Bill Aims to Cut Gas Prices in New Energy Bill
Washington AP reports Congress launches a fresh energy bill led by Sen. Henry M. Jackson and Rep. Harley C. Staggers. The measure targets oil price pass-through by big multinationals, aiming to lower crude oil and gasoline prices, with ceilings on oil product prices and changes to tax impacts.
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Washington
Congress
Henry M. Jackson
Harley C. Staggers
Nixon
Jackson
Senate Interior Committee
Washington State
Staggers
House Commerce Committee
U.S
Stans Admitted Lies To Jury Testimony By Cook
New York AP report says G. Bradford Cook testified Maurice Stans admitted lying to a grand jury about a $200,000 Vesco contribution to Nixon's 1972 campaign. Cook said Stans urged him to lie twice to cover the fund, before deciding to tell the truth. The witness described a White House meeting with Stans as pivotal in his change of stance.
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NEW York
G. Bradford Cook
Securities and Exchange Commission
Maurice H. Stans
Nixon
Cook
Stans
Robert L. Vesco
SEC
Bonner
Mitchell
Vesco
Impeachment Votes Seen For Nixon by House
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said several unnamed House members told him the votes are there to impeach President Nixon and force a Senate trial later this year. He stressed he has no direct knowledge of the House’s status, but would expect a swift Senate trial if impeachment clears the House.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
Nixon
Mansfield
Warren E. Burger
Solzhenitsyn Reunited With Family in Zurich Exile
Alexander Solzhenitsyn and his family, banished from Russia, were joyously reunited in Zurich after boarding a Swiss air jet from Moscow. He carried two sons and greeted relatives as his wife Natalya expressed relief, while journalists pressed for details. The family plans to stay several days as preparations for a Zurich home proceed.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Russia
Moscow
Solzhenitsyn
Natalya
Ignat
Vermolai
Alexander Ginzburg
Igor Shafarevich
Andrei Sakharov
Yermolai
Stepan
Dmitri
Beet Prices Make Possum Taste Better
Franklin Tennessee AP reports Mrs. J. C. Harper touted possum meat as tasty amid high beef and pork prices. She sold six dressed opossums at 0 cents each about 13 cents a pound on a radio swap program, offering cooking tips to boil with sweet potatoes and pepper vinegar or barbecue.
Missouri Senate Aims to Trim Budget to Avoid Tax Increase
Jefferson City AP Sen Norman Merrell says a $10 million cut is needed in a $1.01 billion general revenue plan to prevent a tax rise. The Senate budget, still higher than Gov Bond's, relies on $1 billion in fees and federal funds and faces potential later cuts.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Norman Merrell
Monticello
Senate
Christopher S. Bond
Merrell
Missouri
Richard Webster
R-Carthage
Webster
Viet Nam Veterans Day Observed Across Nation
President Nixon will mark the nations first Vietnam Veterans Day with an address at the National War College in Washington D C. Hospitalized veterans will view a military review at Ft McNair as few formal observances unfold nationwide.
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Associated Press
Nixon
National War College
Washington
D.C
Ft. McNair
Gerald R. Ford
Gaye Defends Self In Armed Robbery Trial
A 21 year old former Fulton resident, Tommy Sam Gaye, conducted his own defense in Audrain County Circuit Court after dismissing counsel. The seven woman, five man jury found him guilty of armed robbery of Cruzan's Liquor Store on Aug. 28, 1973 and sentenced him to 50 years, following a prosecution bid for maximum punishment.
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Audrain
Tormmy Sam Gaye
Fulton
Gaye
Cruzan
S. Clark St
Thomas T. Osborne
Melvin Benitz
St. Charles
George P. Adams
Benitz
Mae Louise Bruner
Osborne
Miss Bruner
Mexico
Gage
Highway 54
Duane Cruzan
Hume Smith
Earl Jaeger
Richard Patrick
Lucille Heerbsth
Police Department
August Nilges Sr
Highway Patrol
Jefferson City
Michael MacPherson
Adams
Attorney Benitz
Fusileers Seek Repeat Drill Title At Illinois Meet
Missouri Military Academy’s Fusileers travel to the University of Illinois to defend their national drill titles in standard and exhibition events. Major Kenneth Mortenson notes unified class competition and a 30 cadet unit led by Ted Baer plans state trials at Missouri in April after strong showings at Champaign.
