Nixon presses gas tax hike and rationing
Washington officials signaled a likely combination gas tax increase and rationing plan to be sent to Congress for action by Christmas. Adviser William A. Johnson said a straight rationing proposal could not be ruled out but suggested a blended program was more probable. He noted no final decision yet on tax or rationing, with Treasury and OMB officials stressing ongoing deliberations before Ways and Means.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Meat shortages hit Southland markets as Teamsters strike
Meat deliveries halted as Teamsters refused to transport from packing houses causing fresh meat shortages in major chains Lucky Safe way and Thriftimart. Six window panes smashed at a Long Beach Lucky store amid protest tied to the strike with five men arrested on possession of flammable liquids.
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Southland
Lucky
Safeway
Thriftimart
Bellflower Blvd
Avmarket
Vernon
Toeamsters
Long Beach
Atlantic Ave
Meatcutters Union
Lakewood
Timed Flyby of Pioneer-10 Near Jupiter
A fragment reports Pioneer-10 passing within about 81 000 miles of Jupiter while beaming pictures and data back to Earth. The note mentions the spacecraft hurtling at 82 000 miles per hour and continuing into deep space, with pages and sections listed from various newspaper columns.
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America
Jupiter
Nine teen crew abandon Cypriot freighter in Atlantic
Coast Guard reports nine teen crewmen from the Cypriot freighter Aegis Duty abandoned ship 150 miles southeast of New York after sending an SOS. Rescue helicopters viewed a chalkboard message claiming all were safe. The ship, en route from St George's Newfoundland to Savannah, carried an unidentified cargo and sank later.
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New York
Atlantic
Coast Guard
St. George
Newfoundland
Savannah
Famagusta
Cypsus
Action Line Helps With Door To Door Photo Complaints
A reader asks Action Line to intervene with Art's Studio of Los Angeles after paying $4 for a photograph yet receiving nothing. The columnist notes such door to door operations often delay or skip delivery, labeling the buyer an Ace customer with low priority. Page reference suggests continuation on A page.
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Art
Oxford Ave
Los Angeles
Tye
Action Line
P.E
Long Beach
Ace
Truckers Protest Fuel Costs and Speed Limits Nationwide
Truckers demanding relief from high diesel prices and a 55 mph limit blocked highways in four states, with at least two arrests. Leaders claimed no official national shutdown, while noting drivers used citizen band radios to discuss actions. Protests began in Pennsylvania on I 80 near Blakeslee and spread to Ohio, West Virginia, and New Jersey. A Teamsters spokesman questioned coordination and membership among drivers. A participant warned of a nationwide stoppage if demands aren’t met by mid December.
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William J. Hill
Fraternal Association of Speciality Haulers
William A. Bresnahan
American Trucking Association
Pennsylvania
Interstate 80
Blakeslee
Ohio
West Virginia
New Jersey
Teamsters Union
Washington
J. W. Edwards
Overland Park
Kan
Election financing defeated in Washington stalemate
Senate liberals abandoned efforts to finance presidential campaigns from the public treasury after a filibuster. The campaign spending amendment was stripped from a debt bill, raising the debt ceiling to 474.7 billion dollars. President Nixon signed the debt bill to avert a fiscal crisis as the government faced credit limits and potential default.
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Washington
UPN
Senate
Nixon
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Dying Youths’ Cries Lead Searchers to Snow Victims
Rescue teams, guided by a victim’s last cries, battled blinding snow and freezing temps to recover the bodies of two University of Colorado students who died in separate falls while mountain climbing near Boulder. A spokesman for the rescue group said tha
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Boulder
Colo. Cupid
University of Colorado
Tescue
Dan Thomas Frank
Bay Village
Ohio
Frank
Dean Bowyer
Rocky Mountain Rescue Group
Nixon seeks Congress to delay Soviet trade debate
President Nixon asks Congress to set aside a broad foreign trade bill amendment linking most favored nation status for the Soviet Union to free emigration of Soviet Jews. He vows to veto the measure if the emigration clause remains. In Colorado, two University of Colorado students died after a fall from the Flatirons amid a late Sunday snowstorm as rescuers battled difficult conditions and freezing temperatures.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Soviet Union
White House
Illegal Nixon Gift Charged to Phillips Petroleum
The Watergate prosecutor’s office charged Phillips Petroleum Co. and its board chairman with making an illegal 300000 dollar contribution to Nixon’s re election campaign. The misdemeanor charge covers corporate funds totaling 100000 dollars used between February 9 and March 28, 1972. Keeler faces up to one year in prison and a 1000 dollar fine. the corporation up to 5000 dollars.
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Washington i
Watergate
Phillips Petroleum Co
Nixon
William W. Keeler
Oil Company
Keeler
Solons to give it priority in California session
Governor Reagan prepared to sign a 55 mph speed limit bill as lawmakers convene a special session on energy and welfare. Aide Clyde Walthall said the 54 mph measure would be signed if not tied to other energy actions. Legislation could take effect as early as next weekend. Welfare measures to boost payments for 500,000 aged, blind, and disabled Californians by 122 million dollars yearly also on the agenda.
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Sacramento
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Clyde Walthall
Senate
Assembly
William Bagley
Rsan Rafael
Bob Moretti
Gulf Oil to Close 2700 Gas Stations in 13 States
Gulf Oil Corp plans to close 2700 gasoline stations across 13 states including 30 in Oregon and 57 in Washington as part of a $250 million write down of unprofitable operations. The company is selling its Oregon sites and expects dispositions by year end, with broader withdrawal from retail marketing and refining in western states and parts of Kansas and Colorado.
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Los Angeles
UPN
Gulf Oil Corp
Oregon
Washington
F. Bradley
Oil Company
Gulf
Western
Bradley
Kansas
Colorado
Midwest
Weather Summary for L B Area Mountains and Deserts
L B area clear and warm with increasing clouds and a high near 70. Mountains expect sunny to gusty winds with a high around 55 and a low in the 20s. Deserts will be sunny then increasing clouds with a high near 72 and a low around 35.
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L.B
Suny
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Jeane Dixon
Robeson
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Chalk Board
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Associated Press
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Phillipsburg
N.J
Wirepools
Congress de la Russ Trade
Guy D. Jenks
Colorado Springs
Bowyer
Jenks
Phillips
Solons
Gulf Oil
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