Truckers End Blockade Roll Back Gas Price Protest
Truckers in Ohio and Pennsylvania resumed driving after a FASH vote urged drivers to return to the road. About 200 blocked a highway in East Liverpool and 200 blocked a Coal Grove truck stop in Ohio. protests eased Sunday with limited congestion at stops. No violence reported though an Ashland Chemical truck was fire bombed in Pennsylvania. a Minnesota driver using the handle Golden Eagle questioned reports of a full return to work. In Oklahoma City, 35 drivers blocked a Union 76 stop and planned talks with officials, while others prepared to travel to Washington to press for lower fuel prices, higher allocations, and higher speed limits.
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United Press International
Ohio
Pennsyvania
Pittsburgh
Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers
FASH
Ohio Highway Patrol
East Liverpool
Coal Grove
Pennsylvania
Ashland Chemical Co
Golden Eagle
Minnesota
J.W. “River Rat'’ Edwards
Mahoning County
Penn-Ohio
Walter Rishton
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Interstate 40
Washington
Neil Garver
Yogi Bear
Humphrey
Jim Moore
New Jersey
Garver
Dave Flagg
Moore
Flagg
Obituaries for Bosarge McDuff Harrison Dammen Dailey Summy
Obituaries list several Gulf Coast residents with ages and death places. Albert Bosarge 73 of Bayou la Barra died Sunday at Singing River Hospital. John Albert McDuff 18 of Pascagoula died on arrival at Singing River Hospital. Charles Homer Harrison Sr 85 of Pascagoula died Sunday at Ocean Springs Hospital. Ollie Mae Dammen 72 of Pascagoula pronounced dead on arrival at Singing River Hospital. Jasper Dailey 77 of Long Beach died Sunday at the VA Center Biloxi. Neva Bell Summy 76 of Gulfport died Saturday at home. Funeral homes and transfer plans message ongoing for services in Mississippi and Iowa.
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Albert Stanley Bosarge
Bayou la Barre
Ala
Singing River Hospital
Holder-Wells Funeral Home
Moss Point
Funeral Home
John Albert McDuff
Whitmore’St
Pascagoula
O’bryant- O'Keefe
Colonial Funeral Home
Columbia
Miss
New Hope Baptist’ Church
New Hope
Mias
Charles Homer Harrison, Sr
Blenville St
Ocean Springs Hospital
O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home
Ollie Mae Dammen
Parsly Ave
Fails Funeral Home
Jasper Dailey
Rt. 1
Long Beach
Veterans Administration Center
Biloxi
Riemann Funeral Home
Warren Cooper
Lawrence
Kan
Neva Bell Summy
14Th St
Gulfport
Lang Funeral Home
Locke Funeral Home
Waterloo
Iowa
Meetings Set On DuPont Plant Site In Harrison County
Two public meetings will discuss the possible location of a DuPont chemical plant in Harrison County. Speakers include officials from the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Commission and the Mississippi Marine Conservation Commission, with DuPont representatives Joe Lojewski and Larry Kniffin present at the Gulfport Pass Christian and Long Beach RAMADA sessions.
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DuPont Company Chemical
Harrison County
Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Commission
West Side
Gulfport
Pass Christian City Hall
Mississippi Marine Conservation Commission
Mississippi Marine Resources Council
Harrison County Development Commission
DuPont
Joe Lojewski
Larry Kniffin
Ramada Inn
Long Beach
Prefiled bill would create new medical examiner office
Mississippi would establish a nonpartisan medical examiner’s office headed by a trained pathologist to investigate sudden, unexpected, and suspicious deaths. The measure, prefiled by Rep. Milton Case, aligns with other states’ offices to strengthen the coroner system amid rising violent, homicidal, and accidental deaths.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Mississippi
House
Milton Case
Canton
Case
House Committee On Public Health
Jackson urges standby program for gasoline rationing
Senator Henry M. Jackson urged a standby gasoline rationing scheme that could be put in place quickly. He pressed William Simon to start the rationing machinery, linking allocation to the economy, and warned of a potential serious economic crisis without such measures. He also criticized reliance on rising prices to curb demand and favored fair sharing of burdens between rich and poor.
