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Manchester— City of Village Charm I’RICE: FIFI’EEN CKNTS MANCHESTER, CONN., MONDAY, JAN. 21, 1974- VOL, XCIII, No. 94 EIGHTEEN PAGES i r i- M ress Faces \ Questioiis WASHINGTON (UPI) - emergency energy bill first up and a dollar for a gallon of gas Saturday, “the still-expanding Congress went back to work for consideration, while oline was “driving people” up record is replete with evidence today after a month of voter separate House and Senate the wall. of both criminal and political pulse-taking that convinced committees held hearings on Albert, Percy, Weicker, offenses.” *ha some members they are shortages. Jacksor and a group of other expected to act with greater Percy, a member of a. Senate senators and House members Sen. Hugh Scott, the GOP vigor and speed to resolve subcommittee that opened appeared on the NBC-TV Today leader, said Sunday (on CBS: nagging questions about hearings on how great the oil Show to discuss pressing “Face the Nation” ) that he felt Watergate, the . energy crisis shortages are, said the big oil problems facing lawmakers in the President could not be and the economy. firms would be given an oppor the 1974 session. removed except for a crime and Said Sen. Charles H. Percy, tunity to “clear the record once On impeachment, Percy, “it would have to be a provable R-Ill.: “This Congress is on and for all” of suspicions that Jackson, Weicker and Sen. crime, not merely a -charge trial this year. Can we respond they have not been candid with Lloyd Bentsen, D-Tex., all which is bandied about from to each df these crises? And I he public or the government. agreed that they did not believe one newspaper to another.” think the people of this country On the econom y, con there presently, was necessary expect us to. There are answers gressmen said their canvassing two-thirds sentiment in the Scott, who said he had infor to these problems.” of constituent views showed Senate to oust the President if mation that would “exculpate” Sen. Lowell P. Weicker, R- "W. great distress over soaring the House voted impeachment. the President with regard to Conn., echoed Percy’s view. prices but there appeared no Rep. William R. Cotter, D- Watergate, agrees with “The day is over,” Weicker consensus on whether tighter (Tonn., believes there is “suf colleagues like George Aiken, said, “when you can just point, controls were needed. ficient evidence to sustain a fin R-Vt., and Barry Goldwater, R- to the executive branch and say Sen. Henry M. Jackson, D- ding of probable cause” of im Ariz,, ‘that they ought to either they’re too powerful. That Wash., said that fears of such peachment. “In the case of impeach him or get off his means exactly nothing. things as a dollar loaf of bread President Nixon’’’ he said back," “If Congress wants to go Firefighters Battle Tanker Blaze ahead and achieve respect and power, it’s going to have to earn Working from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Dependable, t^e Norwegian ore carrier, Baune, had in addition to the it by devising legislation that freighters work to subdue flames aboard the tanker. Key firg^ bggn leaking heating oil into the river. The Coast meets our needs ... I’d like to Kissinger ^Optimistic Trader, near the mouth of the Mississippi River near Pilot- Guard reported late Sunday that there was smoke, but no have a Congress that an town. La. Tne Tanker, involved in a collision Friday with visible flames above the deck of the tanker. (UPI photo) ticipates crises so they don’t oc- On Mideast Talks c&r at all ... I’d like to see Congress get off the dime.” United Press International Force Base outside is the separation of forces and On Watergate, the con-^ U.S. Secretary of State Henry Washington. the prisoner of war issue. This Mobile Home A. Kissinger said jn Washington President Huddling gressional focus now is on an in “The most important thing,” might lead to a formula for Variance vestigation by the House today upon his return from the he said, “is that my trip may talks by linking the two. This is \ Judiciary Committee of Middle East that he had made have marked the beginning of the very beginning of the Requested whether there is grounds for progress in getting talks started normal human relations in the possibilities for talks.” On Energy Matters impeachment of President between Israel and Syria area.” Kissinger ended his nine-day A woman whose home was Nixon. Speaker Carl Albert, D- similar to those which resulted In Jerusalem, an Israeli Middle East tour, which took WASHINGTON (UPI) - damaged by fire during last in the Suez Canal front troop governrrient official said Council of Independent He also