UAW Strikes Threat at Douglas Fades Amid Talks
The United Auto and Aerospace Workers Union says progress in talks with Douglas Aircraft Co. dulls the strike threat. At stake are 19,000 machinists at McDonnell Douglas plants, with Long Beach DC9 DC10 production affected by layoffs and ongoing negotiations aimed at a negotiated settlement.
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Clarence Gregory
Doug Griffith
McDonnell Douglas
Long Beach
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Tuna skippers agree to surrender cargos to win freedom
American tuna boat crews held by Ecuador announce surrender of cargos to secure release after three weeks. Ameri can Tunaboat Association says losses may reach $3 million while lives are prioritized. Felando criticizes diplomacy and US plans to hand over a destroyer and a landing craft as Ecuador seizes ships built in America.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
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North Korea
San Diego
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Iran Wins U.S. OK for Pan Am Share Deal
The United States approves in principle Iran acquiring a sizable Pan American World Airways stake with limits to prevent control over Pan Am or interference with defense commitments. Officials say Iran aims to reinvest oil profits into U.S. business as a long-range plan.
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UPI
Iran
U.S
Pan American World Airways
Persian Gulf
State Department
Long Beach Veteran Detained In Grenade Threat
Kermit Wayne Ross, 28, of 853 Pacific Ave, a nurse's aide at the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital, locked himself in his apartment and threatened to blow himself up with a hand grenade. Police say the grenade was inactive. Ross was charged with making a false bomb report. Officers responded after 8 p.m. and with help from Ronald Couch, a Firestone deputy, subdued Ross after he claimed the apartment was booby-trapped. The bomb squad found no explosives inside the unit above a market.
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Kermit Wayne Ross
Pacific Ave
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
Ross
Dave Drake
Jack Stewart
Pacific Avenue
Ronald Couch
Firestone Sheriff's
Kent Henderson
Riot erupts at Lakewood dance injuring guard and damaging cars
More than 20 police units from three cities battled about 1,000 youths after a Lakewood Country Club dance turned riotous. A security guard was seriously injured by a bottle, two sheriff’s cars were damaged, and several car windows and club windows were broken. Twelve youths were arrested for disturbing the peace as units from Lakewood Norwalk Long Beach and the sheriff’s department restored order within an hour.
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Country Club
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Norwalk
Long Beach
Thousands of Blackbirds Die in Paducah Spraying
Paducah Kentucky authorities sprayed Nelson Stuart Park with a concentrated detergent to strip blackbirds of their oils. Thousands were killed Sunday and many more are expected to die in the coming days from exposure in the cold after the city aimed to rid the area of pest birds roosting near a cemetery and other sites.
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Kentucky
William Howerton
Plane crash lands over Long Beach breakwater injures none
A Piper Cherokee lost power over the Long Beach breakwater forcing a crash landing. Student pilot Mike Ward second hour of flight time and instructor Dave Cook escaped with two others unharmed as firefighters doused the fire and the plane valued at 10 000 to 12 000 dollars was destroyed. Ward from Garden Grove plans to continue lessons.
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Long Beach Harbor
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Eagle Aviation Inc
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Pier 1
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Garden Grove
Postage set to rise to 12 or 13 cents this year
Postmaster General Benjamin Bailar told ABC radio that first class postage will likely rise from 10 cents to 12 or 13 cents by year end due to mounting costs deficits inflation and looming labor talks. He did not rule out further increases within the year.
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Benjamin F. Bailar
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Sacramento officer reassigned after helping arrest two lawmakers
Sacramento police officer who assisted in the arrest of two legislators on drunken driving charges has been reassigned. The items appear in a compiled note on page A-3.
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