WVU Rips Virginia with Closing Second-Half Surge
West Virginia rallied from a 17-14 halftime deficit to blow past Virginia 42-17 at Mountaineer Field. Dwayne Woods, Artie Owens and Ben Williams combined for 356 rushing yards and six touchdowns, with Woods 178 yards and three scores, Owens 136 yards and two TDs, and Williams adding one TD. Virginia freshman Bill Copeland ran for 168 yards. Joe Jenkins connected on a 42-yard field goal but misfired on two longer attempts. Frank Nester set a school record with 98 career extra points, but WVU failed on a 45-yard field goal.
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Mickey Forfari
Mountaineer Field
West Virginia
Virginia
Cavaliers
Dwayne Woods
Artie Owens
Ben Williams
Mountaineers
Woods
Owens
Williams
Bill Copeland
Mike Dowe
Joe Jenkins
Frank Nester
WVU
Chuck Brooks
Japan Launches Save Energy Campaign Amid Oil Cutback
Tokyo outlines a six point emergency plan to curb oil use including a 10 percent reduction for business and industry. Public urged to keep room temperatures at 68 degrees and limit high speed driving and Sunday trips as oil dependent power and transport face shortages. Chief Secretary Nikaido calls saving a national virtue.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Susumu Nikaido
Nikaido
Egypt and Israel clash over Suez Canal cease-fire actions
Egypt and Israel accuse each other of violations near the Suez Canal West Bank. Egypt says Israel builds a causeway. Israel reports Egyptian units attempting to advance. U.N. talks paused. cease-fire implementation continues with POW exchanges and aid deliveries amid tensions.
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Israel
Middle East
West Bank
Suez Canal
Canal
al Ahram
Ensio Siilasouo
United Nations Emergency Force
U.N
Cairo
Sinai Peninsula
Ismailia
Tel Aviv
West
Cairo-Suez
Suez City
International Red Cross
United States
Golda Meir
Nixon denies dairy campaign funds influenced milk price raise
President Nixon said campaign contributions from the dairy industry did not prompt the 1971 milk price support increase. He blamed Congress, mostly Democrats, for pressuring the decision after aides advised against raising supports. He urged AP editors to question him, but time ran out.
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Orlando
Fla
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Administration
Associated Press
Cox Defends Objections to White House Tapes Plan
Archibald Cox, once special Watergate prosecutor, says there should be no doubt he would object to a proposal allowing a U.S. senator to handle White House tapes. He notes the Stennis plan was opposed by him from the start and questions the President's remarks about changing his mind.
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Brooksville
Maine
UPI
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Nixon
U.S
White House
Stennis
Cox
John J. Sirica
John W. Dean III
Leon Jaworski
House
Senate
Donald
Marriott Corp
Kissinger Holds Follow-Up Strategy Meetings After World Tour
Secretary of State Kissinger began a series of follow-up strategy conferences on his Middle East and China missions. He met Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin and spoke by phone with President Nixon from Key Biscayne. White House breakfasted with Schmidt Colby Rush, and he planned talks with U.S. oil executives to maintain fuel for Japan.
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Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
China
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Kissinger
Nixon
Administration
Key Biscayne
Fla
White House
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
CIA
William Colby
Kenneth Rush
Dobrynin
State Department
U.S
Japan
Tokyo
Nixon defends honesty amid Watergate scrutiny at Disney editors
President Nixon tells 400 newspaper editors he is not a crook and will publish a personal finances paper within days. He cites past earnings and real estate investments, accepts some campaign mistakes, and endorses an independent Watergate prosecutor while commenting on tape delays and national security leaks.
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Orlando
Fla
UPI
Nixon
Disneyworld
San Clemente
Calif
Key Biscayne
Congress
Senate
Harry S Truman
Nixon signals possible gas rationing but aims to avoid it
President Nixon told a televised Q and A in Orlando that rationing is not ruled out this winter yet remains his goal to prevent it. He warned rationing could occur if oil cutoffs worsen but urged adherence to energy-saving measures and noted aircraft limitations on his Florida trip.
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Orlando
Fla
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Florida
Air Force One
John A. Love
Rogers C. B. Morton
Melvin R. Laird
Treasury
George P Shultz
Claude Brinegar
Herbert Stein
Committee of Economic Advisers
Bonn
Germany
Weinberger Rejects Gas Rationing and Tax Increases
HEW Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger told UPI the government can curb gasoline use without rationing or higher taxes. He favors conservation and expanding supply, arguing taxation or rationing may not be necessary now and could expand government power. The energy crisis policy debate grows as Congress weighs emergency energy bills.
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Washington
UPI
HEW
Caspar W. Weinberger
Weinberger
Office of Management and Budget
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John C. Quinn
Associated Press Managing Editors’ Association
Daniel Elisberg
Senate Watergate Committee
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