Pentagon and Energy Office reach jet fuel compromise for airlines
The Pentagon and the Federal Energy Office announce an immediate diversion of 900000 barrels of jet fuel to U S international airlines to keep holiday service flying, with 600000 more barrels available if needed. The energy office statement adds further details.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Federal Energy Office
U.S
Defense Department
U.S. International Airlines
Energy Office
Defense
Los Angeles
Five men returned to the PLO for Rome massacre trial
Kuwait handed over five Arab militants linked to the Rome airport killings to Yasir Arafat's PLO. Morocco said they would face trial by a Palestinian military tribunal under PLO aegis. Italy sought their extradition. Unclear where or when the trials will occur.
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Rabat
Morocco
Kuwait
Yasir Arafat
Rome Airport
Hassan II
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Italy
Rome
Athens
Hassan
Emir Sabah el-Sabah
Sabah Ahmed al-Jaber
Ahmed Taieb Benhima
Gasoline Giveaway After Pennies Overcharge at Mount Shasta
Russell Brownell, a service station operator in Mount Shasta California, gave away 3600 gallons of gas to repay a penny overcharge found during a federal price freeze. Crowds formed at dawn in freezing weather as 200 to 300 motorists waited two hours to fill up at zero price. Brownell noted regular customers were the only ones who thanked him.
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Mount Shasta
Calif
UPI
Russell Brownell
Brownell
Internal Revenue Service
Fatality reduction expected during Christmas holiday period
United Press International reports icy roads and gas station closures contributed to travel fears as motorists hit the roads for a 102 hour Christmas weekend. Public transit crowded while officials hope for a lower traffic death toll. 112 people died in traffic accidents so far with 137 total in all categories.
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United Press International
Midwest
American Automobile Association
Agreement emerges at Mideast sessions
In Geneva a 20 minute session produced a joint plan to form a military working group for separation of Israeli and Egyptian forces massed near the Suez Canal. The group will begin work December 26 or 27 in secrecy. Officials hailed the move as a positive start to renewed talks.
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Geneva
UPS
Middle East
Suez Canal
Henry A. Kissinger
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Israel
Cairo-Suez
U.S. State Department
George West
Kissinger
West
Andrei A. Gromyko
Ismail Fahmi
Washington
Egypt
Aharon Yariv
Mohamed Gamassy
West Virginia interim committees to meet before 1974 session
Twenty two interim committee meetings are set for January 6 and 7 ahead of the 1974 legislative session. Nine panels will study topics from family physician shortages to coal waste disposal and higher education. Other focuses include highway safety scenic railroads and Blennerhasset Island development.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
West Virginia
Board of Regents
Blennerhasset Island
Elk River
Travelers mob transit depots as heavy holiday travel continues
Huge crowds fill Greyhound terminals from Chicago to Los Angeles as snow disrupts air schedules. Officials report record or near capacity use with extra buses added in Baltimore and Cleveland while many passengers wait for flights at Milwaukee numbers.
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United Press International
East Coast
Midwest
Greyhound
Chicago
Frank Peppin
New England
New York
George Snider
Boston
Sacramento
Calif
Atlanta
Baltimore
Las Vegas
Nev
Profits Dispute Halts Emergency Energy Legislation in Congress
Washington AP reports a bitter, divided Congress adjourned for winter without an energy bill. Nixon regrets the failure but pushes voluntary conservation and existing authorities to expand fuel production while avoiding mandatory rationing.
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Energy Policy
William E. Simon
Defense Department
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Simon
Pentagon
Department of Defense
Los Angeles
U.S
Congress
Nixon
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
White House
Jackson
Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Capitol Hill
SBA director fires three top officials
Small Business Administrator Thomas S. Kleppe dismissed Thomas F. Regan former Richmond district director Russell Hamilton Philadelphia regional director and Joseph Clark Hamilton's deputy for mismanagement and improper administration The firings aim to clean house amid House investigations into SBA loan programs while denying criminal conduct. Congress approved a temporary 575 million funding plan as audits and reorganizations proceed.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas S. Kleppe
Thomas F. Regan
SBA
Richmond
Russell Hamilton
Philadelphia
Joseph Clark
Hamilton
Kleppe
House
Regan
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