AFL-CIO seeks veto proof Congress in Miami Beach
The AFL-CIO opens its biennial convention as George Meany pledges to mobilize all political resources to secure a veto-proof House. Nixon vetoed multiple labor bills recently, including the minimum wage and emergency medical services measures.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Labor
House of Se
House of Representatives
Nixon
House Passes Mandatory Fuel Allocation Bill
The House approved a sweeping mandatory fuel allocation bill amid news that Arab producers plan cuts. It would allocate crude oil and refined products, including heating oil and gasoline, based on last year’s distribution and allow automatic passthrough of wholesale price rises to consumers. The measure, aimed to supersede the administration plan, goes to conference with the Senate and requires a cross the board allocation within 25 days.
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Washington
House
Senate
Torbert H. Macdonald
Dmass
Nixon
EPA Faces Unreasonable Cure for Smog in Rationing Plan
EPA chief Train announced state plans to meet 1977 clean air standards with drastic measures, including gasoline rationing to cut traffic in California regions, Denver, and Houston-Galveston. He called the requirements unworkable but enacted them, seeking Congress’ authority to ease deadlines and delay if needed.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Russell Train
California
Denver
Colo
Houston- Galveston
Texas
Houston-Galveston
San Joaquin Valley
Sacramento
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Train
Congress
Gunmen seize Beirut bank amid two hour siege
Gunmen calling themselves the Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary movement stormed a Beirut building housing Bank of America and other banks, holding up to 60 people and threatening harm. A 6 p.m. deadline was set for three demands including ransom and the release of Palestinian prisoners. Police and army surrounded the six story site as gunfire and gas filled the air. several hostages were freed and several wounded amid accounts of masked assailants and a tense standoff.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Bank of America
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
New York
Chemical Bank of New York
Deutschebank
West Germany
Banque de l'Industrie Et du Travail
Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Movement
Israel
Algeria
South
Yemen
Lilian Hellstrom
Fedayeen
Weather balloons trigger new wave of UFO reports across South
The Associated Press reports weather research balloons launched Wednesday prompted numerous UFO sightings across Alabama Mississippi Georgia and the Carolinas. Balloons reached 50 000 to 85 000 feet while Air Force rocket tests colored the sky and fueled further misidentifications. Residents from Mobile to Atlanta reported odd objects despite official explanations and weather officials noted sun reflections at high altitudes.
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Associated Press
National Weather Service
Palestine
Mississippi
Weather Service
Montgomery
Ala
Acon
Elgin Air Force Base
Florida
AIR Force
Miami
Corpus Christi
Tex
Memphis
Tenn
Estern Seaboard
Charleston
S.C
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Interstate 10
Alabama- Mississippi
Mobile
Dothan
Troy
Birmingham
Gadsen
Tuscaloosa
Jackson
Yazoo City
Gulf Oil, Exxon drill in Winkler and Ward counties
Oil companies drill and stake numerous wells across Winkler and Ward counties. H&GN, Exxon, Gulf and Sun Oil report projects in Apollo Fusselman, Keystone, and Ellenburger fields with depths from 11,000 to 18,000 feet. Notable sites include University, Haley, and Moore Hooper discoveries and re completions with planned 22,000 foot wildcats and test wells near Wink, Mentone, and Monahans.
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HGN Oil Co
Midland
University
Apollo
Winkler County
Wink
Saxon Oil Co
Abilene
John H. Moss
Keystone
San Andres
Kermit
Exxon Corp
Haley
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf-C&k Petroleum, Inc.-University
All
HNG Oil Co
Fusselman
Section 15
Block 21
Apollo (Fusselman
John C. Snyder, Inc
Dallas
Hardin
Toro
Reeves County
T&p Survey
Cayanosa
Delaware
SUN Oil CO
Moore- Hooper
Loving County
Mentone
Ellenbruger
W&nw
Moore-Hooper
Menton
John R. Dorr
Belgian ambassador rescued after Havana airport incident
Belgian Ambassador Jean Somershausen to Cuba was unharmed after gunmen held him and French Ambassador Pierre Anthonioz during a counter revolutionary attempt in Havana. Both ambassadors were taken hostage at the French Embassy as Cuban police moved in. the Belgian envoy survived, while the Cuban gunman died during surgery.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Havana
Jean Somershausen
Belgium
Pierre Anthonioz
Somershausen
Anthonioz
Harvard economist Leontief wins 1973 Nobel Prize
Harvard economist Wassily Leontief wins the Nobel Prize in Economic Science for the development of the input-output method and its practical application in about 50 countries. He says he is honored to be in good company at Harvard. Patrick White wins the literature prize for epic and psychological narrative art introducing a new continent into literature.
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Stockholm
Harvard
Wassily Leontief
Patrick White
Royal Academy of Science
Leontief
Cambridge
Mass
White
Australia
England
Royal Air Force
Leningrad
Russia
China
United States
Svetlana
Office of Strategic Services Oss
U.S
Four charged in slayings of former wife and family
Robert Meier, 31, and two accomplices faced arraignment in San Bernardino for the killing of his former wife Dorothy Sanchez 34 and her children Toni 15 David 14, plus friend John McGrail 19. Bail set at 250000. Victims found near Lost Lake after ransom demand.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Robert Meier
Meier
Philip E. Walters
Dorothy Sanchez
Toni
David
John E. McGrail
Lost Lake
San Bernardino Mountains
Montoya
Oil allowable set at 100 percent in Texas
The Texas Railroad Commission set the November statewide oil allowable at 100 percent for the 20th straight month of full production. Chairman Jim Langdon cited winter fuel supply uncertainty and possible Middle East disruptions, urging everyone to buy a sweater.
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Austin, Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Commission
Jim Langdon
Middle East
Langdon
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International Commission of Control and Supervision
Vietnam
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ICCS
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Viet Cong
Red Rocket Commander
Moscow
Soviet Union
Fyodor M. Bondarenko
Defense Ministry
Red Star
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Charles G
Rebe
Rebozo
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
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FBI
Robert L. Hirsch
Atomic Energy Commission
Beruit Communications Out
St. George’s Bay
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Marseille
France
Houston
National Conference of the Chrristians and Jews, Inc
John Craig
Central Presbyterian Church
Silva O. Conte
D-Mass
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H&gn
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