Protests Over Gas Price Controls Delayed by Council
Labor Day weekend may see some stations closed due to fuel shortages or price control protests but the Cost of Living Council postponed Phase 4 retail gasoline price ceilings for a week and extended the current freeze. Dealers led by Illinois group oppose the Phase 4 steps, while AAA cautions motorists to fuel up early and limit long trips as court challenges continue.
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Cost of Living Council
Bastille
Robert Jacobs
Illinois Gasoline Dealers Association
American Automobile Association
Washington
AAA
Submarine rescue under way as two miners trapped on Atlantic seabed
Rescuers in a midget submarine attached a light guideline to the stricken craft Pisces III as Pisces V descends with a heavy lifting cable. The trapped Britons, singing to conserve air, face a perilous timing with air supply due to run out about 3 a.m. Saturday.
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Cork
Ireland
Vickers Oceanic
Gregory Mott
AFSCME Walks Out Over Staffing Plans at Mental Health Dept
Springfield AP reports 43 AFSCME representatives from 20 facilities walked out after the Department of Mental Health failed to provide promised staffing plans for the coming year. Union seeks full staffing data, ward aide increases, and longer patient retention periods. 21,804 department employees include about 10,000 AFSCME members.
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Walker
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American Federation of State
al Ronan
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Weather forecast summary for tonight and Saturday
Tonight fair warm and humid with lows 70 to 75. Saturday mostly sunny hot and humid with highs 92 to 96.
Conspiracy case to jury in 1972 Republican Con
Eight antiwar activists charged with plotting to disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention faced jury deliberations in Gainesville Florida. The AP reports the conspiracy case proceeded to the jury after closing arguments.
Improper Bostonian headlines at Du Quoin State Fair show
Sandy O'Hara known as The Improper Bostonian headlines the Du Quoin State Fair girlie show. The 26 year old dancer says the act is fun not dirty, earning over 1000 dollars weekly with husband David Hanson as manager. The couple travels 48 weeks a year, with plans for Europe after summer fair engagements.
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du Quoin State Fair
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Sandy
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du Quoin Fair
NBC Film
Romanian official and Ford engineer held in glass secret theft plot
A Romanian government official Alexandru Patrascu and Ford research engineer John Akfirat are jailed on charges of conspiring to steal Ford glass making secrets tied to a Pilkington license. Akfirat allegedly planned to sell the data to a Portuguese firm for 250000 dollars while under contract with Covina Companhia in Lisbon.
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Washington
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Ministry of Light Industry
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Akfirat
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England
U. S
Patrascu
Neil J. Welch
Fanel L. Mangu
Coun
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Covina Companhia Vicreira Nacional
Lisborn
Nixon frees school funds
The Nixon administration faces a federal suit seeking release of 59 million dollars for school districts. Justice Department lawyers promised the funds would be released, with Judge Hart giving the government a deadline to stipulate by 10 am next Tuesday to avoid an order restraining impoundment.
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Washington
Nixon
Justice Department
George L. Hart Jr
Hart
Nixon to appeal on tapes ruling in Watergate fight
President Nixon will appeal to the U S Court of Appeals the Sirica order to turn over the Watergate tape recordings for private judge review. He announced after the Wednesday decision and said papers for obtaining review are being prepared to file before the stay expires next Thursday.
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U. S. District
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Washington
White House
California
Walker vetoes large revenue bill replacing property tax losses
Gov. Daniel Walker vetoed a $60 million appropri ation to replace local government revenue lost by abolishing personal property taxes. He argued replacement not constitutionally required and that revenue sharing with local districts offsets losses. He did approve a mobile home space tax aid, not estimated, replacing the same property tax.
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Daniel Walker
Department of Local Government Affairs
Walker
U. S. Supreme Court
Karl Benning
D-Deerfield
Chou En Lai Reveals Lin Piao Plot to Assassinate Mao
Premier Chou En Lai told the 10th Chinese Communist party congress that Lin Piao attempted two coups against Mao Zedong, including plans during the 9th Central Committee meeting in 1970 and again in March 1971, as Chen Po-ta was purged and Lin named Mao's successor faced downfall.
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Communist Party Congress
Lin Piao
Communist Party
Mao
Chou
Lin
Central Committee
Hsinhua
Tokyo
Chen Po-ta
Chen
China
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