FTC finds high fraud rates in TV repair shops
The FTC tested broken portable black and white sets in New Orleans San Francisco and Washington and found 20 to 50 percent risk of cheating on service. Many firms overcharged for unnecessary work with repairs costing about 17 to 21 dollars. Licensing rules often raise costs by lowering competition.
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UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
New Orleans
San Francisco
Louisiana
California
Washington D. C
Gambling profits dip as Nevada casinos boost promotions
Nevada casinos gathered 1.3 billion in total takings in 1974 up from 1.19 billion the prior year but profits slid about 10 percent. Downtown Las Vegas posted higher margins while the Strip Reno and Lake Tahoe areas faced tighter margins as operators boosted promotions and free rooms to draw tourists. The move toward higher denomination slots reflects economic strain. the Nevada Gaming Control Board notes the trend.
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Nev
UPI
Nevada
Las Vegas “Strip
Reno
Lake Tahoe
James Noel
State Gaming Commission
California
Las Vegas
Strip
Nevada Gaming Control Board
California Senate seeks funding for oral history project
Senate President Pro Tem James R. Mills proposes 198000 dollars over three years to extend the California archives oral history program. The project, from 1953 to 1966, interviews key figures and yields edited chapters with transcripts bound for libraries and archives, documenting major legislative and political events.
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James R. Mills
San Diego
California
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Mills
State Archives
Knight
Brown
Beverly Hills
Extra Senate aides cost Sacramento in reelection effort
Ten incumbents who won re election in November received extra aides during campaign months at a total cost of 37 000 dollars. The Senate Rules Committee approved hiring four month staff at 942 dollars per month. Only 10 of 17 eligible incumbents requested help. John C Williamson said extra staff are provided in election years to assist incumbents who draw more attention from constituents. Normally eight staff plus an extra for districts spanning more than two counties.
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UPI
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Sacramento Union
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John C. Williamson
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Nixon
Congress
Richard Nixon
Mao Tse-tung
Sen
Sam) Ervin
Sam Dash
Lowell P.) Weicker
Ervin
Weicker
Senate Watergate Committee
Dash
Disneyland gang shooting wounds teens at Tomorrowland
In Anaheim California a weekend gang brawl between rival Mexican American gangs from the San Gabriel area ended with gunfire in the Tomorrowland sector. Two boys aged 15 and 17 and a 12 year old girl were wounded none seriously. A 17 year old boy was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to murder.
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Anaheim
Calif
UPI
Disneyland
San Gabriel Area
Tomorrowland
Midwest snow and Southland tornadoes claim many lives
A weekend blizzard and tornado outbreak left at least 29 dead as the storm moved from the Midwest to the South. One-week-old girl among the victims in Panama City Florida. multiple states report snow and icy conditions, road closures, and power outages across Kentucky Tennessee Iowa Minnesota Nebraska Michigan and Illinois.
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United Press International
Midwest
Southland
Georgia
Florida
Panama City
Fla
Ziegler Defends Nixon as Political Prisoner in Exile
Richard Nixon is described by his aide Ronald Ziegler as a beaten man facing vindictive government action since resigning. Ziegler says Nixon lives in exile at San Clemente, criticizes charges of escape from punishment, and denounces costs over Air Force One and the handling of Nixon’s papers and mail.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Richard Nixon
San Clemente
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Nixon
Washington
Congress
Ford White House
Ford
White House
Ron Nessen
Air Force One
Nessen
Jefferson City
California
Ventura Woman Survives Four Day Mountain Canyon Ordeal
Barbara Wilson, 46, of Ventura, endured a four day isolation in a 500 foot canyon after her car left a mountain road. A passerby walked above her and did not assist. Patrolman Goldberg rescued her Sunday. doctors called her condition remarkably stable. Four teenagers who heard her cries alerted authorities, saving her life before more severe exposure or injury.
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al Goldberg
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Wilson
Ventura
Goldberg
Richard Ashby
Community Memorial Hospital
Ashley
Highway Patrol
Second quake rattles Southern California area early morning
A 3:24 a.m. tremor, unconfirmed magnitude, was felt across southern California with about 500 calls from Lakewood to Anaheim and 300 in Long Beach. No damage or injuries were reported. earlier quakes in Alaska and off the Los Angeles coast were also noted.
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UPI
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Buena Park
Long Beach
Alaska
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Los Angeles
Cal Tech
Orange County
Anchorage-Palmer
Palmer Observatory
Anchorage
State legislators begin work on Gov Brown budget in Sacramento
In Sacramento the Senate Rules Committee opened detailed review of Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.'s 11.3 billion budget with testimony from Legislative Analyst A. Alan Post. Budget outlook warns of possible revenue shortfalls and potential tax raises in 1976.
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UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Senate Rules Committee
Anthony Beilenson
Los Angeles
Brown
A. Alan Post
Post
Beilenson
Assembly Ways and Means Committee
John F. Foran
D-San Francisco
John Vasconcellos
D-San Jose
Assembly Governmental Organization
Vasconcellos
California
Sundberg family survives 34 hours in stalled car during Midwest blizzard
The Sundberg family of Fargo endured a 34 hour wait after their car froze on Interstate 94 near Fergus Falls Minnesota. Plunging temperatures and snowplow crews delivering them to a motel aided their rescue. They survived on peanut butter sandwiches apples two cold pizza slices and Gospel music while prayers and faith kept them hopeful.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
UPI
Sundberg
Midwest
Bruce Sundberg
Fargo
N.D
Anne
Chris
Public Offered 1937 US Gov art Prints Found
Rediscovered 1937 historic art print collection offered to the public. prints from Matisse to Titian, 18 pieces at 19.95, 11 x14s, full color reproductions stored since 1937 in Brooklyn. certificate of authenticity and guaranteed, payments by cash check money order or cards accepted.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Peopl
Nationa Committee For
Matisse
Waugh
Gainsborough
Picasso
Auguin
Titian
Brooklyn
Gree
U.S
Ventura Biazzana
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