Dow Chemical abandons Sacramento petrochemical project
Dow Chemical reallocates 500 million dollars from California to a foreign country for similar plants. Dow's Jack Jones says the California project is indefinitely delayed due to red tape, while officials expect a prompt state decision if permits had remained active.
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Sacramento
UPS
Dow Chemical Co
California
Jack Jones
Dow
Jones
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Europe
Canada
Far East
Brazil
Federal aid sought as Florida farm workers suffer cold loss
Governor Askew orders action to aid homeless migrant laborers displaced by a deep freeze. He lifts truck weight limits to move farm products while pressing the federal government to declare Florida an agricultural disaster and expand relief beyond state resources. Deputy Heggen notes housing is the immediate need as workers leave camps.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Reubin Askew
Department of Community Affairs
DCA
Joan Heggen
Askew
Florida
Carter
Heggen
Death by own action shocks small Texas town banker
Marvin Cain 63 shot himself at home in Winnsboro Texas ending his life after writing a note blaming himself for keeping failing businesses afloat. Cain owned the Cain Banking Co a private bank with deposits totaling about 5 million dollars and loans over 2.5 million. His death collapsed the bank and left 2,500 depositors uninsured while his community mourned a longtime church and Rotary figure.
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Winnsboro
Tex
UPI
Marvin Cain
Texas
Cain
The
Cain Banking Co
Wood
Franklin
Susie
San Francisco Supervisors target of threats and vandalism
Police increased security for three city supervisors after three pellets damaged the window of Supervisor John Barbagelata’s realty office following NWLF death threat messages. A bomb threat forced City Hall evacuation as NWLF demanded the release of Jacques Rogiers and improvements in jail conditions. Rogiers faces multiple counts.
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San Francisco
UPI
New World Liberation Front
John Barbagelata
NWLF
George Moscone
Rogiers
Barbagelata
Kopp
Tanaka set for trial in $1.67 million Lockheed case
Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka goes on trial in Tokyo facing charges of taking 1.67 million dollars from Lockheed. The 58 year old, once the Liberal Democratic Party powerhouse, is joined by his secretary and three Marubeni executives in a three judge panel in a courtroom near the Imperial Palace. The case stems from the Lockheed bribery scandal that implicated several politicians and business figures.
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Tokyo
UPI
Kakuei Tanaka
Japan
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Tanaka
Imperial Palace
Lockheed
U.S
Marubeni Corporation
Lockeed
Liberal Democrat
Marubeni
Yoshio Kodama
Kenji Osano
Honolulu
Tomisaburo Hashimoto
Takayuki Sato
Archbishop defends Gilmore execution in Catholic column
Archbishop Francis J. Furey defended capital punishment for Gary Mark Gilmore in a column, calling the protests an unholy clamor. He argued swift justice and execution are necessary to fit severe crimes and linked abortion protests to the case.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Gary Mark Gilmore
Gilmore
Utah
Francis J. Furey
Archidiocese
Furey
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Paul E. Tognetti
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Dossett
Jacques Rogiers
Dianne Feinstein
Quentin Kopp
Robert Mendel
Barry Kramer
Raymond Bletz
Ic Party
House of Representatives
Kmart
Calif
Gary Gilmore
Amway
Norm Creager
Mastro
Brickner Construction
Image Makers
KODAK
Lompoc Plaza
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