California per diem junkets cost taxpayers millions
California lawmakers and top aides charged 3.1 million in salaries and tax free living allowances plus travel costs for trips to Hawaii Miami and Washington D C last year. Dymally billed 580 for a Miami trip intertwined with a Trinidad vacation while Wakefield and Richardson posted the lowest year totals among full year legislators.
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Sacramento
UPI
Hawaii
Miami
Washington, D.C
Mervyn M. Dymally
Trinidad
Edwin L. Z'berg
Hyannis
Mass
Toronto
Erie
Randolph Collier
Dureka
Collier
Assembly
Charles Warren
Los Angeles
Floyd Wakefield
South Gate
Oil Strike Continues as Union Negotiations Persist
About 520 workers at the Wilmington plant and 2,000 at other Union plants are affected. The union has settled with Gulf, Atlantic Richfield, Amoco, and Texaco. More settlements anticipated with Mobil and Standard of Ohio as deadlines pass or extend. Several other companies, including Ashland Oil and Tenneco Oil, are in talks.
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Wilmington
Gulf
Atlantic Richfield
Amoco
Texaco
Mobil
Standard
Ohio
Torrance
Ferndale
Buffalo
N.Y
OCAW
Ashland Oil Co
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Tenneco Oil Co
New Orleans
Kissinger Accepts Israel Visit Promise for Talks with Egypt
Secretary of State Kissinger accepted in principle an invitation to visit Israel to push for a new interim agreement with Egypt. Israel's Allon said Egypt may be ready to start talks, with timing to be set through diplomatic channels. Officials noted Kissinger would also likely visit Egypt and other Arab states.
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Dymally
Joint Committee On
Dade County
Fla
West Indies
Houston
New York
New Orleans
Phoenix
Baltimore
Washington
D.C
Gary
Ind
Henry Kissinger
Israel
Egypt
Yigal Allon
Ford
Kissinger
Allen
Leonid Brezhnev
Cairo
State Department
Dr. Kissinger
Sinai
Allon
Robert Anderson
Anderson
Middle East
Suez Canal
Lays Off Workers At Foster Grant Milacron Converse Rubber
Foster Grant cuts 50 of 1500 at Leominster and Cincinnati plants Milacron announces 125 layoffs at two Ohio sites Converse Rubber Berlin plant to close for two weeks starting Feb 14 with potential additional week starting March 21 More than 1000 workers at Converse plant Rep Esch to push a tax credit bill up to 250 dollars for new U S or Canadian made cars this year.
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Massachusetts
Foster Grant Co
Leominster
Mass
Cincinnati
Milacron
Ohio
Converse Rubber Co
Berlin
N.H
Marvin L. Esch
R-Mich
U.S
Airlines Clash Over Discount Fare Restrictions
The CAB rejected American and United discount schemes aiming to spur travel for Americans visiting friends, relatives, or on vacations. United protested limits on short and long routes and promised broad discounts, while the Department of Transportation urged a universal 10 percent cut. The order followed action by Priday and DOT opposition to selective plans.
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American
CAB
American’s Union
United
Hawai
Florida
Department of Transportation
Priday
State seeks oil firms data for criminal activities study
California’s attorney general seeks court approval to inspect documents given to the Joint Legislative Committee on Public Domain by seven major oil companies Union Texaco Exxon Mobil Shell Atlantic Richfield and Standard of California The move aims to probe possible criminal acts linked to oil pricing amid antitrust concerns and a pending committee report detailing alleged price fixing
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Sacramento
California
Gary James
Superior Court
William Gallagher
Joint Legislative Committee On Public Domain
James
Gallagher
Union Oil Co
Union
Texaco
Exxon
Mobil
Shell
Atlantic Richfield
Standard of California
Richard Newman
Sparks
Long Beach
Long Beach Tidelands
Nonemergency Medi-Cal dental care stalls in California
Sacramento reports that nonemergency Medi-Cal dental services for 2.2 million recipients have nearly halted due to a contract dispute. A 1975 contract remained unsigned, forcing CDS to implement prior authorization that delays most procedures and prompted some cancellations.
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Sacramento
California
Gov. Brown
California Dental Service
CDS
Department of Health
Elizabeth Owen
Erik Olsen
Olsen
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Senate
H. L. Richardson
Arcadia
Yigal Allen
Armin
John Sparks
Union Oil
A. Alan Post
Committee
Attorney General's
A AT Lumber Company
Barr Lumber
Curtis Houghton
Orange County
HEM
Ron Reed
Los Alamitos Blvd
Los Alamitos
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