Automakers Charged With Fleet Price Fixing Summit
The government indicted Ford and General Motors in a civil case charging executives from the big three and Chrysler with price fixing on fleet cars and planning mutual aid during strikes. It notes market shares in 1962 and seven meetings in 1969 1970 to discuss labor contracts and possible strike responses.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Rome
Giulio Andreotti
Commission
Hat
Andreotti
Christian Democratic Party
Giovanni Matta
Palermo
Matta
Reagan seeks 950000 mansion for future California governors
Governor Ronald Reagan asks the legislature for 950000 to build a 37 room bluffside mansion overlooking the American River financed by an income tax withholding windfall. The plan includes a five bedroom family wing, five car garage, swimming and tennis court, cellar, sauna and a possible fallout shelter. Construction would start under private architect William Stephenson with completion aimed for 1975, before the next governor takes office.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
William Vick
William Stephenson
Welfare reform saves California three billion dollars
A federal state study says Reagan administration welfare reform saved California 3 billion and cut the welfare caseload by 250000. State Social Welfare Director Robert B. Carleson presented the 201 page report to Gov. Reagan, citing projections of avoided spending through June 30, 1973 without the 1971 act.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Robert B. Carleson
Ronald Reagan
Carleson
Stanford study shows sanity unseen by hospital staff
Eight researchers posing as mentally ill spent 19 days on 12 hospitals in five states. Staff failed to recognize any of them as sane after admission, highlighting the enduring influence of a psychiatric label.
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Stanford
UPI
David L. Rosenhan
Stanford University
Rosenhan
Science Magazine
Mars myth destroyed by Mariner 9 findings
UPI reports Americanson unmanned Mariner 9 orbiter shows Mars was geologically active for billions of years with volcanoes and ancient water flow. Data from the 1971 mission indicates no current life but raises the possibility of past life and potential subsurface volcanic activity.
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Washington
UPI
America
Mars
Mariner 9
Cape Kennedy
Red Planet
Harold Masursky
U.S. Geological Survey
Masursky
Martian
GOP Senators Back Harmer in bid to oust Mills
Republican senators support John L. Harmer of Glendale to replace James R. Mills as President Pro Tem. Harmer said he has 21 committed votes, with the 19 19 Senate split requiring 21 to remove Mills. A vote will wait for Democratic defections perceived as possible.
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Sacramento
UPI
GOP
John L. Harmer
Glendale
James R. Mills
San Diego
Harmer
Mills
Fred Marler Jr
Redding
Senate
Bank President and Family Killed in Grandin Extortion Plot
In Grandin Missouri a bank president Robert Kitterman 43 his wife Bertha 38 and daughter Roberta 16 were found bound and shot near an abandoned farmhouse after an extortion attempt. The murders followed Kitterman entering the Bank of Grandin claiming he was wired with dynamite and taking $13000. Police detained two men believed strangers to the town and possible other suspects are being questioned as the investigation continues.
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Grandin, Mo
UPI
Grandin
Riley County
Howard Jackson
Robert Kitterman
Bertha
Roberta
Kitterman
Prospect
Donovan
Constellation sitdown strike seen as Navy threat
The sitdown strike by about 130 black sailors aboard the carrier Constellation raises concerns of a Navy wide pattern. Rep. Floyd V. Hicks warns the conduct could become a way of life if not curbed, amid hearings on Constellation and Kitty Hawk incidents.
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San Diego
UPI
Constellation
Navy
Floyd V. Hicks
Hicks
San Diego Evening Tribune
House Armed Services
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