates, or entities to identify further context or events.
Prayer Message Urges Help for Those in Need
A brief prayer appeals to the Heavenly Father to aid those who turn away from others during real hardship, asking for compassion and support in times of distress.
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Heavenly Father
Peace Corps Youths Freed After Uganda Detention
A group of 112 Peace Corps volunteers who were held for 51 hours in Uganda were released after assurances from Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko. The volunteers, en route from Entebbe to Kinshasa, were later to teach in Zaire's eastern highlands. US diplomats welcomed their release while urging concerns over the detention.
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Shasa
Zaire
Peace Corps
Uganda
Agence Zaire Presse
Idi Amin
Entebbe
Kinshasa
Congo
NeQilt Pam
Amin
Radio Uganda
Mobutu Sese Seko
ULS
Mobutu
Inter
Washington
Paul Hare
State Department
Lubbock Hospital Seek $64 Million Hill-Burton Loan
The Lubbock County Hospital Board won permission to apply for a $64 million Hill-Burton subsidized loan to build a 252 bed teaching hospital serving Texas Tech University School of Medicine. Approval hinges on a state feasibility study and joint planning with Tech officials.
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W. Eugene Smith
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
Texas Tech University School of Medicine
Joan
State Health Department
Tech
Medical School Hospital
Hospital
Hill-Burton
Nixon
Hospital’ Board
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New York
Boston Edison
Noom
Boston
John N. Mitchell
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixson
Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice J. Stans
Robert L. Vesco
Aed
Stans
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
ABC
NBC
CBS
Ther
Jay
Bradley Scott Davis
Brad
Gary Dar
Beirut
UPI
Baghdad Radio
Iraqi Socialist
Baath Party
ITV
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