California Supreme Court ends contributory negligence rule
The California Supreme Court voted 5 2 to replace contributory negligence with comparative negligence allowing damages despite a plaintiff's fault. Nga Li, a Los Angeles physician, sued Yellow Cab Co for back injuries after an illegal left turn.
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California
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Clark
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Los Angeles
Yellow Cab Co
Seven plead guilty in huge drug caper
Newark and surrounding areas report seven individuals pleaded guilty to conspiracy in an international hashish smuggling ring worth 7.5 million dollars. An eighth defendant was found guilty of conspiracy to import hashish from Morocco via a camper linked to California and Illinois suspects.
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UPI
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Wis
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Burt Arnowitz
Mill Valley
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Chicago, Ill
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Sausalito
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Forest Hills
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Audrey E. Goldsmith
Petaluma
New Jersey
Iowa City
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Chicago
Europe
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Gillette
Reno
Nev
Keller
Braniff
Ford summons Kissinger early amid Southeast Asia crisis
In Palm Springs Ford plans an accelerated review with Kissinger on Indochina policy as he seeks to assess South Vietnam and Cambodia. Weyand will report on South Vietnam, while Nessen cites blame on Hanoi and Congress for aid delays, not a personal accusation.OS policy advisers from past administrations attend the State Department meeting.
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White House
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Hanoi
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Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Ford relieved after hearing from photog Kennerly
President Ford was relieved after photographer David Hume Kennerly phoned to say he was unhurt when mutinous South Vietnamese Marines fired at his helicopter during a photo run off the Vietnamese coast. Kennerly described being shot at while aboard the Pioneer Contender, carrying about 8 000 refugees.
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White House
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Vietnam
Secretary Says mines favored by energy needs in West
William W. Erwin says a majority support mining coal in the West to supply energy, calling the region the Persian Gulf of low sulphur coal and urging reclamation costs be borne. He notes environmental and energy groups must cooperate and cites Wyoming reclamation success. Governor Judge outlines agriculture energy compatibility as 400 delegates attend the Western Governors Conference near Colstrip.
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SEC findings on Global Marine CIA sub project profits
The SEC reports no detrimental evidence of financial harm from the Global Marine contract with the CIA to build the Glomar Explorer. The investigation, begun March 19, notes 17 percent of 1974 operating revenue and 15 percent of profits came from the contract, which ends in October, and cites incomplete data due to secrecy but finds no misleading statements impacting stockholders.
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Housing finance measure moves to Assembly panel
Sacramento API A nearly 1 billion housing finance bill shifts to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. Gov Brown aims to create a state housing finance agency issuing bonds for low-interest loans to build or rehabilitate up to 10,000 units yearly with 30 percent set aside for the very poor.
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March lion unloads heavy snowfalls across the East
A strong March storm dumped five to eighteen inches of snow from North Dakota to New Hampshire. The blast caused blizzard conditions, road closures, and avalanches at Tuckerman's Ravine. Flooding pressed along the Mississippi Valley. National Guard was mobilized to guard against looting in Kentucky.
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Cranston Defends Congress Over Vietnam Aid Fallout
Sen. Alan Cranston told reporters the Ford administration bears responsibility for South Vietnam’s collapse, citing only 158 million of 700 million authorized funds delivered and losses of over 1 billion in U S supplied weapons. He urged evacuations and an end to the fighting.
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Farmer criticizes state land protection plan hearing
In Sacramento a Sonoma County farmer disputes AB15 to shield prime agricultural land, warning the measure may harm food producers. The bill would form an agricultural resource council with power to reject local zoning maps and compel maps if needed. The committee postponed a vote for two weeks. Warren expressed optimism about passage.
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