Senate Votes For Fuel Allocations
Washington AP Senate passes mandatory national fuel allocation bill by 85 to 40 vote to ensure fair shares and curb major oil firms. Nixon administration opposes. House action hoped before August recess. AAA notes dire regional fuel shortages. oil company markets shrink amid price competition.
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Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
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Congress
White House
William Saxbe
Ohio
House
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Sunoco
Exxon
Gulf
Attacks Reported Along Vietnam Central Coast and Delta
Saigon reports a spate of shelling and infantry attacks along the central coast and Mekong Delta amid accusations between government forces and Viet Cong. Kissinger and Tho resume Paris talks, with a joint truce appeal anticipated. Casualty figures vary, fueling skepticism about battlefield reports. Canada’s ICCS delegation has not released details to newsmen.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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le Duc Tho
United States
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Binh Dinh
Provisional Revolutionary
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Canada
International Commission of Control and Supervision
PSC Creates Unit To Handle Rate Inquiries
Jefferson City Missouri AP A new rates and services department is set up in the Missouri Public Service Commission utility division. James F Mauze says the unit will handle staff level inquiries on prices and service quality. Gordon L Persinger 36 will be chief and B J Washburn 36 will become assistant chief engineer.
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Missouri Public Service Commission
PSC
James F. Mauze
Mauze
Gordon L. Persinger
B. J. Washburn
Persinger
Underground Nuclear Blast Felt 110 Miles Away
In Nevada a major underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site occurred as scheduled. The blast in the Pahute Mesa area yielded between 200,000 and one million tons of TNT and was detected up to 110 miles away in Las Vegas. No damage was reported from the shock waves. The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory conducted the test at a depth of 3,490 feet.
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Nev
Nevada Test Site
Atomic Energy Commission
Pahute Mesa
Desert
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
New Mexico
Hungate Presses Disaster Loan Reform Before House Panel
U S congressman Bill Hungate told the House Banking and Currency Committee that FHA disaster loans penalize small businesses with different characteristics. He urged restoring SBA terms of 1 percent interest and 5000 forgiveness, arguing floods harm farmers and homeowners alike and the federal response should be equal.
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Bill Hungate
House Banking and Currency Committee
Farmers Home Administration
Hungate
FHA
Small Business Administration
Two-Man Skylab Panel Repair Planned For Tomorrow Morning
SPACE CENTER Houston AP The urgency rises as a Skylab battery fades prompting a two man space walk led by Commander Charles Conrad Jr to free a jammed one ton solar panel. If successful the mission would boost the lab’s power by 3000 watts and secure the remaining experiment schedule.
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Orbiting Laboratory
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Mexico
Conrad
Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Mission Control
Skylab
Russell Schweickart
Schweickart
Ehrlichman reveals Nixon aide Dean role in Watergate
John Ehrlichman testifies that President Nixon grew wary of John W. Dean III regarding Watergate. He says Dean participated in wiretap discussions months before the raid and resisted requests for a written investigative report. Ehrlichman cites a Key Biscayne meeting approving plans and notes Dean was sent to Camp David to draft a report but delivered nothing. The President then removed Dean from duties as suspicions hardened.
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Jeb &. Magruder
Atty
John N. Mitchell
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Fla
Mitchell
Frederick C. LaRue
George McGovern
Miami Beach
Watergate
Mitchell Ap
Maryland
Camp David
Jet Stream Weakening May Cut Tornado Activity
Washington AP reports the jet stream has been unusually strong for months, linked to over 700 tornadoes since January and heavy rains from Appalachians to Midwest and South. Forecasters now say the jet stream may be weakening, potentially reducing Southern tornado activity and shifting heavy rain toward the Middle Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions.
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Midwest
Pacific Northwest
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Gulf Coast
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Voting Begins On 5 Year Farm Plan
Washington AP The Senate opens debate and voting on a new five year farm program to guard growers against price drops while letting consumers share in lower costs. The plan ties subsidies to target prices for wheat, feed grains and cotton with payments only if market prices fall below targets. Critics call it costly and contrary to Nixon's phased subsidies plan. Experts estimate about 2.6 billion dollars in 1974 if prices dip, aided by depleted surpluses and continued strong exports.
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Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Administration
Senate Committee
Nixon
United States
Pruitt-Igoe Closed After Failure, City Votes
The St. Louis Housing Authority unanimously voted to begin closing six remaining Pruitt-Igoe buildings housing about 587 families. They planned to seek HUD approval and redirect $300,000 to renovate other public housing, relocating residents with welfare and city welfare support, amid broad criticism of the project as a social and economic failure.
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Pruitt-Igoe
St. Louis Housing Authority
Pruitt -Igoe
Thomas Costello
Housing Authority
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Costello
HUD
City Welfare Department
Tennant Affairs Board
Ruby Russell
Tenant Affairs Board
Hearnes Attacks Democratic Convention Rules
Former Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes criticized the 1972 Democratic convention rules at a Kansas City meeting, calling them "democracy by administrative fiat." He argued participatory democracy biased decisions, urged fairness without prearranged results, and pressed broadening the party to include blue collar workers, women, blacks, and the young while noting Democrats defeat Democrats.
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Missouri
Warren Hearnes
Hearnes
Community Council For Democracy
McGovern Commission On
House Ways and Means Keeps Debt Ceiling Tight
The House Ways and Means Committee votes to hold the federal debt ceiling at 465 billion dollars through November 30, limiting borrowing and complicating Treasury operations. The panel allows interest payments on tax refunds up to six months from Feb 15, at the same rate as Series BE U.S. savings, a decision that pushes Congress to later consider another debt-limit request. The current debt stands at 458 billion, with Nixon seeking a 20 billion increase.
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House
Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Vandiver Plans Use of Revenue Sharing for Streets
The Village of Vandiver will use its 1030 revenue sharing funds from Jan 1 to June 30 for street repair and maintenance after a Monday night vote by Mayor Harold Pipes and Treasurer Ken Wyatt. The board had considered using funds for sewer extension but chose to cover that from general revenue and preserve the revenue sharing payment for street work.
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Jane
Harold Pipes
Ken Wyatt
Employment Day Proclaimed in Missouri by Gov Bond
Governor Christopher S. Bond designates today as Employment Security Day in Missouri. William B. Harris director of the Division of Employment Security reports over 8 million people have been placed in jobs since 1938 through the state employment service.
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Christopher S. Bond
Missouri
State Employment Service
William 8. Harris
State Division of Employment Security
Mexico Ledger Subscription Rates and Office Hours
Mexico Ledger lists publication details including frequency, address at 300 N Washington St Mexico Mo 65265 and mailing rates by region, with daily except Sundays and holidays. Office hours run 8:00 a.m. to 5:40 p.m. weekdays and 7:09 to 3:00 p.m. Saturdays.
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