World oil prices sag as use cut
World crude prices weaken due to reduced consumption by industrial nations. Officials note no major price drop but expect small consumer price reductions. Lower official prices from Libya and Algeria and hidden discounts by other producers pressurize OPEC unity and give buyers bargaining leverage.
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William D. Smith
New York Times
New York
Lybia
Algeria
Europe
North America
Japan
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
OPEC
New Douglas offer may end UAW dispute
The United Auto and Aerospace Workers Union expects a new wage proposal from Douglas Aircraft Co. management to arrive imminently. If the proposal improves on the company offer, the union plans to put it to a member vote.
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New Douglas
UAW
United Auto and Aerospace Workers Union
Douglas Aircraft Co
Griffith
Douglas
Aerospace Workers’ Union
International Association of Machinists
AIM
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Milan Modern Art Gallery Heist Nets 28 Paintings
Italian police probe a daring art theft in Milan stealing 28 works worth about 4.5 million dollars from the Modern Art Gallery. Thieves bypassed five security systems, entered through a second floor window, and carried off pieces by Gauguin Van Gogh Cezanne Renoir and other artists.
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Milan
Modern Art Gallery
UPI
Italy
Modern Art
Paul Gauguin
Vincent van Gogh
Paul Cezanne
Auguste Renoir
Urbino
Fine Arts
Bruno Molaioli
Joseph Radetzky
Carlo Grassi
Adrien van Utrecht
Camille Corot
Francois Millet
Giovanni Fattori
Telemaco Signorini
Giovanni Segantini
Gauguin
van Gogh
Cezanne
Renoir
Raphael
Piero Della Francesca
Ducal Palace
Kissinger presents new curb plan in Geneva talks with Gromyko
In Geneva Kissinger outlined new proposals on nuclear controls and trade to Andrei Gromyko and faced sharp differences on a step by step Middle East strategy. He then met London officials and Iran's Shah as talks continued toward a long term pact and possible June summit in Washington.
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London
Henry A. Kissinger
Andrei A. Gromyko
Geneva
Mideast
Kissinger
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Moscow
Switzerland
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Iran
Gromyko
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Ford
Washington
Brezhnev
U.S
Cranston unveils plan to create 1 million public service jobs
Sen. Alan Cranston says a forthcoming bill will fund 10 billion dollars to start one million public service jobs nationwide. He argues unemployment cuts could generate 30 to 40 billion dollars in GDP and 10 billion in federal revenue, offsetting costs. He criticizes defense spending and Arab training contracts while urging caution in Middle East policy.
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Alan Cranston
Dcalif
California
Westwood Federal
Henry Kissinger
Cranston
Vietnam
U.S
Mideast
Special election today for Long Beach council seat
Voters in the Seventh District go to the polls from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to fill the City Council seat vacated by Wayne Sharp who resigned after admitting felony theft charges. The West Long Beach area has 13 761 registered voters with a 33 percent turnout expected. Sharp’s term ends July 7 and the winner must file for district primaries by March 18 for a full term.
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Wayne Sharp
Long Beach
Sharp
Meany urges $30 billion tax cut to curb unemployment
AFL-CIO President George Meany told a Miami Beach news conference that Congress should cut taxes by 30 billion dollars, not 20 billion, to halt a projected rise to 10 percent unemployment. He warned events are overtaking the President and Congress and criticized forecasts as optimistic.
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Miami Beach
UPD
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Congress
Meany
Ford
Alan Greenspan
Venus Jupiter double star spectacle lights western sky
A Venus Jupiter conjunction was visible in the western sky after sunset Monday. Griffith Observatory notes the event should be impressive for the next few days with the pair appearing less than a finger's width apart. The journey distance between the planets is about 404 million miles and the display should last about two hours after sunset, visible across all states.
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Venus
Jupiter
Griffith Observatory
Earth
Solar System
$25 000 Tool Thefts At Terminal Island Construction Site
Burglars used a bolt cutter to cut heavy padlocks on four tool sheds and three trailers at 681 Terminal Way Terminal Island, stealing tools and equipment. Merco Construction reports a $10,000 loss and F B Gardiner $15,000 with items including drills tools typewriters adding machines and $180 cash. Police call it a professional job.
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Terminal Way
Terminal Island
Merco Construction Co
Redondo Beach
F. B. Gardiner Co
Los Angeles
Mitchell Marisich
Harbor Division Police
Housing Plan Moves Forward Amid Economic Pressure
Inside today’s wrap reports sweeping housing legislation may pass in weeks. A-4 notes protests from 500 teachers against the stringent budget at Governor Brown’s place of work A-5. Chrysler Corp reports a $73.5 million loss. A-8. Nixon offers to donate pre presidential papers to U.S. A-8. Nuclear subs again target the seas A-9.
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Richard Nixon
U.S
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Associated Press
Chrysler Corp
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