Nixon lifts daily oil import quotas and expands authori
The Florida White House announced President Nixon has effectively removed the daily import ceiling of 250000 barrels a day for petroleum and products. The move, justified as aiding independent oil firms, allows the oil imports board to grant higher allocations without a formal cap, with no time limit stated.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Florida White House
Nixon
Gerald L. Warren
Oil Import Appeals Board
Warren
Appeals Board
Washington
Pressure on Meat Packers Facing Prime Rate Pressure
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration pressing meat packers and banks to aid housewives and homebuyers. Continental Illinois Bank cut a planned 64% prime rate rise for top customers. Franklin National Bank aims to hold at 6%. The committee urged moderation and consideration of dual rates for large corporations and small businesses. The Cost of Living Council ordered meat packers to pass any cost decreases dollar for dollar.
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Washington
Nixon
Continental Ilinois Bank & Trust Co
Chicago
Continental
Franklin National Bank of New York
Franklin
Arthur F. Burns
Burns
Interett Chamaes
Cost of Living Council
Vigorous East Coast Storm Strikes New England
A powerful storm pounded the New England coast with high winds heavy surf and snow. A Boston carpenter fell to his death from a University of Massachusetts building as 50 mile per hour winds battered the area. Islands Nantucket Martha's Vineyard Cape Cod saw up to five inches of snow and gusts near 100. Rhode Island Massachusetts and Connecticut reported up to two inches of snow before midnight. Mayflower II departure was delayed by the storm while freezing temperatures extended to the Carolinas.
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Associated Press
New England
Boston
University of Massachusetts
Nantucket
Martha's Vineyard
Cape Cod
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Plymouth
Carolinas
Arizona
Gospel Sing at Center Point Baptist Church Saturday Night
A gospel singing event is set for Center Point Baptist Church on New Natchitoches Road Saturday at 7 30 p m Free admission. Performers include Uncle Max and the Gang from the Christian Church in Monroe Lonnie Wages Family Pacemakers Quartet Little Bits Hensley Sisters and more. Master of ceremonies J W Spell announces the lineup.
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Center Point Baptist Church
New Natchitoches Road
Uncle Max
Gang
Christian Church
Monroe
Lonnie Wages
Pacemakers
Little Bits
Gordon Ave
Free Wheel Baptist Church
Hensley Sisters
West Monroe
J. W. Spell
U S Hanoi Deadlock on Freeing POWs
The United States and North Vietnam failed to resolve the POW release deadlock delaying 138 American captives. US officials cited evidence of a new antiaircraft site near Khe Sanh and warned of retaliation while Hanoi pressed for troop withdrawal before prisoner handover.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Paris
Laos
Pathet Lao
John A. Wickham Jr
U. S
Wickham
U.S
Today's Chuckle Better to give than to lend
A lighthearted quip notes giving can feel similar to lending while avoiding debt or friction. The joke underscores generosity over formal lending, implying moral balance and equal cost in both acts.
Air Force Probes Collision of Jets Over Arizona
Air Force investigates a midair collision of two F111 swing wing jets during a training mission near Holbrook Arizona. Officials say no grounding will occur and the aircraft will continue bombing missions over Cambodia from bases in Thailand.
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Washington
Air Force
Arizona
Holbrook
Cambodia
Thailand
Indochina
William Proxmire
Farm income may rise above 1973 forecast on strong first quarter
Washington sources report Agriculture Department officials may revise upward the 1973 net farm income forecast after first quarter price spikes, driven by meat, soybeans, and higher cash in farmers’ hands. A new peak could top last year’s $19.2 billion, aided by strong demand and grain sales.
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Washington
UPD
Agriculture Department
Don Paarlberg
Paarlberg
Russia
Slight Rain Chance Forecast for Twin Cities
A slight chance of showers is seen today with a 20 percent chance of rain and a 60 percent chance tonight. Temperatures rise to mid 70s today and fall to upper 50s tonight as showers end Sunday and the pattern shifts to mostly fair by Monday and Tuesday.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
River Stage at Station Monroe Sees Change in Flood Levels
River stages show a rise to 2.28.8 at station Monroe and a later fall to 1.6 Camden. Officials report evolving flood conditions with adjustments planned as waters shift.
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Monroe
Camden
Mills backs Nixon trade plan in broad tariff proposal
Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas said he supports President Nixon's plan for wide tariff and import authority to speed trade talks. He urged authority to adjust tariffs, impose quotas if needed, and protect U.S. industry from surges, with possible selective measures for surpluses and non-tariff barrier reductions.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
U.S
Mills
Executive Department
Search for 30 Seamen in Atlantic After Norwegian Freighter Sinks
Four Coast Guard cutters and Navy ships joined a Penacola based air unit to scour an 80 square mile zone about 130 miles southeast of Cape May New Jersey for 30 seamen who abandoned the sinking Norwegian freighter Varient. Rescue vessels scouted the area through the night but found nothing as the vessel issued a final radio report before sinking.
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New York
UPS
Coast Guard
Pensacola
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
New Jersey
Cape May
Inside The News-Star Summary Notice
Newspaper page segment listing sections and departments with page and column references for Abby Lowman Broadway Radio TV classified sports comics theater crossword Van Dellen editorial and sections Weather horoscope and Jumble across 4 sections.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Three Indicted In Shooting Of Senator Stennis
A federal grand jury indicted Washington youths Derick Holloway Tyrone Marshall and John Marshall on 10 counts for assaulting and attempting to kill a senator, armed robbery, assault with intent to kill while armed and carrying a dangerous weapon. Arraignment date not set.
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Senator Stennis
Washington
UPI
John C. Stennis
Derick Holloway
Tyrone Marshall
John
Congress
McCord Says Trial Perjury Occurred in Watergate Case
Former Nixon campaign official James W. McCord Jr reports in a bench letter that perjury occurred during the Watergate trial and that political pressure urged defendants to plead guilty. Judge John J. Sirica postponed McCord’s sentencing for a week and kept others on provisional maximums as he weighs further action.
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U.S. District Court
John J. Siricia
G. Gordon Liddy
White House
McCord
Siriia
Sirica
Senate
Grand Jury
Siricia
Key Biscayne
Fla
Gerald L. Warren
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio
Cutor
Liddy
FBI
Dutchess County
N.Y
Iit
Bureau of Prisons
Br. Howard Hunt Jr
Eugenio R. Martinez
Frank A. Sturgis
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
Hunt
Flunt
CLA
Hair Edict Targets Page Boys in Congress
Washington reports that the five member Patronage Committee ordered 51 page boys to cut hair that hangs below the collar. Rep. Thomas Morgan said a few members complained about long hair, noting most pages are 16 to 18 years old.
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Washington
UPI
House of Representatives
Committee On
Capitol
Thomas EB. Morgan
Rpa
UPL
Morgan
Pennsylvania
LSU Professor Urges Mineral Revenue Dedications Cut
Baton Rouge Louisiana State University mineral law professor George W Hardy urged deleting special mineral revenue dedic ations from the state constitution and removing the sulfur severance tax cap He also proposed consolidating natural resources agencies under a single three division board focusing on public lands living resources and inanimate resources such as minerals and water Registrar of State Lands Len Bryan Moore urged keeping the State Land Office in the constitution with key duties listed and making land holdings filings mandatory for all state agencies
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
George W. Hardy
Louisiana
Hardy
Constitutional Convention
Committee On Natural Resources
Council On Natural Resources
Registrar of State Lands
Flen Bryan Moore
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