Nuclear power slips short of nation’s energy goals
Nuclear power remains a major but delayed source of U.S. electricity. The AEC notes 29 plants operating, 46 forecast, with 57 under construction, 90 percent behind schedule. Delays stem from technical, labor, licensing, and environmental issues amid a $50 billion on-order commitments and a record 35 plants started in 1972.
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Frank Carey
Washington (Ap
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Atomic Power Industry
U.S
Commonwealth Edison Co
Chicago
Price
Commission
L. Manning Muntzing
Tennessee Valley Authority
Decatur
Ala
Consolidated Edison Company
New York City
Nixon aides barred from secret Watergate testimony
Senate Watergate probe chairman Ervin rejected Nixon's offer to have White House aides testify in secret. Dean’s client claim rejected as conflict of interest. Weicker alleged surveillance targets and Haldeman’s involvement, while AEC study projects nuclear capacity growth and licensing hurdles with a one in 100 billion annual risk of a major reactor accident.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N. C
Nixon
White House
Erwin
Senate
Ervin
John W. Dean
Democratic National Committee
Watergate
Dean
Duke University
Special Senate Investigation Committee
GOP
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Nixon Committee
Weicker
H.R. Haldeman
Alfred C. Baldwin
Charles Percy
B-ill
Jacob Javits
R-N. Y
Charles McCloskey
R-Calif
Baldwin
FBI
James W. McCord
Capitol Hill
Sons
Edward M. Kennedy
Mass
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Mike Gravel
D S.D
Miami
Lawrence F. O’brien
Texas POWs Return Home From Vietnam Service
Texas airmen including Capt. James Ray of Conroe and Sgt. Ken Wallingford of Austin arrived at Kelly AFB after being freed from a Vietnamese prison camp. The group, part of a B52 crew shot down on December 22, 1972, was warmly greeted as families cheered and veterans recalled years of captivity.
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Lumpkin Associated Press
Big Red
America
Texas
Air Force
James Ray
Conroe
Texas’ Legion of
Lone Star
Ken Wallingford
Austin
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Ray
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Gary L. Morgan
Lubbock
Morgan
Sheppard
Carswell Afb
Fort Worth
William A. Spencer
McAllen
Hector M. Acosta
Wilford Hall Air
Acosta
Kelly
Orphalinda
Spencer
John Spencer
Hunt
Stars and Stripes
Playboy Magazine
James O. Latham
Sedailia
Walling
Ture
United States
Myers
Maj
Glenn
Wilson
Collins
Former POW Allan Carpenter recalls torture and betrayal
Allan R. Carpenter, a former prisoner of war, says torture in 1968 broke his resolve and made him feel like a traitor. He recounted being bound and threatened while captors pressed for intra camp communications details.
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Sanford
Maine
Allan R. Carpenter
Navy
Carpenter
Haiphong Harbor
Texans ill served by insurance rate study
UT professor Robert Witt released a report criticizing Texas uniform auto insurance rates as ill serving consumers. Lawmakers Ben Bynum and Don Cavness praised the findings and urged passage of a competitive rating bill amid industry concerns.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
University of Texas
Robert Witt
Witt
National Association of Independent Insurers
Insurance Services Office
Cavness
Bynum
Insurance Board
Durwood Manford
Auto recall rattles Barbs in comic exchange
Gwendolyn jokes that a composing room is no place for poets while noting a car recall. The item pokes fun at money woes as the car won’t run on anything but cash. A final line invites a kid to explain what jacks are.
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Gwendolyn
Civilians killed airmen in North Vietnamese captivity
Air Force Col. James H. Kasler says more than 166 U.S. airmen were killed by militia and civilians after downings. He cites ground survivors not reaching prison, torture by interrogators, and a May 1969 escape purge as factors in abuses during captivity. He notes 351 POWs surveyed in 1971 showed 95 percent tortured and 40 percent in solitary confinement.
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Washington
U.S
Air Force
James H. Kasler
Kasler
Indianapolis
Ind
U. S
Earl G
Navy
Kenneth R. Cameron
James J. Connell
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
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D-Nii
Joint
Senate House Atomic Committee
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S. C
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Mideast
Tom Tiede
Higfen Jett
Lebanon
Cairo
Ford
Thomas Storey
Armand J. Myers
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