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Missouri Military Academy
Fusileers
University of Ilinois
Champaign
Kenneth Mortenson
Fusiliers
University of Illinois
MMA
Ted Baer
Washington, Ill
University of Missouri
Columbia
Consul Kidnap Note Contained Death Threat
The disappearance of American Vice Consul John Patterson in Hermosillo was kept secret five days after a ransom note signed by the People’s Revolutionary Army of Mexico contained a death threat. Patterson, 31, vanished after leaving the consulate with an unidentified man for a livestock meeting. The note demanded 500000 dollars. his wife and family pursued the case as 50 agents searched Hermosillo. Patterson was in his first foreign assignment, Abbott University of Michigan graduate, with postgrad study at Columbia.
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Hermosillo
Mexico
John Patterson
Patterson
United States
U.S
Mexico City
Washington
People’s Revolutionary Army of Mexico
Elmer E. Yelton
University of Michigan
Columbia
States move to drop gasoline rationing in 1974 plan
States are ending the odd-even gas rationing system adopted during shortages. Oregon and parts of the East have begun dropping the plan, while others including Massachusetts Washington and Maryland keep it. The program, born from Arab oil disruptions, limited sales to odd or even license plate days and did not cap total consumption.
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Associated Press
Oregon
Atlantic
Pacific
South Carolina
District of Columbia
New Jersey
Connecticut
California
Massachusetts
Washington
Maryland
Delaware
Columbia Firm Bids On Street Jobs
One bid was received Thursday for the Mexico Housing Authority site improvements project to resurface five of eight unpaved streets in the West Underpass Urban Renewal area. Columbia Curb and Gutter Co. offered 283405.22, below the engineer’s estimate 294561.68, with HUD funding 276202.60. Work targets Clay Olive Carrico Emmons Singleton streets this summer pending approvals.
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Mexico Housing Authority
Columbia Curb and Gutter Co
Columbia
Housing Authority
Clay Street
S. Clark Street
S. Olive Street
High Street
Central Street
Carrico Street
West Street
Fairground Avenue
Emmons Street
Singleton Street
Boulevard
Buchanan Street
U.S. Department of Housing and Art Development
Mexico Housing Authority Board of Directors
HUD
Banana export pause eyed as tax hikes push prices
In Tegucigalpa Standard Fruit Co. says it may suspend banana exports from Honduras for several weeks due to a new export tax. The 1.0 to 2.5 cent per pound levy, agreed by seven Latin American producers, will lift U.S. retail banana prices from about 16.5 to 20 cents per pound when it takes effect April 15.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Standard Fruit Co
United States
Goodman Withdraws From Auditor Nomination Race
Democratic bid for state auditor narrows to two as Courtney Goodman Jr. of St Louis County quits to seek the county prosecuting attorney nomination. Goodman, a former liquor control supervisor, was beat by Gene McNary four years ago. Dwight Fine faces George Lehr for the nomination.
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Clayton
Courtney Goodman Jr
St. Louis
Goodman
Springfield
Missouri
Gene McNary
Dwight Fine
Jefferson City
George Lehr
Jackson County
Tree-cut ends in Branford beech dispute clash with Yale professor
In Branford Connecticut a 75 foot copper beech the focus of a local protest was cut after Yale art Prof. Theodore Stebbins faced charges of criminal trespass. Workmen moved in as the Stebbins family sought to save the tree while owner David Trout plans to build a house on the three quarter acre site. Trout said the tree could not be saved and noted the root system and water table risk. The Stebbins offered to pay $35,000 to preserve the beech.
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Branford
Penny Stebbins
David Trout
Trout
Stebbins
Navy Names Holloway New Chief Ending Reform Era
President Nixon selects Admiral James L. Holloway to become chief of naval operations, signaling a shift to a slower reform pace. Holloway, the first nuclear propulsion expert in the role, is seen as middle-of-the-road and likely to bolster command authority while avoiding the factional clashes of the Zumwalt period.
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Washington
Nixon
Adm
James L. Holloway
Navy
Aew
Navy Officer Corps
Holloway
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Naval Operations
Zumwalt
Secretary of the Navy
John W. Warner
California
South Carolina
CNO
Rikg
Auburn Named Stephens Acting President in Columbia
Norman P. Auburn 68, former Akron University president emeritus, named acting president of Stephens College Columbia to fill the vacancy after Seymour A. Smith retired for health reasons. Auburn has chaired Educational Development and previously led Polytechnic Institute of New York as acting president.
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Columbia, Mo
Norman P. Auburn
Akron University
Stephens College
Columbia
J.S. Pillsbury
St. Louis
Auburn
Seymour A. Smith
Smith
Academy For Educational Development
Polytechnic Institute of New York
Ohio
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