Nixon Outlines Eight Point Energy Plan
President Nixon proposes an eight point energy program to end U.S. dependency on Middle East oil. The package includes Alaska pipeline authorization deep water port development deregulation of natural gas prices strip mining coal Western states Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve expansion of atomic energy and research into environmentally mindful coal extraction.
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Washington
United States
Nixon
Alaska
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
California
Jar Crisis Hits Home
The peak canning season finds Ottawa and area stores sold out of glass canning jars. Waymire's Paxson's North Pence and South Pence Stores report repeated reorders failing to obtain jars. Safeway faced ongoing shortages with a brief part shipment last week. Experts cite a surge in home canning and a glass supply shortage, worsened by soda ash constraints and factory shutdowns for pollution control.
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Theron Wray
Ottawa
Rfd
Joan Istas
Waymire’s
North Pence
Paxson’s
A&p
Safeway
Harold Metsker
Consumers Products
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Co
Sand Springs
Okla
Kissinger Hearing Sidetracked Over Wiretap Summaries
Senate Foreign Relations Panel debates Henry Kissinger nomination as secretary of state amid demand for FBI wiretap summaries on government officials and newsmen from 1969 1970. Chairman Fulbright presses on NSC role while Kissinger cites national security and openness. Justice Department had refused further detail as committee weighs delaying confirmation.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henry A. Kissinger
Justice Department
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
FBI
Kissinger
J.W. Fulbright
National Security Council
Fulbright
Department
Sen. Clifford Case
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Gas Prices to Fall One to Three Cents Nationwide
Washington AP reports new government price controls set Phase 4 ceilings at about January prices, yielding a one to three cent cut at many stations. Some retailers react with outrage as rules drive posted octane numbers and price postings at every pump while others may not reduce or could raise prices.
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Washington
1 35 Affair New Chapter Delays I-35 Opening
State highway officials push to open the Ottawa to Williamsburg stretch of I-35 by late September, but rain and material shortages could push the date into October. Sign fabrication and rivet shortages delay completion. a ribbon ceremony is planned with officials, while a parallel US-75 project faces its own festivities.
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Leroy
Topeka
Hns
Ottawa
Williamsburg
State Highway Department
Fred Fuller
Fulsom Construction Company
Gravida
Okla
Fuller
Gray
Gardner
Joe McCourt
Lawrence
McCourt
Johnson County Rural District No. 7
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Shultz
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D-Ky
Italy
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