Trapped oil rig crew survive after 20 hours under water
Five crewmen trapped beneath a capsized Gulf of Mexico oil rig survived 20 hours by keeping heads in air pockets and pounding walls as divers reached them. One man remains missing and divers will not search the derrick for him.
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Grand Isle
UPI
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Darrel John Dore
Delcambre
Dore
Sterling Dunn
New Orleans
Newton alive in Havana Cuba say long time ally testifies
UPI reports attorney Charles Garry testified Huey P. Newton, leader of the Black Panther Party, is alive and in Havana Cuba. Garry cited a phone call three months ago and information from Angela Davis. Newton has been missing since August 23 after fleeing bail on multiple felony charges linked to an alleged barroom assault and a fatal shooting of a 17 year old girl. The trial of Newton associate Robert Heard includes claims of a police tape dispute and a contention that Newton may be located in Havana. Public notice of a Santa Barbara County planning hearing related to bicycle ways was also included in the record.
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Oakland
UPI
Huey P. Newton
Black Panther Party
Havana
Cuba
Charles Garry
Garry
Newton
Angela Davis
Kathleen Smith
Alameda County
West Oakland
Heard
John George
Preston Callins
George
California hospitals easing back to normal after walkout
California anesthesiologists and other OR staff are returning to work after a month of reduced operations. San Francisco and Los Angeles spokesmen say full schedules should resume in two to three days, with many hospitals recalling laid off workers and using state backed insurance to cover malpractice costs.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Los Angeles
Joseph Hoffman
San Francisco Medical Society
Leon Hauck
Southern California Hospital Council
Jobs for Americans plan to be proposed by Brown
California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr will urge the Ford administration to fund a national program that guarantees an American for every Vietnamese refugee hired. The plan would cost about 350 million dollars yearly and use refuges only as market competitors for American workers.
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Jobs For
Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Ford Administration
Robert Gnaizda
Gnaizda
Health and Welfare
Mario Obledo
John Eisenhower
Brown
California
United Press International
Jobs
Ford
Boycott of Gallo Wines to Continue
Seattle based United Farmworkers leader Rev Wayne Hartmire says the boycott of Gallo wines continues despite California's new labor law allowing secret ballot elections for unions. He expects California growers and the Teamsters to influence voters and notes no guaranteed worker access to fields. An election at Gallo would likely occur in September during harvest.
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Seattle
Wash
UPI
United Farmworkers
Gallo
California
Wayne
Chris’ Hartmire
Hartmire
United Farmworkers Ministry
Cesar Chavez
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Sugar firms named in Oregon antitrust suit
Four major sugar companies are named as defendants in a U S District Court suit filed by the State of Oregon. Utah-Idaho Sugar Amalgamated Sugar California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Spreckels Sugar are charged with conspiring to fix prices and suppress private label sugar sales. Five other firms are listed as co conspirators including American Crystal, Great Western, Holly, Union Sugar and the United States Beet Sugar Association.
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Portland, Ore
UPI
U.S
Oregon
Utah-Idaho Sugar Co
Amalgamated Sugar Co
California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Corp., Ltd
Spreckels Sugar Co
American Crystal Sugar Co
Great Western Sugar Co
Holly Sugar Co
Union Sugar Co
The
United State Beet Sugar Association
25 New York hospitals on brink as doctors strike looms
United Press International reports a potential shutdown of about 25 New York voluntary hospitals within two weeks if the malpractice dispute persists. California doctors end a life or death-only shift as a pause, while Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Bucks County doctors push for actions or commissions to address rising malpractice premiums. Admissions declines threaten hospital finances, with NYC centers hardest hit.
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United Press International
California
New York State
Pennsylvania Medical Society
Board of Trustees
Harrisburg
Bucks County
John Detweiler
County Medical Society
Rhode Island
Philip W. Noel
John V. Kenny dies at 82 former Jersey political boss
John V. Kenny a powerful Hudson County political figure known as the Little Guy died of a heart attack at 82 in Paramus New Jersey He led a machine era from 1949 breaking Frank Hague and served as mayor until 1953 His influence continued in county and state politics through 1971 after a 1971 72 tax evasion case and a brief prison term.
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Paramus
N.J
UPI
John V. Kenny
Kenny
Hudson County
New York City
John Hamill
Democratic Party
Jersey City
Democratic Organization
Frank Hague
Law
Hague
Frank Hague Eggers
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