Oil swindle swallows stars lawyers and rich figures
New York AP reports a $100 million oil drilling swindle tied to Home Stake Production Co. investors include Andy Williams, Jack Benny, David Cassidy, Walter Matthau, and Liza Minnelli. SEC calls it a Ponzi scheme as suits move through Tulsa and New York courts.
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New York
Wall Street Journal
Securities and Exchange Commission
Andy Williams
Jack Benny
David Cassidy
Walter Mathau
Liza Minnelli
Fred J. Borch
General Electric Co
Walter B. Winston
First
National City Bank
Russell W. McFall
Western Union
John G. Martin
Heublein Co
Ralph A. Hart
Heublein
Henry J. Fox
Tulsa
Journal
Los Angeles
Oklahoma Oil
Robert S. Trippet
HomeStake
SHC
the Journal
Harvey L. Garland
Home Stake
Santa Marta
Calif
Garland
Call for licensing of hearing aid dealers in Pittsburgh
Local consumer groups accuse dealers of exploiting the elderly by selling unusable devices and denying service. They press for licensing, dealer registration, and written prescriptions from audiologists or physicians, citing lawsuits and injunctions against Western Pennsylvania Hearing Service and West-Ear Electronics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Susan Patrick
Allegheny County Bureau of Consumer Affairs
Alliance For Consumer Protection
Western Pennsylvania
Allegheny Common Pleas Court
James Durkin
West-Ear Electronics
State Attorney General's
Durkin
Canada
Westinghouse Electric
American Hearing and Speech Society
Equal Housing Pact Signed in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg AP report states the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors and the state signed an equal housing agreement. It creates an Equal Opportunity Committee to educate members on compliant fair housing laws and to maintain a unified open-access list of available units. Governor Shapp called it a breakthrough in ending housing discrimination and highlighted the real estate peer group backing nondiscriminatory practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Association of Realtors
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Shapp
Health dispute over coke oven emissions at Wheeling-Pittsburgh plant
Four workers including Local 2698 president Magrakis were fired for refusing top-side assignments at the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel coke oven plant in Monessen. The group argues health protections under the USW contract allow refusals. Lawyer William Caroselli said the grievance will likely go to arbitration, with NLRB and OSHA complaints planned. Studies link coke oven emissions to elevated risks of lung and kidney cancers, especially for workers exposed to heavy smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monessen
United Steelworkers
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp
Local 2698
Louis Magrakis
William Caroselli
National Labor Relations Board
Occupational Health and Safety Agency
Caroselli
Wheeling-Pittsburgh
International Usw
I. W. Abel
Mavrakis
Pennsylvania Pharma Jobs Near 14,400 by 1973
A Temple University study reports Pennsylvania's pharmaceutical sector nearly doubled its employment from 1963 to 1973, reaching 14,400 workers. The industry outpaced all manufacturing growth, boosted by $90 million in 1973 research and development and $95 million in domestic purchases, with payrolls rising 255 percent.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Business and Government Services
Temple University
School of Business Administration
Commonwealth
Saul S. Leshner
Temple
School of Bsiness Administration
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Patrick
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U.S.D.A
Corry Foodliner
North Center
Harned
Westinghouse Ummer
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Westinghouse
Harned's
Corry
Harned’s TV & Appliance
North Center Street
Castle
Columbus Packing Company
Columbus Lottaville Road
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