This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 2 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1979
Page
8
The Treasury Department boosted interest rates on many U.S. savings bonds from 6.5 percent to 7 percent, effective January 1, to counter inflation and compete with six month money market certificates offering over 11.7 percent.
The Energy Department plans to accuse Mobil Oil Corp and Amerada Hess Corp of petroleum overcharges totaling over 1.1 billion dollars from 1973 to 1976. Mobil faces more than 500 million in new allegations bringing its total to over 1 billion. Amerada Hess about 650 million bringing its total to over 900 million. Spokesmen for Mobil denied wrongdoing. Amerada Hess did not respond. The inquiry also lists 160 allegations totaling 9 billion against 35 top refiners, while Gulf Oil and Chevron USA face 466 million and 40 million respectively, both denying violations.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.