Loophole Lets Oil Overcharge Cost Public Millions
Washington AP reports a drafted loophole in oil allocation rules, later included without authorization, may have allowed oil firms to charge twice for the same crude. Eight to ten major producers, including Phillips Petroleum, Mobil, and Gulf Oil, are linked to the “double dip” accounting. The flaw could raise consumer prices as costs are passed along. Justice investigators probe Phillips employee Robert C. Bowen’s role.
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Washington
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Robert Montgomery
Montgomery
Phillips Petroleum Corp
Mobil Oil
Gulf Oil
Phillips
Justice Department
Robert C. Bowen
Bowen
Federal Energy Office
Bill Johnson
Gas and fuel oil prices rise after OPEC tax hike
Vienna IR An OPEC meeting announced a 33 cent per barrel rise in royalties and taxes by all members except Saudi Arabia, effective Oct 1. The move, aimed to curb inflation, is expected to be passed to consumers via higher gasoline and heating oil costs, despite hopes the increase would come from oil company profits. Jamshid Amouzegar noted producers cannot block price increases.
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Vienna
Austria
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Saudi Arabia
OPEC
Amouzegar
Brushhog Accident Leaves Middletown Man Critical
Edward A. Kern, a former resident of the Middletown area, is listed in critical condition at University Medical Center in Columbia after a brushhog accident Friday morning. He was riding a tractor pulling the rotary mower at a neighbor’s home when a stump caused him to fall under the machine.
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Middletown
Edward A. Kern
University Medical Center
Columbia
Joe Meyer
Grand Jury formed over Auxvasse firebomb case
In Callaway County Missouri judges ordered a grand jury to be formed with a meeting in Fulton to select panel members. NAACP leaders have urged a probe into last Halloween’s firebombing of a black family’s home and car. no arrests have been made despite federal, state, and local investigations.
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Fulton, Mo
Missouri
13Th Judicial Circuit
Callaway County
Fulton
John Cave
Frank Conley
Columbia
Jefferson City
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Jewell
Danny Vehlewald Sets World Jump Record On Pogo Stick
Danny Vehlewald hopped for two hours and one minute from 7:35 to 9:36 a.m. totaling 12 170 jumps and 11 400 feet traveled on a new pogo stick. With four witnesses and affidavits signed, his feat may be listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, surpassing prior marks while he praised the effort as play.
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Guinness
George
Danny Wehlewald
Florsheim
Richard Vance
Danny Vehlewald
Danny
J. Wehlewald
Tim
Ledger
C. R. Stevens
Bill Bastian
John Donaldson
C. K. Winn
Harold Pohlmeyer
England
Book of Records
Mexico
Garfield School
Ledger Circulation Among Nation's Most Remarkable
Vernon Duffy Ledger circulation manager announced that The Ledger has a highly notable circulation. He noted Missouri has 52 evening papers with only two showing audited circulations exceeding their towns' populations. The Ledger is the only Missouri evening paper with an audited circulation larger than its city population. The ABC audit service underpins these figures for advertisers.
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Ledger
Vernon Duffy
Missouri
Mexico
ABC
Duffy
Audit Bureau of Circulations
The
White House Delays Nixon Tapes Transfer Amid Probe
Washington AP report notes White House counsel Buchen agreed to delay shifting Nixon tapes and records from storage to a government facility after prosecutors argued the move could hinder Watergate investigations. Discussions to redefine terms continue as Ford hints at upcoming explanations of the pardon.
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Washington
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Philip Buden
Ford
Henry Ruth
Phillip Lacovara
Buchen
San Clemente
Washington Star- News Today
Winfield Dunn
Tennessee
Jay Hammond
Alaska
Frank H. Strickler
H.R. Haldeman
Haldeman
Alexander Haig
James D. St. Clair
Strickler
Bellflower Man Shot. Brother Held for Questioning
Bellflower resident Mike Ivicsics was in fair condition at University Medical Center in Columbia after a shotgun shooting Friday night. Sheriff Clarence Landrum said details are not yet established and Robert Ivicsics, his brother, is detained for questioning. Mike, in his early twenties, was first taken to Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, then transferred to Columbia with gunshot wounds to a leg.
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Bellflower
Mike Ivicsics
University Medical Center
Columbia
Montgomery County
Clarence Landrum
Ivicsics
Robert Ivicsics
Mike
Landrum
Audrain
Mexico
AMC
R P Crockett Dies At 66 In Mexico Missouri
R P Crockett 66 of 601 Fairground Ave died at Audrain Medical Center at 1 30 a m He had been in failing health since retirement but his death was unexpected Funeral services set for 2 p m Monday at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev Frank Park officiating Burial will be Elmwood Cemetery He lived in Audrain County his entire life owned RPs Garage in Mexico He was a member of First Baptist Church Hebron Masonic Lodge 354 Mexico Chapter 27 Order of the Eastern Star Survived by his wife one son Jerry one granddaughter Terry Lynn Crockett one brother Ray Crockett two sisters Mrs E J Gibbs and Miss Alice Crockett Preceded in death by two brothers Carter and David Visitation 7 9 p m Sunday
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R.P. Crockett
Fairground Ave
Audrain Medical Center
Arnold Funeral Home
Frank Park
Elmwood Cemetery
Audrain County
J.C
Lillian Hopkins Crockett
Lela Smiley
Curryville
Mexico
R.P
First Baptist Church
Hebron
Masonic Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
Jerry Crockett
Terry Lynn Crockett
Ray Crockett
E.J. Gibbs
Alice Crockett
Carter Crockett
David Crockett
War Amnesty Asks Service
Washington AP President Ford will unveil a conditional amnesty program next week requiring repatriated Vietnam war resisters to perform 6 to 24 months of alternative service. The minimum is far below the 18 months previously proposed by Defense and Justice. Deserters’ and draft evaders’ service lengths depend on military or Selective Service records including time in service and Vietnam service. Postponements fueled speculation the plan was delayed amid Nixon pardon criticism.
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Washington
Ford
Defense and Justice Departments
Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon suffers new leg clot amid fatigue in San Clemente
Former President Richard M. Nixon shows a painful swollen vein from a new blood clot in the upper left leg, adding to fatigue and strain. Doctor Air Force Maj. Gen. Walter Tkach says Nixon remains mentally alert, not hospitalized, and will be reexamined in a week while continuing work at home.
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San Clemente
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Air Force
Walter Tkach
Nixon
Tkach
Washington
White House
John Lundgren
Long Beach
Japanese Embassy Siege Nears Mediation Breakthrough
Three Japanese Red Army militants holding French Ambassador Jacques Senard and nine others at the Hague embassy agreed to mediation offered by Egypt's envoy. Police freed a prisoner hostage in Paris flight, while tensions rose as a deadline passed without incident.
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Hague
Netherlands
Egypt
Holland
Galal Ezzat Abdel Wahab Ezzat
Joop den Uyl
Paris
Red Army
Israel
Lod
Schiphol
Yutaka Furuya
Furuya
Orly Field
Europe
Shigeru Hikata
United States
Jacques Senard
Count Senard
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Joplin
Joplin Globe
John J. Wilson
Watergate
St. Clair
Bellflower Man
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