Wallace signals June presidential bid amid middle class appeal
Alabama Governor George Wallace, in Nashville, urged Tennessee lawmakers to keep their 1972 landslide primary, saying he would likely announce his candidacy in June. He touted support from working and middle class voters and argued the nation needs attention for the average citizen, while defending softened views on segregation and readiness to adopt new ideas.
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Nashville
Tenn
UPI
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
Tennessee
Federal agency to buy imported oil faces heated vote
The House Ways and Means Committee narrowly approved a plan creating a federal agency to handle purchases of imported oil. Supporters say it could stabilize prices, while opponents warn it would nationalize the oil industry. The proposal ties to a broader energy tax bill proposing higher gasoline taxes, car taxes for low mileage, import quotas, and a new tariff on imported oil.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
James C. Corman
D-Calif
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Corman
Gromyko backs Israel's right to exist in Middle East pact
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said at a Kremlin dinner for Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam that the USSR would back a Middle East peace settlement guaranteeing Israel's independent existence with strict security guarantees. He urged Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab lands and a resumption of the Geneva talks. The pledge followed Egypt and Syria reconciliation efforts in Riyadh, while U S arms policy and possible embargoes were debated amid Kissinger diplomacy and Peres remarks.
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Andrei “Gromyko
Soviet Union
Middle East
Israel
Gromyko
Kremlin
Abdel Halim Khaddam
Iraeli
Ismail Fahmy
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Syria
Hafez Assad
Riyadh
Mideast
Khaled
Syri
Sedat
Henry A. Kissinger
Tel Aviv
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Jerusalem
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