Federal probe into oil price schemes widens across cities
Federal investigators from the FEA and Customs pursue alleged mislabeling of oil origins and price manipulation tied to the 1973 embargo. Grand juries in Jacksonville New York Los Angeles and possibly Houston Philadelphia Baltimore and Boston review cases with overcharges totaling hundreds of millions involving electric utilities and oil importers.
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Washington
Federal Energy Administration
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
Los Angeles
U.S. Customs Service
Mark McCormick
FEA
Houston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
McCormick
Customs Service
Customs
Russell
Department of Oil
Florida
Grand Jury
American Petroleum Institute
Argentine Air Force Turboprop Crashes Near Bariloche
A Fokker 26 turboprop crash near Pichen Leufu Peak east of Bariloche killed 52 aboard. The LADE aircraft carried 47 passengers and five crew on a short domestic flight from El Palomar air base. Cause under investigation as officials await a military briefing.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Argentine Air Force
Bariloche
Pichen-Leufu Peak
el Palomar Air Force Base
LADE
Air Force
Irish Helped Shape the American Revolution
A St Patrick themed piece notes Irish influence in the American Revolution. It highlights George Washington’s use of St Patrick as password, John Barry as Father of the American Navy, and Irish troops marching in New York parades around the war era. It recalls Boston siege figures and Irish presence among founders and soldiers.
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Associated Press
St. Patrick
William Howe
Boston
George Washington
Mander
Continental Congress
Howe
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
Washington
St. Patrick’s Day
John Sullivan
Saint Patrick
New York City
New York
United States
Ireland
America
John Barry
Wexford
Patrick Kennedy
Kennedy
Barry
Portuguese government reshuffle signals stronger Communist influence
Lisbon reports the provisional government quits for a cabinet shakeup likely to add Communists and bring the MDP into power while keeping a military tilt. A NATO alarm rises over a Soviet port facility request amid alliance tensions. Exiled officers claim a failed March revolt tied to Spinola.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Mario Soares
Socialist Party
North Atlantic Alliance
Russia
Atlantic
NATO
Vasco Goncalves
Portuguese Democratic Movement
MDP
Communist Party No. 2
South America
Brazil
Antonio de Spinola
Associated Press
Spinola
FBI concentrates on Patty Hearst
FBI agent in charge Charles Bates says the hunt focuses on locating Patty Hearst and two radical companions. He notes no arrest warrant exists for Jack Scott and questions a reported Scott call to the FBI. The inquiry tracks three fugitives and possible past links to a farmhouse hideout with Hearst and the Harris group.
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Associated Press
Charles Bates
FBI
Patricia Hearst
Bates
Jack Scott
Miss Hearst
Scott
William Harris
New York City
Butte High School bond would raise homeowner taxes
Homeowners would pay up to about $2 yearly per $5000 of real value if voters approve a $1.613 million bond for Butte High School. Funds would build a gym and science wing and renovate the library, business, special education and auditorium facilities over 20 years at up to 7 percent. Superintendent Forrest Wilson says the district is in good financial shape with zero current indebtedness.
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Butte High School
Bill Milligan
School Dist
Forrest Wilson
Rebels back off Phnom Penh airfield amid counterattack gains
Cambodian rebels reduced shelling of Phnom Penh airfield after government troops retook Tuol Leap village and moved to reinforce the rocket belt. Insurgents fired rockets near the American Embassy for a second day while heavy attacks continued on Neak Luong on the lower Mekong as concerns rise over a possible March 18 counteroffensive.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong
Neak Luong
Norodom Sihanouk
Long Boret
Lon Nol
Lon Non
Tuol Leap
Governor fields questions on 1972 Montana election
In a pre taped TV interview Governor Thomas L. Judge acknowledged that contributors to his 1972 campaign may have asked to keep their names out of public reports. He called for an independent elections commissioner to oversee campaign finance and said he would cooperate with any mandated audit.
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Judge
Internal Revenue Service
Mike Greely
Great Falls
Thomas E. Towe
D-Billings
House Democrats
Dick Ozivi
Woodahl
Workmen’s Compensation Division
James J. Carden
State Senate
Prisoner found with head wounds at Deer Lodge prison
MISSOULA AP A Deer Lodge state prison inmate Daniel Welchert 29 Kalispell was hospitalized in serious condition with head injuries after a disturbance at the facility. Warden Roger Crist said Welchert was found bleeding in a vestibule as staff investigated bloodied clothing near the scene.
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Missoula
Deer Lodge
Daniel Welchert
Kalispell
Roger Crist
Welchert
Powell County
Crist
Sticker vote marks city primary with paper ballots
Voters in 14 precincts will use paper ballots for a Tuesday city primary from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. Incumbents filed for the April 1 general election after a city hall deadline error. seven Democrats seek nonpartisan labels and write-in support.
Onassis Will Hand Jacqueline Large Inheritance
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is set to receive about 120 million dollars from Aristotle Onassis estate along with a 15 million dollar trust for each of her children John Kennedy Jr and Caroline. The Greek magnate’s art collection valued around 20 million dollars includes Gaugin El Greco Van Gogh and Picasso. Christina Onassis now inherits much of the fortune and Onassis family siblings Artemis Caliroy and Meropy are named as heirs along with other business stakes and the yacht Christina.
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Athens
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
John Kennedy Jr
Caroline
Aristotle Onassis
Gaugin
el Greco
van Gogh
Picasso
Fifth Avenue
New York
Onassis
Christina
Alexander
Europe
South America
United States
Indonesia
Africa
Artemis
Caliroy
Meropy
Greece
Olympic
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John L. Murphy
Government’ Regulations
Justice Department
George
Patty Hearst
Micki
Pennsylvania
The
Chicago Tribune
Harrises
Berkeley
Wendy Yoshimura
Canaan, Pa
Wayne County
Henry Kalinowski
Newsweek Magazine
the Harrises
Boulder
Colo
Patty
Brad Roth
Montana
Mrs. Onassis
Jacqueline
Scorpios
Ionian Sea
Island
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