Trucker strike shuts down vast portion of U S
The trucker protest over fuel costs and freight rates extended across at least 39 states. Violence and disruptions surfaced in multiple states while Holly Farm Industries announced closing three North Carolina plants and two in Virginia with 4,000 layoffs amid the shutdown.
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Kentucky
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Wisconsin
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Ohio
West Virginia
National Association of Food Chains
Washington
Hut
American Meat Institute
National Broiler Council
U.S
Rollback accord reframes energy issue before Christmas
The stalled energy bill faced tense debate over a rollback proposal to cap profits in the petroleum sector. Under Jackson's amendment, crude oil and products would base prices on May 15 levels plus allowed cost increases, with a possible crude price as low as 5.25 dollars per barrel and a presidential authority to raise it to 7.09 to spur production.
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Congress
Jacksan
Jackson
Senate
Nixon Gromyko talks pace tightens toward Kremlin summit
The White House announced a communiqué after Nixon and Gromyko met for two hours to discuss East European issues and U S Soviet arms limits. They eyed a June Kremlin summit with Brezhnev and a possible Nixon European trip. The talks touched on the Middle East and East German access to West Berlin amid protests over border checks. Cuba was not on the agenda.
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San Diego D A Sues Car Painter for 1 Million
San Diego District Attorney Ed Muller filed a civil suit seeking about 1 million dollars in damages against Earl Scheib Inc. for a massive campaign of false advertising. He also asked for an injunction against deception, misleading inducements, fraud, misrepresentations and unlawful business practices by the Beverly Hills based auto repair and painting firm. The action amends an earlier suit filed last year. Muller said he had more.
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Earl Scheib, Inc
Miller
Beverly Hills
National Auto Repair and
Scheib
Ex Publisher Kunkel guilty on smut rap
Ex publisher Kunkin convicted by Municipal Court jury of selling obscene matter in a case tied to the June 29 1971 seizure of copies of the San Francisco Ball. Attorney argued printer responsibility for printed material, with over 100 witnesses ready to testify.
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Art Kunkin
Los Angeles Free Press
Kunkin
San Francisco
Runkin
Dep. Dist. Atty
John Spence
Sand spill at Vermont motel closes site
A New York motorist with an oversized van fuel tank leaked gasoline onto the ground at a Brattleboro motel. Firemen were called as 44 gallons spilled, prompting questions about the tank and the leak. Cleanup followed the incident.
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New York
Kidnap raid targets Hearst daughter amid gunfire
Gunmen seized Miss Patricia Hearst after knocking on her Berkeley apartment door at about 9:20 pm. Steven Weed, her fiancé, described a violent break in with two to three attackers demanding money and beating witnesses. Police and FBI pursued leads including a suspect vehicle, while Miss Hearst remained in danger.
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Miss Hearst
Weed
Berger
Berkeley
Peter Benenson
Berkeley Radiation Laboratory
Benenson
Bils Hearst
Five cousins die in early morning home fire
GRAND RAPIDS Mich five cousins aged from one month to five years perished in a fire that broke out shortly after midnight in a home where they had been left alone. The mother Mattie McIntosh 21 was found at a nearby bar after authorities identified the victims Elizbeth McIntosh 5 Yvette McIntosh 4 Anise Meine tush Jr a Sylvester Naves 3 and Glenn Naves 14 months.
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Elizabbeth McIntosh
Yvette McIntosh
Anise MeIntosh Jr
Sylvester Naves
Glenn Naves
Exxon and Gulf raise gasoline prices in US market
Exxon and Gulf marked a new price hike, boosting gasoline by 3.6 and 5.5 cents per gallon respectively. Heating oil and most diesel fuels rose 2.4 cents a gallon, while Gulf added 5.4 cents to distillate oils. Earlier, several major oil firms had announced increases and Amoco said it would cut gasoline prices by 2 cents a gallon.
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Gulf
Amoco Oil Co
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Richfield
Mobil
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