Cory accuses seven oil firms of price fixing in California
California State Controller Kenneth Cory testifies before a Senate antitrust panel that seven integrated oil companies tightly control crude oil in the state. Exxon Texaco Union Oil of California Mobil Shell SOC Wilshire Atlantic Richfield own and move most oil through their pipelines, limiting independent producers access and keeping prices high.
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Gil Bailey
National Bureau
Washington-California
Kenneth Cory
California
Senate
W.T. Slick Jr
Exxon
Cory
Long Beach
Thas
Long Beach Harbor
Slick
Texaco
Union Oil of California
Mobil Oil
Shell Oil
Standard Oil of California
Atlantic Richfield
Man Recounts Knife Attack and Nonstop Heart Surgery
Santa Monica resident Herman Paulk, stabbed in the chest, underwent open heart surgery without anesthesia after arrival at Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center. He recalls little of the incident after the attack by three youths in Palisades Park and says his life was saved by rapid care.
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Santa Monica
Herman Paulk
Paulk
Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center
Palisades Park
Geon
William G. Plested
Amputation delayed victim with pneumonia in Ventura
Mrs Barbara Wilson, 46, who spent six days stranded after a January car crash in California's mountains, contracted pneumonia Monday. Doctors postponed her leg amputation until she can endure surgery. Two youths found her. a man with a dog seen nearby did not help and has not been located.
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Ventura
UPI
Barbarara Wilson
David Perlmutter
Wilson
California
Ojai
Pilot Dies in Crash of Home Built Plane North of March AFB
A small single engine plane described as home built crashed into a hill about two miles north of March Air Force Base in Riverside killing the lone occupant. The Riverside sheriff's office withheld the pilot's name pending notification of next of kin.
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Riverside
UPI
March Air Force Base
Riverside Sheriff's Office
Nader cites FE A study on fuel economy and emissions
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader released a secret FE A analysis claiming a 40 percent gain in new car fuel economy by 1980 without relaxing existing emission standards. He argued Ford administration plans to tighten rules and freeze them would raise costs and intake of scarce metals, while EPA hearings on delaying 1977 standards proceed.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
Ford Administration
Nader
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Ford
Camp David
Chrysler
Sid Terry
Terry
Department of Transportation
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Candlewood
Jcpenney
J.C. Penney
Flexxtra
Pantihose
Foster Farms
Downey
Lakewood
Wes
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