Nixon attends doctor's wedding as protesters gather in La Jolla
President Nixon and family attend Dr. Walter Tkach's wedding in La Jolla while 600 to 700 demonstrators line the streets outside the chapel shouting impeachment calls and insults. The event passed without major incident except for one rock-throwing arrest as the Nixon party entered through a rear gate.
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Nixon
Tricia Cox
San Clemente
Walter Tkach
Cheryle Ann Gaillard
White House
Crook
Postage hike postponed delaying eight cent stamp relief
The U S Postal Service delayed planned rate increases set to begin January 5. The first class stamp would rise from eight to ten cents and cards from six to eight, with airmail to thirteen cents. Second through fourth class mail rates also higher.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Weekend chill with snow chances in Middletown area
Weather outlook shows cloud cover and cold tonight with lows 16 to 22 and Sunday highs in the low 30s. A storm system brings a chance of snow Monday through Wednesday, with temperatures staying in the 30s and Monday lows dipping to the teens before warming to the 20s by Wednesday.
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Middletown
GM to lay off 86,000 workers in response to slump
General Motors announced temporary layoffs of about 9 percent of hourly US workers and indefinite cuts totaling 86,000 across seven plants starting January 7. The move follows near full capacity and a forecast 12 percent drop in 1974 new car sales from 1973 peaks, cited to oil embargo and fuel uncertainty.
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Detroit
General Motors
United States
Richard C. Gerstenberg
Corporation
Gerstenberg
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Watergate figures Hunt and Barker due for release
E Howard Hunt and Bernard L Barker, key Watergate players, will be released next week to await appeal outcomes. The U S Court of Appeals ordered their release Friday while delaying decisions for three other conspirators pending a parole hearing January 7. The freeze was affected by New Year holidays and logistical delays. Barker’s wife Clara in Miami expressed relief and hope for vindication.
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Washington
E. Howard Hunt
Bernard L. Barker
U.S. Court of Appeals
Barker
Clara
Miami
Fla
Hunt
Allenwood
Eglin Afb
Pensacola
U.S
Nixon
Kevin
Florida
John J
Nixon tightens scope of Operation Candor disclosures
President Nixon appears to limit planned disclosures from Watergate tapes. Melvin Laird says public material will cover Nixon’s role in the ITT antitrust case and milk producers’ political contributions, while talks of plumbers and cover-up material are not assured. White House reevaluates release amid Senate subpoenas and court play of tapes.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Gerald L. Warren
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
White House
Plumbers
Warren
Senate Watergate Committee
Washington
CN Tower to Reach New World Height in Toronto
A description of the CN Tower in downtown Toronto noting its current height of 1,204 feet and the remaining 601 feet to reach a final height of 1,805 feet, planned as the world’s tallest free-standing structure.
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Toronto
Canada
Gas stations may close for holiday period in Ohio
The Associated Press reports end of month shortages and heavy New Year holiday travel will drain gas stations. In Columbus Cleveland and Cincinnati dealers estimate from one quarter to nearly all stations will close at least one day. A Cleveland spokesman said the closures are not voluntary but due to gas shortages.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Cleveland
Cincinnati
James V. Cresente
Northern Ohio Petroleum
Gasoline price gouging crackdown faces New Year
Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork ordered 94 U S attorneys to seek restraining orders against dealers charging excessive gasoline prices. Most stations will lack resupply after New Year, with 25 to 30 percent of the Greater Cincinnati dealers likely to close as supplies run out.
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Washington
Robert H. Bork
Bork
Venezuela Doubles Oil Tax to Record 14.08 a Barrel
Venezuela nearly doubles its tax reference price for crude oil to 14.08 dollars per barrel, up from 7.74 earlier this month. The government said the hike takes effect January 1 and will determine taxes and royalties paid by foreign oil firms.
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Caracas
Venezuela
United States
Moscow Jumpy Over Mideast Course Detente Faces Test
Kremlin factions split over detente as Brezhnev rests on fragile support. Suslov doubts Brezhnev era policies while Kirilenko Mazurov and Shelepin back his strategy. Middle East war and oil shocks heighten pressure on Soviet leadership and NATO.
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Associated Press
Kremlin
Moscow
Middle East
Leonid Brezhnev
Communist Party
NATO
Europe
Kirilenko
Mazurov
Brezhnev
Egypt
Syria
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K. T. Mazurov
Alexander Shelepin
Rhaps
Nikolai Podaczny
Cer Ap
Mikhail Suslov
Shelepin
Suslov
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