Nixon considers gas rationing or higher taxes
President Nixon nears a decision on gas control with a cabinet meeting set. Energy aides lean toward rationing. lawmakers unlikely to approve large tax hikes. Contingency plans exist as Stein warns near recession, higher prices, and job losses. Senate leader criticizes oil shipments to Vietnam amid shortages. Calendar girl feature follows.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Herbert Stein
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
White House
Stein
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
U.S
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Thailand
Pentagon
Ifs Cleanup Afterhandley High School Fire At Handley
Handley High School officials confront what ifs after a fire in the basement boys locker room caused smoke damage throughout the building. Principal George Craig cited limited alarms and a ten minute delay before detection as central concerns. About 100 students aided in cleanup while teachers restored classrooms and the auditorium seating and stage curtain require substantial work.
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Winchester
Handley High School
Handley
George Craig
Craig
Khmer Rouge Rout Government Garrison Near Phnom Penh
Khmer Rouge insurgents broke a siege to rout the Vihear Suor garrison twelve miles northeast of Phnom Penh. More than 500 troops and civilians were dead or missing as attackers struck at 11 p.m. with mortars rockets and gas, killing 57 wounded in the hospital.
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Phnom Penh
Khmer Rouge
Vihear Suor
Mekong
Ford Executives Flee Argentina After Death Threats
Leftist guerrillas warned Ford Motor Co executives and families of murder and factory bombing in Buenos Aires. About 90 people were evacuated by air to Montevideo and onward to the United States or Europe as the government pledged safety measures.
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Buenos Aires
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Montevideo
Plate Estuary
Uruguay
United States
Europe
Experts Study Flawed White House Watergate Tape
Experts began examining the 18 minute gap in the White House Watergate tape. A six man panel will study the tape in New York along with Woods typewriter and a desk lamp. The hearing may include Alexander Haig Jr. testimony as the case broadens with indictments and court hearings continuing.
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Washington
White House
New York
Leon Jaworski
Rose Mary Woods
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
Miss Woods
Nixon-Haldeman
J. Fred Buzhardt
Buzter
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Haig
Leonard Garment
Auto Price Increases Temporarily Suspended
Washington AP The Cost of Living Council suspended temporarily proposed 1974 model auto price increases after hearings to review proposals. Decision expected by Dec 10. Firms including American Motors Ford Chrysler General Motors faced possible increases ranging from 114 to 208 dollars per model.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
John T. Dunlop
American Motors
Chrysler Corp
Ford
General Motors
Authority to Resume Bombing in Indochina
Defense Secretary Schlesinger said new war powers legislation may allow Nixon to order bombing in Indochina if North Vietnam launches a major offensive. He noted the State Department is examining the possibility though he would oppose it. The law allows 60 days of combat without new authorization.
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Washington
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Congress
Nixon
Indochina
South Vietnam
Schlesinger
State Department
U.S
Reopen Cease-Fire Talks Amid Middle East Tensions
U.N. commander Lt. Gen. Ensio Siilasvuo met Egyptian War Minister Ahmed Ismail in Cairo then flew to Jerusalem to urge Egypt and Israel back to cease-fire talks after their suspension. Israeli and Egyptian forces on the Suez front were on maximum alert with reports of incidents but the U.N. said the cease-fire holds. Premier Golda Meir questioned the durability of any cease-fire ahead of a Geneva peace conference.
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Associated Press
U.N
Middle East
Egypt
Jerusalem
Ensio Siilasvuo
Aharon Yariv
Mohamed el Gamasy
Suez Canal
Yediot Aharonot
Cidents
Siilasvuo
Ahmed Ismail
Cairo
Kurt Waldheim
Gamasy
Israel
Kissinger
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Richard Hauser
Carl Feldbaum
Lawrence Higby
Haldeman
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Samuel Powers
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Watergate
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