Natural gas crisis forecast for a decade amid deregulation push
Washington AP reports a long term shortage of increasingly costly natural gas in the United States. with regulators and industry urging deregulation to spur production. forecasts warn of severe winter shortages and rising consumer bills as utilities switch to coal or oil.
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Prisoners free two hostages as New York jail riot rages
Rebellious inmates at Rikers Island release two of five custody officers after divisive talks with Bronx District Attorney Merola and inmate negotiators. Remaining three guards face possible amnesty demands tied to the disturbance as tensions rise among the 1,200 inmates.
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Rikers Island
Bronx
Mario Merola
Richard Sealy
Thomas Rivera
Merola
Carey pushes for NYC tax package in bid for federal aid
Governor Hugh Carey pressed the New York Legislature to approve a $206 million city tax increase tied to a federal aid plan for New York City. A legislative deadlock persisted as Carey prepared to take full personal responsibility for the tax move saying he is ready to put his head on the line.
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Hugh Carey
New York City
Ford
Carey
State to take over Texas air sampling program
The Texas Air Control Board announced the federal air sampling program will shift to state management starting in January. Fourteen urban and county areas across Texas will be covered, including Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock, Austin, San Antonio and Wichita Falls, under the 22 year old cane program.
Shift in Air Control in Lubbock Robbery Capture
Police pursued a car after a restaurant robbery at Smugglers Inn on Lubbock's south side. Tires were shot out and tear gas used to trap the suspect, who allegedly forced assistant manager Mike Langston to flee. About $3,000 was reportedly taken from nine employees over two nights. Officers observed the suspect at gunpoint as they followed on 87.
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Lubbock
Tex
Mike Langston
87 In
Restraining Order Sought Over Vehicle in Texas Case
David Edward Dygert of 2106 Leon Dygert filed in Calhoun County Court a suit seeking a temporary restraining order against the Texas Department of Public Safety. He asks to stop the department from taking title to his automobile after a San Antonio civil judgment on Nov 19, 1974, and also seeks temporary and permanent injunctions. Dygert, a city fire department employee, says loss of the car would cause irreparable harm to his employment.
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Collision Binds Carrier Kennedy and Belknap in Fires
The US aircraft carrier John F Kennedy and cruiser Belknap collided in rough seas near Sicily. Fires followed on both ships. Belknap suffered heavy damage while Kennedy had minor fire. Four dead, four missing, sixteen injured. search and rescue under way as Bordelon towed Belknap to Augusta Sicily. A Navy investigation was ordered. cause not disclosed.
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John F Kennedy
Belknap
David Vollmer
Waupac
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Vollmer
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Five Due In Dome Five Local Musicians On TV
Five Southwest Texas State University marching band members from Port Lavaca and Point Comfort will perform on national television from the Astrodome on Monday night during Oilers and Steelers coverage. Heffernan, Burgess, Robert Petrisky, Mike Petrisky, and Tracy Guilbeau are listed as performers in the pregame halftime and postgame entertainment slots broadcast at 8 p.m.
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Pittsburgh
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Point Comfort
Ronnie Burgess
Woodrow Burgess
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J. P. Petrisky
Tracy Guilbeau
J. A Guilbeau
Panel To Meet In Edinburg On Alien Education Impact
A Texas House sub committee will hold its first meeting to study the educational and economic effects of aliens in public schools. The session is scheduled for December 2 in Edinburg.
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House
Texas
Edinburg
Morning Markets Drift In Downward Trade On NYC Outlook
The noon Dow fell 2.21 to 3.55 as New York City’s financial outlook weighed on trading. Losers led gainers 6-5 on the NYSE while tax moves in the New York State Legislature sought a shift in federal aid stance. Weyerhaeuser traded down 3.4 percent after announcing the acquisition of Evans Products assets. The NYSE composite dipped 17 to 47.21, with 5.67 million shares changing hands in two hours. The ASE rose 0.4 to 4.41.
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Weyerhaueser
Evans Products
American Stock Exchange
Governor Bensouda Enters Spanish Sahara With Troop Escort
Morocco's Ahmed Bensouda, the first governor of the Spanish Sahara, arrives at El Aaiun from Tarfaya under armed Moroccan guard to confront Polisario Front guerrillas. The 56-year-old former king's official travels by car through the 60 mile route amid tensions over independence.
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el Aaiun
Polisario Front
King Hassan's
Hundreds Flee LA Brush Fires
LA amid orange glow as three wind driven brush fires force evacuations north of downtown. About 25 000 acres burned in Big Tujunga Canyon with 13 homes destroyed and more damaged. Some 1 800 firefighters battled flames near Glendale Kagel Canyon Mt. Baldy Chatsworth as winds threatened villas and livestock.
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Big Tujunga Canyon
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Glendale
Elmer Straker
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Kagel Canyon
Mt. Baldy
San Fernando Valley
Chatsworth
Death of Mrs Lillie Davenport at Port Lavaca
Mrs Lillie Davenport of Port Lavaca died Thursday evening after an extended illness at Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital. She was 4 and had previously lived in Carlsbad New Mexico before moving to Port Lavaca seven years ago. Burial is planned Monday in McAllister Oklahoma with Port Lavaca Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survived by two daughters Mrs Tony Davis of Port Lavaca and Mrs Tony Ghigo of Krebs Oklahoma a sister Mrs W A Wilson of Carlsbad New Mexico and a grandson Tony Ray Davis of Carlsbad New Mexico.
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Port Lavaca
Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
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Carlsbad
N.M
McAllister
Okla
W. A. Wilson
Carlsbad, N.M
Tony Ray Davis
Tape Deck Thefts Noted In Weekend Police Report
Over the weekend two vehicle burglaries were reported. Dale Walton Albrecht 107 Bauer St said 15 stereo tapes were stolen from his car at the Spartan Club on Railroad St Sunday evening. Danny Royla Roadrunner Trailer Park owner reported a pickup truck break in Saturday or Sunday with a tape deck stolen valued at $0. William Mowen 911 N Benavides reported a stolen car battery from a vehicle parked at Jefferson School on Commerce St.
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Bauer St
Spartan Club
Railroad Street
Danny Royla
Roadrunner
William Mowen
N. Benavides
Jefferson School
Commerce Street
Airline Walkout Hits Pan Am Talks in New York and Miami
Pan American World Airways says flight service continued normally today despite a walkout by some reservation clerks in New York and Miami as negotiations with the Airline Division of the Teamsters Union continue on a new contract.
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Teamsters Unions
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