Desalt Plant Pitch Weighs 60 90 Day Extension at MWD Meeting
Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall met with Metropolitan Water District directors to push Bolsa Island Nuclear Desalt Plant. A vote on extending study time is set for 10:30 a.m. as costs jumped from 444 million to 765 million dollars. Participants include Los Angeles, Edison Co, San Diego Gas and Electric Co.
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Stewart Udall
Metropolitan Water District
Bolsa Island
MWD
City of
Los Angeles
Southern California Edison Co
San
Diego Gas and Electric Co
San Diego Opposes Multimillion-Dollar Desalting Plant
San Diego County Water Authority directors oppose a multimillion-dollar desalting plant off Southern California. They sent telegrams to Senator George Murphy and other legislators, while Murphy and 33 state lawmakers champion the Bolsa Island project as a key research and demonstration effort. They urged Metropolitan Water District and Southern California Edison to proceed, arguing San Diego lacks need since contracts with the state cover water through 1990 and possibly beyond.
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San Diego
Poor Group Seeks Ouster of Compton Willowbrook Leader
A petition by Florence A. Clark and 25 signers asks the County Board to remove Rev. Lew ellyn Williams from the Compton Willowbrook Enterprise Action Board and appoint Janice Irvine as Willowbrook representative. Clark also alleges poor oversight and says no poor people chair the board, noting dismissals without proper hearings.
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Lewellyn Williams
Compton-Willowbrook
U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity
San Francisco
Action Board
Halt Voiding Pact for Trade Center
Developer Keith Smith and San Sebastian Development Co. won a temporary reprieve shielding them from Los Angeles termination of the 12 million World Trade Center project on Terminal Island. Judge Kenny ordered a 50000 bond to protect the city from losses tied to land usage as the case proceeds while indictments allege bribery in the award.
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Keith Smith
San Sebastian Development Co
City of
Los Angeles
Terminal Island
Superior Court
Robert W. Kenny
Smith
San Sebastian
the Trade Center Development Co
L. A. Harbor
Los Angeles Harbor Commission
Murphy's Farewell to UCLA
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy spoke at UCLA in a farewell commencement address to more than 6,000 graduates. He noted a revolutionary age with tumbling verities and rapid change, as he prepared to retire after leading since 1960 and move to Times Mirror Co.
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Los Angeles
Franklin D. Murphy
University of California At
Murphy
Times Mirror Co
Los Angeles Times
Walkout Slows Queen Mary Refitting
Seafarers union Local 56 striked at Long Beach delaying only the refurbishing work they directly handled on the Queen Mary. Crosby and Overton continues other interior cleaning of the ship’s smokestacks as workers walked out, per city manager Mansell and general manager E K Thompson.
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Sealers and Painters Union Local No. 56
Long Beach
Queen Mary
John Mansell
E.K. Thompson
Crosby and Overton
Missing Pieces Stall Helicopter Crash Probe
The NTSB and FAA workers search for debris from the Los Angeles Airways Sikorsky S61L that crashed May 22 in a Paramount dairy pasture killing 23 aboard. Investigators seek missing parts, including a door, while pressing county detectives for any material to reassemble the craft.
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National Transportation Safety Board
Los Angeles Airways
Paramount
Arvin O. Basnight
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
International
Basnight
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide
Investi
Steelworkers Await Call As Aerojet Talks Drag On
United Steelworkers Local 4670 says it still awaits a negotiation call from Aerojet General for Downey and Fullerton facilities. On June 6 the company reviewed USW proposals. discussions focus on local issues contract language and an aerospace industries benefits package.
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United Steelworkers of America
Aerojet General Corporation
Downey and Fullerton
Tony Alamia
Aerojet
Aerospace Industries
Friars Club Hosts Court Hearing On Cardroom Scam
Los Angeles jurors toured the Friars Club as FBI agent Arwine outlined alleged cheating methods used against celebrities and others in a scheme that could top $100,000. Victims include Phil Silvers Tony Martin and Harry Karl. Prosecutors say peepholes and electronic signals aided confederates at tables. Suspects are Maurice Friedman Manuel Jacobs Benjamin Telitelbaum Johnny Roselli and T Richardson. Defense calls holes a burglar alarm idea.
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Los Angeles
Friars Club
Phil Silvers
Tony Martin
Harry Karl
FBI
Joseph A. Arwine
U.S
William P. Gray
Maurice H. Friedman
Manuel
Ricky) Jacobs
Benjamin J. Teitelbaum
Johnny Roselli
T. Warner Richardson
Clarence S. Hunt
Three Southland projects face minor budget cuts
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed three Southland projects as part of broader federal cuts. A $4.5 million drainage project in Los Angeles County remains largely intact, while the Flood Control District sees a $225,000 reduction. Erosion control work at Surfside, Sunset Beach and Newport Beach loses $15,000, and Dana Point Harbor navigation lights program is cut by $22,000 to $425,000. harbor manager Kenneth Sampson says the cuts will not be critical.
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Los Angeles County
Surfside
Sunset Beach
Newport Beach
Army Engineers
Dana Point
Orange County
Kenneth Sampson
L A Vote Forced on Wage Hike by Court Order
Los Angeles city officials face possible contempt of court if they miss Monday’s City Hall session to vote on back pay for municipal workers. Council previously rejected proposals for 2.5 million to 10,000 workers and 155,000 for about 1,500 employees amid a 1962 pay raise dispute challenged by the City Employes Association.
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Los Angeles
City Hall
John S. Gibson, Jr
Sam Yorty
City Employes Association
DYMALLY KIN JAILED FOR POLICE SNUB
Roderick Calvin Dymally, 35, brother of state Senator Mervyn Dymally, jailed after allegedly refusing to stop at a California Highway Patrol inspection and refusing to sign a citation. Deputies booked him at Firestone substation with bail set at 30 dollars. refusal typically means held for bond.
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Willowbrook
CNS
Roderick Calvin Dymally
Mervyn Dymally
California
Dymally
Firestone
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