Summer gasoline shortages possible this summer
The nation, long dependent on oil, faced a winter shortage and may run short of gasoline in summer. Officials cite cold weather, grain-drying, and rising fuel use, while industry and government spokesmen acknowledge the growing strain on supply.
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Stan Benjamin
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
George A. Lincoln
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Lincoln
Alaska
Atlantic
API
U. S
Interior Department
Office of Oil and Gas
United States
U.S
Pot bills seek lighter penalties in Texas legislature
Four marijuana bills were referred to subcommittees after a procession of senators and citizens argued for reduced penalties. Senator Raul Longoria claimed possession of small amounts should be treated as a misdemeanor and that Texas is unjust to youth by harsher laws.
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Austin, Tex
Sen
Raul Longoria
D-Edinburg
State of
Texas
Bob Gammage
D-Houston
Betty Andujar
R-Fort Worth
Bill Meier
D-Euless
Gammage
Andujar
Meier
Travis County
University of Texas
Charles Herring
D-Austin
Raymond Frank
Gayle White
Richardson
Widow of POW awaits reunion after seven years
Marty Halyburton, whose husband Porter A. Halyburton was shot down in Vietnam in 1965, spent years as a widow awaiting confirmation of his status as a prisoner of war. A chaplain’s visit and Navy records finally clarified he was alive and later a POW, leading her to adjust life between Coral Gables and Tucker, Georgia while memories and photos await proper order.
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Kathryn Johnson
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Marty Halyburton Haseen
Dabney
Porter A. Halyburton
Vietnam
Independence
Halyburton
J.g
North Vietnam
Navy
Atlanta
Barstow News Roundup Highlights Local Finances and Events
Barstow receives federal revenue sharing checks for 1972 totaling over 36 000 placed on deposit for city use. City elections set for April with three council seats vacant. Fire department responds to two wrecks and a house fire. Speeding citations rise as Texas DPS monitors town streets. Shell Oil flare near town raises window reflections misread as a fire. Good News Club draws 43 youngsters at community center. Barstow 4H plans bake sale February 10 and county stock show February 27 to March 3. Local residents share news through notices. several community visits and hospital update for City Secretary Belle Hummel.
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Lynn Webb
Barstow
Safeway
Wacker’s
Pecos
4-H
Ward
Nixon orders IRS file access for farm data
President Nixon signed an executive order to let the Agriculture Department inspect income tax returns of farmers for statistical data on farm operations. Critics call it an invasion of privacy and warn it exceeds routine census scope. The order covers tax years beginning after January 4, 1967 and aims to update crop and livestock production estimates.
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Washington
Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Agriculture Department
Jerry Litton
Missouri
Clem Rogers McSpadden
D-Okla
Department of Agriculture
Cold trail in killings near Ingram Texas
Ingram area six miles northwest of Kerrville, investigators face meager clues in the killings of Albert Kennedy Jr. and two family members. Authorities have no suspect and speculate on motives as bodies of Kennedy, his son Tom, and daughter-in-law are found. infant twins are unharmed.
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Kerrville
Tex
Ingram
Here
Texas
Albert Kennedy Jr
Tom Kennedy
Albert Kennedy
Kennedy
Stacy
Tracy
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Reeves Wildcat
Gammbaa
Monahans
She Oil Co
Edwards
Fusselman
Ward County
H&tc Survey
Union Texas Petroleum Corp
Midland
Ellenburger
West Caprito
Block 18
Pyote
Roger Brooke Taney
Maryland
U.S. Senate
Taney
President Jackson
American Petroleum Institute
Frank N. Ikard
Bureau of Mines
Rocky Mountains
Texas Railroad Commission
Barstow Area News
Roy Williams
John Allgood
Forrest Walker
Presbyterian Church
Texas Department of Public Safety
Highway Patrol
Shell Oil Company
Good News Club
Eddie Webb
David Jung
Chester Armstrong
Maud Witt
Belle Hummell
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Medical Center
IRS
Grand Canyon, Ariz
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park
Dick Rayner
Rayner
Him
The
Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise
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