Trucker Protests Intensify Across Ohio Wounding Reported
Independent truckers in Ohio faced a surge of gunfire and arrests as protests spread from the northeast to central areas. A Columbiana County driver was wounded in the leg while bullets struck trucks near Rootstown and Akron areas. About 60 truckers gathered at Buckeye Lake vowing no blockades or violence amid law enforcement crackdowns.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Columbiana County
George Bowman
Youngstown
Lawson Milk Co
Rootstown
Portage County
Summit County
Ohio Highway Patrol
Ravenna
James W. Sills
Richard A. Claar
Council of Independent Truckers
Cuyahoga Falls
Thomas Lambros
Lawson
Union Carbide
Interstate 77
Akron
Motor Freight Co
Interstate 76
Talmadge
Ohio 5
Buckeye Lake
Interstate 70
Hebron
Automakers warn of extended layoffs amid 1974 demand shift
General Motors plans up to 75 000 workers facing layoffs through March while Ford furloughs 17 000 as automakers cut output. Through 1974 64 175 workers have been indefinitely laid off across GM Chrysler and Ford. Big model inventories remain high but small cars drop to 15 20 days supply. Five plants convert to small model assembly to meet demand. Sales lag a third below year earlier pace with full size model deliveries down over 60 percent.
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General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Freshman High and Lincoln Elementary Start Pen Pal Program
Exchange in test papers between Freshman High School and Lincoln Elementary has grown into a full pen pal program. David Flick’s feature on page 23 covers the story.
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Freshman High School
Lincoln Elementary
David Flick
Middletown Cloudy Skies With Showers Likely
Cloudy conditions with showers likely in the Middletown area. Daytime highs in the 50s, dropping to the low 40s tonight.
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Middletown
Democrats Push Nixon to Partner on Energy Crisis
House Democratic whip Rep. John J. McFall and other leaders urged President Nixon to work with Congress on energy solutions. They cited an omnibus energy bill pending action, Alaska pipeline measures, and plans for a Federal Energy Administration and an Energy Research and Development Administration. They emphasized real proposals to protect jobs health insurance pensions and heating economics for citizens.
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Washington
Nixon
John J. McFall
Dcalif
House
Congress
McFall
Federal Energy Administration
Energy Research and Development Administration
Senate
Democratic Congress
Gasoline shortages hit stations as month ends
The month end brought long lines limited sales and early closings at gas stations nationwide. In Chicago eight of twelve stations closed by 6 pm with queues four blocks long at the rest. Maryland's Baltimore area may see 80 percent out by Saturday night. Continental Oil will close all company stations Saturday and Sunday to stretch allocations until Feb 1.
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Associated Press
Avery Upchurch
North Carolina Service Station Association
Chicago
Baltimore
Continental Oil Co
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
North Dakota
Forgotten MIAs One Year After Paris Peace Accord
Families of 1127 Americans still listed as missing in Indochina feel forgotten one year after the Paris peace accords. Despite initial promises of accounting and information exchange, White House attention waned amid Watergate and regional conflict. A 160‑member U.S. search team in Thailand has paused as Hanoi restricts access and fighting makes sites inaccessible.
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U.S
Indochina
Paris
Thailand
Crassites
Hanoi
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon
Scandal hearing postponed as trial looms for Mitchell and Stans
The Senate Watergate committee delayed a new round of hearings to avoid prejudicing the trial of former attorney general John Mitchell and former commerce secretary Maurice Stans. The trial in Manhattan faces multiple postponements, originally set to begin January 9, with a proposed February 19 start date uncertain.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Sam Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Ervin
Atty
John Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Robert L. Vesco
New York
Mitchell- Stans
U.S. District Court
Manhattan
Watergate Committee
Howard Hughes
Desegregation plea wins prize for Philadelphia student
William Vernon Lee, 16, won a $1,000 prize in a city essay contest on improving Philadelphia public schools. He warns desegregation must happen now, or it will be too late for him to pursue college. He plans to save part of the prize and buy clothes while facing uncertain prospects.
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Philadelphia
William Vernon Lee
Lee
The
Philadelphia Evening and Sunday Bulletin
Max and Anna Levinson Foundation
Murrell Dobbins
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Phoenix Nest
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Uled
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William Lee
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