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Washington
UPI
Henry M. Jackson
Senate Interior Committee
America
Jackson
ABC
William E. Simon
New
Federal Energy Office
FEO
Simon
Police probe armed robbery at Winn-Dixie store
Ocean Springs Mississippi police sought leads after a Friday evening armed robbery at the Winn-Dixie. A lone white man, armed with a pistol, took about $2,000 from the register and the office, then fled from the rear of the building.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Winn-Dixie
GOP chief gears 74 bid on jobs not Watergate
Rep. Robert Michel, new GOP campaign chair, said the 1974 race hinges on the job climate and energy crisis. He urged preserving jobs, warned of possible rationing, and predicted some GOP members might distance from the Nixon era amid reelection pressures. A separate UPI report from Heidelberg noted a US soldier killed three barrack mates in Germany, with one wounded, under investigation.
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UPI
Robert Michel
Bill
House
White House
Illinois
Washington Window
Michel
George Gallup
House Republicans
Nixon
GOP
Heidelberg
Germany
U.S. Army
Europe
Dallau
Biloxi Doll and Toy Fund Distribution Party
About 900 parents attended the Biloxi Doll and Toy Fund party at the Second Judicial Court house in Biloxi. From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pilot Club members handed out dolls games footballs volleyballs and toy trains and cars one per parent to children selected by local schools.
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Biloxi
Pilot Club of
Stolen Yamaha Recovered In Pascagoula Yard
Pascagoula police found a 1973 Yamaha valued at 850 dollars partially submerged but undamaged in the Three Pits area off Emerson Street. It had been stolen Friday night from Ingalls west bank. owner Ralph E. Holm burg of Moss Point identified the bike and signed charges.
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Pascagoula, Miss
Emerson Street
Pascagoula
Ingalls' West Bank
Terry Bulfloch
Buck Townsend
Ralph E. Holmburg
Robinson Drive
Moss Point
Weather in Mississippi Turns Partly Cloudy and Cold
Partly cloudy and cold conditions are forecast for South Mississippi through Monday, with a slight warming trend and overnight lows in the 20s to 30s. Monday highs in the upper 30s to low 40s, Tuesday highs in the 40s to 60s, and northwest winds 6 to 14 mph. Central Mississippi shows clearing then partly cloudy with a warming trend Tuesday, overnight lows in the mid 20s, Monday highs around 40, Tuesday highs near the upper 50s, and northwest winds 6 to 14 mph.
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Jackson
Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Getty III refuses ear replacement surgery after kidnapping
J Paul Getty III 17 declines plastic surgery to replace his severed ear, saying he will wear the scar as a reminder. His mother and a family lawyer provided details while Getty II vows revenge on the kidnapers after the ransom payment.
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Peggy Pole Rome
UPI
J. Paul Getty III
J. Paul Getty
Gail Harris
London
J. Paul Getty II
London Sunday Telegraph
Italy
Getty
Aspromonte
Fur coats vanish at Travelodge coat room
Coats valued at 500 dollars each were reported missing from a Travelodge coat room shortly after midnight Saturday. John J. Williams of Ocean Springs and R H Romer of Mobile reported their wives’ fur coats stolen around 12:15 a.m. Sunday.
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Pascagoula
Miss
John J. Williams
Corban Place
Ocean Springs
R.H. Rosmer
White Pine Court
Mobile
Ala
Hannon Elected Task Force Chairman for Areawide Project
Rev. James J. Hannon was elected Task Force Chairman of the Areawide Model Project Task Force for the Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District. New officers include John Pettus as first vice chairman and John ny Bearden as secretary with other county and local officials joining the executive council. The council will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Gulfport. The project, funded by HEW through Mississippi’s Council on Aging, supports vulnerable elderly and coordinates with public and private agencies.
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James J. Hannon
Southern
Savings and Security Building
Gulfport
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Mississippi
Council On Aging
Southern Mississippi
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