Energy crisis seen less severe than feared
Treasury Secretary George P Shultz says the energy crisis may be less severe next year due to good breaks and Americans cutting back on energy use. An adviser notes a possible tax on gasoline over 14 gallons per week for a family's first car and seven gallons for the second car, to curb consumption. The Defense Department asks the Federal Energy Office to reconsider diverting 1.5 million barrels of military fuel to civilian airlines, which could disrupt training flights.
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Treasury
George P Shultz
Nixon
Nixon Administration
William Johnson
William E. Simon
Consumers Advisory Committee
Johnson
Congress
Defense Department
Federal Energy Office
Pentagon
Simon
International Airlines
Middletown Weather Outlook Turns Warmer Sunday
Partly cloudy and cold today in the Middletown area with highs in the mid and upper 20s. Sunday will bring warmer temperatures in the lower 40s with no precipitation through Sunday. Flurries or showers may occur Monday and on Christmas Day, per the National Weather Service.
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Middletown
National Weather Service
Geneva peace talks end phase with Suez disengagement plan
In Geneva the Middle East conference reached a pact to form an Egyptian Israeli military working group to discuss troop disengagement along the Suez Canal. The 15 minute session followed prearranged consent by Gromyko Kissinger and Eban. No meeting date set for the committee or reconvening of the full conference. The second phase may begin early next year depending on the working group. Egyptian demand long pursued. Israel wary of early talks due to elections. Abba Eban hailed the opening day results while condemning atrocities and prisoner mistreatment cited in ongoing exchanges.
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Suez Canal
U.N
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Abba Eban
Israel
Arabs hand terrorists to PLO in Rome hijack case
Kuwait handed five Arabs to the Palestine Liberation Organization after they killed 31 people in a Rome airport hijacking and grenade attack. Italy and Morocco pressed for punishment or trial, while the PLO defied extradition and claimed jurisdiction.
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Morocco
Kuwait
Palestine Liberation Organization
Rome
Pan American World Airways
Lufthansa
Athens
Italy
Palestinian Liberation Organization
PLO
Beirut
Lebanon
Yasir Arafat
Algiers
Screw Andrews Dies After Window Plunge
Frank Screw Andrews, a nationally known numbers racket figure for over 30 years, is dead at 62 in Newport Kentucky. It is unclear if natural causes or the December 17 two story window plunge at St Luke Hospital caused his death. He had just returned from a 3 and a half year federal prison sentence for income tax evasion in 1969. He had been hospitalized since September with a heart condition. Andrews wife Eleanor witnessed the plunge. funeral plans are incomplete.
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Newport
Frank
Andrews
St. Luke Hospital
Eleanor
Congress blocks vacation as energy bill dies in House
The House rejected the Senate energy measure 219 to 34 amid protests over oil windfall profits. A broken voting system during the climax and a late night adjournment left Congress deadlocked on energy legislation, with leaders lamenting the stalemate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Nixon
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Massachusetts
Kidnapped American Engineer Seized in Argentina
American construction engineer Charles R Hayes, 51, was abducted early Friday in La Plata Argentina. Police say kidnapers demand 1 million dollars for his release.
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Charles R. Hayes
Argentina
la Plata
Congress approves 11 percent Social Security boost for 30 million
The bill would lift monthly benefits by 7 percent in April and 4 percent in July with an 11 percent total rise for most beneficiaries, boosting a single person's average from 167 to 185 and a couple's from 277 to 310. It also raises the wage base for payroll tax to 13,200 and taxes for high earners and their employers.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Nation Braces For Snow and Flooding Across Regions
Heavy snow hit the Northeast and a winter storm watch spread to the Pacific Northwest and Rockies. Rain up to 3 inches caused floods and evacuations in upstate New York and New England, with Canada in the flood zone. Florida faced cold snaps and frost warnings amid emergency fuel aid for growers. Gale warnings stretched along the Atlantic from Massachusetts to Virginia, and across the Great Lakes. An infant died of suspected carbon monoxide in Indiana. total storm deaths near 60. Evacuations occurred in Kingston, Poughkeepsie, Buskirk, Shelton, and Cheshire.
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