Oil spills and public concerns roil Santa Barbara Channel
The text describes ongoing oil spills from ruptured pipes on Platform A and B in the Santa Barbara Channel. Officials report repairs and plans for boom containment at Ventura and Channel Island harbors, while critics press for shutdowns and negotiations for new lease terms. seabirds harmed, protests grow as environmental groups urge action.
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Santa Barbara
Ventura
Channel Island
Ventura County Civil Defense
Norbert Soares
T of the Sierra Club
Phillip Berry
Alan
Two Girls Killed in I-10 Crash Near Deming
Police identified two Los Angeles children as victims in a car truck collision on Interstate 10 four miles west of Deming New Mexico. Yvette Piert seven and Yvonne Piert four died in the crash Sunday.
Bride and Bridegroom Go Sky High for Balloon Wedding
In Palm Springs a bride Lois Mercer and groom Dr George Elmstrom wed Sunday aloft in a free flying hot air balloon named The Eye and I. About 200 guests followed the ascent by foot and car as vows were proclaimed from 200 feet high.
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Palm Springs
Lois Mercer
George Elmstrom
Philip Gehlacher
St. John's Lutheran Church of
el Segundo
Tahquitz Canyon
Elmstrom
Miss Mercer
Eye
Mercy Plane Bound for Vietnam Seeks Christmas Gifts
A chartered jet led by Dallas billionaire H Ross Perot flew into Los Angeles Sunday to collect Christmas gifts for American prisoners of war in North Vietnam. Perot planned to fly to Bangkok and leave the jet there to press North Vietnamese officials for entry and aid. The jet was named Peace on Earth and had departed Dallas.
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Dallas
Los Angeles
North Vietnam
H. Ross Perot
Bangkok
Afl-Cio
Lane Kirland
San Francisco
San Diego
Portland
Seattle
Honolulu
Hawaii
John A. Burns
Hanoi
Perot
Braniff International
Moscow
Dallas Love Field
Robert Jeffery
Jefferys
Europe
United We Stand
Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
U.S
State Department
Southeast Asia
Thailand
Red Cross
Asia
Shipping crisis looms as Hawaii faces Christmas delays
The labor dispute delays ships to Hawaii risking Christmas deliveries. Matson Navigation and the Marine Firemen's Union consider staffing concessions for two new Balti more built freighters. A six man crew may replace nine, with arbitration planned if unresolved.
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Hawaii
Pacific Maritime Association
Matson Navigation Co
Marine Firemen’s Union
Baltimore
Silent majority grows as Abrams receives more mail
In Saigon General Creighton Abrams reports rising civilian support and little antiwar letters. aides say back-home dissidents mainly direct protests to the White House while local letters to Abrams increase from about 20 to 75 per month since October.
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Saigon
Creighton W
Abrams
Vietnam
White House
Nixon faces veto risk as key budget bills stall
Congress pushes two major appropriations totaling 19.7 billion for schools and health, and 1.8 billion for foreign aid. A tax reform bill advances toward final passage while a veto battle looms over revenue changes and Social Security tweaks. Nixon signals concerns over long-range revenue loss and exemptions.
Study Group Sees Nixon Leaning More to Right
The National Committee for an Effective Congress says Nixon is becoming riveted to the right as he seeks support from conservative middle America. It warns of a growing rift with Congress and portrays Agnew as Nixon's Falstaff amid fears of rising right wing influence.
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Nixon
House
Senate
Washington
National Committee For
Congress
Middle America
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Acquarius
Spiro T. Agnew
White House
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Pico Rivera
Calif
Boy Scouts
Troop 769
Health, Education and Welfare Department
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