California farm labor board weighs field access in first meeting
In Sacramento the new Agricultural Labor Relations Board held its first formal session, hearing rival unions and growers on whether organizers may access private fields. The 13 hour hearing drew 300 people as witnesses argued for and against field entry to reach workers, many living in grower camps.
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Farm Labor Board
Sacramento
UPI
California
New Agricultural Labor Relations Board
Roger Mahony
David Orth
Stanislaus County
Orth
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Bobby Delacruz
Stockton
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Union
Jerry Cohen
UFW
Cohen
Hoffa's mother dies at 85 in Detroit
Viola Riddle Hoffa, mother of James R. Hoffa, dies at 85 in Detroit hospital. Doctors cite natural causes while family friend says a broken heart from Hoffa’s disappearance contributed. She had faced long illness in a suburban nursing home and helped support her children after her husband died.
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Detroit
UPI
Viola Riddle Hoffa
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Plymouth General Hospital
Murray Chodak
Hoffa
James P. Hoffa
Chodak
U S volunteers face scrutiny over Sinai policing plan
Secretary of State Kissinger pushes for using 100 to 150 civilian U S technicians to police a Sinai accord but faces stiff congressional opposition. Senators Mansfield Jackson Humphrey Sparkman weigh risks, with concerns of U S entanglement and possible Vietnam like crisis in the Middle East.
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Congress
U.S
Glomar Explorer Returns After Mystery Sea Tests
The Glomar Explorer docked in Long Beach after nine days of undisclosed sea tests off Catalina Island. It remains unclear if the CIA mission will resume to recover the remainder of the sunken Soviet submarine and details about who ran the tests are not disclosed.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
CIA
Catalina Island
Los Angeles
Global Marine Co
Catalina
Fourth of July Cove
Doug Bombard
Catalina Cove
Hawaii
Wrong forecasts costly agro forecast errors blamed for billions
A GAO report finds USDA forecasting errors cost the government 1.67 billion over years 1973 and beyond. It cites misjudged wheat and corn acres yields domestic and export demand and prices as drivers of costly policy actions. The department concedes improvement is needed though forecasting was one factor.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
General Accounting Office
USDA
GAO
Congress
Department
Don Paarlberg
GAG
Death of Eamon de Valera Revered Irish Leader at 92
Dublin reports say Eamon de Valera died at Linden nursing home from bronchial pneumonia and heart failure. The Easter Rising veteran, who led Ireland to independence, was at his bedside with his son Maj. Vivon de Valera and two priests. Burial planned at Glasnevin. national tributes and radio television specials scheduled.
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Dublin
UPI
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
de Valera
Linden
Britain
Vivon de Valera
Sinead
Sean O'Keefe
Sean Tracey
Tipperary
Glasnevin
New York City
Chrysler Building
Bruree
County Limerick
FTC orders clearer fuel economy claims for auto ads
The Federal Trade Commission issues interim guidelines requiring auto makers to disclose EPA based miles per gallon estimates for both city and highway driving in U S ads. The rules, effective Oct 15, aim to curb blanket or misleading mileage claims and may lead to enforcement actions.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
United States
Evironmental Protection Agency
J. Thomas Rosch
Bureau of Consumer Protection
EPA
Rosch
Commission
California Legislature Moves on Vetoed Coroner Access and Trade Changes
Governor vetoes bills on coroner access to confidential deathbed information. Trade measures repeal fair trade laws and ban flip top beverage cans after 1979. Committees advance Lifeline electricity aid, unemployment tax hikes, liquor tax boosts, and postmark voter registration by mail. Emergency tax funds statewide phone service. Grocery price stamping required.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Assembly
Charles Warren
Los Angeles
Warren
Ways and Means
United Press International
Montoya
D-La Puente
Carpenter
Newport Beach
McAlister
D-San Jose
Z'berg
Dsacramento
Roberts
Dlos Angeles
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John Sparkman
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Howard Hughes
Lompoc
Crisis Center
Berkeley
California Division of Forestry
University of California
California School For the Deaf
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Miller
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Gregorio
San Mateo
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