Watergate Tops AP Vote For 1973 News
Top story of 1973 is Watergate and Nixon era fallout as editors and directors list key items. Other major entries include Agnew resignation Vietnam peace and POW release, economic troubles, Middle East conflict, energy crisis, Texas boys slaying, Johnson’s death, Skylab, and Chile revolution.
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Associated Press
Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
Middle East
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Chile
Windstorm Triggers Citywide Power Outage and Damages
A windstorm knocked out the Ohio Power Scioto Trail station at 7th and Sts, affecting about 3,500 customers including Mercy and Scioto Memorial Hospitals. Service returned by 7:17 p.m. Crews reported tree damage and injuries across Adams County, Lancaster, Wheelersburg, and other areas as roofs blew off and trailers overturned.
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Ohio Power Co
Scioto Trail
Mercy Hospital
Scioto Memorial Hospital
Portsmouth Receiving Hospital
Wheelersburg
Ohio
Adams County
Seaman
Brown Seeks Ohio Chief Justice Post in 1974
Justice Paul W. Brown announced his bid to become Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court in 1974. A former attorney general and OSU Law School graduate, Brown has served on the Supreme Court after earlier roles on the Court of Appeals.
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Columbus, Ohio
Paul W. Brown
Ohio Supreme Court
Brown
C. William O'Neill
Paul Brown
Ohio
Ohio State University Law School
Youngstown
Ohio Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
DOJ reports slight rise in nationwide crime for nine months
The Justice Department notes a one per cent overall increase in crime in the first nine months of this year with violent crime up three per cent and property crimes up one per cent. It also cites 71 of the nation's largest cities seeing declines in crime in the same period.
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Washington
Justice Department
Robert H. Bork
Capital Has Lull After 73 Crises
Washington enjoys a recess amid a year marked by shocks and crises. Nixon retreats to San Clemente for a year end vacation as Congress returns January 21. The energy shortage, Watergate probes, and impeachment talk shape 1974 as voters prepare for November elections.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
San Clemente
Charles McC. Mathias
G Md
Senate
Weather summary for Ohio Valley with cooler conditions
Cloudy and cooler conditions across the Ohio Valley with light rain or snow possible. Temperatures range from a low near 26 to a high around 42, with brief chances of precipitation totaling about 0.39 inches and highs reaching the upper 60s in some areas.
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Ohio Valley
U.S. Yule Sales Hit New Highs
AP reports holiday spending reached record highs despite high prices and cold weather. Bloomingdale’s in New York cites sold out electric heaters and strong sweater sales while other stores note wool robes and blankets as top gifts. Titche’s in Dallas reports fewer luxury fur purchases amid oil fears.
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Deborah M. Rankin
NEW York (Ap
Associated Press
Bloomingdales
New York Area
Titche’s
Dallas
East Coast
Metzenbaum pays back taxes before Ohio senate pick
Cleveland industrialist Howard M. Metzenbaum says he paid 118000 in back taxes two days before Gov. John Gilligan named him to fill the unexpired Senate term. IRS seeks underpayments for 1967 and 1968, while tax court petitions challenge the deductions.
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Washington
Cleveland
Howard M. Metzenbaum
U.S
Ohio
Metzenbaum
John J. Gilligan
William B. Saxbe
Internal Revenue Service
TRS
Comet Kohoutek Nears Perihelion This Friday
AP science writer reports Comet Kohoutek reaches perihelion at 5 24 am EST on Friday, 13.24 million miles from the sun, traveling 251.4 mph. Smithsonian’s Dr. William Deutschman notes after perihelion it may reappear in night skies, possibly by January 6 or 7 near Venus.
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Warren E. Leary
Cambridge, Mass
Kohoutek
Earth
William A. Deutschman
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Deutschman
Venus
Energy Chief To Set Allocations
Washington AP President Nixon's California trip coincides with William E. Simon and staff finalizing a long awaited gasoline rationing plan and oil allocation rules. The plan includes a standby rationing system and wholesale to final user controls with a target five percent cut and a 15 percent reduction from early 1974 projections.
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Washington
Nixon
California
William E. Simon
Judye Liersch
John A. Hill
Simon
Hill
Newman
Gerald L. Warren
White House
Federal Energy Office
Congress
Energy Office
Federal Register
Nixon Signs Autographs On Secret Flight To San Clemente
President Nixon vacationing in California startled passengers by secretly boarding United Flight 55 from Washington to Los Angeles. He walked the aisle in first class, signed autographs, and explained the trip was to set an example during the energy crisis. Passengers recalled the surprise encounter as Secret Service kept the outing quiet for security.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
United Air Lines
Washington
Dullés International Airport
Secret Service
Los Angeles
White House
Gerald Warren
Warren
Arab world guards terrorists from trial
Lebanon reports that 28 hijackers and Palestinian gunmen have surrendered to Arab governments this year but none have faced trial. Several groups, including five JAL hijackers, the Rome airport attackers, and others, were sent to Kuwait or Dubai where fate remains unclear. PLO officials participate in interrogations in Kuwait as Morocco calls for harsh punishment.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Biguerrilla
Israel
Khartoum
Japan Air Lines
Libya
Deice
Athens
Kuwait
Paris
Saudi Arabian
Middle East
Dubai
Persian Gulf
Rome
Palestine Liberation Organization
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Fred Ridenour
Columbus
Sears
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
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Japan
Ralph Acampora
Harris, Upham & Co
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Pogue
Skylab
Walter R. Mears
Sio
House
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Leon Jaworski
Senate Committee
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United
Merle Fleming
Tulsa
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