Ford weighs veto on six month oil price controls extension
Washington reports Congress will send President Ford a six month extension bill for domestic oil price controls under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act. Ford must act by midnight Sunday or the current controls expire, potentially enabling gasoline price increases.
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Independent Petroleum Association of America
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Support Urged For Use Of Pesticides
Versicol Chemical Corp. of Chicago asks farmers to urge Congress to overturn an EPA ban on chlor dane and heptachlor arguing widespread corn damage and higher food costs. EPA chief Train cites cancer risk from residues entering the food chain. Versicol president Morris calls for a flood of letters to lawmakers.
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Wildfire Rages Near Sespe Sanctuary in Piru California
A brush fire blackened about 1000 acres near the Sespe Condor Sanctuary east of Lake Piru. Firefighters from the Forest Service and Ventura County worked with aerial and ground units to contain the blaze, which remained out of control despite cooler night air and winds. Two firefighters were slightly injured and no structures were threatened as the fire impacted a crucial watershed supplying Santa Paula Valley farms.
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Kuwait Official Sees 10 Percent Oil Price Rise After OPEC Meet
Kuwait finance minister Abdulrahman Saled Al Teeqy said a weaker dollar will push oil prices up about 10 percent at the next OPEC meeting. He accused oil companies of overproduction and blamed them for high costs while Kuwait seeks Kiawah Island investments. He warned OPEC may use embargos if survival is threatened.
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Columbia, S.C
UPI
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U.S
OPEC
Abdulrahman Salem Al-Teeqy
United States
Al-Teeqy
South Carolina
Kiawah Island
Kuwait Investment Co
San Francisco Pay Raises bogged in court cases after strike
San Francisco faces court actions over police and firefighter pay boosts won in a city strike. Judge Drewes cites contempt for officers who refused to return to work and schedules Sept. 18 to hear a suit challenging the raises. Governor Brown calls the strike illegal and Mayor Alioto loses veto battles as the Board moves to place charter amendments on the November ballot. A Chamber of Commerce suit with neighborhood groups also targets the pay raises.
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