Word: nationalizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...soybeans. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission charged that Nelson Bunker Hunt and W. Herbert Hunt, two sons of H.L.'s first marriage, acted in concert with five other Hunts to acquire contracts for future delivery of more than 23 million bushels of soybeans -nearly a third of the nation's expected supply this year and far above the legal limit of 3 million bushels allowed to any one trader or trading group. A federal district court in Chicago will consider this week whether to order the Hunts to reduce their holdings to that limit. The Hunts contend that...
...array of special-interest groups. So they are planning a selling campaign going well beyond the usual. As one part, efforts are already under way to obtain bookings for Administration officials-as yet unannounced-to explain the program, not only on the familiar interview shows such as Face the Nation, Meet the Press and Issues and Answers, but on the popular TV talk shows emceed by Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin and Dinah Shore...
...while letting those environmentalists stop any search for energy where they are." If the Administration succeeds in bringing gas used only in producing states under federal price control, Edwards pledges to mount a court challenge. Adds Texas Democratic Congressman Bob Krueger: "If this were happening between two nations rather than between two parts of one nation, you'd call it colonialism...
...pump the oil out at an acceptable price even if it can be found. In embracing a very gloomy estimate of world reserves and production capabilities, Carter may indeed have erred on the side of caution, convinced that that was the safest course for the security of the nation...
RAILROADS that haul coal would be in for a windfall. Hays T. Watkins, chairman of the Chessie System, the nation's largest coal hauler, expects 100 new mines to open along the line's routes in the next five years. That would add 33 million tons a year to the system's coal freight, 50% more than its present volume. All that will require more coal cars and enhance the revenues of railroad-equipment manufacturers like Pullman...