Permian Basin PBPA objects toImports plan and price concerns
The Permian Basin Petroleum Association critiques Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans proposals to import oil and gas from communist countries. The PBPA urges a reasonable wellhead price to spur domestic production, warns of naivete and credibility issues, and favors keeping energy in the United States. Also notes a Philadelphia student, Abraham Treff, who mimicked stock purchases totaling 200000 dollars via phone with six brokerages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian Basin Petroleum Association
George A. Lincoln
Oil Policy Committee
W.D. Kennedy
PBPA
Ed Thompson
Maurice Stans
Permian
Federal Power Commission
Commerce
Stans
Washington
Abraham H. Treff
St. Joseph’s College
Philadelphia
Today In History Jan 13 1972 Associated Press
On January 13 1733 James Oglethorpe and about 130 colonists landed at Charleston to settle what is now Georgia Rouen fell to the English in 1419 Chesapeake and Delaware bays were blockaded in 1813 Vancouver Island was acquired in 1648 a 1915 central Italy earthquake killed 30000 1935 Saar vote returned to Germany Stalin doctors plot announced in 1953 later deemed false European Common Market farm policy agreed ten years ago African officers seized power in Togo five years ago Cambodian and South Vietnamese troops attacked along the sea highway a year ago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Oglethorpe
Charleston
S.C
Georgia
Rouen
Chesapeake
Delaware Bays
Vancouver Island
Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Italy
Saar
Germany
France
League of Nations
Stalin
Togo
Cambodia
Weather Snapshot Across Texas and N Gulf Coast
Snyder reports 70 daytime high and 31 overnight in town. Fair and cooler tonight and Friday across regions from Southeast to Northeast Texas with lows 8 to 45 and highs 28 to 65. West of the Pecos and coast see colder, windy conditions with small craft advisories and scattered showers tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Pecos
Hijacker Charged In Dallas After Braniff Flight Ordeal
Billy Eugene Hurst 22 of Mesquite Texas faces air piracy and interference charges after hijacking a Braniff 727 over Texas. He denied bond with potential death penalty on conviction. No injuries occurred as crew fled after hijacker claimed dynamite and pistol on board.
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Dallas
Billy Eugene Hurst
Mesquite
Tex
Braniff
Texas
U.S
Patrick Malloy
Hurst
Tom Hill
FBI
Houston
Minneapolis
Tornado rips Ft Rucker area causing four dead many hurt
A springlike tornado struck two trailer parks near Fort Rucker Alabama killing four and injuring more than 60 as it hit Pine Brook and Dogwood Acres then Lowe Army Air Field. Eight UH-1 helicopters were damaged with two others heavily damaged. Rescue work was hindered by heavy rain and debris. Dozens of trailers were wrecked or damaged and emergency crews from surrounding counties aided in the response.
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Pine Brook
Dogwood Acres
Ozark
Enterprise
Lower Army Air Field
Ft. Rucker Reservation
Rucker Public Information Office
C. F. Skipper
Creation
Rucker Reservation
Lowe Army Airfield
Rucker
UHS
Army Aviation Center
Ft. Rucker
Enterprise Hospital
Dale County
Apollo 16 Crew To Search For Signs Of Volcanoes
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K. Mattingly plan a 73 hour surface stay near Descartes crater on the moon Central Highlands. USGS geologist J P Elston says the Kant Plateau Cayley Formation and nearby domes near Descartes point to ancient volcanism and may reveal lava derived rocks and bedrock outcrops near North Ray crater.
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AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
J. P. Elston
US Geological Survey
Moon
Crater
Descartes
John W. Young
Charles M Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly H. Young
Duke
Elston
Kant Plateau
North Ray
Army Seizes Power In Ghana Coup Destroys Parliament
Accra Ghana junior army officers led by Lt Col I K Acheampong seized power with no bloodshed and suspended the constitution while dissolving Parliament The national redemption council will govern with civilian advisers and include chiefs trade unionists and religious leaders The move follows 44 percent currency devaluation inflation unemployment and what the radio called mismanagement of government
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Accra
Ghana
Black Africa
I. K. Acheampong
Kofi A. Busia
Britain
Richard M. Nixon
West Africa
Busia
Radio
National Redemption Council
Trade Union Congress
Christian and Moslem Council
Ghana Assembly of Women
Busra
Acheampong
Nixon Announces Further Vietnam Pullouts to 69000
President Nixon disclosed plans to withdraw 70000 more American troops from South Vietnam over the next three months, lowering total U S forces to about 69000 by May 1. He said 24300 would return between February 1 and May 1, with final few weeks to follow. Melvin Laird and Joint Chiefs chair backed the plan and pledged to meet or beat the May 1 target.
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Nixon
South Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Laird
White House
Janitor Charged In Tech Slayings
Lubbock police charged 57 year old Julian Sanchez Ramos with two counts of murder in the slayings of a janitor and a Tech teaching assistant at Texas Tech University. Ramos denied bond at arraignment and was found at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texa
Julian Sanchez Ramos
Texas Tech University
Ramos
Justice of the Peace
Charles E. Smith
Manuela Constancio
Michael N. Clingan
Borger
Fach
Jay Mitchell
Groppi Conviction Reversed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reversed the contempt conviction of Rev James Groppi by the Wisconsin legislature, 7 to 0, for his role in a 1969 welfare demonstration that blocked the Assembly. The decision came as the Court also ordered a hearing for an elderly Illinois inmate claiming cruel punishment for inmate scuffles, in a separate 7 to 0 ruling. Groppi faced contempt charges related to the October 1, 1969 incident, passed without allowing a defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Groppi
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Illinois
Groppi
Wisconsin Assembly
Dane County
Wallace Announces Democratic Presidential Bid in Florida
Wallace, Alabama Governor, formally announced as a Democratic candidate in Tallahassee. He urged a grassroots movement to oust intellectual snobs and secured a March 1 primary setting. He promised a new beginning of hope and said he would stay on the Florida ballot as a Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahasser
President Nixon
Hubert H Humphrey
American Independent Party
Florida
Sato Quotes President Nixon on Nuclear Treaty
Tokyo AP reports Prime Minister Pisaku Sato quoted President Nixon saying I have no confidence in convincing Communist China and France to sign the treaty banning the spread of nuclear weapons. The remarks reflect caution over securing broad international agreement.
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Tokyo
Pisaku Sato
Nixon
China
France
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SDN
THE
Associated Press
Pat Hampton
Civil Defense
Weyerhaeuser
Everett
Cayley Formation
Lunar
Descarte
Stone Mountain
Smokey Mountains
Pisces
Star Gazer
Fade
Constancio
Clingan
Sarah Alice Morgan
Benjamin Lach
Tech
Mattapan
Mass
Morgan
Lach
Wallace
Sato
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