Oil bosses deny windfall profits amid energy crisis
Senate leaders move to force a vote on emergency energy legislation stalled by disputes over excess profits. Henry M. Jackson presses oil firms over shortages despite inventories above last year. Executives defend profits, cite weather and conservation. Nixon orders reports to ensure accurate shortages data and curb windfall gains.
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Henry M. Jackson
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Harry Bridges
Shell
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James B. Allen
D-Ala
Z.D. Bonner
Gulf Oil
Nixon
Russell B. Long
D-La
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Inflation runs highest in 27 years as prices surge
The government blamed food price spikes for last year's 8.8 percent consumer price rise while other goods climbed, with gasoline up 44 percent in the month and fuel oil leaping 46.8 percent year over year. December earnings averaged 149.17 dollars weekly before inflation adjustments.
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Southland battered by winds a citywide outage storm
Strong gusts disrupted Fontana with broken plate glass and widespread power outages. Flight Service logged 58 mph at Ontario Airport and 52 mph at Riverside, with Orange County and Santa Ana areas exceding 30 mph. Long Beach reported 10 mph, while Santa Ana Canyon and western San Fernando Valley saw 47 to 50 mph winds. Small craft advisories stretched from Point Conception to the Mexican border as northeasterly swells threatened Catalina Island.
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Oxnard
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Stunt Pilot Crashes Biplane During Film
Frank Tallman, renowned stunt pilot, crashed a World War I biplane into high voltage wires and the Santa Clara river hub near Newhall during filming. He received minor head cuts requiring 12 stitches at Golden State Hospital. Tallman, long active since Hell's Angels, was flying a French Newport fighter in The Great Waldo Pepper when the rudder controls failed.
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Valencia
UPI
Nonday
Santa Clara River
Newhall
Tallman
Golden State Hospital
Angels
Waldo Pepper
Universal Studios
Kissinger predicts early end of Arab oil embargo
Analysis notes Kissinger foresees an early conclusion to the Arab oil embargo as regional talks proceed. Meir in Parliament argues the Egyptian Egyptian disengagement with Israel could open the Suez Canal and allow shipping to resume, while Cairo signals plans to rehabilitate the canal zone and restore civilian life.
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Sadat
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Muammar Khadaty
Soviet Union
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Damascus
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al Fajr al- Jadid
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Egypt
Meir
Sinai Desert
Middle East
Cairo
Suez Canal Zone
Flat
Arson Suspicion in Oil Tanker Fire Near Truck Protest Area
East Liverpool Ohio authorities suspect arson after an oil tank truck was destroyed across from a trucker protest site. Two men, Thomas Hebron and George Cekovich, both 36 to 45, were arrested for vandalism and held on $1,000 bail each. No injuries were reported.
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Ohio
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George Cekovich
Fiber Vance Saki
Nixon will not resign Ziegler says in White House briefing
White House spokesman Ronald Ziegler stated President Nixon is not considering resignation and will serve out his term. He emphasized Nixon believes he did nothing wrong in Watergate and disputes a deliberate tape erasure. FBI questioning of White House staff was reported, while Vice President Ford offered to review a transcript to support Nixon's innocence. House talks of impeachment continued without a formal resignation.
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UPI
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziewler
Ziegler
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
FBI
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Lowell Weicker
Rconn
Train passengers rescued after 44 subzero hours
Reports from Elazig Turkey describe rescuers freeing 680 passengers from a snowbound train after 44 hours of near minus 22 degree cold. An avalanche killed 10 nearby residents as flames were used to clear snow and passengers celebrated survival amid freezing conditions.
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Ankara
UPI
Elazig
Suntay
Allah
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