DC-10 chosen as new U S Air Force tanker and freighter
The DC-10 ATCA will stabilize Long Beach plant jobs over five years but not add positions. It will offer greater range and refueling capacity than KC-135s, enabling global deployment of fighters and support gear without basing. Modifications include an aerial refueling boom, drogue, and boom operator station.
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Long Beach
Air Force
Staton
ATCA
Charles M. Forsyth
Douglas
California Sues GM Over Engine Substitution
California Attorney General Evelle Younger and San Francisco DA Joseph Freitas announced a suit against General Motors in San Francisco Superior Court seeking an injunction and civil penalties. They accuse GM of substituting V R engines for VS engines in Buick Oldsmobile and Pontiac models without informing buyers.
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San Francisco
General Motors
California
Evelle J. Younger
Joseph Freitas
San Francisco Superior Court
Chevrolet
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Younger
Freitas
Sai Younger and Freitas
City council debates legalizing poker in district vote
City officials weigh petitions to place poker legalization on a ballot within 40 days if certified by the city clerk, with council option to add repeal measure. Prosecutor and mayor express strong opposition, citing crime risk and impact on local merchants. Gardena area parallels questioned as Gardena parlors generate significant tax revenue for budgeting concerns.
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Bennett
Robert Farkin
Parkin
Thomas Clark
Oil-War Peril With Iran Saudi Tensions Rise
A leaked committee study discusses Iran and Saudi Arabia in a volatile oil conflict, noting Iran’s leverage over oil supplies and possible U S nonprotest if Iran attacked. It also mentions potential U S conditional tolerance of an Iranian invasion and hints at Iran’s possible links to Israel on nuclear systems.
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Iran
Saudi Arabia
United States
Saudia Arabia
Jackson
U.S
Israel
Peace meeting set in Ismailia with Sadat on Christmas Day
A working session in Ismailia, Egypt will present Sadat with proposals shown to Carter. Begin will not address the Egyptian National Assembly and plans to meet in London with Jean Francois Poncet. France invited Begin to Paris. he may visit later. Israel remains cool toward France over Middle East policy.
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Sadat
Ismailia
Egypt
Carter
Begin
Egyptian National Assembly
New York
London
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Paris
Jean Francois Poncet
Presidency
Israel
State appeals tidelands tax hike as unreasonable
California state lands officials challenge Los Angeles County assessor's 1977 78 valuation of the Long Beach tidelands oil development. Value up 40 percent to 674 million, boosting taxes by 4.1 million for a total levy of 16.4 million. Lands Commission Executive Officer Northrop says the increase is unreasonable amid price controls and vast crude oil extraction since 1976. Appeal pending.
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County of
Los Angeles
State of California
State Lands Commission
Long Beach Tidelands
William F. Northrop
Commission
Long Beach
VA poisoning case nurses win retrial
A federal judge ordered a new trial for two nurses convicted of poisoning patients at the Veterans Administration hospital in Ann Arbor. Leonora Perez, 33, of Ann Arbor, and Filipina Narciso, 31, of Ypsilanti, were found guilty in July of three counts each, with convictions tied to five patients in 1974. The judge cited numerous prosecutorial improprieties and ordered retrial in the interest of justice.
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Detroit
Veterans Administration Hospital
Dudge Philip Pratt
Leonora Perez
Ann Arbor
Filipina
Narciso
Ypsilanti
Jet Charter Crash Off Madeira Kills 19 Survivors 91
Survivors testified they had seconds to escape after a Swiss charter jet with 57 aboard plunged into the Atlantic near Madeira. Ninteen people were killed and 91 survived as rescuers searched for 17 missing. most aboard were Swiss with one Portuguese wife of a Swiss. The Caravelle from Zurich and Geneva was bound for Santa Caterina on a Christmas trip. Investigators flew to Madeira as survivors recounted screams, water, and attempts to escape. some said downdrafts may have pulled the plane under.
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Funchal
Madeira
Zurich
Geneva
Santa Caterina
Fundhal
Hig
Siiss
Lisanne Richard
Albert
Tyn
Isband
Toxic chemical dumped by Cypress pastor in alley disposal
Rev Henry Davis pastor of Happiness Foundation Church in Cypress admitted acquiring crates of methyl bromide months ago from a military source and planned to ship it to South America as a delousing agent. He dumped the toxin Monday from his church bus in Cypress alleys, police and firefighters cordoned the area while a wide search recovered the crates for safe disposal at an Orange County facility. A pharmacist warned broken vials could release dangerous bromide gas with serious health risks including pulmonary edema and possible death with heavy exposure.
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Henry Davis
Happiness Foundation
Cypress
Buena Park
Orange County
Walker Street
Valley View Street
Lincoln Avenue
Bruce Turbeville
Williams
Turbeville
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
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Gardena Finance
Keith Bennett
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Middle East
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Georgi Grechko
Salyut-1 Space Station
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Funchal District
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Markus Merli
Rahi
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Patterson
Wilbur Snively
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Larry E. Hawkins
Kenneth C. Henthorn
Michael C. Harris
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