Outrage as Judge Dismisses 342 Pollution Counts
District Attorney David Minier called the dismissal of hundreds of pollution counts against Union Oil Mobil Texaco and Gulf Oil outrageous and said an appeal is filed. Judge Morton L. Baker ruled the firms had already paid civil judgments and suffered enough after the 1969 offshore oil rig disaster near Santa Barbara.
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Santa Barbara
UPI
David Minier
Minier
Morton L. Baker
Union
Mobil
Texaco
Gulf Oil
Union Oil Co
Price Commission Chief Defends Controls At AFL CIO Forum
Price Commission Chairman C Jackson Grayson Jr. defended the agency’s price control system as firm and working at a AFL CIO conference. Grayson said the commission is not weak and stressed public information efforts though acknowledging a complex price-raise formula confuses shoppers. the government will name retailers who violate price controls.
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Washington
UPI
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Grayson
Commission
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Leo Perlis
Community Service Division
The
Perlis
Efforts to curb street methadone sales nationwide
San Francisco reports rising illicit methadone sales as government experts push Congress to require FDA approval for maintenance clinics. Dr. Jaffe calls for dosage guidelines and addict diagnosis to prevent diversion, while clinic advocates warn methadone is a palliative, not a cure, and unsupervised use can be deadly.
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San Francisco
UPI
Jerome Jaffee
Congress
Food and Drug Administration
Jaffe
Raymond A. Lloyd
Washington, D.C
San Francisco Haight
Israel raids two Lebanese villages kill troops and civilians
Israeli forces raided the towns of about 7 000 and 1 700 residents inside Lebanon in a bid to curb Palestinian guerrilla attacks. The operation left two Israeli soldiers dead and one wounded and reports say four Lebanese including a woman were killed amid shelling and a two hour artillery barrage.
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United Press International
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Israel
Beirut
Vietnam withdrawal sparks mass desertions amid Cambodian bases
Saigon announces pullout from Krek and other Cambodian posts to bolster defenses near Saigon as 2,400 Cambodian troops desert toward South Vietnam. Washington reports North Vietnamese missiles in Laos and continued MIG activity along the Ho Chi Minh Trail with B52 strikes on supply routes.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Krek
Nguyen van Thieu
Indochina
Nixon
Peking
Laos
U.S
Ban Nhik
Pakse
CIA
Long Chen
Vientiane
Luong
Cambodia
Angel's Wing
Phnom Penh
Prey Veng
Svay Rieng
Kre
NASA projects shuttle to begin atmospheric tests in 1975
NASA official Dale D. Myers outlined plans for the space shuttle including two years of atmospheric flight tests starting in 1975 and a first manned orbital test in 1977 or 1978. The program aims for routine operation by 1979 with a crew of four and an initial mission involving a trailer-sized laboratory.
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Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Myers
Earth
Congress
Space Agency
FCI staff answer charges await warden ruling
Two Federal Correctional Institution employees Anthony Santiago and Roy Goddard have answered general charges and await Warden Frank Kenton's decision on a 30 day suspension. A BOP official in Washington says no decision yet, with a statement expected tomorrow. Investigations continue into a third employee as the two deny wrongdoing in inmate leave probe.
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Federal Correctional Institution
Gary Dunlap
Frank Kenton
Bureau of Prison
Washington, D.C
Dunlap
Anthony Santiago
FCI
Roy Goddard
Bureau of Prisons
Santiago
Goddard
Hughes May Surface To Contest Autobiography
Howard Hughes faces a possible court clash over Clifford Irving's manuscript with McGraw-Hill and Life magazine backing the book. Spokesmen say copies, checks, and a secret Swiss account evidence Hughes’s involvement, while Hughes denies receiving payment.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Howard Hughes
Bob Hughes
McGraw-Hill Books
Clifford Irving
New York
Hughes
Switzerland
Irving
Bahamas
McGraw-Hill
Life Magazine
Hughes Tool Co
Harold W. McGraw, Jr
McGraw
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