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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1973
Page
4
Washington AP The White House proposes a heating oil rationing plan mandating six degree lowers for households and ten degrees for other oil users. The Q A explains authority, scope, dealer roles, relief avenues, and criteria for special allocations amid fuel shortages and price pressures.
Beverly Cole and her husband Johnny faced a fuel shortage at Jim Davis Arco Terminal after his November allotment ran dry. About 30 truckers nearby waited four days for fuel as Arco delivered a 4000 gallon advance for December, rationed at 25 gallons per customer. The stranded drivers included O C Sullivan of Amarillo and Emma and Calvin Salyer from Arcadia Texas.
President Nixon conveyed wishes for a quick and complete recovery to Argentine leader Juan Peron, diagnosed with bronchitis. Peron, 78, had planned to speak at the U N General Assembly in early December, with possible Nixon meeting plans in New York tied to his illness.
Washington AP report says Caroline Kennedy, now 16, has had her Secret Service protection lifted under the law shielding the children of John F. Kennedy until age 16. Her brother John Jr. is 13. Jacqueline Kennedy had lost protection when she married Aristotle Onassis.
Poplar Bluff Missouri voters approved a 3 million bond to finance Rowe Furniture Corp expansion with about 90 percent in favor and 589 yes 77 no. Plant president Gerald Birnbach said expansion could add 300 jobs while current employment runs around 350. bonds require no tax increase and will be retired by the company as it leases the facility.
The Senate approved 57 to 34 a landmark bill for federal financing of presidential and congressional campaigns attached to a debt ceiling bill. It faces uncertain prospects in the House where Rep. Ullman will lead conferees. The plan, linked to Watergate disclosures, would cap subsidies and require nominees to use public funds, financed by an income tax checkoff.
Heavy shelling and ground attacks targeted Takeo defenses 39 miles south of Phnom Penh. Government reports say seven soldiers killed and 12 wounded over the last three days amid the siege.
Northern Illinois Gas Co plans to use underground aquifers to store natural gas for northern Illinois homes. The system, developed since the 1950s, now holds about 126 billion cubic feet, enough to heat four million residents through a severe winter.
A car crash into a bomb laden truck killed a man and a woman as Belfast and Dublin rail traffic were halted. British troops shot a masked man attempting to steal a car believed linked to bombing. The confirmed death toll in over four years of sectarian conflict reached 917.
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