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Harold B. Lee, leader of 3.3 million Mormons as president, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‐Day Saints died last night in Salt Lake City at the age of 74. Page 40.
Pres Nixon and family and members of official Whits House corps on Dec 26 fly to San Clemente, Calif, aboard commercial jetliner instead of mil craft in effort to conserve jet fuel; Nixon illus greeting fellow passengers aboard Unitsd Air Lines DC-10
article on response of Japanese econ to announcement by Arab oil mins that they will ease oil cutbacks and have reclassified Japan as 'friendly' country in their conflict with Israel
Stock prices soared yesterday after the announcement that Arab producers would increase the flaw of oil to most countries. Page 57.
some large corps have moved swiftly in recent mos to stockpile millions of gals of fuel oil, defending stockpiling from charges of hoarding; Gen Amer Transportation Corp pres J R Scanlin says that co, in addition to stockpiling petroleum products for its own plants, has been leasing tank cars and bldg storage tanks for other cos; calls oil shortage bonanza for co; J Z DeLorean, head of Natl Alliance of Businessmen, called attention to stockpiling several wks ago, asserting that some cos in need of gasoline had gone so far as to lease abandoned gasoline stations; some large corps have also begun bartering scarce petroleum products among themselves to obtain other, otherwise unavailable, materials; Govt investigators are looking into practice of reciprocal deals between oil suppliers and cos, in which supplier continues deliveries through shortage in expectation of keeping acct with co when oil becomes more plentiful; large corps are also 'doubling up' oil orders to insure that any shortfall in 1 co's deliveries are made up in another; Fed Energy Office says it is keeping close eye on stockpiling but says there is no evidence that it is illegal; business and indus observers defend right, and even obligation, of large cos to assure sufficient fuel supplies but question whether smaller cos will be able to compete; homeowners and private citizens have even less econ leverage with which seek fair share of oil supply
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 26, 1973, covering December 27, 1973.
Elton John
Carpenters
The Steve Miller Band
Neil Diamond
Jim Croce
1973Wilson Cruz, American actor[†]
Wilson Cruz is an American actor known for playing Rickie Vasquez on My So-Called Life, Dr. Hugh Culber on Star Trek: Discovery, and the recurring character Junito on Noah's Arc. As a gay man of Afro-Puerto Rican ancestry, he has served as an advocate for gay youth, especially gay minorities.
1973Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch pianist and composer[†]
Kristoffer Zegers is a Dutch composer.
In 1973, the world population was approximately 3,920,805,042 people[†]