Steelworkers Strike Hits 14 000 Across Five States
About 14 000 United Steelworkers members walked out at 15 plants in Minnesota Michigan Ohio Massachusetts and other sites in the industry’s first major walkout since 1959. The strike targeted local issues at mining firms in Minnesota and Michigan's Upper Peninsula Joseph T Ryerson warehouses in Cleveland and Carnegie Pennsylvania and US Steel electrical cable division in Worcester Massachusetts. A Groveland Mine in Iron Mountain Michigan settled over the weekend and three other Minnesota and Wyoming mines remain under contract extension. A union spokesman offered no details on current negotiations.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers of America
Basic Steel Industry
USWA
Minnesota
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Joseph T. Ryerson
Cleveland
Carnegie
U.S. Steel
United States
USW
Big 10 Steelmakers
New International Usw
Lloyd McBride
McBride
Republic Steel Union Drawn
Hamilton
Ontario
Joseph T. Ryerson and Son Inc
U.S. District Court
Daniel Snyder
U.S. 3Rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Report of Teamster bribe to Nixon probed
The Justice Department probes a claimed $1 million Teamsters cash fund tied to Nixon to bar Hoffa from union influence. Time Magazine cites FBI findings and possible delivery by Charles Colson or associates, with broader implications for several Nixon aides and ongoing labor disputes.
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UPI
Justice Department
Teamsters
Nixon
Jimmy Hoffa
Time Magazine
FBI
John Dean
Time
Charles Colson
Hoffa
Fitzsimmons
Anthony Provenzano
New Jersey
Provenzano
Salvatore Briguglio
White House
Las Vegas
Chicago
Allen Dorfman
Colson
Watergate
E. Howard Hunt
John Mitchell
John Ehrlichman
H.R. Haldeman
Gerald Ford
Fire Threatens Lake Cachuma Watershed Near Santa Barbara
A forest ranger spotted a mid afternoon blaze about 10 miles north of Lake Cachuma near Cachuma Saddle Ranger Station. The fire endangers the watershed supplying Santa Barbara Goleta Montecito and Carpinteria if not controlled soon.
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Santa Barbara
UPI
Los Padres National Forest
Cachuma Lake
Cachuma
Davy Brown
Nira
Montecito
Cachuma Saddle Ranger Station
Happy Canyon Road
Lake Cachuma
Goleta
Carpinteria
Carter to send welfare reform and immigration bills soon
President Carter plans to submit major laws on drug abuse and welfare reform, plus an immigration bill allowing certain illegal aliens to remain legally. The package includes job creation to reduce welfare costs, possible urban aid relief, and provisions for adjustment of status and employer sanctions.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Congress
Plains
Capitol Hill
United States
Mexico
U.S
Telethon Raises 6700 For Lompoc Youth Football Recovery
Lompoc youths raise 6100 at a Telethon last Saturday boosting the Recovery Fund. McDonalds 1500 and Lompoc Chamber 1000 lead donations. bank total 4411 with telethon receipts expected to push toward 10500. TelePrompTer Cable TV provided air time and studio space. hosts from KCOY TV and KLOM led a three and a half hour show.
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Harvey Whittaker
Jim Carey
Kcoy-Tv
Lompoc
Leo Aragon
Aragon
McDonald’s
Jerry Ellman
Santa Maria
Steven Kay
KLOM
Ryon Park
Nationwide fire surge driven by lightning across U S states
Lightning sparked 46 fires across Alaska threatening towns and the trans Alaska pipeline while crews fought large blazes in California and New York areas. a 200000 acre Maine preserve fire was contained after 15 days. In Corona California a 5500 acre blaze prompted evacuations near new homes, injuries minor and damage estimated at 600000 dollars.
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United Press International
Alaska
California
Maine
Rhode Island
Richard H. Ledosquet
Fairbanks
Bureau of Land Management
Corona
Calif
Forest Service
George Biddle
Biddle
Napa Valley
Interstate 5
Newhall
Los Angeles
San Francisco
GOP charges Carter with union payoff over oil bill
Three GOP leaders urged a full congressional probe into President Carter for backing a bill that would require 9.5 percent of imported oil to be shipped on U.S. tankers with American crews. They cited campaign contributions from maritime interests and memoranda they say prove a political payoff despite opposition from the Pentagon and key departments.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Republican
Bill Brock
Senate
Howard Baker
House
John Rhodes
U.S
Brock
Pentagon
Commerce and
Treasury Departments
Robert Strauss
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
City Council to Examine Geothermal Plant Plan
City leaders in Lompoc prepare for a 7:30 p.m. meeting to review a proposed 110 megawatt geothermal project with NCPA and Shell Oil Co. The plan, costing an estimated 30 to 35 million, would allocate about 3.28 percent of costs and benefits to Lompoc.
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Lompoc
Walnut Ave
James P. Sweeney
Northern California Power Agency
North
NCPA
11-City Power Cooperative
Shell Oil Co
San Francisco
Sonoma
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Alan Davidson
College Park
Santa Barbara
Council
G Street
Airport
College Avenues
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House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
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