Oil Import Bill To Up Gas Prices
Washington AP says Congress cleared an oil import bill requiring 30 percent of oil to be shipped on American vessels, a move critics say will raise heating oil and gasoline prices. The measure, backed by maritime unions, faces inflation concerns and foreign relations scrutiny as Ford weighs signing amid trade legislation talks.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Contary
Senate
White House
State, Interior and Defense Departments
Federal Energy Administration
Ford
House
U.S
Congress
Kissinger Denies Talks on 1969 Wiretaps
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger testified before the House Judiciary Committee that he did not discuss 1969 wiretaps with Nelson A. Rockefeller. He said he cannot state with absolute certainty that no such conversation occurred while acknowledging a related aide's sworn testimony. The draft committee report supports Rockefeller's confirmation by 26 to 12, with dissenters urging concern over wealth, gifts, and loans entwined with government power.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Henry A. Kissinger
House Judiciary Committee
Rockefeller
Kissinger
Committee
House
Judiciary Committee
Associated Press
Carl Albert
New York
Mexico Channel 12 to Air Holiday School Programs
Christmas programs from Mexico schools will be videotaped and aired on See-To Channel 12 at 5:30 p.m. The schedule lists McMillan School on Tuesday Hawthorne on Wednesday Eugene Field on Thursday and Mexico High School on Friday. Each program repeats the next day at noon if possible.
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Mexico
See-To
Channel 12
McMillan School
Hawthorne
Eugene Field
Mexico High School
Chickens And Bread Cheaper, But Not Sugar
In Jefferson City Missouri the weekly market basket shows chicken and bread costs declined while sugar rose. Whole fryers averaged 50 cents per pound cut up fryers 67 cents pork beef steady ground beef 80 cents ham 91 cents per pound whole milk 1.47 a gallon 2 percent milk 1.39 eggs 83 cents a dozen potatoes 1.19 for 10 pounds sugar 5.91 for 10 pounds.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
British House approves defense cuts for 1975 76
The House of Commons approved the Labour government plan to cut defense spending by 690 million dollars for 1975 76. The Monday vote was 316 to 256. A left wing Labour motion to cut more was defeated.
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London
House of Commons
Missouri Dams Top Ten Nineteen Seventy Four Inventory
Missouri ranks in the top ten with 2315 large dams as the Corps inventory names 50,000 dams nationwide. The St. Louis District used satellite photos, air reconnaissance, mail canvass, and field checks to compile the data. Table Rock Dam stands tallest at 252 feet near Branson. Rothwell Dam is the oldest at Moberly.
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ST. Louis
Corps of Engineers
Missouri
Texas
Congress
Springfield
St. Louis District
Missouri Geological Survey
Kansas City
Jefferson County
St. Charles
Washington County
Jackson
Lafayette
Barry
Stone
Table Rock
Bran'”son
Rothwell
Moberly
Randolph County
Missouri River
Ozarks
Bootheel
Fertilizer Prices Seen Rising but Less Steep
The Agriculture Department predicts fertilizer prices may rise 10 to 15 percent in coming months, less than the surge farmers faced last spring. The Outlook and Situation Board notes slackened fertilizer purchases in late 1974, while Senator Talmadge warns of shortages and urges natural gas priority for nitrogen production over the next six months. USDA indicates overall supplies will be tight next year amid buyer resistance and 1975 crop uncertainties.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Sen
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Ford Administration
Talmadge
Senate Agriculture Committee
USDA
Suit challenges McNary election in St Louis County
A lawsuit filed in St Louis County Circuit Court seeks to invalidate Gene McNarys Nov 5 county supervisor win over Democrat Don Anton claiming violations of state election law and excessive campaign spending. State Rep Earl Schleff asserts McNary spent 111,500 versus 106,500 allowed. Judge Noah Weinstein recused himself and asked the Missouri Supreme Court to appoint a replacement.
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Clayton, Mo
St. Louis
Gene McNary
Earl Schleff
Ddellwood
McNary
Don Anton
Schleff
Noah Weinstein
Missouri Supreme Court
Nader Group Attacks Highway Booby Trap Risks
The Center for Auto Safety faulted the Federal Highway Administration for failing to convert safety recommendations into binding standards. It warned that outmoded design rules and weak enforcement leave highways littered with deadly boobytraps, causing thousands of deaths yearly. The report, based on interviews with 100 officials and reviews of 55 programs, calls for stronger state and federal action to redesign unsafe structures.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
Federal Highway Administration
Center For Auto Safety
The
Highway Administration
Safety Center
Center
State Farm Companies Foundation
Dollar Slips to New Low as Gold Rises in Swiss Markets
In Zurich trading the dollar dipped to 2.5989 Swiss francs and the mark opened at 1.0593 francs amid a gold surge from 184.25 to 187 dollars an ounce. The move follows a prior low set on November 18 and gold’s peak near 191 dollars later that month.
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Urich
Switzerland
Israel says Soviet arms aid Syria tops 1973 war
The Associated Press reports Israel claims the Soviet Union has supplied Syria with over 300 fighter planes 1000 tanks and missiles since the 1973 war and that Soviet advisers in Syria now exceed prewar levels. Defense Minister Peres cites 3000 Soviet personnel involvement MIG23s Scud missiles and hundreds of armored carriers and anti tank guns. Rabin says Israel could retaliate with greater force if attacked and warns of a Soviet Arab alliance threatening the free world. Iran signals readiness to aid Arabs in a new Arab Israeli war.
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Associated Press
Israel
Soviet Union
Syria
Beirut
Rashid Solh
Lebanon
Shimon Peres
Jerusalem
Peres
Egypt
Golan Heights
Sinai Desert
East
Suez Canal
U.N
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
United Nations
Yitzhak Rabin
Today
Die Welt
Rabin
Free World
Moscow
Europe
Tehran
Mardom
Iran
Giovanni Leone
Italy
Ashland Body Murder Victim Identified by Autopsy
In Boone County Missouri authorities say a man found by hunters near Ashland last week died from multiple skull fractures and is being treated as a murder. Autopsy indicates the unidentified man, about six feet tall with long brown hair, had been dead four to six months, buried under 18 inches of dirt and wrapped in a bedspread.
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Columbia, Mo
Ashland
Milt Harper
Boone County
Highway Aid Bill Passes House for Senate Review
The House approved a $763 million highway aid bill by voice vote on Monday. It would provide $500 million for rural highway aid, including $200 million for roads not in the federal system, fund cities expanding mass transit, maintain the 55 mph speed limit, and strengthen enforcement measures.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Senate
House
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Lawmen Probe Similarities In Four Executed Killings
Clayton police and St. Louis County authorities study four abduction slayings linked by execution style. Fred Gent 21 and Todd Friedman 22 were found shot near a Radio Shack, missing since Oct. 28. Bernard Grossman 45 and Susan Psaris 18 were abducted from a drug store and found on Affton High School football field. Two brothers, James and Harry Baker, face murder and robbery charges in the Grossman case. Wallets and a wristwatch were recovered. motive for Gent and Friedman remains unclear.
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South St. Louis
Bernard Grossman
Susan Psaris
Grossman
Affton High School
James O
Harry M. Baker
Grossman-Psains
Harry Baker
Gent
Friedman
Saigonese Lose Town To Communists In Delta Offensive
Saigon reports Communist forces seized Hung Long, a Mekong Delta district town 115 miles southwest of Saigon, after a three hour shelling and assault. Government casualties reach about 5,000 in 12 days of fighting since the Delta offensive began December 6.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong
Hung Long
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