Gas price ceilings extended for fuel and diesel
A legal fight over gasoline price ceilings continues as the court grants a stay and allows enforcement of ceilings to begin. Burger reviews petitions from the National Congress of Petroleum Retailers while retailers seek to block price controls for 165,000 brand names. Enforcement stickers detailing octane and maximum prices may appear on about one million pumps. Labor Day plans shift as some operators reconsider boycotts after a lower court action.
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Council
John T. Dunlop
Warren E. Burger
Burger
National Congress of Petroleum Retailers
Appeals Court
Tamm
Divers Race to Aid Trapped Minisub Depths Near Coast
Divers and two rescue submarines prepare to assist a trapped minisub as weather worsens. Pisces V and Pisces II carry capabilities to depths of 6600 and 3300 feet, with surface rescue lines to be attached. The operation follows a prior Vancouver recovery and hinges on securing favorable seas for the lift.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Starr
Peter Messervy
Vickers Oceanics
Cork
Vancouver
Riot at Bethany carnival ends with police action
Carnival workers fired guns and beat fans at Harrison county fairgrounds as about 500 youths attended a concert. A force of 40 state and area officers dispersed the disturbance and four workers were arrested. A Greyhound bus crash near Alexandria injured several people en route to Boston. Volkswagen recalls 112,000 Karmann Ghias built 1967 to 1972 for possible gasoline vapor leaks into the passenger compartment.
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Bethany
UPI
Harrison County
Alexandria
Walh
Greyhound
Boston
State Highway Department
Wayne Naill
Springfield
Teat
Washington
Volkswagen of America
Ervin panel envelopes arriving empty in Calif
The Senate Watergate Committee reports many reply envelopes to California constituents arriving empty. Chairman Sam J. Ervin Jr. says mail has been opened or destroyed or returned. Spokesmen unsure if tampering or clerical errors caused empties. 147 replies noted for nonreceipts.
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Ervin
Calif
Los Angeles
Senate Watergate Committee
California
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Los Angeles Times Today
Samuel Dash
147 Repsens
147
Dash
New York
Fitzsimmons move seen as bid to thwart Hoffa
Detroit news reports Frank Fitzsimmons resigns as vice president of Local 299 and names his son Richard to succeed him. Hoffa supporters view the change as a maneuver to keep Jimmy Hoffa out of union leadership until 1980 while David Johnson vows to remain president of the 20,000 member local until Hoffa's return.
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Fitzsimmons
Hoffa
Detroit
UPR
Teamsters Union
Frank Fitzsimmons
Richard
James Hoffa
Teamsters
Jimmy
David Johnson
Quake Toll Near 1000 Across Mexican States
The disaster sprawls across more than two dozen towns as Mexico grapples with a massive quake. Echeverria visited Puebla Rio Blanco and Orizaba to assess damage while troops distributed food and blankets. Nixon planned a return to Washington after a 12 day San Clemente stay and Camp David plans.
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Echeverria
Puebla
Rio Blanco
Orizaba
Defense
Agriculture
Nixon
Salvador Allende
Chile
Mexico
Mexico City
Health Ministry
San Clemente
Washington
Henry A. Anise Ese
Camp David
Nixon to fight judge order on turning over tapes
Nixon battles a court order to surrender Watergate tapes. Judge Sirica rules for limited in chambers inspection to separate privileged from unprivileged material for grand jury review. White House argues executive privilege and separation of powers. Senate committee pushes for access to material relevant to possible crimes.
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White House
Cox
Dean
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Sirica
Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Nixon
Sitiea
Senate Committee
Committee
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Dan
Archibald Coxar
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Ohrbach
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