Senate bill would force energy conservation with standby gas rationing
In Washington the Senate signals approval of a conservation bill granting the president standby power to ration gasoline if a new petroleum boycott hits. The plan also gives states long range authority to shape federal goals for energy savings while avoiding Ford’s price hikes. Prosecutors build circumstantial case in Connally bribery trial as seven witnesses testify after intense cross examination of Jacobsen who claims he gave illicit gifts.
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John B. Connally
Edward Bennett Williams
Jacobsen
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Coal trucks flood Washington in protest against mining bill
Washington witnesses a loud demonstration as more than 500 coal trucks and 2,000 miners, drivers, and operators rally outside the White House and Capitol. They say strip-mining legislation would devastate the coal industry and cost jobs.
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White House
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Chiang Kai-Shek Remembered In Taipei Honor Procession
Crowds along a 15 mile route in Taipei lined the way as Chiang Kai-Shek body was carried to Sun Yat Sen Memorial to lie in state. Thousands burned incense and candles at improvised Buddhist altars for the 87 year old Generalissimo. A military band and honor guard preceded the black coffin on a truck from Veterans Hospital where he died Saturday night.
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UW Burn Center Team Hire Sparks Compliance Complaint
A group of University of Washington Medical School surgery department employees filed a complaint with the State Higher Educational Personnel Board alleging hiring laws were ignored when trauma and burn specialists were brought in. Dr. Thomas Shires led a 23 member team from Parkland Hospital to Seattle, with critics noting moving costs and first class travel funded from the department.
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Rain slows Texas roads as floods and fog mount
The Associated Press reports ongoing rain and dense fog across Texas. Showers drenched soggy regions from Palestine to Grapeland and Nacogdoches to Tyler, with heavy rainfall raising flash flood risks. Dense fog and drizzle in the southeast and areas along the coast near Corpus Christi reduced visibility to near zero and were blamed for a fatal highway crash.
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Cambodia resents US aid as forerunner to decline in Southeast Asia
Phnom Penh leaders express rising resentment toward the United States over military and economic aid to Cambodia. They warn that a US withdrawal could trigger a wider Communist advance, while soldiers and citizens fear losing American bullets and rice, despite limited overt anti US sentiment among government supporters.
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China
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Norodom Sihanouk
Lon Nol
Bowman Real Estate Contractor Ad for Painting and Remodeling
Licensed bonded contractor offers painting remodeling and addition services for new homes and rooms. All work guaranteed in writing. Contact Bowman Real Estate at 552-3751 or 552-6542.
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Navy plates plowed into physics at Fermilab in Illinois
Decommissioned battleship armor from ships such as the Wasp and Baltimore is buried at Fermilab where 8 by 10 foot plates 3 feet 7 inches thick and weighing about four tons are used to filter particles. The lab buys lead ballast from submarines and has received 3,000 tons with 2,000 more on order. The goal is up to 100,000 tons as energy increases from 400 to 1,000 billion electron volts.
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Illinois
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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Fall River
Macon
Navy
Fermilab
Missing Lyon sisters spark national search in Maryland
Fifteen days after 13 and 11 year olds Sheila and Kate Lyon vanished from Kensington their parents await news. Police, FBI and volunteers have scoured woods and waters while sightings and tips pour in. A suspect described as an older man with a taped encounter was reported in Manassas but the vehicle could not be located.
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Mary Lyon
Sheila
Kate Lyon
FBI
Dreds
Manassas
Virginia
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