Ford weighs mandatory energy steps amid advisers in Cabinet Room
President Ford met with top domestic advisers in the Cabinet Room to consider how to reduce energy consumption without triggering economic or foreign policy shocks. Officials said no major decisions were made, though a new federal energy policy next month could include some mandatory measures such as fuel allocations, higher gasoline taxes, or import limits.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Ford
Frank G. Zarb
The
Energy Resources Council
Zarb
Bargainers race to seal contract as deadline nears
United Mine Workers bargainers in Washington, D. C., fought a Sunday midnight deadline to finalize a contract for 6,000 mine construction workers amid a widespread coal strike. Union officials met with striking crews in Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Illinois to avert nationwide picketing that would halt production. Picketing pressed on in southern Illinois as construction workers accused leaders of ignoring them after a major contract with the soft coal industry.
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United Press International
United Mine Workers
Washington, D.C
UMW
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
Steel and Railroad
Pittston Coal Co
Philippi
Democrats Approve Charter To Unite Party For 1976 Campaign
Democrats at a midterm convention approved a 6,300 word party charter aimed at unity for the 1976 bid. Labor leaders protested the compromise while governors Anderson Gilligan and Askew voiced support. George McGovern received a hero’s welcome asVoting issues and energy concerns dominated discussions.
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Kansas City
UPI
Old Line Labor
Jack Henning
California State Federation of Labor
National
Robert S. Strauss
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
John J. Gilligan
Ohio
Rubin Askew
Florida
Eligio de la Garza
Dtex
Democratic Party
Mission
Tex
Congress of the
United States
National Assembly
Richard Nixon
Nixon
George McGovern
South Dakota
Beef-in protest caravan heads to Washington from Sioux City
About 100 cattlemen and consumers began the second leg of a 2000 mile beef-in protest to D C to argue prices are unfair to farmers and housewives. The 25 vehicle caravan includes a livestock truck and organizers from the Consumer Federation of America and Meat Promoters of South Dakota. A federation spokesman blamed price spreads on the gap between farm and dinner table. Don Loobey of Sturgis SD dismissed overproduction charges and said producers answered the call.
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Sioux City
Iowa
UPI
Washington, D.C
Consumer Federation of America
Meat Promoters of
South Dakota
The
Consumer Federation
Midge Shubou
Don Loobey
Sturgis
S.D
Loobey
Text forces map plans to secede Kanawha County
Anti textbook protests in Kanawha County push for secession and the creation of a new county. County officials say a court meeting will be scheduled to consider the movement as clashes and boycotts erupt after the school board returns more than 300 texts to classrooms.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Kanawha County
Board of Education
Kanawha
Larry Andrews
GOP group seeks stronger RNC role after Watergate
A Republican reform committee in Washington approved rules to empower the national chairman as a designated agent for presidential campaigns and require prior chairman approval for any expenditure over 1000 dollars. The action follows dismay at Nixon 1972 campaign financing amid Watergate fallout.
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Washington
UPI
Republican Reform Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Republican National Committee
GOP
Republican Party
Kissinger backs pact to avert new arms race
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger urged Congress to accept the Vladivostok strategic arms accord or risk wrecking detente and triggering a costly new arms race. He warned Senate obstruction could be seen by the Russians as a breaking point in efforts to improve U S Soviet relations.
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Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Congress
Senate
Vladivostok
Ford
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Rigged to pay 2.5 million in phony checks scheme
Two men arrested in Los Angeles over an alleged plot to corrupt the city treasury computer to issue 2.5 million in forged checks bound for laundering in Swiss bank accounts. Authorities thwarted the plan as three bank bags were seized and none of the loot was recovered.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Tom Bradley
City
Chicago
New York
Senate
Washington
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Morrie Weiner
Howard and
Freeman
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Palos Verdes
Bernard Howard
Yonkers
N.Y
Howard
Carmine
Lombardozzi
Brooklyn
Carlo Gambino
Los Angeles City
Mercantile Trading Corp
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National Eq Or Group
Park Ave
Schaffer Supply Corp
Nassau
Bahamas
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