California Sues 11 Oil Firms Over Antitrust Damages
California files multimillion-dollar antitrust damage suit in federal court against 11 major oil and gasoline producers. The state seeks unspecified damages and divestment of crude oil production stakes to restore free market forces. Named defendants include Standard Oil of California Texaco Union Oil Atlantic Richfield Exxon Getty Gulf Mobil Phillips and Shell.
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Michael I. Spiegel
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Continental Douglas Oil
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Getty Oil
Gulf
Emergency state declared in India by Indira Gandhi
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a nationwide state of emergency in India amid corruption charges and calls for resignation. Police raids arrested dozens of opposition leaders including Jayaprakash Narayan, with figures reported from 55 to 3500, as censorship of international dispatches was promised under the decree.
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Tornado outbreak rattles northern plains weekend storm
United Press International reports twenty three tornadoes across the northern Plains as a line of thunderstorms swept from Montana to Kansas. Most touched western South Dakota’s Black Hills with twelve twisters. Nebraska and North Dakota also reported several, while a separate Texas Florida twister count was noted earlier. No deaths or major injuries reported, though a Missouri lightning strike killed a farmer and burned another, with hospital treatment for a neighbor.
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Lawmakers Delay action on malpractice crisis in California
In Sacramento legislative leaders postpone major moves on medical malpractice until August after doctors lawyers and insurers request time to study pending bills. Governor Brown had called a special session following a doctor work boycott over soaring malpractice insurance costs.
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Assembly
Leo T. McCarthy
Senate
James R. Mills
McCarthy
Edmund G. Brown Jr
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