Gasoline Shortage Sparks Debate Over Oil Policies
Midwest inventories hold near year ago levels but a predicted price rise by July Fourth weekend worries lawmakers and industry. Hugo cites a $1 per barrel tax and higher costs while oil executives fault the allocation system. Critics warn shortages may stem from price-boost tactics and consumer demand. Senator Jackson seeks extended allocation rules under the 1973 act as a remedy.
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Oil Company
Federal Energy Administration
United States
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Weather overview with regional showers and heat
The graphic reports showers for most of the country west of the Mississippi and in the Great Lakes and mid Atlantic regions. It notes warm and muggy conditions for the Southeast and Midwest, with cooler weather elsewhere.
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mid-Atlantic
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Weather Outlook with Temperatures and Winds
Partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers. Lows in the low 60s, highs in the 70s under sunny skies. Sunset 8 47 p m, sunrise 5 24 a m. Yesterday high 87, low 70. Records 96 in 1957, 42 in 1958. Humidity 55 at 8 p m yesterday, 76 at 8 a m today. Winds westerly 10 to 20 mph tonight and tomorrow.
Tornadoes plague Midwest with fatalities and damage
A Callaway Nebraska woman died when a pickup overturned in a tornado while eight farm homes were destroyed. Her husband and daughter were hospitalized. Nine other states reported twisters, hail, and floods as severe weather swept the Midwest and plains with travel advisories and wide rainfall.
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Callaway
Neb
Midwest
Thelma G.schwind
Nebraska State Patrol
Oklahoma
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Goodwell
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Tax hike bill faces Senate fight in Syracuse conflict
The tax hike bill drawing GOP opposition in the Senate seeks state aid to avert local taxes in Syracuse. Democratic Assembly members oppose, while the upstate aid measure and a redlining curb bill also advance.
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Tration
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Syracuse
Ronald Stott
Melvin Zimmer
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