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Show n :8 A DESERET NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1973 Nixon wins House-Senat- ' Shultz told reporters Tuesd day that a general wage-pric- e freeze is not under active consideration by the President as far as I know. ASDVCTNoTFfieL ClSe To ANyofe re-ru- case. i CAMP Nixon duction, proposed extension of the investment tax credit to exploratory oil drilling. He said the credit would be more generous for successful wells than for dry wells in order to put an ad- ditional premium on results. is a part of the energy challenge which every American can help to meet, and I call upon every American to do his or her part. in lifting the oil import quotas, the President suggested that in the future a fee of a half a cent per gallon be imposed on crude oil and a cents a gallon on gasoline and refined oil. Nixon directed the Interior Department to triple acreage available for oil leases off-- ! shore on the outer ContinenHe tal Shelf. continued suspension of drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel off the California coast, site of a 1969 well blowout, but said drilling would be permitted outside the channel islands. 2 But he said holders of existing quota licenses would be permitted to ship in their oil up to the quota limit . this year without paying the fees. d In his message outlining ways lor coping the with nations energy needs, Nixon said some com- The President called for increased research and development to produce new sources of energy such as more efficient atomic plants, and he proposed efforts to conserve present fuel supplies, in part by increasing their costs. "The single most effective means of encouraging energy conservation is to ensure that energy prices reflect their true costs, he said. Price increases, he said, were a more equitable way to long-awaite- promises on environmental standards were needed to keep the costs of energy at reasonable levels. 4 To stimulate domestic pro- - Low gasoline supply hits independents limit consumption than was rationing. Nixon proposed relaxation of strict air quality standards which he said would discourthe nation's age use of coal cheapest and most abundant and shift demand to fuel oil or natural sulphur-fre- e gas. The Clean Air Act of 1970 imposes primary standards related to health and more stringent secondary stndards related to the general welfare. Both restrictions are intended to become effective A-- l prospects of renewal. The city in the past has asked for bids containing duration clauses and minimum stipulations. A spot cheek showed that some middlemen and oil companies are introducing rationing to independent distribu- tors. in 1975. Robert Atkins of the Barge- way Oil Co., in Glen Ellyn, a suburb of Chicago, said his company had to stop selling gasoline to nine independent stations and had dosed down one of its own. Another jobber said major-branoutlets were now getting about the same monthly amount of gasoline they received last, year but had no assurance there would be deliveries beyond April. ' Nulite half soles 3 89 d Gunfire at Indian village WOUNDED S.D. KNEE. Government rein(AP) forcements circled Wounded Knee today following a heavy of gunfire that exchange wounded at least two and possibly six of the militant Indians who have held this vil- lage 51 days. The shooting was the first verified violation of a cease-fire- . The goevernment said the incident single-engin- began after three e airplanes dropped at least seven packages of supplies into the village about daybreak Tuesday. Interior Department spokesman Charles Cadieux said the gunfire began two hours after daybreak when Indians shot at a government helicopter that was on a reconnaisssance mission over the village pe- . runnier Wottrproof, soles with long wearing V2 guaranteed wear. Dort mu$ the sovmgs on Men's, Women's, Boys' shoes. Boots slightly higher Toe pieces and dots 99 c pr. Women's toe pieces with brass plates put on hile you wait Big savings you wont wont to miss Come ond est awhile1 , N.C. LEJUENE, Seven Marine (UPI) recruits were injured Tuesday when an instructor mistakenly hurled a live grenade during a demonstration. The recruits, part of a class of 238 from the Parris Island, S.C., Training Station, were not seriously hurt. Neither they nor the instructor were Several past and present members of the ReWhite House staff and the Committee to in mentioned been elect the President have connection with the bugging as well as other alleged acts of political espionage and sabotage during the 1972 presidential campaign. BARCELONA, SPAIN After months of declaring full faith in his staff and saying he would not permit their testimony before the Senate committee, Nixon finally spoke amid a flurry of criticism from within his own party and press reports that other White House aides were involved. If any person in the Executive Branch or in the government is indicted by the grand susjury, my policy will be to immediately of he will, convincted, is he If him. pend Nixon course, be automatically discharged, said. I have expressed to the appropriate authorities my view that no individual holding, in the past or at the present, a position of in the administration major importance should be given immunity from prosecution. Nixon told reporters Aug. 29 that an investigation conducted by Dean at his request no cne in the White had revealed that House, nO in this administration, presently was involved in the Watergate employed, break-in- j . stateZiegler said this and other Nixon ments were based on information he had at the time and did not take into account the results of subsequent investigation. Snowflake, an albino (UP!) gorilla once called the worlds rarest animal, has become a father. 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Barren Mitchell, had given House verbally banking committee chairman his Wright Patman, proxy vote in favor of the rent provision. But when asked whether the administration would announce any new antiinflation measures this week, Shultz said, I dont want to Continued From Page Watergate bugging. The Democrats slapped Nixons reelection committee with a $6.4 million civil damage suit after the political espionage was uncov-- , ered. If the Democrats accept the settlement, the. trial expected to begin in' June would not be held. The Republicans apparently are anxn of the crimiious to avoid a summer nal trial earlier this year in which seven persons were convicted or pleaded guilty in the OJ creases and capital improve- across-the-boar- l rt CFPWDeDPlACe... d 3. A-- campaign organization reportedly has offered settlement of a suit a $525,000 filed by the Democrats in connection with the e 'Treasury Secretary George A-- S'CTfr yloylVbUCANBfiiN make any headlines. I pass. Other Treasury officials have indicated privately that some modification of the existing, largely voluntary wage-pricguidelines may be in the offing. Shultz answer did not rule this out. The bill extending the Presidents control powers was approved by the conference committee Tuesday minus a Senate-passeprovision which would have put rents under partial control. The provision would have allowed rents in with areas metropolitan vacancy rates of 5.5 percent or less to rise only 2.5 percent a year plus tax, cost in- e Continued from Page Canttnaed from Page YP5 AMAZiNfr ( becomes father Nixons personal probe fight-ge-ts wages, price powers extended I 'WASHINGTON (UP1) -president Nixon has won ipost of his battle for congressional extension of his powers to control wages and tprices. But it remains to be Iseen just how he will use jhose powers. JVA conference pbmmittee agreed Tuesday to extend the President's wage-pric- e control powers for one ;year beyond their April 30 ex-- ; tjriratson. There were still some hitches to be resolved 'before Congress as a whole 'passes the extension. Albino gorilla New Watergate indictments? ul Midvale 4 |
