FTC levels antitrust action against eight major oil companies
Washington filed against eight largest U S oil firms for monopolistic refining and marketing practices that raised prices and worsened shortages. Indpendent stations folded amid supply cuts, with estimates of 2000 closures. FTC study cites control from well to pump and profits well above averages, 30 days to answer, case to proceed to adjudication if not settled.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
U.S
Gulf
Rockies
Phase IV Rulings Today and Farm Legislation Notes
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration will unveil a tougher Phase IV control plan with a staged lift of the price freeze, allowing price increases under strict conditions and possibly exempting some food industries. Treasury chief Shultz to outline details. Agnew will brief Cabinet ahead of a farm and food stamp vote showdown as Mahon notes suspension days for bills in September.
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Treasury
George P. Shultz
White House
Vice Press
Spiro T. Agnew
House
Nixon
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Mahon
Lubbock
Bethesda Naval Hospital
President Blocks Secret Service Testimony to Senate
Washington UPI reports President Nixon personally blocked Secret Service testimony before the Senate Watergate committee regarding taped conversations and telephone calls, drawing an appeal from the committee. The move underscores ongoing disputes over executive privilege and access to presidential records in the Watergate inquiry.
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UPI
Nixon
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Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Ronald Ziegler
N.C
Senate
Ervin
Herbert G. Klein
Sora
Interpre Jcations
Ington Simchcon
John W. Dean Tit
Lubbock County Hospital to open high risk maternity center
The Avalanche-Journal reports the Lubbock County Hospital board voted to accept the resignation of District Administrator Coston and advance plans for a regional high risk maternity center tied to Texas Tech University Medical School. The move aims to shift the OB operation toward profitability with obstetricians in the region.
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Harold
Avalanche-Journal
Coston
Lubbock County
Hos Dtal
Pital
Texas Tech
Cen- Coston
B. E. Rust Ing Jr
Billy Smith
E.K. Hufstedler Jr
Charles Waters
Food processors cut back operations under price freeze
The Cudahy Food Co of Phoenix cut slaughter at its Wichita plant from 530 hogs per hour to 300 and trimmed its 650 man workforce by over 100, blaming the ceiling under the federal price freeze. AP survey finds pork industry hit hard as resale prices lag farm costs. Many firms warn of closures if Phase 4 controls stay tight. Nixon meets Shultz to discuss easing details.
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Cudahy Food Co
Phoenix
Ariz
Wichita, Kan
Howard G. Fisher
Cudahy
Mississippi
Packer
Nixon
Panies
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Storm drenches South Plains with heavy rain and flood warnings
Severe storms dropped heavy rainfall across the South Plains and eastern New Mexico, flooding streets in Sundown and Lubbock. Lubbock reported up to 10 inches of rain locally earlier, with ferried totals and funnel-cloud reports around Sundown and Levelland as skies slowly cleared toward late Tuesday night.
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Lubbock
National Weather Service
Soth Street
New Mexico
Lamosa
Levelland
South Plains
Howeer
Sundown
Brownfield
Counselor Award Won By City Man
A Lubbock businessman named Wadsworth received the Texas Rehabilitation Association’s Counselor of the Year award at a supervisor’s conference. Region I director Jack Thurman noted he is the third in eight years in the area to win. Wadsworth, of 4505 38th St., said his work aims to make taxpayers out of clients through ability, or words to that effect.
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Lane Arthur Avalanche-Journal Starf
Lubbock
Texas Rehabilitation Association
Old. Wadsworth
Texas Rehabilitation ‘Commission
Jack L. ‘Thurman
Wadsworth
38Th St
Hangar Company Contract Approved by City Council
Hangars of Lubbock Inc wins a revised lease with the city for 10 more years on its Lubbock Regional Airport hangars. After 1982 monthly rent rises to 333, with 24 new hangars planned on the west side. City gains a share of new hangars to offset 20 destroyed by the 1970 tornado.
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Mel Tittle
Avalanche-Journal
Airport Board
Lubbock, Inc
Lubbock
Ert
Kidnaping Rage Hits Italy
Italy faces a rising kidnaping crisis with at least 90 incidents in two years and deaths among victims and bystanders. J Paul Getty II remains missing in Rome as authorities search for clues while Getty opposes ransom payments. Reports recount violent abductions in Sardinia and San Marino, highlighting perilous outcomes and family fears.
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Rome
Italy
J. Paul Getty II
London
Accident Kills Lubbock Man on N Q Drive
A one car crash about 11 40 p m Tuesday after rain killed 43 year old Joe Neil Green of 5521 18th Street at N Q Drive near the Avenue Q Clovis Road overpass. He was trapped in his car for minutes and died en route to St Marys Hospital.
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Avenue Q
Clovis Road
Joe Neil Green
18Th St
St. Mary's Hospital
Wage guidelines likely unchanged with limited boosts
The plan centers on a general wage guideline of about 5.5 percent per year, with flexible enforcement allowing boosts if warranted. Sources say the guideline would stay largely the same, with key figures Shultz and Meany backing the approach. Anne Armstrong notes no extra wage constraints are anticipated, while John Dunlop discusses the new program as it moves to Phase TV.
Prayer for Unity and Charity Across Nations
A reader submits a devotional plea invoking divine unity among all peoples. The brief prayer asks God to foster brotherhood and to guide humanity away from theft and greed toward service and compassion for one another.
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