Nixon signs highway bill funding rail relocation to Carbondale
President Nixon signed a $22.9 billion highway measure authorizing $10 million for Carbondale railroad relocation from the Highway Trust Fund and $10 million for tracks near St. Louis. Rep. Kenneth J. Gray touted funds and cities plan studies and possible further work. The bill allows trust funds for mass transit and rail investments in later years.
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Carbondale
Kenneth J. Gray
D - West
Frankfort
Gray
St. Louis
Neal Eckert
Washington
House
Camp David
Illinois Native Among Latest Victims In Virgin Islands Killings
Stanley Radulovic, an Illinois native and restaurant owner, was found slain on a beach near Rainbow Beach Club in St. Croix. His father is Franklin County photographer John Radison. He taught at Washington University and once ran a Gaslight Square restaurant. The weekend killings on the island claimed two more victims including a hotel clerk and her 74 year old mother.
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St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Stanley Radulovic
Rainbow Beach Club
Radulovic
John Radison
Christopher, Tl
Franklin County
Washington University
St. Louis
Gaslight Square
Four Baltimore contractors allege cash payments to Agnew
At least four Baltimore County contractors tell federal prosecutors they made cash payments to Spiro T. Agnew hoping for favored treatment in contract awards. They offer to trade testimony for immunity. prosecutors consider presenting evidence to a special Baltimore grand jury. Identified figures include Lester Matz of Matz, Childs and Associates and Jerome B. Wolff of Greiner Environmental Systems.
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Washington
Agnew
Maryland
Baltimore
Lester Matz
Matz, Childs and Associates
Jerome B. Wolff
Greiner Environmental Systems, Inc
J. E. Greiner Co
Libyan Deal Sets High Oil Prices for Occidental
Libya nationalized 51 percent of Occidental Petroleum Libyan holdings and will buy all production for six months at 4.90 dollars per barrel. The oil is described as low in sulfur and high in quality, with prices about 20 to 30 cents above current market levels. Dr. Armand Hammer called the price acceptable.
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Beirut
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Occidental
Libya
Occidental Board
Armand Hammer
Bunker Hunt
British Petroleum
Phase 4 wage price rules start amid injunction denial
The nation enters Phase 4 of wage price controls under President Nixon with inflation aims. Small and medium firms may raise prices for cost increases since late 1972, while large firms must give 30 days notice. Gas and beef remain frozen. insurance and health sectors face special rules.
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Commerce
Frederick B. Dent
Weather outlook with chances of storms this week
Variable cloudiness tonight with showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the 60s. Tuesday partly cloudy with a chance of showers and highs in the 80s. Wednesday will be fair then warmer and more humid with a chance of thunderstorms by Thursday and Friday.
Spanish Caravelle Jetliner Crashes Near La Coruna
A Spanish Caravelle jetliner crashed into houses near Alvedra Airport in heavy fog. Officials confirm all 79 passengers and six crew perished, though unverified reports say a man was pulled alive. The Europa news agency indicates five fatalities in Montrove, five miles away.
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Spain
Alvedra
Aviaco Airlines
Europa
Montrove
Former area man Rothschild escapes North Carolina prison
Charles P. Rocky Rothschild, 48, a former Cairo policeman and SIU athletic official, fled Hendersonville prison where he was serving life for the 1958 Georgia jailer murder of Charles Drake and a 1955 count tied to a fright murder in North Carolina. Accomplices bound Carson Lawson and relatives. Lawson died of a heart attack during the testimony. Rothschild reportedly confessed to Drake’s murder before an innocent man faced execution.
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Charles P
Rocky” Rothschild
Cairo
SIU
Illinois
Hendersonville
N.C
Rothschild
Charles Drake
Georgia
N. C
Carson Lawson
Lawson
Drake
Cox cites Nixon duty to provide evidence in grand jury case
Special prosecutor Archibald Cox argues Nixon has an enforceable legal duty to supply material evidence to a grand jury. He contends courts can compel Nixon to obey subpoenas, rejecting White House claims of presidential immunity as inconsistent with constitutional tradition. The brief asserts the grand jury seeks evidence, not control over presidential powers.
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Watergate
Archibald Cox
Nixon
Cox
U.S. District Court
White House
Grand Jury
Beef price freeze stays ruling pending Sept. 12
A Lincoln federal judge refused a bid to end the beef price freeze before the Sept. 12 deadline while Seattle officials prepared a similar ruling. The decision comes as beef shortages widen with ceilings lifted on other foods and major military bases facing supply cutbacks. LTCs and suppliers report losses and potential demands for price hikes.
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Lincoln
Neb
Seattle
Wash
U.S. District Court
Warren Urbom
Urbom
American Meat Institute
New York
Cambodia
U.S. Supreme Court
Meat Institute
Cat
Tlemen
Army
Ft. Ord
Monterey
Calif
Col
J. E. Skaggs
Navy
San Diego
California
Norm Moffit
The
Meat Packers Association
Los Angeles
Travis County
Tex
Luther Nuncio
24th Body Found in Houston Mass Slayings Case
Jefferson County sheriff's officers unearthed a 24th body near High Island as searches for more victims continued along a Gulf Coast beach. The death toll nears 30, tying the case to California's Juan Corona killings. Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, faced his first court appearance amid reports of a psychiatric examination request. Houston police planned a news conference to address parents' charges over police delays.
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Jefferson County
Gulf Coast
High Island
Juan Corona
California
Tion
Elmer Wayne Henley
Henley
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