US CPI climbs 0.8 percent in November
The Labor Department reports November CPI up 0.8 percent, matching October and the year’s average rise. Food prices rebound 1.4 percent while nonfood items and the energy complex push overall inflation. Real earnings drop 3.3 percent from a year earlier as experts project higher prices next year.
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Edwin L. Dale J. Washington
NYT
Labor Dept
U.S
George Meany
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
America
Senate passes watered-down emergency energy bill
The Senate approved an interim energy bill by 52 to 19, sending it to the House. The measure would expire April 1 1975 and lacks windfall profits guidelines. Two other bills clearing Social Security benefits and railroad consolidation were also sent to the White House.
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Washington
UPI
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White House
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Middle West
Senate Chamber
Compromise Energy
Energy bill teeters as White House pool for rationing clamp
In Washington, Rep Harley Staggers resisted any weakened House Senate compromise on conservation. Senate Leader Mansfield accused White House aides of pressuring for a bill to suit Nixon, while federal adviser Simon lauded voluntary conservation. A final decision on the energy bill and rationing authority was expected by month’s end amid tense bargaining and warnings of a possible stalemate.
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Paul J. Fannin
R-Ariz
Russell B. Long
D-La
Federal Energy Administrator
Congress
Budget Bureau
Justice and Interior Departments
General Trade Commission
Federal Power Commission
General Accounting Office
White House
Senate
William E. Simon
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Nixon
Harley C. Staggers
D-W.va
House
Mike Mansfield
Washington
UPI
Mansfield
Speed limit bill sent to Nixon
Senate Friday passed and sent to President Nixon a bill to set a nationwide 55 mile an hour speed limit to conserve gasoline. The measure, approved by voice vote, warns states and localities that noncompliance will end federal highway aid. The President favored 50 for cars and 55 for trucks. the bill makes 55 apply to all autos, trucks and buses on four lane highways, while four lane thresholds allow existing lower limits but never exceeding 55 on any highway.
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UPI
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Nixon
Appeals court upholds Calley conviction in My Lai massacre
The U S Court of Military Appeals ruled 2 to 1 to uphold 1st Lt William L Calley's murder conviction for the 1968 My Lai killings in which at least two Vietnamese civilians died. His 20 year sentence stands, with arguments over illegality of orders and duty to disobey.
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My Lai
Washington
UPI
U. S. Court of Military Appeals
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Cailey
J. Houston Gordon
Calley
Bierkeny
Ernest L. Medina
Medina
William H. Darden
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