Word: naval
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...order Daylight Saving Time year round, override temporarily federal, state and local clean-air acts in order to permit more burning of high-polluting coal, and restrict business hours in shopping centers and other enterprises. In addition, the President asked for authority to open up for commercial drilling the naval petroleum reserves at Elk Hills, Calif. All these powers would be given to the President under a bill sponsored by Washington Democratic Senator Henry Jackson. The Jackson bill is likely to pass before Congress adjourns in mid-December...
...begun by the Tsars several centuries ago. Even now, the Soviet buildup in the Middle East seems directed neither at socialist revolution nor at the acquisition of oil (the Soviets have plenty) but at denying oil to the other imperial powers and at the establishment of military bases and naval access in the Mediterranean area...
...addition, Nixon said he would ask Congress for legislation to authorize yearround daylight-saving time, case-by-case relaxation of environmental regulations, imposition of "energy conservation fees or taxes," and approved and funding of exploration, development and production of naval oil reserves at Elk Hills, Calif. The president also endorsed the controversial Alaska pipeline...
...releasing much solid evidence, the Administration tried to squelch such notions, insisting that the Soviets had been on the verge of sending troops to the Middle East. Defense Secretary James Schlesinger reported that U.S. officials had been watching Soviet moves with increasing misgivings. The Russians had built up their naval forces in the Mediterranean from 60 to 85 ships since the war began, put about 50,000 airborne troops on "comprehensive alert," and mobilized two mechanized divisions near the Black Sea. They then abruptly ended their supply flights to Egypt, leading U.S. analysts to fear that the transports had been...
...tonnage totals did not include supplies being hauled by El Al's jets or heavy equipment-like M-60 tanks-being transported in Israeli ships. One day last week, the Israeli freighter Aben Dat took on tracked vehicles and other matériel at Norfolk, Va., Naval Station and then put to sea at 4 a.m. Nor do the U.S. figures include 30 F-4 Phantom fighters and 50 A-4 Skyhawk light attack bombers that the U.S. has agreed to give Israel...