Customs' Deepening Fiscal Woes Across Agencies
The piece details misused funds in the Los Angeles Customs District including $650000 moved for personnel relocation, a $2000 petty cash shortfall, mischarged office chairs, and arrears with an aircraft supplier. It links these to broader questions about Vern Acree and possible White House ties amid Watergate era scrutiny.
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Terminal Island
Los Angeles
Nogales
Bureau
Tucson
Florida
Customs Service
Washington
Vern Acree
Richard M. Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Acree
Senate Watergate Committee
IRS
White House
Ulasewicz
Miami
James O’brien
Customs Bureau
National Customs chief defends office amid money crunch
Regional Customs Commissioner Albert Bergesen said financial problems are nationwide, not local, and cited factors driving higher costs across regions. He disputed a $650,000 move estimate, explained co location policy, and defended personnel, pay, health plan costs, and new trade act provisions affecting duties and staffing.
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Customs Service
Albert Bergesen
Ashington
Los Angeles
Montreal
Suffocation cited in rape case death of elderly woman
The coroner's office said suffocation caused the death of 67 year old Lillian Cramer, found dead in her Van Ness Avenue apartment. Authorities noted no signs of other significant trauma and will conduct further tests to determine if she was raped.
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Westside
Bill Johnson
County Coroner’s Office
Lillian Cramer
van Ness Avenue
Johnson
World Airways workers sue over Saudi assignment policy
A class action in U S District Court charges World Airways with religious discrimination for forcing employees to take a Saudi assignment during a Mecca pilgrimage operation. Two stewardesses allege threats of suspension and dismissal for refusing on moral grounds, while the airline says only proof of religion or Saudi visa criteria were at issue.
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San Francisco
World Airways, Inc
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Mecca
Algeria
Indonesia
World Airways
Alberta Blumin
U.S
Peter Tiege
Tiege
Gas shortage threatens Southern California jobs
Pacific Lighting Corp president Joseph R. Rensch warned at a conference that nearly 700,000 Southern California workers could face layoffs within four years if new natural gas supply projects are not approved. He cited regulatory delays and urged urgent action to bring in new sources before winter 1979 80 to avoid forced cuts to commercial and industrial deliveries.
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California
Joseph R. Rensch
Pacific Lighting Corp
Pacific Lighting
Southern California Gas Co
Rensch
Jobs and Environment
Los Angeles
Los Angeles man slain after firebomb incident
James Kermit 28 allegedly hurled a gasoline filled jar at a South Los Angeles home on Van Ness Avenue to start a fire. He was shot during a struggle with Robert Dutton as firefighters entered the house to douse the blaze. Fire damage minimal at about 100 dollars.
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Los Angeles
James Kermit
van Ness Avenue
Elaine Dutton
Robert
Robert Dutton
Kermit
Dutton
Offi
Former basketball star wins 1.35 million in brain damage suit
Glenn A. Olden, 26, awarded 1.35 million after alleged overdose of anesthetics during a March 20 1973 preparation for an ulcerative colitis operation at Sacramento Medical Center. Defendants include Dr Lloyd Zachary Sacramento County and UC Berkeley. Olden walks with a walker and uses a trachea tube. Post Office to run holiday schedule on Thanksgiving November 27.
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Sacramento
Glenn A. Olden
Sacramento Medical Center
James Mart
Lloyd Zachary
Sacramento County
University of California At Berkeley
Mart
Olden
Zachary
Yuba City
Marysville
Warrant Issued for SLA Backer Kilgore in San Francisco
U S attorney releases Oct 15 complaint charging James Kilgore with possession of a pipe bomb found by a mover on Sept 21 in Daly City and later defused. Bail set at 100000. Kilgore, 27, is sought for questioning in a Carmichael bank robbery and Marin County deputy car bombings.
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San Francisco
Kilgore
Daly City
Lucas Kiers
Sacramento
Carmichael
Marin County
Missing Classified Act Tryout Suggestion
A terse note invites experimentation with a classified act and includes a phone reference HE 2- 5959 signaling where to reach for details.
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Herschel Clesner
House
Subcommittee On Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs
Philadelphia
Anthony Ulasewicz
John Caulfield
Bergesen
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Treasury Department
San Pedro
Albert Bergeson
Customs Commissioner
Mideast
New York Times Service
Associated Press
L.A
Cers
U. S. Postal Service
Europe
Pine
Long Beach
Adidole
Walker's the Friendly Store
Orion
Fashions
Turtlenecks
SLA
S.F
Stratolounger
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