Common Cause cites big donors in 1974 California elections
The study found 60 special interest committees gave over 2 million dollars to incumbents and 14 times more often to winners than challengers. The report notes donors include Del Monte Corp and Santa Anita Race Track, with groups like AFL-CIO COPE and California Teachers Association among funders.
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Sacramento
UPI
Common Cause
California
California State Employer Association
California Teachers Association
Santa Anita
AFL Cio
COPE
Michael Walsh
Howard Berman
Beverly Hills
Berman
Assembly
Walsh Walsh
Gunmen identified in Caracas kidnap of US executive
Police named two leftist militants Asdrubal Guzman Cordero and Angel Simon Marquez as suspects in the kidnapping of William Niehous, vice president of Owens Illinois of Venezuela. An ultraleftist group vowed no ransom and said Niehous would be tried over political ties.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
American Glass Company
William Niehous
Asdrubal Guzman Cordero
Angel Simon Marquez
Maracay
Niehous
Friday Niehous
Toledo
Ohio
Owens Illinois
Donna
Manuel Puentes
Nichouls
Guzman
Marquez
San Carlos
Miami
Ohio University
United States
Mexico
Spain
Sezuela
Justice Department drops civil antitrust suits
The Justice Department dismissed civil antitrust lawsuits against Goodyear and Firestone for lack of evidence after four years of investigation. The government may revive the suits if needed, and Firestone welcomed the decision as saving time and money. Goodyear had no comment.
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Justice Department
Washington
UPI
Thomas F. Kauper
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Kauper
US District Court
Cleveland
Firestone
Goodyear
Supreme Court narrows press libel protection in Firestone case
The court ruled six to two that Time magazine may be liable for negligently interpreting court decisions in the Mary Alice Firestone libel suit. Five justices sent the $100,000 verdict back to Florida to determine Time's negligence over reporting a divorce on adultery grounds. The decision tightens limits on press protection for public figures and clarifies criteria for non public figures seeking damages. The ruling also held state prosecutors immune from civil rights damage suits for false testimony and rejected bids to regain back pay over job classification.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Mary Alice Firestone
Time Magazine
Florida
Time
Fireston
Firestone
Court of Claims
Petition drives seek two thirds vote tax measure
Secretary of State March Fong Eu authorized petition collection for a two thirds vote tax initiative plus two other measures to limit property taxes and ban public employee strikes. Signatures due by July 22 to reach 499,846. earlier two thirds effort failed. Los Angeles proponents include Nelson Brestoff Margaret Shaw Clarence W Driver.
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Sacramento
UPI
March Fong EU
Los Angeles
Nelson Brestoff
Margaret Shaw
Clarence W. Driver
Brezhnev Absent as Soviet Leaders Address Congress
At the 25th Soviet party congress in Moscow 5000 delegates heard leaders praise the economy while Brezhnev 69 skipped sessions for talks with Italian Communist Enrico Berlinguer. Kosygin presented details of economic plans as elections for the leadership loom. Meyer Wilner of Israel’s pro Soviet party denied anti Semitism in the Soviet Union but cited Arab discrimination in Israel. In California heavy rain’s notend of drought relief officials say green up but shortages remain Marin County reports 35 inches of weekend rain with water rationing rising 27 percent in Marin Municipal Water District.
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Moscow
UPI
Leonid I Brezhnev
Russia
Soviet Union
Kremlin Palace of Congresses
Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Italian Communist Party, Enrico Berlinguer Asked If Brezhnev
Kosygin
Meyer Wilner
Israel
Pro Soviet Communist Party
Marin County
Pentagon tests stealth satellite to evade Soviet interceptors
Pentagon officials vow spring tests of a survivable spacecraft designed to hide from killer interceptors as tensions rise over renewed SALT verification via satellites. Currie states Soviets launched Cosmos 803 and 804 near Cuba with near misses, while the US pursues a stealthier, attack-resistant orbital asset.
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Washington
UPS
Pentagon
Malcolm R. Currie
Defense Research and Engineering
Soviet Union
United States
Administration
Aviation Week
Havana
Cuba
Currie
Winter snowstorms shut roads and schools across Midwest
United Press International reports heavy snow drifts up to five feet across the upper Midwest and Great Lakes states. Minnesota and Michigan saw road closures and power outages as winds whipped up to 50 mph. At least three deaths were linked to slick conditions, while more than 30 Michigan districts canceled classes and I-75 slowed to a single lane in places. Flowering bulbs in Indianapolis and cherry blossoms in Washington offered contrast to the harsh weather elsewhere.
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United Press International
Upper Midwest
Great Lakes
Midwest
Indianapolis
Washington
Upper Michigan
Lower
Minnesota
Duluth
Michigan
Alpena
Cheyboygan
Mich
Automobile Club of Michigan
Sagnaw Bay Area
Lower Peninsula
Influence payments denied in U.S. aircraft bribery case
Three aircraft makers deny paying U.S. Air Force officers to influence foreign governments to buy their planes. Former Lockheed employee Ernest F. Hauser repeated accusations, saying $10,000 to $20,000 gifts flowed through bank accounts to NATO advisory group officers. Lockheed denies the charges, noting reports of gratuities are unfounded. Hauser, once in Koblenz, West Germany, cites a diary with names of recipients.
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Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Northrop Corp
Air Force
NATO
Lockheed
Burbank
Calif
Hauser
Koblenz
West Germany
Paradise Valley
Ariz
The
Arizona Republic
When Yellow Pages Advertising Becomes Big Company Business
The piece argues large firms use white pages for selective impact after costly failures with yellow page ads. Small and medium businesses often lack results tracking and face stiff competition from big brands, urging careful, pay-off driven use of directory advertising.
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Swami
Telephone
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del Monte Corp
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William and
Emily Harris
FBI
Patricia Hearst
San Francisco
Miss Hearst
Superior Court
Mark Brandler
Bailey
Leonard Weinglass
Lee Bailey
Brandler
Congress
Dick Thompson
State Department of Food and Agriculture
J. Dietrick Streeh
Marin Municipal Water District
Lompoc
Civic Auditorium
Whale Oil Co
South Bay
Downey
Matchmakers
Anaheim
Music Box
Ocean
Ocean Avenue
Ocean Ave
Move Es Department Store
West Ocean & ‘‘I’’ Streets
Ernest F. Hauser
Boeing
State Department
Businessman’s Corner
J. Austin
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