Dealers Open Longer As Stations Extend Hours
Gasoline sales rise as service stations lengthen hours in response to oil company requests. An AP spot check finds few cases of coercion, with dealers mostly guided by contract terms. The article notes Senate action on a bill limiting rights was sent to the House.
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Providence
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West Warwick
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Federal Energy Administration
Chicago
Columbus
Ohio
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Phil Hudson
California Petroleum Retailers
Bakersfield
Calif
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Ladder truck crash endangers city office after false alarm
A city aerial ladder truck returning from a false alarm was struck by a car at First Avenue and Clinton Street, crashing through Merit Cleaners. Driver Sylvia Cunningham and firefighter Dan O’Neil were treated at Middletown Hospital. the truck, damaged goods, and city property totaled about $48,000. The incident prompted criticism of false alarms and potential replacement plans for the ladder truck.
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Sylvia Cunningham
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First Avenue
Clinton Street
Dan O'Neil
Monroe St
Merit Cleaners
Middletown Hospital
Tillerman
Fred Moore
Dawn Ave
Franklin
O'Neil
Cunningham
Ban on Pam is denied by U S safety panel
The U S Consumer Product Safety Commission declined to ban Pam cooking spray on jurisdiction grounds in a 3 2 vote, ruling Pam is a food additive regulated by the FDA and not under CPSC authority. The Pam Club of Churchville N Y argued the product linked to youths’ deaths from sniffing.
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U.S
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Pam Club
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Safety Commission
Schlesinger warns North Korea on nuclear use and cites Soviet ICBMs
Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger warns North Korea that tactical nuclear weapons would be carefully considered if invasion resumes. He notes U S forces in Korea and says ground forces could be repelled by conventional weapons while highlighting new Soviet ICBMs and potential early 1980s threats to U S missiles.
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James R. Schlesinger
North Korea
Schlesinger
United States
South Korea
Korean Peninsula
Pacific
Pentagon
U.S
Syndicate suspected in Giancana slaying in Oak Park
Investigators theorize Chicago mob leaders fearful Giancana would trade secrets for freedom ordered an underworld hit. Giancana, 65, was found shot multiple times in his Oak Park home as police note an open armored door. Prosecutors say a perjury case may rise from his grand jury and immunity dealings.
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Oak Park
Ill
Sam “Momo
Giancana
al Capone
Chicago
Underworld
Peter F. Vaira
Justice Department
Mexico
Middletown Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy Tonight
Partly cloudy weather expected in the Middletown area with a low near 65. Hot humid conditions continue through Sunday with a Sunday sunny high in the upper 80s. Tonight and tomorrow have a 20 percent chance of rain.
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Middletown
Episcopal priest guilty of allowing women to act as priests
An Episcopal court in Cleveland found Rev. L. Peter Beebe guilty of violating ordination vows by having women celebrate communion and by inviting unordained participants to do so. The panel urged a nonrepeat admonition and possible suspension if ignored, amid church-wide concerns over gender equity.
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Ohio
L. Peter Beebe
Christ’s Episcopal Church
Oberlin
John H. Burt
Episcopal Church
Burt
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