California oil refinery strike ripples widen labor unrest
About 2,000 refinery workers remained on strike in California with another 500 OCAW members set to vote on a Mobil Oil contract offering a retroactive 75 cent per hour raise and a 12 percent wage hike over two years. A 24 hour deadline lapse sparked a new 60 worker walkout at the Continental-Douglas refinery in Paramount.
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California
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Mobil Oil Co
OCAW
Denver
Colo
Mobil
Torrance
Continental- Douglas
Paramount
Conco
Phillips Petroleum
Martinez
Union Oil Co
Wilmington
Rodeo
Santa Maria
Standard Oil Co
el Segundo
Gulf Oil
Texaco
Atlantic
Gas Storage Well Erupts in Granada Hills Fire
A 125 foot flame column erupted at a leaking underground gas storage well in Granada Hills. Red Adair was summoned to suppress the blaze as engineers work to stop the leak. The field holds 70 billion cubic feet and could burn off up to one million cubic feet daily if the fire continues.
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Granada Hills
Calif
UPI
Texas
Red Adair
Pacific Lighting Services Co
Los Angeles County
Angeles National Forest
Adair
Gulf Coast
Pacific Lighting Services
Southern California Gas Co
Americans Prefer Gas Rationing Over Tax Plan
A Gallup poll reported in Newsweek shows 55 percent of 542 Americans favor nationwide gasoline rationing, while 32 percent support Ford’s tax plan to curb fuel use. If prices rise ten cents, 49 percent would drive less, 48 percent would not.
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UPI
Ford
Gallup
Newsweek Magazine
Leary to Testify Against Prison Psychologist in Fire Case
Timothy Leary, once an LSD advocate, is expected to testify for California in the case to fire Dr. Edward Wesley Hiler, a Vacaville prison psychologist. The Sacramento Bee reported Leary and Joanna Harcourt-Smith will testify at a closed Personnel Board hearing at a Northern California facility.
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Hiler
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Court to decide on defense statements
The Supreme Court will rule on whether defense lawyers can be ordered to provide the prosecution with copies of statements by defense witnesses. The appeal concerns Robert Lee Nobles and the armed robbery of Crocker National Bank in Los Angeles in 1973.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Justice Department
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert Lee Nobles
Crocker National Bank
Los Angeles
Nobles
Circuit Court
William B. Enright
Enright
Agreements in refinery dispute made
The Oil Workers union reached settlements with Mobil Oil and Cities Service as part of broad contract talks with major oil firms. OCAW President Grospiron said the deals cover thousands of workers and aim to avoid gasoline price increases amid rising productivity and profits. Strike deadlines were set against Marathon Skelly Husky and Phillips Oil. About 12,000 CAW workers remain on or facing strikes nationwide.
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UPI
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OCAW
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A.F. Grospiron
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Husky
Phillips Oil
CAW
Ford to answer questions in NBC live interview
President Ford will field questions from NBC News anchorman John Chancellor and White House Correspondent Tom Brokaw in a live NBC interview. The program, suggested by NBC and tied to last week’s State of the Union, will air at 7 p.m. PST with questions on a wide range of subjects.
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UPI
Ford
NBC
NBC News
Richard C. Ward
NBC Nightly News
John Chancellor
White House
Tom Brokaw
Ward
Senate reformers push threefifths filibuster rule change
Senate reformers led by Sen. Pearson and Sen. Mondale seek a threefifths vote to end filibusters and cut off debate. They build on prior rules shifts and await a Rockefeller ruling while House Democrats reshuffle committee chairs.
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Washington
UPI
House
James A. Pearson
R-Kan
Pearson
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Indians demand pardon and land deed in Wisconsin occupation
In Gresham Wisconsin militants holding the Alexian Brothers novitiate demand an unconditional pardon and deed to the land along with better housing and education for Indians. They reject a six month purchase offer and say they would rather die than compromise. National Guard troops are deployed to the scene.
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Wis
UPI
Aletan Brothers
Ted Boyd
Menominee Peoples Committee
Boyd
Warrior Society
Alexians
Mike Sturdevant
National Guard
Hugh Simonson
Snow blanketed eastern regions with widespread advisories issued
Snow spread across the eastern Ohio Valley into northern and central Appalachia and southern New England. Snow advisories extended through the Middle Atlantic with specific spots in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
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United Press International
Ohio Valley
Appalachia
New England
Middle Atlantic
Scranton
Louisville
Huntington
W.va
National Weather Service
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Gulf Coast
South Atlantic Coast
Jackson
Public Offered 1937 US Gov Art Prints Return to Public
A rediscovery of thousands of full antique art prints from 16th to 20th centuries is offered to the American public. The 1937 project was abandoned and the near pristine reproductions found in a Brooklyn warehouse are now marketed at 19.95 for 18 prints with certificates of authenticity.
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Thommittee
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Bublic
Brooklyn
Gree
U.S
Ventura Biazzana
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