Gasoline for the holidays stations open as usual
The Ohio Turnpike Commission says toll road service plazas will run 24 hours during the holidays unless federal orders say otherwise. Sohio plans strategically open stations on Christmas Eve and Day with signs in advance and will keep interstate stations 24 hours, others open late Christmas Eve and close 9 p.m. that Saturday before the holiday.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Commission
James W. Shacknessy
Shocknessy
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Sohio
Harry S. Knobel
Knobel
Ohio Patrol Increases Patrols After Truckers Protest
Ohio Highway Patrol used extra squad cars and airplanes to monitor major highways after a second night of violence linked to a truckers shutdown. Incidents included shootings brick throwing and tire slashings with at least two arrests in Hamilton County. No injuries reported and roads remained open as most events occurred in Seneca Sandusky Lorain and Hancock counties. Nails were placed on State Rt 224 in Seneca County.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
Hamilton County
Seneca
Sandusky
Lorain
Hancock
Seneca County
Gunmen open fire on truck on Brent Spence Bridge
Ky driver Larry Reynolds, 25, escaped injury when shots were fired from a car at his truck crossing the Brent Spence Bridge between Cincinnati and Covington. Reynolds reported three shots, two hitting his trailer, and called police from a Florence truck stop. Vandalism and violence cited as spreading among area truckers. Story and picture on page 17.
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Covington
Hopkinsville
Brent Spence Bridge
Cincinnati
Truckers National
Kentucky
Larry Reynolds
Thomas Food Inc
Reynolds
Florence
House votes to ban busing fuel locations amid energy crisis
The House approved a plan to ban all locations using scarce fuel for busing children past neighborhood schools. Sponsors call it energy saving while opponents label it racist. If signed, the ban starts next school year but a reversal attempt is expected, and Senate approval remains uncertain.
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Washington
House
Senate
Scattered Violence Across U S Truck Shutdowns
Independent truckers protest high fuel costs triggering violence and blockades across Pennsylvania Ohio and other states. Reports include gunfire brick throwing vandalism and bomb threats with some stoppages honored while many trucks still move. Kenneth D Kothe 31 wounded on I 70 Arkansas Tennessee threats at truck stops.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Teamsters Union
Colorado
Kenneth D Kothe
Brighton
Arkansas
Tennessee
Energy policy moves dominate Capitol Hill and Britain labor cut
William E. Simon vows mandatory energy steps once Congress grants authority. Britain trims the 40 hour week to avert a power breakdown, likely causing unemployment. The House passes a busing prohibition amendment to limit petroleum for school transit, claiming big annual gasoline savings, while Senates tabled a similar measure amid energy bill deliberations.
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Federal Energy Office
William E. Simon
Simon
Ion
Great Britain
Edward Heath
Heath
House
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Dingell
Bella S. Abzug
Dn.y
John Conyers
Tornadoes lash South and snowstorm hits North regionwide
Tornadoes sparked by a cold front struck three Southern states killing three and injuring at least 43 in South Carolina Georgia and Tennessee. A Ninety Six S C textile mill was damaged a tornado killed two women and a two year old boy died as mobile homes were overturned. Gainesville Ga suffered over 2 million in damage as two tornadoes hit. in Benton Tenn a school roof was ripped off leaving pupils unhurt. A prewinter storm then brought heavy snow to the Midwest shutting O Hare and leaving thousands without power.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Ninety Six
S.C
Charity Griffin
Ozala Thompson
Brandon
J. Farr
Prosperity
Coronaca
Gainesville
Benton
Tenn
Pat Neeley
Bubba Summers
Midwest
Saxbe confirmation seen as likely for attorney general
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved William B Saxbe's nomination as attorney general by 15 to 1 with only Sen Sam Ervin Jr opposing The vote followed a two hour closed session and discussions on ensuring Watergate special prosecutor Leon Jaworski's independence Some senators called for written assurances from President Nixon while others sought clarity of Jaworski authority from the White House or Jaworski himself in light of the Cox firing in 1973
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Washington
Senate
William B Saxbe
Sam Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Senate Watergate Committee
Special Watergate
Nixon
Saxbe
Hugh Scott
Jaworski
Scott
White House
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U.S
Memphis
Interstate 55
Bedford
Downingtown
Ann Landers
Middletown
Area
William Gilmore
Worcester
Mass
Ninety Six Manufacturing Co
O’hare
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Chicago Area
Senate Judiciary Committee
Leon Jaworski Saxbe
Edward Meanedy
D-Mass
Ilip A Hart
Kennedy
Hart
Archibald Cox
Elliot L Richardson
Cox
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