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Jets general manager A1 Ward is maintaining a tight lid on any news concerning candidates for the coaching job. The Jets' news blanket was earlier reported to stem from the fact that they had their eye on a member of the Dallas Cowboys' coaching staff and did not want to raid the Cowboys' ranks on the eve of the Super Bowl...
...Caudillo spent his last years in public life trying to keep a lid on Spain's seething political cauldron. The nation's conservatives reacted nervously not only to the death of Admiral Carrero Blanco but to events in neighboring Portugal. In the wake of the Lisbon coup, the army, the dreaded militia known as the Guardia Civil and the Cabinet were safely installed in conservative hands...
...Senate passed legislation last April barring increases in the price of most U.S.-produced oil. Last week the House, by a vote of 255 to 148, approved an omnibus energy bill that would cut back on oil prices. The measure would put a lid of $7.50 per bbl. on the one-third of U.S.-produced oil that has not been price-controlled and now sells for about $13.50 per bbl. The $5.25 ceiling on the rest of domestic oil would be continued. The President, however, would be empowered to set prices at up to $10 per bbl. for hard...
...excellent Lino Ventura appears as your ordinary, tough, proficient hit man for hire. His job, this time out, is to shoot down a witness who threatens to "blow the lid off" a rather sensitive government scandal. The exact nature of the disgrace is unspecified, but there is no mistaking Ventura's dedication. He rents a hotel room in the French town of Montpellier and starts unpacking his sniper gear from a specially rigged suit case lined with foam rubber...
...coming end of controls represents a political victory of sorts for Ford. Congress rejected two presidential plans for a more gradual lifting of the price lid, partly because some Democrats convinced themselves that Ford would not dare to end the controls altogether. In doing so, the President is making a calculated economic and political bet. If it wins, the U.S. will take a long step toward energy self-sufficiency at a relatively low cost. If it fails and big increases fan rapid inflation, the recovery that gained momentum in July could well falter-just as the 1976 elections draw near...