Gasoline supply eases but policy blockouts linger
The SDN Column notes ample Sunday stations and occasional price dips while reminding readers of the continuing energy puzzle. It cites the Middle East embargo’s impact, vehicle emissions and mileage, and the lack of a unified plan to boost production, efficiency, and cleanliness, quoting John Miller of the Independent Petroleum Association on a policy stalemate hampering solutions.
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Middle-East
John Miller
Independent Petroleum Association
Texas Independent Oilmen
Wacil McNair
June 11 in History 1942 lend lease to USSR noted
Items from 1942 disclose a lend lease pact between the United States and the Soviet Union to aid the Soviet war effort. Other notes include the 1727 death of King George I and the 1963 Alabama Governor George Wallace dropping his stand to allow black student registration as the National Guard watched.
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United States
Soviet Union
George I
England
Six Mile Canyon
Nevada
Comstock Lode
Juliana
Netherlands
Canada
Alabama
George C. Wallace
University of Alabama
Montgomery
National Guard
Egypt
Syria
Israel
Wheelus Air Force Base
Libya
North Africa
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
China
Sinkiang
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate
Weather Summary for Snyder Texas and Regions
High Monday 90 degrees and 58 low with 7 am reading 67. Northwest and Southwest Texas clear to partly cloudy through Wednesday with widely scattered thunderstorms in Panhandle and mountains tonight and Wednesday. North Central and Northeast Texas clear to partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers. South Central and Southeast Texas partly cloudy with showers mainly daytime near the coast. Coast winds 5 to 15 knots, rising to 8 to 18 knots Wednesday with seas 2 to 4 feet.
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Snyder
Texas
Nixon Holds Talks With Austrian Chancellor Before Middle East Trip
President Nixon met 142 hours with Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky in Salzburg to discuss his five nation trip to the Middle East and Moscow. Talks covered European security and possible NATO summit. Nixon departs for Cairo Wednesday amid defense of Kissinger’s Middle East role.
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Salzburg
Austria
Nixon
Bruno Kreisky
Middle East
Moscow
Egypt
Ronald Ziegler
Russia
Ziegler
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Can
Ada
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Henry A. Kissinger
Senate
Jackson
Atlantic City
N.J
Kissinger
Soviet Union
United States
Israel
White House
Cairo
Alexander M. Haig, Jr
Ronald L. Ziegler
Washington
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Jordan
Italy's Political Crisis Deepens With Ru mor Resignation
Premier Mariano Rumor quits amid Socialist and union opposition to his austerity plan. Italy faces its worst postwar crisis as inflation surges, credit tightens, the lira falls, and a caretaker government is sought while parties struggle to form a new coalition.
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Victor L. Simpson
Associated Press
Rome
Mariano Rumor
Italy
Rumor
Socialist Party
No. 2
Giovanni Leone
Luigi Preti
Christian Democrats
Leone
Christian Democrat
Guido Carli
Bank of Italy
Gold Owning Hopes Raised As Ban May End This Year
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon told a House subcommittee he favors allowing Americans to own gold and hopes the ban ends before year’s end unless damaging developments occur. Nixon has authority to remove the ban, while IDA funding moves forward with conditions tied to gold ownership dates.
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Washington
Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
House Banking and Currency
Nixon
Congress
House
U.S
International Development Association
Association
Senate
Ehrlichman Trial Severed in Watergate Case
A federal judge severed John Ehrlichman from the Ellsberg break in case, saying Nixon’s refusal to allow access to Ehrlichman’s files hinders a fair trial. Ehrlichman may face trial later while Liddy Barker and Martinez go ahead Monday.
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Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Ellsberg
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
Nixon
Ehrlichman
James D. St. Clair
Gesell
St. Clair
Cable Blackout Plan Deleted from Copyright Revision
The Senate Judiciary Committee removed Section 111 from a copyright bill, a move supported by Sen. Edward G. Gurney to allow cable TV operators to continue showing distant sports events. Pro sports groups opposed, fearing financial harm to leagues.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Associated Press
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Edward G. Gurney
Rfla
Kissinger Threatens Resignation Over Wiretap Controversy
Henry Kissinger told reporters he would resign unless the national security wiretapping dispute was cleared. He urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to reopen hearings and said he would return from trips to testify if needed. He denied ordering wiretaps and appealed for a “clean bill of health.”
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Ehrlichman
Gesell
White House
James D. St. Clair
Salzburg
Austria
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
America
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Middle East
Washington
Fulbright
Knapp Freed From Prison In Texas
Former state Representative Walter Knapp was released from Huntsville Prison on a federal order for a new trial on his 1972 theft conviction. Sheriff T L Baker said Knapp left at 8 a m headed to Amarillo after a conference with his lawyers and Assistant Attorney General Jack Boone. Knapp had served nearly four months of a four year term for using state postage stamps to buy a pickup truck.
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Huntsville
Tex
Walter Knapp
Potter County
T. L. Baker
Knapp
Amarillo
U.S. District Court
Hal Woodward
Jack Boone
Senate Panel Agrees to Review Kissinger Testimony
Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted unanimously to accept Secretary Kissinger's suggestion to review his previous testimony on national security wiretaps. Senator Muskie supported Kissinger and urged he not resign while a review is conducted. The move preserves Kissinger's service until a contradicting record appears.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henry A. Kissinger
Sen
Edmunds. Muskie
Muskie
Kissinger
Sawhill decries attack on depletion allowance
Energy chief John Sawhill condemned congressional moves to end oil depletion allowances as bad oil politics. He warned full elimination would raise consumer costs, potentially increasing gasoline by 2 to 3 cents a gallon and boosting natural gas prices, while stressing careful reform during political times.
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Max Skelton
Houston
John Sawhill
Federal Energy Office
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Sawhill
House
Ways and Means
Federal Power Commission
Texas Independent
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