Tragic mid air collision near Los Angeles kills 14
A small plane and a Golden West Airlines commuter jet collided over Whittier California, killing 14 aboard and injuring no one on the ground. Debris rained on homes and a school, with the airliner’s main wreckage landing in a junior high field. Wing fragments damaged several residences. nine bodies were inside the airliner, three ejected, two found away from the wreckage. Officials await cause findings from FAA investigators.
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UPI
Katherine Edwards
Golden West Airlines
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Long Beach
Los Angeles County Fire Department
FAA
Alfred Diaz
Los Angeles
George Cuevas
Ontario
Claude Aguirre
Aguirre
Refinery workers accept contract with Gulf Oil
The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers union representing about 60,000 refinery workers approved a two year deal with Gulf Oil aimed at setting a standard for other majors. The package includes a 75 cent hourly raise retroactive, 4 percent July 8 increase, and a 8 percent rise next January 8, with some locals, including Gulf Port Arthur Local 423, continuing strikes over local issues.
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Denver
UPI
Gulf Oil Co
A.F. Grospiron
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
OCAW
Grospiron
Gulf
Port Arthur
Toledo and Cleves
Ohio
Santa Fe Springs
Calif
Wildcat
Port Arthur, Tex
Gerald Dauphine
Brown budget trims education gains and shuns major building
Sacramento reports Gov. Edmund G Brown Jr proposes education cuts below demands, includes no new construction for higher education and no funds to meet Serrano ruling. He backs two bond issues for capital outlay while UC requests see partial funding and no new major construction.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California Supreme Court
Brown
California
State Department of Education
Wilson Riles
University of California
Ronald Reagan
UC Regents
Regents
Ford Signs Order Pledging Equal Rights for Women
President Ford signed an executive order praising the women’s movement and urged ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Betty Ford, Vice President Rockefeller and 14 leaders witnessed in the Cabinet Room as Ford created a national commission for Women’s Year to highlight women’s issues.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Betty Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
Women’s Movement
Governor Brown Proposes Major Cut to Highway Patrol Inspections
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. proposes a 1975-76 budget cut that would shrink the highway patrol safety inspections fund to 994,672 dollars, lowering annual inspections from about 10 percent of cars to roughly 1 percent. The plan would raise patrol budget to 172.3 million and add funds for truck safety, communications upgrades, and DMV year-round vehicle registration.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Highway Patrol
Finance Department
California
Department of Motor Vehicles
Explosions plunge Saigon into darkness and protests flare
Saboteurs exploded a power plant serving Saigon area, blacking out the capital for over two hours. Authorities blamed Communists, with lights restored at dawn. Civil servants students and workers protested Phuoc Long province takeover as 42,000 civilians and 2,000 troops were reported missing in the region.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Bien Hoa
Phuoc Long
Phuoc Binh
Tay Ninh
Ford Administration weighs two year tax cut proposal
The Los Angeles Times reports the Ford Administration may ask Congress to cut income taxes for 1974 and 1975. Backers seek to return part of 1974 withholding as a lump sum and reduce 1975 withholding weekly. Supporters cite stimulus and purchasing power, while critics warn IRS handling of refunds could be disruptive.
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Congress
Los Angeles Times
the Times
Washington
The
Times
Michigan
Ford
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
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