Major Oil Firms Announce Gasoline Price Hikes
Four large oil companies Shell Standard Oil of Indiana Amoco Atlantic Richfield and Texaco raise wholesale gasoline prices effective today by three cents two cents and 1.4 cents per gallon respectively. Increases apply to all grades and dealers are expected to pass the higher costs to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Oil Co
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Amoco
Atlantic Richfield Co
Texaco Inc
Treasury auction of 499500 ounces gold bids accepted
The Treasury Department announced the acceptance of bids for 499 500 ounces of gold at 165 05 dollars per ounce from its Monday auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Checks are higher in July for Social Security benefits
Social Security checks will rise 8 percent in July, averaging about $16 more per month. The boost applies to 31.3 million Social Security and four million Supplemental Security Income recipients, following a 1972 amendment linking increases to the Consumer Price Index. The raise reflects CPI growth from Q2 1974 to Q1 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Caspar W. Weinberger
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Seminary President Tietjen thanks God after charges dropped
The Rev. Dr. John H. Tietjen, ousted last October as Concordia Seminary president, says he thanks God for dismissal of the false doctrine charges filed against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
John H. Tietjen
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
Concordia Seminary
Uganda dictator pardons British lecturer Denis Hills
President Amin of Uganda announced in Kinshasa that he will pardon British lecturer Denis Hills, 62, who faced execution for calling Amin a village tyrant in an unpublished manuscript. Mediation by Mobutu Sese Seko and pressure from Britain led to the reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinshasa
Zaire
di Amin
Uganda
Denis Hills
Hills
Amin
Mobutu Sese Seko
Zaire Presse
Mobutu
James Callaghan
Callaghan
King's African Rifles
Final ultimatum on Muscatine elderly housing project deadline
Federal HUD and Muscatine Low Rent Housing Commission press tension with B B Andersen Development Co over a Aug 4 ground breaking target for a 100 unit elderly housing high rise. Towe cites bid costs and subcontractor delays while HUD signals possible shift to a conventional turnkey plan if the deadline fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Muscatine Low Rent Housing Commission
B.B. Anderson Development Co. Inc
Denver
B.B. Andersen
Ruben
Des Moines
HUD
Towe
Commission
Peoria
Weather tonight fair and warm with moderate low 65 to 70
Tonight the forecast calls for fair skies and warm temperatures with lows around 65 to 70. Wednesday remains mostly sunny and hot with highs near 95. East winds at 5 to 10 mph tonight. Monday's high reached 89 and the night low around 69 at Lock and Dam 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lock and Dam
Power struggle in Lebanon deepens with new cabinet
In Beirut Premier Rashid Karami forms a six member reconciliation cabinet representative of major sects. President Franjieh approves the lineup with three posts per minister. Casualties rise to over 210 dead and more than 1,000 wounded as fighting continues with mortars and rockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Suleiman Franjieh
Ford and Meany clash over U.S. economy at NAACP event
President Ford told the NAACP convention that the economic decline is over but warned recovery must be sound to avoid higher inflation and deeper recession. AFL CIO chief Meany denounced Ford’s recovery as cruel and fraudulent and urged unified protest against high unemployment. Ford cited rising retail sales and falling inflation, while pledging broader job opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
AFL Cio
George Meany
Ford Administration
Meany
Home rule takes effect as Iowa towns become cities
Transition day marks 631 towns gaining city status under the Home Rule Act. Gov. Ray signed the bill clarifying city code provisions, with most new laws taking effect Tuesday though some bills await action or are set for Aug. 15 or Sept. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Robert Ray
Iowa
Ray
Dick Gilbert
Sneaking a nap at the Saratoga shine stand
A seven year old Timmy Horkay of Saratoga Springs New York naps during a slow shoeshine business afternoon hoping for better times and a profitable moment as customers are scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timmy
Horkay
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Turbulence warnings ignored as Eastern Flight 66 crashes at JFK
Tape records reveal Eastern Airlines Flight 66 from New Orleans was cleared to land in a thunderstorm despite a Flying Tiger DC8 pilot warning of dangerous wind shear and urging runway change. The 727 struck wet runway lights, flipped, and exploded near Kennedy Airport, killing 112.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eastern Airlines
Eastern Flight 66
New Orleans
Kennedy International Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
O.K
Flying Tiger
Also Mentioned on This Page
News ‘Digest
The
Wayne Towe
Nate Ruben
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Karami
Camille Chamoun
Philip Takla
Adel Osseiran
Majid Arslan
Ghassan Tueni
Chamoun
Interior Ministry
Osseiran
Taka
Arslan
Agriculture
Cooperatives
Tueni
Kamal Jumblatt
Chamou
U.S
America
Iowa Foundation
Towa
Shine
AP Photofax
John Kleven
Kleven
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!