Texaco accused of holding back Gulf gas for profit
Congressional investigators say Texaco has 500 billion cubic feet of nonproducing Gulf of Mexico gas at Tiger Shoal and Lighthouse Point, delaying output that could ease shortages. They blame a profit over gas philosophy and call for faster development of behind the pipe reserves amid broader industry scrutiny of price controls.
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Texaco Oil Co
Gulf of Mexico
House Commerce Subcommittee On Oversight and Investigations
Tiger Shoal
Lighthouse Point
Louisiana
Texaco
Congress
John Galloway
Galloway
Gulf Coast
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Subcommittee
John Moss
Od-Calif
Carter Budget Sees $459.4 Billion Plan With Deficit
President Carter submitted a $459.4 billion budget to Congress, requesting a $57.7 billion deficit and $19.4 billion more in 1978 spending than Ford’s proposal. The plan leans on stimulative public works and job programs, restoring many social cuts, while avoiding drastic changes to Ford’s framework.
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Carter
Congress
Gerald Ford
Ford
Cables accuse Brazilians of holding coffee supply
State Department cables released today claim Brazilian coffee growers, middlemen, and exporters are withholding supply to push higher prices. Two House subcommittees opened hearings into why coffee prices have tripled in two years.
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State Department
Fred Richmond
D-N.y
House
Brasilia
U.S
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Asst
Julius L. Katz
Lifeline rate could cut Chicago home electricity bills
Sponsors of the Lifeline bill in Illinois say the 25 percent cut to residential rates would lower bills by about 62 dollars a year for Commonwealth Edison Co. customers. The plan favors the first 500 kilowatt hours per month and elevates winter credits for electrically heated homes, offset by higher business charges.
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Chicago
William Marovitz
Springfield
Marovitz
Ted Lechowicz
Emil Jowers
Commonwealth Edison Co
Illinois Public Action Council
Nixon Campaign Fund Settles Watergate Case With Cubans
Lawyers for the four Cuban recruits in the Watergate burglary agree to a $200,000 out of court settlement. The civil case, set for trial before Judge Charles Richey, sought $2 million in damages from former leaders of the 1972 Committee to Re-elect the President. The settlement supports claims the Cubans were misled into participating in the break-in.
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Richard M. Nixon
Consol asks court to end strike in Southern Illinois
Lawyers for Consolidation Coal Co seek a temporary restraining order to return more than 7,000 Southern Illinois miners to work. UMW says the hearing, set for 1 p.m. in East St. Louis, should be delayed. strike began Feb. 14 over absentee rules at Burning Star 5 mine near De Soto.
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Consolidation Coal Co
Southern Illinois
Consol
Dennis O’neill
William Juergens
U.S. District Court
East St. Louis
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
Thomas Gumbel
Burning Star 5
de Soto
UMW Subdistrict 7
Mike Bunton
Bunton
Arnold Miller
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
District 12 International
Gene Mitchell
Miller
Sparta
du Quoin
Jamestown
Pinckneyville
Old Ben Coal
Freeman United
Inland Steel Coal
Peabody Coal
AMAX
Southwestern Coal
Peabody
Eagle 2
Shawneetown
Three States Trucking Co
Carbondale
James ‘Burks
Burks
Oroville
Elkville
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Carbondale City Council to accept state criteria funds
In a 3-2 vote the Carbondale City Council agreed to accept state criteria and additional funds as part of a larger financial plan. The article notes related weather and university items and mentions pages 2 3 5 8 11 for further details.
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