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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1973
Page
8
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson hosted a large sale of her husband’s Hereford cattle at the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall Texas. A total of 213 head sold for 140560 dollars with top bids reaching 2650 dollars per animal as buyers filled a red and yellow canvas tent amid a barbecue and beer stands.
Deputy Treasury Secretary William E. Simon, head of the Oil Policy Committee, told a House panel that fears of astronomical gas price rises are unfounded though he warned of future increases due to foreign crude costs. He outlined a voluntary allocation plan prioritizing farmers, food, health, police and transit, with possible mandatory steps if voluntary measures fail. Spot shortages were reported in several states as complaints to the Interior Department declined.
Senator Stuart Symington testified that secret 1970 White House documents proposed a no limits domestic spying plan by the CIA and Defense Department with burglaries and covert operations inside the United States. He said the plan, marked to Nixon and Haldeman, was never enacted despite opposition from J Edgar Hoover and later authenticated by former aide Tom Huston.
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