Truckers end and rekindle blockades on I 70 and turnpike
Heavy truck protests across Ohio Pennsylvania and nearby states slowed traffic as drivers blocked I 70 and the Ohio Turnpike and called for action from Gov. Gilligan and federal officials. About 1400 rigs gathered at Lamar Pennsylvania while others halted I 795 and I 280 and roads near Toledo. Police and National Guard moved in at several points.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Ohio Turnpike
John J. Gillian
Lamar
Washington
Gil Dollar
Dallas Tex
Toledo
U.S. 20
U.S. 250
Terry Mahoney
Erie
U.S. Transportation Department
Turnpike
Walt Lowery
Transportation Department
John Gilligan
Michigan
Detroit
Energy
Berlin Heights
Cost of Living Council
Delaware Memorial Bridge
Wilmington
New York City
Washington, D.C
No rationing by March urged by energy chief
William E. Simon told senators that rationing would not start before March and that a decision on whether to ration will be made this month. He said standby machinery to implement rationing exists and that the administration will not hesitate to order rationing if needed. The plan would evaluate voluntary conservation first and consider tying rationing to higher gasoline taxes as a second option.
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Federal Energy Programs
William E. Simon
Federal Energy Office
Senate
Simon
Nixon
Federal Energy Administration
FFA
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Jackson
Ag fuel crisis mounts in state
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John White told the House Energy Crisis Committee that an emergency fuel rationing program is essential as federal priority allocations fail. He warned the agricultural sector faces drying rural fuel sources, threatened cotton harvests, unplowed fields, and disrupted nitrogen fertilizer supplies costing up to five times last year. He urged immediate bans on nitrogen fertilizer exports and criticized the distribution system, saying a rationing plan is inevitable despite political unease.
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Austin
Texas Agriculture
John White
White
School ground to be surfaced at Pecos Elementary
Pecos Elementary School yard work underway as asphalt blacktopping will be laid east of the first grade sidewalk toward Missouri Street and on the north side of the sixth grade wing. The project, supported by Reeves County Precinct 2, will help provide dry waiting and unloading areas for students.
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Pecos
Reeves County Precinct 2
Wendell Faulkner
John Denison
Missouri Street
Denison
Ray Whitley
Ford poised for VP role amid House vote
House debate on Gerald Ford's vice presidency leaned bipartisan as Republicans and Democrats praised his long service and integrity. Two New York Democrats urged delay citing a constitutional clause, while others argued the 25th Amendment applies. Ford's confirmation would mark the first VP appointment under the amendment, following Agnew's resignation.
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Washington
House
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Clarence L. Long
Maryland
Nixon
Long
White House
Boston
Long House
New York
Bella S. Abzug
Elizabeth Holzman
Congress
Speed limit ruling nixed by attorney general
In Austin, the State Highway Commission’s move to lower the Texas speed limit to 55 mph was overturned after Attorney General John Hill ruled the agency lacked authority. Speaker Price Daniel Jr. sought a meeting with Gov. Dolph Briscoe to discuss a possible special session, energy measures, and other reforms. Briscoe, returning from a New Orleans meeting, urged bold action to ease the energy shortage and public burden.
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Atty
John Hill
Price Daniel Jr
Dolph Briscoe
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
New Orleans
Briscoe
Family aid may be cut in Texas in 1974
Welfare Commissioner Raymond Vowell warned the Texas Public Welfare Board that the state faces a possible loss of about 1 million dollars for families with dependent children in early 1974. He blamed HEW rule changes for the impending ar bitrary cuts as federal oversight assumes control of welfare programs Jan 1.
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Austin
Raymond Vowell
Texas
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
AFDC
Vowell
Texas Public Welfare Board
HEW
Haig testifies on possible sinister force behind Watergate tape gap
White House aide Alexander Haig describes discussions of a devil theory after an 18 minute gap appeared in the June 20 1972 Nixon Haldeman tape. Haig testified that both Miss Woods and others had access to the tape and that no outsider was implicated.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Alexander M. Haig Jr
White House
Haig
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
Rose Mary Woods
Nix
Miss Woods
Risen
Stephen Bull
Secret Service
President
Kissinger says cease fire should hold and talks to proceed
Secretary of State Kissinger voiced confidence the Middle East cease fire would hold and that the General peace conference would proceed on schedule December 18. He urged Arab states to lift the oil boycott and noted U.N. resolution backing Israeli withdrawal from 1967 war territories. He praised the Soviet Union for helping arrange talks but warned against extremist proposals in Geneva that could derail a settlement.
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Washington (Ap
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Kissinger
U.N
Soviet Union
Moscow
Geneva
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