Mystery calls offer airlines huge fuel deals
Pan American, TWA and United report receiving dozens of mispriced fuel offers from callers as far away as Tokyo and London. Offers reach over 30 million gallons at up to 300 percent above contracted rates, with callers asking for written firm bids.
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Trans World Airlines
TWA
Percy Wood
United Air Lines
United
Wood
Pablo
Pan Am
Office of
Federal Energy
Barge wedged against dam sparks danger of explosion
A breaking tow of 17 barges on the Ohio River left one barge stuck against Markland Dam near Vevay Indiana. Chemicals valeraldehyde and propionaldehyde threaten explosion during salvage though no fish or downstream water risk remains. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers coordinate salvage with valves shut in several cities.
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Markland Dam
Vevay, Ind
Ohio
Vevay
Charles Castle
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Castle
U.S. Coast Guard
Hanover
Madison
New Albany
Louisville
Owensboro
The
Coast Guard
Army Corps of Engineers
Who Put Gap in the Watergate Tape
Federal experts debunk the theory a single act created the 18.5 minute gap in the Watergate tape. Testimony focused on who had access to the recorder and whether erasures could occur accidentally, with White House objections blocking speculation.
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Washington
White House
Secret Service
Rose Mary Woods
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
Haldeman
Watergate
Congress
Los Angeles
Elliot L. Richardson
Rep
John B. Anderson
Illinois
House Republican Conference
Henry M. Jackson
Olympia
Wash
Richard H. Bolt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mild temperatures expected to continue in Middletown
Weather outlook for Middletown shows mild days with tonight’s lows in the upper 30s and Thursday highs in the upper 50s. Yesterday reached 48 with a 35 overnight. Chance of showers Friday and Saturday, with highs in the 50s, then cooler Sunday with highs in the 40s.
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Middletown
Ex Congressmen Harold D. Cooley dies at 76
Harold D. Cooley former North Carolina congressman and longtime chair of the House Agriculture Committee died in his sleep at Wilson Memorial Hospital at 76 after three months of hospitalization. Funeral planned at Nashville United Methodist Church with forest Hills cemetery burial.
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Agriculture Committee
James Gardner
Rocky Mount
Airliner catches fire after nose gear collapse at LAX
A Trans World Airlines jet from New York to Los Angeles aborted landing in fog at LAX. Fire gutted the interior of the $12 million jet after nose gear collapsed and sparks ignited. Six passengers were injured. two taken to Marina Mercy Hospital, four to Daniel Freeman Hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Los Angeles
Trans World Airlines
Los Angeles International
TWA
Bob McKay
New York
Fire Department
Ed Castle
Marina Mercy Hospital
Daniel Freeman Hospital
Three Arrested in Getty Kidnapping Case in Italy
Police in Rome say three men are jailed for kidnapping J. Paul Getty III with two captured in Calabria and one in Rome. A ransom of 2.7 million dollars was paid for his release and a banknote cache likely from the ransom was recovered. Domenico Barbino, 27, an orderly in Rome, and Giuseppe Mammoliti, 37, were among those arrested.
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Rome
J. Paul Getty
Calabria
Getty
Salerno
Domenico Barbino
Kissinger Reports Narrowed Gaps in Suez Talks
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, returning to Egypt, said Israeli Egyptian talks over disengagement on the Suez front had been substantially narrowed. He awaited Sadat's response to Israel’s latest ideas as Netanyahu edges toward a possible turning point, while Israel pressed for security guarantees and inspections of Egyptian force reductions.
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Jerusalem
Henry A. Kissinger
Egypt
Suez
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Kissinger
Suez Canal
United States
Soviet Union
Sadat
Gilligan Praises Past Three Years in State of the State
Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan framed his State of the State address around past achievements, saying costs were a minimal burden on residents. Republicans and Democrats offered mixed reactions while leaders praised the speech as exciting and approving legislative notes a forthcoming Emergency Energy Board proposal.
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Columbus
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Kurfess
Gilligan
Ohio Supreme Court
C. William O. Neill
GOP
Senate
Theodore M. Gray
R. Piqua
House
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
C-89
New
Boston
Emergency Energy Board
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Robert Pablo
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London
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F.C. Wiser Jr
William E. Simon
Pablo Said
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Ore
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Miami
Chicago
Bolt
Thomas G. Stockham Jr
University of Utah
Stockham
Uber
Ann Landers
Renee
Gov. Gilligan
Cooley
Nashville
Harold Cooley
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