Price posting rules outlined by Price Commission
Jackson Grayson notes difficulty for customers to detect illegal price hikes even with posted lists. IRS and Price Commission require retailers to post base prices for top selling items by sales volume. Retailers may raise prices to reflect costs but not increase markups. spot checks will monitor compliance across 12 counties with 200 IRS employees aiding outreach.
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Ut. Jackson Grayson
Commission
IRS
Price Commission
Jon Adler
IRS Asst
Southern California
San Luis Obispo
San Diego
Adler
California
FBI aide retires in seventh recent personnel shift
Washington UPI reports a seventh major change in J Edgar Hoover's FBI leadership as William S. Tavel 55 retires as head of the Files and Communications Division due to his wife’s ill health. Deputy Frank W. Waikart 58 succeeds him, both natives of the capital with long careers in the bureau.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Eagar Hoover
William S. Tavel
Sumter
S.C
Frank W. Waikart
Hoover
Waikart
Army drug protesters abandon Travis hospital barricade
Eighteen Army drug patients and civilian supporters left a second story ward at Travis Air Force Base hospital after a sit in by Vietnam Veterans Against the War. An Army spokesman said 11 moved to rehabilitation centers, with others to depart later. No serious injuries reported. minor window damage.
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Travis Afb
UPI
Air Force
Army
Department of the Army
Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
VVAW
Statue of Liberty
New York
Travis
Tin
Mike Oliver
Wiliam Hankin
All
Hankin
Vietnam
Vets cling to Liberty Statue protest in New York
Sixteen bearded Vietnam veterans in fatigues hoisted an inverted flag and barricaded inside the Statue of Liberty as Federal Judge Pierce denied a restraining order. Runners left Liberty Island after the ruling while the group demanded coverage in Stars and Stripes.
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New York
UPI
National Park Service
Liberty Island
Federal District Court
Laurence W. Pierce
Pierce
Lawrence Hakel
Newsman asks FCC to reinstate him in radio job
James C. Lange a Penn State journalism student seeks FCC orders to reinstate him after dismissal for airing a story that offended advertisers. He asks rules against dismissal without notice and time to respond, and against altering news content to avoid advertiser pressure. The Shan Community Law Firm filed the petition, urging First Amendment standards and public interest in diverse views on scarce radio spectrum.
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FCC
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Shan Community Law
James C. Lange
Penn State University
Southland Storm Strikes Flooded Counties and Snowbound Campers
Southland residents faced rising water in Torrance Carson Redondo Beach and Paramount while a rescue team searched for two 11 year old campers near the 10 000 foot Mt Shasta area. Snow and mudslides closed roads as temperatures fell and city streets flooded with no traffic fatalities reported.
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San Francisco
Mt. Shaste
Vern Clevenger
Oakland
Bill Dougherty
Berkeley
Southland
Yorrance
Carson
Redondo Beach
South Bay
el Camino College
Avalon Boulevard
Artesia Street
San Deign Freeway
Torrance
Paramount
Paramount Boulevard
Santa Fe
Lakewood Boulevard
Los Angeles County
Long Beach
Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
Topanga Canyon
Pacific Coast Highway
California
Mojave Desert
Palm Springs
National Weather Service
Minimum 25 cars strike unidentified Bayshore victim
San Mateo County coroner reports the man found on the Bayshore Freeway was hit by at least 25 vehicles. CHP notes drivers did not stop. 25 is an absolute minimum. Clothing fragments were found up to 76 feet away. Victim described as between 35% and 45 years old in windbreaker and brown pants.
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Burningame
UPI
San Mateo County
Bayshore Freeway
California Highway Patrol
Richard Steffens
Betwen
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