Gasoline crisis worsens with rationing and price hikes
Amoco announces a gasoline rationing program for 31,000 retail stations while Cities Service implements across the board price increases. Texaco warns of industry wide run outs this summer as Kerr-McGee cuts self service pumps in Oklahoma City and prices rise. Local governments struggle with fuel contracts as cities like Atlanta and Chicago operate week to week. Airlines report shortages. Blaschke Trucking of Houston cites quota limits and fuel unavailability amid broader supply constraints. Experts cite lack of refinery construction, rising consumption, price controls, and environmental rules as key factors.
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Amoco Oil Co
Cities Service Oil Co
Texaco
Kerr-McGee
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Chicago
Midwest
National Airlines
Delta Airlines
Blaschke Trucking Co
Houston
Larry Gutowsky
ADA
Two State Troopers Shot on New Jersey Turnpike
Two troopers were shot during a traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike in East Brunswick. One trooper died, a female gunman identified as Joanne Chesimard of the Black Liberation Army wounded, and a second assailant Henry Williams is also dead. Police hunted for a third suspect as the FBI sought Chesimard as a fugitive.
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East Brunswick
N.J
UPI
New Jersey Turnpike
Black Liberation Army
Henry Williams
Joanne Deborah Chesimard
Middlesex County General Hospital
FBI
New York City
Waverly Jones
Nicholas Piagentini
McCarthy Elected Wrestling Captain. Talbot and Owen Co-Captains
Ten years ago Joe McCarthy was elected captain of the wrestling squad while Steve Talbot and Brian Owen were named co-captains of the basketball squad at the high school awards assembly held Tuesday afternoon at the school.
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Joe McCarthy
Steve Talbot
Brian Owen
Livestock Prices Slide Across Iowa Minnesota and Illinois Markets
DES MOINES UPI reports slow trade and good demand in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota hog markets with butchers down 25 cents and sows steady. Prices span 200 to 550 pounds, hogs and cattle with steers and heifers mixed gains and declines, while Joliet cattle and hogs show varied shifts and no canner or cutter cows.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Minnesota
U.S
Joliet, Ill
Pinochle Marathon Prizes Awarded at Y Club
The Y’s Men's pinochle marathon at the Y featured 20 tables. Winners included Group I William Wulf high and Joe Barnes low. Group II Carl Jarvis high and Clyde Crile low. Group III Stan Bauer high and Bill Sitler low. Top ten final standings list Rex Rays leading with 14,740 and Francis McConnells among others.
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William Wulf
Joe Barnes
Carl Jarvis
Clyde Crile
Stan Bauer
Bill Sitler
Ivan Maggarts
Robert McKees
Rex Rays
William Walfs
Francis McConnells
Keith Stewarts
Harron Donaldsons
Verle Gallaghers
Robert McKee
Delbert Zager
John Youngs
Clyde Criles
Loren Moores
Charles Kennedys
Arden Freel
Dale Connelly
Robert Wiley
Ezra Smith
Ray Whisler
Verle Gallagher
Custer Family Visit Includes San Francisco Friend
Local news notes AB Larry Custer and AB Mike Whiting of San Francisco, both stationed at Lowry AFB, Colo., visited Washington Friday to see Custer’s mother Mrs Kay Custer and his siblings Steve and Darla. They then traveled to Waterloo before returning to Denver Sunday. Also visiting Saturday were Mrs. Custer’s mother Mrs Harold Engel of Brighton and her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Aaron Cook of Columbus, Ind.
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Larry Custer
Mike Whiting
San Francisco
Lowry Afb
Colo
Washington
Custer
Kay Custer
Steve
Darla
Waterloo
Denver
Mid-Prairie Board Set 7:30 P.M. May 7 Meeting
The Mid-Prairie Community School District plans its regular May board meeting at 7:30 p.m. on May 7 with open attendance. Also on the calendar Kidney Foundation local chapter meets Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the United Presbyterian Home lobby, chaired by Mrs. Harry Levy.
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Mid-Prairie
Mid-Prairie Community School District
Kidney Foundation
The
United Presbyterian Home
Harry Levy
Washington County
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Kim Tappan
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Theresa Hughes
Bethene Nebel
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Jeff Guenther
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Wanda Hughes
Sara Steele
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Melanie
Siar
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Ashington, IA
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South Side Square
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K.C. Hall
Nitehawks
New Frontier
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Washington Junior High School
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Clown’s Variety Revue
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Washington Evening Journal
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L. J. Bergthold
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