Industries fear fuel shortages threaten Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois industry faces potential hard hit as interruptible gas service from Central Illinois Public Service Co extends into fall and winter. Plants like Lastour Corp Norge Turco Packing and Du Quoin Packing report propane supply strains and no solid commitments, raising production risk and regional economic concern.
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Karen Rethe
Southern Illinois
Central Illinois Public Service Co
CIPS
Richard Skrobis
Lastour Corp
Murphysboro
Lastour
Northern Gas Co
Sirobis
Sam Easterly
Turco
du Quoin Packing Co
Laos Pathet Lao Seizes Power and Forms Coalition
The Pathet Lao and Premier Souvanna Phouma reach a political and military accord giving Communists 80 percent control of Laos and a coalition government. Foreign forces to withdraw within 60 days. North Vietnamese presence along the Ho Chi Minh trail appears unaffected.
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Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
United States
Vientiane
Iphanouvong
Royal Army
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Th Pathet Lao
State Department
Supreme Court to hear bombing halt appeal in Cambodia
Justice Thurgood Marshall will hear arguments on a federal court ruling that halted U S bombing in Cambodia after the 2nd Circuit stayed Judge Orrin Judd's order. The hearing comes days before the August 15 bombing deadline set by Congress.
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Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
U.S
Cambodia
Marshall
2Nd Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
U.S. District Court
Orrin G. Judd
Judd
Appeals Court
Congress
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Appeals
Second Circuit
Skylab 2 astronauts fix leak amid motion sickness
Skylab 2 crew members Jack Lousma Alan Bean and Owen Garriott suffer ongoing motion sickness while repairing a tiny leak in the orbiting station. Ground teams remotely add gas to the system after a leak in the nitrogen oxygen pressurization. A trash airlock handle mis-seal halted the leak and the crew continues a 59 day mission. Meanwhile a Southern Railway freight derailment damaged three cars but caused no injuries.
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Space Center, Houston
Space Station
Jack R. Lousma
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Space Agency
Bean
Garriott
Lousma
Mission Control
Skylab
Senate Moves Toward Overwhelming Pass on Election Reform Bill
Senate leadership pushed for final passage of a broad election reform bill tightening limits on gifts and campaign spending. House to debate Europe troop cuts and a $21.4 billion military procurement authorization amid a week of busy appropriations bills before a planned August recess. The veto power to recall Congress from vacation eyed in unprecedented resolution. Senate approved it.
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Senate
House
U.S
Europe
Cambodia
Congress
Senate Watergate hearings extend past August as new witnesses added
A Senate Watergate committee member said hearings would not recess until after seven more witnesses testify following John Ehrlichman. The list includes Haldeman Gray Kleindienst Cushman Walters Peterson Helms, with Colson absent. A Nixon statement is anticipated within 7 to 10 days after this phase ends. Weather forecast calls for 70 percent shower risk tonight, cooler high 80s Tuesday, and warm trend from Thursday.
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Senate Watergate Committee
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
John D. Ehrlichman
White House
H. R. Haldeman
L. Patrick Gray III
FBI
Richard G. Kleindienst
U.S
CIA
Robert E. Cushman
Vernon Walters
Henry E. Peterson
Richard Helms
Charles E. Colson
Haldeman
Watergate Committee
Senate
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Picket Line Set Outside Delano Grape Growers
Hundreds of United Farm Workers members began picketing Delano grape growers after contract talks collapsed. Cesar Chavez called a strike against 29 growers as the midnight contract expiry neared a five year struggle with broader union battles. No incidents reported as 500 cars formed lines near Delano and Lamong areas.
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United Farm Workers Union
Cesar Chavez
Kern County
UFW
Lamong
Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union
Ehrlichman Details Nixon Requests for Watergate Reports
Ehrlichman testified that Nixon eight times from September to March sought a complete Watergate report but never received satisfaction. He said he warned Nixon after learning of planning sessions in April and noted the president pressed for a definitive statement on the affair. Ehrlichman and Haldeman resigned April 30. Dean was fired the same day.
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Washington
Nixon
John D. Ehrlichman
Senate
Ehrlichman
Daniel Elisberg
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Erhlichman
Clark MacGregor
Donald Segretti
Congress
White House
John W. Dean III
California
George Bush
H. R. Haldeman
John N. Mitchell
Dean
Henry E. Petersen
Haldeman
Petersen
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Stans
Commerce Department
Talmadge Took Bimini Flight On Rockwell Jet
Senator Herman E. Talmadge of Georgia flew to Bimini on February 9 aboard a Rockwell Sabreliner arranged by the contractor. Rockwell arranged executive jet trips for Congress members and hosted the trip, with Bahamian officials confirming Talmadge and Rockwell Washington official R. J. Watson as passengers. Talmadge, on the Watergate committee, has declined to discuss the trip.
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Washington Star-News
Washington
Herman E. Talmadge
Dga
Caribbean
Congress
Rockwell International
Dulles International Airport
Bimini
Rockwell
Defense and Aerospace Contractor
Talmadge
R. J
Doc) Watson
Select Committee
Senate
Hearings planned for Ozark air crash in St Louis
Public hearings into the Ozark Air Lines crash near Lambert Field St Louis are likely in August or September per Ozark public relations and a Transportation Board spokesman. Survivors witnesses and investigators would testify. 41 passengers and 3 crew were aboard with 34 dead and 6 survivors, later two died. Names include Nicolette Cordin 12 Chelsea Michigan and Barbara Robertson Crestwood Missouri.
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Ozark
St. Louis
Ozark Air Lines
Robert Wilson
National Transportation Safety Board
Transportation Board
Wilson
The
Williamson County
Lambert Field
Nicolette Charlene Cordin
Chelsea
Mich
Barbara Robertson
Crestwood
Nicolette
Tamara ‘‘Tanchie
Stuart Sikevitz
Chicago
EPA
Magruder Flees to London Ahead of Guilty Plea
Jeb Stuart Magruder told the Senate Watergate committee he plans to plead guilty to a single conspiracy count over the affair. He flew to London Sunday night with his wife and four children.
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Jeb Stuart Magruder
Senate Watergate Committee
London
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Norge
Lawrence Hichler
Ilinois
Tli
Nois
Turco Manufacturing
du Quoin
J. T. English
Illinois Power Co
Whitlam
Australia
Gough Whitlam
Henry Kissinger
China
Southeast Asia
Huddersfield
England
Ling
Centralia
Southern Railway
Delano, Calif
Magruder
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