California Talks Noise Control and Public Health Plan
California forms a 19 member advisory committee to study noise sources and draft possible controls for the Legislature. The panel cites noise rising from 23 to 50 percent of people disturbed since 1948 and outlines possible ordinances including fines, restricted hours for loud devices, and a broad prohibition on loud noises in neighborhoods. The report notes enforcement questions and the challenge of balancing public comfort with everyday life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sealey
Berkeley
Calif
California
A. E. Lowe
California State Public Health Department
Lowe
John M. Heslop
Health Department
Tehran oil talks shape global energy power balance
UPI reports Tehran discussions pit major oil companies Led by Esso Shell and BP against OPEC producers including Middle East nations Venezuela and Indonesia The talks aim to set five year terms taxes royalties and reinvestment to stabilize revenue amid Arab tensions and Western support for lower prices impacting Europe Japan and the United States.
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Esso
Royal Dutch Shell
British Petroleum
Gulf
Mobil
Standard of California
Texaco
Compagnie Francaise Des Pelyoles
Oper
Organization of Oil Producing Countries
OPEC
Middle East
Venezuela
Indonesia
Beyear-Pact
Orn Peluen
U.S
Israel
United States
Britain
France
Netherlands
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Hague
London
Washington
Europe
Africa
Japan
Grand Coulee Dam to regain world energy lead
Grand Coulee Dam advances toward reclaiming the title of world's largest hydroelectric producer. A $290 million expansion adds six generators now, boosting output from 2.04 to 5.61 gigawatts, with all twelve generators planned by 1980s–1990s. When complete, output may reach 9.2 gigawatts.
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Grand Coulee
Wash
Bratsk
Angara
Siberia
America
Russia
Columbia River
Washington State
Canada
Pacific
Escalation Sparks U.S. Air Support for Cambodia War
U.S. forces resume major involvement in Indochina as AH1 Cobra gunships F4 Phantoms and B52 bombers back South Vietnamese operations on Cambodia's Highway 4. Officials report optimism at embassies despite Cambodian army weakness, while Laird and Mooer visit Phnom Penh amid fresh aid talks and pledges.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
America
Cambodia
Highway 4
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh Con
Abrams
Frederick C. Weyand
Laird
Defense
Dennis D. Devlin
Thomas H. Moorer
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Saison
Paris peace talks linger as stalemate drags on
Report from Paris notes glum mood and stalled negotiations among Hanoi Washington Saigon and Viet Cong delegates after formal start Jan 25 1969. Despite two years of talks optimism shifts to Vietnamization and potential for a future peace bargain with Saigon as North Vietnam may avoid official defeat.
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Copley Hews Service
Paris
Hanoi
Washington
Saigon
Nixon
South Vietnam
U.S
Lesss
North Vietnam
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Bhattering
California League of Cities
Tehran
Ly Phil Newsom
BiLt Hill Coplay News Servicer
Pacific Northwest
Bonneville Power Administration
BPA
Northwest
Grand Coulee Dam
By Barney Seibert
Uruguay
Copley
Servite
Montevideo
Punta del Este
South America
Argentina
Bank of the Republic
Buenos Aires
Ministry of Tourism, Communications and Transport
Bom
Juty
Claude Fly
Uruguyan
la Manana
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