Standard Oil fights federal overcharge charges in oil pricing case
Standard Oil of California rejects federal charges of up to eight million dollars in overcharging customers. The Federal Energy Administration accuses 20 multinational oil firms of improper pricing of crude oil from foreign subsidiaries. Standard Oil says it cannot respond yet as it has not received notice and defends its pricing as fair. In Los Angeles County welfare recipients reached 987087 in February, the highest since the 1974 75 recession, with Medi Cal showing the sharpest rise and unemployment down from the June 1975 peak.
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California Mob Influx Linked to Weak Controls
A confidential report by California Attorney General Evelle Younger says mob figures from New York Arizona Michigan Pennsylvania Ohio and Louisiana have moved to or visited California in large numbers due to weak organized crime controls good weather and vast wealth. It notes prison gangs like the Mexican Mafia Nuestra Familia Aryan Brotherhood and Black Guerrilla Family expanding operations across the state in narcotics robbery forgery and contract killings. Drug trafficking is described as one of California’s most enduring problems.
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Secret Fraternity Probe At UC Berkeley Over Judaic Commune
UC Berkeley officials opened a probe into whether a secret fraternity led damage at a Jewish commune on fraternity row. Chabad House said an attempt to tear down the fence followed a two week run of trashings, while leaders cite an on campus 60 member club known for beer bashes as a growing nuisance.
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Groucho Marx progresses in hip surgery recovery
Beverly Hills United Press International reports Groucho Marx is making good progress toward recovery from major hip surgery last month though he remains weak and low in spirits. Nat Perrin, his guardian, says he expects a full recovery as legal guardianship changes occur in California.
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Jaworski threats Nixon disclosure unless confession aired
Former Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski says he will reveal information on Nixon's actions if the former president does not admit obstruction of justice in upcoming televised interviews with David Frost. Jaworski cites conversations and other activities Nixon may be ashamed of and plans to publish his findings in a national outlet. Meanwhile Soviet divers became first to swim beneath the North Pole using aqualungs under the polar ice cap, Tass reports from Leningrad.
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Weather alerts sweep mid Atlantic to Southern Plains with floods and frost
Thunderstorms rolled from the mid Atlantic states to the Southern Plains as a cold front pushed south. A thunderstorm dumped over 7 inches at Vance Air Force Base Enid Oklahoma with flash flood warnings and street flooding reported. Wisconsin fought its largest forest fire since the 1950s near Black River Falls, damaging 15 to 20 homes. An Indiana teenager was killed and another injured by lightning while waiting for a bus. Freeze warnings spread across Indiana Wisconsin Michigan parts of New York and Pennsylvania as temperatures plunged over 30 degrees.
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