said he will seek to Okla., said he hoped to get the him to Irsael, Egypt, Jordan President Nixon had two month’s ice storm crisis is disengagement pact between nothing concrete on the dis Truckers, planned to begin a prevent oil companies from matter settled “as early as and Syria, with a stopover in meetings concerning the energy asking the Manchester Zoning Israel and Egypt. engagement of Israeli and two-week shutdown at midnight making “unconscionable possible’” but said: “Speed is London for an hour of airport situation on today’s agenda, one Board of Appeals (ZBA) to let “I think we have made real Syrian forces on the Golan tonight. profits” out of the energy crisis secondary to, accuracy and talks with British Foreign with a bipartisan group of con her live in a mobile home while progress in getting negotiations Heights front emerged from Secretary of State Henry A. by asking Congress to pass a thoroughness.’’ Secretary Sir Alec gressmen and a second with her house is repaired. started between Israel and Kissinger’s talks in Damscus. Kissiger was to join Nixon at windfall profits tax and making On energy, the Senate took up Douglas Home. energy and Internal Revenue The woman, Marillyn C. right where it left off in dis Syria, “Kissinger told newsmen “There is nothing hard and J the energy briefing for con a critical review of tax breaks As Kissinger left the Middle Service officials to talk about Fuller of 159 Olcott St.-, b upon arrival at Andrews Air dry,” the official said. “There gressional leaders to report on for U.S. oil companies agreement Dec. 21, with an East behind, it appeared the monitoring the oil industry. asking the ZBA to waive a sec the Mideast troop disengage operating overseas. troop withdrawals on the Suez ; But while he is supposed to be tion of the town zoning ment agreemeffi: Sen. Henry M. Jackson’s Per front for which he won the ap X conducting those sessions, a regulations which prohibit The Iraqi news agency manent Investigations Subcom proval of both Israel and Egypt caravan of truck drivers parking of trailers for more reported Sunday that the mittee scheduled hearings would take place even faster planned to parade past the than 24 hours when used for Egypt-Israel accord is expected today with representatives than originally scheduled. White House in protest of rising to result in an end of the Arab human occupancy. ^Box Project’’ Links from seven big oil companies as After a negotiating session at fuel prices^ and congressional Mrs. Fuller’s request is one oil boycott. witnesses. the Kilometer 101 desert outpost committees began hearings on of four items scheduled for Nixon also summoned energy in Egypt, Lt. Gen. David the energy crisis. public hearings tonight by the and Internal Revenue Service Elazar, Israel’s military com About 250 long-haul rigs spent ZBA. The hearings are Families Miles Apart officials for a noon meeting to mander, said the troop the night at two trucks stops in scheduled to start at 7 in the B outline preliminary monitoring withdrawals would start on Doswell, Va., about 75 miles Municipal Building Hearing BY JUNE TO.MPKINS envelope and $5 for annual dues probably continue sending of the petroleum industry’s Energy Friday instead of Sunday as south of here, preparing for the Room. One day soon a truck from the were sent to the project’s boxes of supplies to the Bristers records on reserves, production originally scheduled. caravan, said Jl^Lofton, presi- United Parcel Service will find headquarters in Plainville, until all the Brister children are and pricing. A Dec. 19 fire severely Elazar said the pullbacks, dent of the new United A d viso rs its way to a rural address deep Conn. Volunteer help matched a grown and away from home. In Houston, federal energy damaged the Fuller residence would be completed in 28 days ^ Truckers of America. in the Mississippi Delta and needy family with Mrs. The Brister family comprises chief William E. Simon during the ice storm crisis. instead of the 40-day deadline Lofton said the White House deliver a large box of food Fletcher and soon the boxes promised today "to put a dip N a m ed Firemen said the blaze set in the withdrawal agree N informed his group by telegram supplies and school materials. began to go to a new family. (See Page Eighteen) stick’ into every major fuel damaged about half of the east ment signed last Friday. last week Nixon would be Last Tuesday, the part of the lV2-story frame The box will have come all the Mrs, Fletcher says she will supply tank in the nation, "We way from Manchester. available for a meeting with the Manchester Board of Directors structure.

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