Butte Remembers Prohibition End With A Wink
In 1933 Butte reporters recalled the 21st Amendment’s ratification as a shift to wet times. They described still-existing bootleg joints, cheap whiskey, and bar chatter about bonded liquor as officials began issuing licenses and streets filled with anticipation after decades of dry law.
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Commonwealth of Utah
Butte
Funtown
USA
J. Barleycorn
M. Jean Jordan
Butte Standard
Redlight
Jordan
Trucker protests spread across several states
Hundreds of trucks blocked Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania with 400 to 600 vehicles bottling at the Lamar exit. Demonstrations also occurred in Ohio New Jersey West Virginia and Delaware with arrests in multiple states. Overdrive magazine urged a nationwide walkout as fuel shortages and a 55 mile per hour truck speed limit fueled anger.
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William Kronholm
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New Jersey
Connecticut
West Virginia
James Cox
Pennsylvania State Police
Interstate 80
Lamar
Bartonsville
Cox
Wilmington
Del
Lodi
Voice of
Mike Parkhurst
American Trucking Association
Teamsters Union
Truckers
North Vietnamese capture town near Cambodian border amid ceasefire
North Vietnamese troops backed by 20 tanks seized Kien Duc, the first town taken in 10 months of ceasefire fighting. The assault extended along a 32 mile front from Dak Song toward Kien Duc as Saigon forces reported heavy clashes and civilian casualties. Rebels attacked Phnom Penh suburbs with canoe movements near the city.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Kien Duc
Dak Song
Nixon energy czar says rationing possible by month end
William E. Simon said the Nixon administration is weighing taxes price hikes or rationing to cut gasoline use by 30 percent. He added a decision on rationing must come by month’s end and prices will rise to spur supply, with the Cost of Living Council set to announce fuel increases.
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Washington
Nixon
William E. Simon
Simon
Federal Energy Office
Cost of Living Council
Energy Emergency Action Group
John A. Love
Love
Cabinet Group
Federal Energy Administration
House Commerce Committee
Energy Office
White House
Haldeman knew about tape gap revealed to judge
AP reports seven months after Haldeman resigned as White House chief of staff he told aide Crence Higby which files could be removed. Higby said Haldeman knew portions of a secret White House tape had been erased before the 18 minute gap was disclosed to Judge Sirica. Another aide said tapes were checked to ensure the recorder would not run.
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Washington
H.R. Haldeman
White House
Crence M. Higby
Haldeman
U.S
John J. Sirica
Higby
Miss Woods
Scientists laud Pioneer 10 voyage past Jupiter
Mountain View California AP scientists praised Pioneer 10 for passing Jupiter and expected data for five more years as it travels away from the sun. They called the mission a 100 percent success and hoped for 110 percent if possible. The unmanned probe survived radiation and sent a sunrise image of Jupiter as a silver crescent from 300000 miles out. Researchers at the University of Arizona cleaned up images and enhanced photos near Jupiter to test theories about the Great Red Spot.
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Mountain View
Calif
Jupiter
Solar System
R.S. Kraemer
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
John Wolfe
Uranus
Earth
Pioneer 10
University of Arizona
Tucson
Tom Gehrels
Arizona
House committee restores Israel arms aid to $2.2 billion
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 5.8 billion foreign aid bill restoring Nixon’s 2.2 billion request to replace Israel’s war losses. Rep. Passman offered an amendment to require 10 days’ advance notice before spending beyond 1.7 billion, after Kissinger and Schlesinger urged full funding. The overall foreign aid package passed 209 to 193 and moves to the Senate.
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Washington
Nixon
Israel
Middle East
House Appropriations Committee
Otto E. Passman
Foreign Operations Appropriations
Passman
Congress
Henry A. Kissinger
Defense
James R., Schlesinger Jr
Administration
Soviet Union
U.S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Senate
Farmers to get special help with energy conservation
Washington AP The Nixon administration official told Congress that Agriculture Department plans to boost farm fuel priorities and promote conservation. Nick Smith said farmers can save fuel by reducing trips per acre and keeping engines tuned, with informational kits sent to soil conservation outlets and rural residents aided via Farmers Home Administration offices.
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Washington
Conny
Nick Smith
Agriculture Department
House Agriculture Committee
Smith
Informatin
Farmers Home Administration
Department
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Federal attorney Morse dies after five story fall
Robert A. Morse, U S attorney in Brooklyn, resigned abruptly and later died by suicide after plunging from his Brooklyn Heights apartment. Police say he left a death note whose contents were not disclosed. Associates described him as distraught and low in spirits and said he hoped for a federal judgeship.
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NEW York
Robert A. Morse
U.S
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Heights
Jacob Mishler
U.S. District Court
Morse
Federal
Boulder River School urged to shrink patient population
A Montana government study urges by 1978 cutting Boulder River School and Hospital patients from 615 to 350-400 and treating disabled people in home communities. It criticizes the institution as a last resort and says tighter finances could save up to 2 million annually while promoting community integration.
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Helena
Boulder River
Montana
Philip D. Pallister
Boulder
Medal of Honor hero faces narcotics charges in Petaluma
Richard Penry, Medal of Honor recipient for valor in Vietnam, was arrested Oct 4 on cocaine trafficking charges in Petaluma, California. The 1969 draftee and veteran, now tied to an antiques business, has declined to comment on the case. The community of 31,500 has watched the case with concern given his hero status and past accolades. Penry's wife and former counselors describe his character as above reproach and note his Medal of Honor ceremony in 1971. His legal counsel is Robert Mackey.
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Petaluma
Calif
Beverly Penry
Richard Penry
Nixon
Binh Tai
Vietnam
Penry
Robert Mackey
San Francisco
Petaluma High School
Shirley McIlvain
Petaluma Argus-Courier
Hughes aide returns $100000 to Senate Watergate panel
An attorney for Howard Hughes turned over $100,000 in cash to the Senate Watergate committee. The money, delivered in 1,000 bills by Chester Davis, had been paid to C. G. Bebe Rebozo, a Nixon friend, three years earlier. Davis dumped the bundles on the table as investigators prepared to inspect the bills for serial numbers or fingerprints.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Senate Watergate Committee
Hughes
Nixon
Chester Davis
C. G. Bebe’’ Rebozo
Florida
Davis
FBI
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