Energy policy shifts as Morton leads interim cabinet council
The Energy Resources Council under Interior Secretary Rogers Morton becomes the interim energy policy body amid debates over a permanent Department of Energy and Natural Resources. Ford's administration widens representation to 17 members across five agencies, signaling a broadening federal role in energy decision making.
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White House
Treasury
William E. Simon
Richard M. Nixon
Energy Council
State
Government agencies reorganized with new Energy Dept launch
An Executive Order adds the Energy Research and Development Administration and twelve other agencies to a planned energy and budget reorganization. The Office of Management and Budget and the Federal Energy Administration join the lineup as the Energy Department readies within about four months. Ann Landers is listed among columns and notices in Middletown area pages.
Nixon-era Watergate trial opens with defense claims
Ehrlichman and four others face conspiracy charges as his lawyer accuses Richard Nixon of withholding information to save his own neck. William Frates argues Ehrlichman relied on Nixon against a cover up, saying Nixon deceived and misled while Ehrlichman served as his top aide. The trial begins with references to White House tapes and is slated to run months.
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Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Richard M. Nixon
William S. Frates
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Nixon
John Ehrlichman
Richard Nixon
Worth of a human body rises with inflation
Northwestern biochemist Dr. Donald Forman estimates a 150 pound body’s inorganic content at about 5.60 in current dollars. He notes water makes up over 60 percent of weight and salts like sodium and calcium are key components as prices in catalogs climb 10 to 13 percent since January.
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Evanston, Ill
Donald T. Forman
Forman
Kissinger Sees Positive Trends in Middle East Peace Efforts
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, returning from a Middle East tour, reports some positive indications toward Arab-Israeli peace. He met with Algerian President Boumedienne and Rabat hosts Hassan II ahead of a planned Arab summit on October 26, with talks touching on oil prices and possible resumed diplomacy with Algeria.
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Morocco
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
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Algiers
Hassan II
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Algeria
Houari Boumedienne
Boumedienne
U.S
Amon
Fanfani Chosen to Form Italy's 37th Postwar Government
Amintore Fanfani, 66, veteran Christian Democrat leader, was unanimously picked to form a new center left government. He vows austere measures to combat a 20 percent inflation as he negotiates with Socialists and Social Democrats, signaling reduced Communist participation.
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Rome
Italy
Amintore Fanfani
Christian Democrats
Mariano Rumor
Giovanni
Social Democrats
Fanfani
Communist Party
Middletown Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy Tonight Through Saturday
Partly cloudy skies in Middletown with tonight lows in the low 40s and Wednesdays highs in the upper 50s. Yesterday's high 72 and overnight low 44, with one inch of rain by 8 a.m. Today. Extended outlook shows a chance of showers Thursday and Friday, with partly cloudy conditions Saturday.
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Middletown
Senate mulls reopening Rockefeller hearings before campaign recess
The Senate Rules Committee may delay further hearings on Nelson Rockefeller’s vice presidency nomination until a post election session. Arthur Goldberry urged new testimony on a derogatory 1970 book about him, and calls grew to question Laurance Rockefeller, Victor Lasky, Arlington House officers, and donors tied to gifts or loans to Rockefeller aides. Rockefeller reports gifts totaling 1.78 million to 18 officials and loans of 155 thousand to three of them.
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Senate Rules Committee
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Congress
Supreme Court
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Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Goldberg
Rockefeller
New York
Laurance
James B. Allen
Ala
Laurance Rockefeller
Victor Lasky
Arlington House
Allen
Nelson
Ohio board panel to seek 25 percent funding hike
The Ohio legislative committee of the State Board of Education will urge the General Assembly to raise state aid to elementary and secondary schools by 25 percent, boosting state funding from about 40 percent to 50 percent. Chairman Robert Lyons of Dayton said inflation makes the increase imperative and the 50 percent goal attainable within two bienniums. A Dec. 9 public hearing will review proposed teacher education standards adding earlier student teaching, reading-focused training, and lower faculty ratios.
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Ohio
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State Board of Education
Robert A. Lyons
Dayton
Lyons
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