California Cannery Strike Prompts Fruit Waste Protests
California peach growers blast horns and give away fruit while protests roil Washington mediated talks on a contract. The strike threatens ripening crops and could cost California $24 million daily and up to $2 billion if extended, with 100000 workers at risk. Governor Brown pressures negotiators as federal mediators convene.
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United Press International
California
Oregon
Ing
Washington
James F. Searce
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Allied Industries
Freddy Sanchez
Teamsters California Council of Cannery and Food Processing Unions
Sanchez
John Scalone
California Processors, Inc
Palo Alto
Sacramento
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Capitol
Brown
Carlin and five school employees injured in fiery freeway crash
Joe Carlin business manager Lom Poc Unified School District was listed in guarded condition at Sherman Oaks Burn Center after a four car crash near Ventura. Four other Santa Barbara County school employees were treated for burns and injuries at Cottage Hospital and other facilities amid a chain reaction crash caused when a driver swerved to avoid a dog.
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Joe Carlin
Lompoc Unified
Sherman Oaks
Santa Barbara County
Carlin
South E St
Lynwood
Los Angeles County
Ventura
Santa Art Grundyke
Grundyke
Fred Homann
Santa Maria Joint Union High
Joseph Mealey
Santa Barbara
James Rowe
Satisfac- Cottage Hospital
Mealey
Rowe
A. Schools
California Highway Patrol
Congress Overrules Ford Veto on Public Works Bill
Both houses override President Ford’s veto of a 3.95 billion public works measure expected to create over 300000 jobs. House vote 310 to 96-39 after Senate approval, amid Democratic claims of aiding unemployment and economic recovery while Republicans call it a federal handout.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Ford
House
Senate
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Massachusetts
O'Neill
John Rhodes
Arizona
Carl Albert
Democratic Party
Albert
James C. Wright
D-Tex
Wright
Building and Construction Trades Union
Ford Administration
Suspects hunted in Chowchilla bus kidnapping case
Sheriff deputies search a 100 acre estate owned by the Woods family south of San Francisco as probes focus on prominent San Mateo County ties. Fred Newhall Woods, 25, remains unavailable for questioning while three people are named in a search warrant but no arrest warrants have been issued.
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Redwood City
UPI
San Francisco
Fred Nickerson Woods
Livermore
Frank Edward Ray
Chowchilla
Sacramento
Fresno Bee
San Mateo County
Woods
Fred Newhall Woods
Young Woods
Alameda County
Space shuttle design contract awarded to Martin Marietta
Unofficial reports say a $28 million space shuttle design contract for Vandenberg Air Force Base was awarded to Martin Marietta in combination with Parsons Inc and IBM. A spokesman cited a call from Congressman Robert Lagomarsino and noted no official Air Force announcement had been received.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Martin-Marietta Company
Martin-Marietta
Robert Lagomarsino
Air Force
Martin- Marietta Company
Parsons, Inc
IBM
Carter reassures businessmen on tax reform plans
Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter tells New York business leaders they have little to fear from his tax reform. He pledges cautious, comprehensive reform targeting the income tax structure to relieve lower earners while raising taxes on the wealthy, promising fairness and a single rate approach based on earnings. He meets executives at The 21 Club and The New Yorker Hilton, and plans further discussions with Hearst and Time Inc. staff.
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New York
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Georgia
Mene
Ul. J. Pauleee Oak Balser
Tanto
New Vor Hilton Hotel
Hearst Corp
Time, Inc
Kissinger urges talks to ease Korea tensions
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger proposed a conference including North Korea, South Korea, the United States, and China to ease tensions and discuss a durable armistice framework. He backed UN General Assembly participation and warned against North Korean demands for unconditional UN command dissolution. He also said Indochina states seek constructive roles amid unsettled regional dynamics.
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Seattle
UPS
Henry A. Kissinger
North
South Korea
United States
China
Korea
People’s Republic of China
United Nations General Assembly
Asia
Kissinger
North Korea
Jiading
Ania Bortuanes Bao
Indochina
Hanoi
Lompoc district faces unfairness charge over bargaining
The Education Employes Relations Board gives Lompoc Unified School District 15 days to answer a charge of unfair practices filed by the Lompoc Education Association. LEA accuses the board of restricting LEA representation as salary talks stall while EERB decides bargaining unit composition for about 540 certificated staff. Negotiations with California School Employes Association represent about 300 nonteaching staff.
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New Education Employes Relations Board
Lompoc Unified School District Board of Trustees
Lompoc Education Association
Alice Milligan
EERB
Lea
Milligan
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
Education
California School Employes Association
Ford orders no favors to delegates
White House press secretary Ron Nessen said President Ford reaffirmed a January memo forbidding officials to offer promises or actions as rewards for delegate support. The memo bans sharing any delegate interests with authorities and warns officials to avoid using government funds for political purposes at the upcoming Republican National Convention.
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White House
Ron Nessen
Ford
Can- Nessen
Oval Office
Nelsen
Justice Department
Kansas City
Nessen
Central Avenue Opening Delayed By Guard Rail Work
The Central Avenue improvement project is postponed at least three more days as material for the guard rail around the Miguelito Channel crossing is delayed. Officials warn the road remains closed and motorists risk citation if they proceed.
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Miguelito Channel Crossing
Central Avenue
Weather outlook with sun after morning clouds this week
Night and morning low clouds give way to sunny afternoons through Friday. Highs reach the low to mid 70s and lows stay in the mid 60s. Friday tides include high tides of 3.5 feet at 9 35 a.m. and 5.7 feet at 8 20 p.m. Low tides are 0.2 feet at 3 11 a.m. and 2.4 feet at 2 06 p.m.
Mission Hills water case: PUC rules public utility
The California Public Utilities Commission declares the Mission Hills water system a public utility not a mutual system. The ruling allows sale of stock and other obligations of a utility, effective Aug. 8, affecting a pending lawsuit against Anton C. Garnier, owner of the water company. Attorney T G Kuchel says he will study the ruling. he notes a court order currently forbids Garnier from actions the PUC permits.
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California Public Utilities Commission
Mission Hills
PUC
Anton C. Garnier
T.G. Kuchel
Garnier and His Company
Reagan Challenges Ford to Debat at GOP Convention
Ronald Reagan challenged President Ford to a debate at the upcoming Republican National Convention to settle their battle for the nomination. Reagan claimed 1,140 delegates, 10 more than needed, while Ford aides dismissed the notion and defended the President's clear position on issues.
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Reagan
Ford
United Press International
Ronald Reagan
Tas
White House
John Carlson
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