Energy chief calls for voluntary 10 gallon gas limit
Washington UPI William E Simon head of the new federal energy office urged motorists to limit to 10 gallons per week and stations to 10 gallons per customer. He said voluntary measures could avert rationing and he will advise President Nixon next week. Congress seeks swift passage of an emergency energy bill granting powers to impose compulsory measures if needed.
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Nixon Resists Gasoline Rationing Amid Shortage Debate
Congress members push rationing as fair response to shortages while President Nixon and advisers resist. Simon says a decision on limits will be announced within days, contingent on voluntary measures failing to meet goals. He urges public compliance with the voluntary limit.
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Gasoline rationing urged with 10 gallon limit plan
President Simon urged Americans to limit gasoline use to 10 gallons a week to ease shortages. He called for voluntary cooperation, noting 1.5 million barrels of military jet fuel would be sent to international airlines to help through a crisis period.
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International Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Madrid PM Carrero Blanco Killed by Assassination Bomb
Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco was killed by an assassin's bomb in Madrid as his car was leaving a church after mass. The blast hurled the vehicle over the church roof, killing Carrero, his driver, and bodyguard. Vice President Torcuato Fernandez Miranda assumed the post. The attack occurred near the U.S. Embassy amid planned labor leader trials. Police recovered a long cable from the rubble. authorities noted the explosion as a grave incident in Francoist Spain.
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U.S
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Torcuato Fernandez Miranda
Marcelino Camacho
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National Movement
Juan Carlos
Enrique Cardinal Vicente Y Trancon
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Aldo , Trippini
Maldonado Street
San Francisco de Borja
Trippini
Ervin to retire from Senate in 1975
Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. announced he will not seek re election when his term ends January 1975. The North Carolina Democrat, 77, said aging and the toll of long service make another term impractical, though he plans to continue pursuing Watergate truth and drafting cover legislation to prevent future scandals.
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N.C
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Chicago Board of Trade
Wood Morgan join race for council Ukiah election
Two candidates filed nominating papers for Ukiah City Council on Wednesday. Barry Wood an attorney and Godfrey Morgan a registered nurse join Lorraine Pearson the incumbent councilwoman and Roy Mathers a car salesman and former police officer as the only two of nine interested in running who have submitted filings. The March 5 deadline is noon December 27 after recent legislation moved municipal elections from April to March.
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Godfrey Morgan
Hattie Tillotson
Lorraine Pearson
Roy Mathers
Wallace Behm
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County Collections Department
Mark Raymond
Journal
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Palace Hotel
Paul J. Trouette Jr
Landscape Gardner
Ralph Buxton
Pickup Owners Rage Over $4.5 Million License Increase
Hundreds protest California DMV fee hikes tied to a new law by Assemblyman John Foran. The measure classifies pickups under commercial rates, adding $15 for about 300,000 light vehicles and boosting revenue by roughly $4.5 million, with larger vans and trucks taxed to raise around $20 million.
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UPI
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Pasadena
State Department of Motor Vehicles
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Larry Lowell
San Francisco
Ronald Reagan
Kowell
George Griffith
Los Angeles
San Luis Obispo
Bob Timone
Timone
John Foran
Foran
James R. Hopping
Alameda
Fuel distributor in Willits closes disrupting fuel supply
Willits residents face a looming fuel shortage after Russell Noyes, a Shell distributor, shut down last week. Ukiah and Fort Bragg Shell dealers offer conflicting views on the impact, with Ukiah saying only school supply possible and Fort Bragg citing federal allotments as the cause and promising action to fix the problem.
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Shell
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Fort Bragg
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Fort Bragg Shell
Ukiah Adopts Biweekly Pay for City Employees
Ukiah city council approves a resolution to switch city employees to a biweekly Friday pay schedule starting January 18. Net pay remains the same, but workers receive a check every two weeks. The meeting also set January 16 for continued public hearing on the Ukiah Valley Trap Club site. A progress report notes joint land negotiations for a shooting range off Highway 20. The city will remove the aging Anton Stadium fencing itself, saving about $2,000 from the United States Steel bid around $10,000.
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County adopts plan of action for regional transport plan
The Mendocino County Transportation Planning Agency adopted a plan of action with specific work assignments and a completion timetable for the regional comprehensive transportation plan. The multi county plan, prepared with input from citizen advisory and technical committees and the state DOT, must be submitted to the state by April 1975. It covers all transport modes and sets dates for element readiness. The agency also invited a DOT Aeronautics representative to discuss airport planning and expressed interest in rail passenger service from Northwestern Pacific.
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State Department of Transportation
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