Congress Considers Deregulation of Natural Gas Prices
Congress debates easing wellhead price controls amid a nationwide gas shortage. Proponents argue deregulation would spur production and curb demand, while critics warn prices could soar and supply incentives shift to intrastate markets. The FPC already set higher interstate rates and allows small annual increases. A Buckley amendment and multiple bills follow.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Rogers C.B. Morton
Morton
John N. Nassikas
Editorial: U S Oil Dependence and Embargo Risk
Editorial critiques Interior Secretary Rogers Morton for admitting no current program to counter oil import cuts and warns that without faster action on domestic energy, the nation remains vulnerable to another embargo. It notes stalled storage projects and slow shift from oil to coal.
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Harrisonburg
Capitol Hill
Morton
Energy crisis fuels push for gas deregulation
In 1974 debate over deregulating natural gas prices heats up as supporters say new gas should be freed from controls while critics warn of big costs to consumers. Fears grow that interstate pipelines will trim deliveries by 1 trillion cubic feet this winter, with long term supply shortfalls expected into 1975 76 and 77.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
FPC
Inflation and amnesty echoes in letters to the editor
Readers debate inflation causes and policy cures, praise and critique of government actions, and ask for amnesty scrutiny. Contributors Milton Apper son White Post Virginia and Boyd Householder Jr. recount economic views and Vietnam experiences. A church traffic suggestion from Mrs. John H. Cooper closes the letters.
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the Star
United States
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Boyd C. Householder JR
First Presbyterian Church
Boscawen
Cork
John H. Cooper
National Avenue
City
Winchester Rescue Squad Gratitude Letters Highlight 1973 Aid
Local readers express thanks to the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad for lifesaving aid after a June 22 car accident. In 1973 the squad answered 2695 calls and spent about 42000 dollars in services, with families thanking responders for care at the scene and en route to hospital.
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Winchester
Dirge for the Death of English in Newman's Warning
Washington correspondent James J. Kilpatrick surveys Edwin Newman s book Strictly Speaking and argues that the English language is in decline. He cites dwindling copy editors and grammarians, sloppy usage, and a cultural shift toward Newspeak as evidence of a fading Miltonic tongue.
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Washington
Edwin Newman
NBC
America
Newman
Washington Star-News
Andrew Hacker
God Save the
Vermont Royster
Wall Street Journal
University of North Carolina
Congress votes on strip mining aid and foreign aid bill
U.S. House suspends rules on S 425 strip mining plan, facing a later majority vote. Foreign aid bill HR 17234 passes 201 to 190 with aid to Israel Egypt Jordan Syria, Turkey ban debated. Senate fishing rights expands to 200 miles. Community Services amendment rejected. Civil Rights data collection language defeated.
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HOUSE
Afl-Cio
United Mine Workers
National Farmers Organization
National Coal Association
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
William Ketchum
Calif
Ken Hechler
Dw.va
Thomas Downing
William Whitehurst
David Satterfield
Robert Daniel
W.C. Daniel
Caldwell Butler
Kenneth Robinson
Stanford Parris
William Wampler
Joel Broyhill
U.S
Turkey
Cyprus
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
South Korea
Senate
United States
Parris and
Broyhill
Downing
Whitehurst
Satterfield
W. C. Daniel
Butler
Robinson
Wampler
Mario Biaggi
D-N.y
Sam Stratton
Kissinger
Parris
Ford
William Scott
Jesse Helms
Rn.c
Helms
Jacob Javits
Rn.y
Byrd
Scott
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
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Winchester Evening Star
James L. Buckley
R N.Y
Buckley
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
Warren G. Magnuson
D Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
Magnuson
Torbert H. Macdonald
Mass
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee
Power and Communications
Macdonald
Russia
Milton Apperson
White Post
USMC
Okinawa
Dear Rescue
Samuel
Sandra Shade
Sincerely, Betty Rinker
By James J. Kilpatrick
Mark
Atlantic Monthly
Hacker
Oxford
Princeton
Kansas City
National Education and Training Council
Yeecch
Torate
New York Times
Allen Hughes
Barry Tuckwell
Mozart
Walter Trampler
Brahams
Tuckwell
Mr. Hughes
Times
Tom Wicker
House of Representatives
The
Virginia Warner
Washington Post
Fritage
Virginia
Thomas T. Byrd
Lewis H. Ebert
Douglas B. O'Connell
Eugene P. Miller
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