Ex employe says J M edic hid x ray findings from him
Leon Garcia, a former Johns Manville worker in Lompoc, claims the company and its doctors failed to report his pneumoconiosis from asbestos exposure. He received workers compensation and says union actions push for disclosure and better protections. He cites later lawsuits and ongoing efforts by the union and officials.
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Leon Garcia
Jasmine Ave
Johns- Manville
Chemical Workers Union
Garcia
Milton Duncan
Gareta
Lompoc
J-M
Celite Specialities
Frank
National Inquirer
Duncan
Lompoe
Fred Hewes
Pittsburg Calif
Robert Wise
Johns-Manville posthumous claims eyed for survivors
Doctors from the State Department of Health and Santa Barbara County health care services pursue death certificates of Johns-Manville workers to notify survivors about possible Workmen’s Compensation claims for asbestos related diseases. The effort follows union concerns over asbestos use at the Lompoc plant since 1951 and a push for an in depth health hazard evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
Gary Hart
Omer Rains
J-M
Stan Tulledo
Johns-Manville
David K. Parkinson
Lawrence Hart
Santa Barbara County
Lompoc
Chemical Workers Union Local 146
Parkinson
Hart
Santa Barbara
Frank Garcia
Samuel G. Silipo
Department of Health
Cal-Osha
Hancock College votes against negotiating procedures
Allan Hancock Community College faculty voted 752 against using the states new collective bargaining procedures for school employees. The action means teachers will continue informal annual negotiations with the board on salary and benefits. President Walter Conrad said SB 160 will not govern the college, with the law to fully take effect July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Hancock Community College
Walter Conrad
Conrad
Rockwell freebies drew 59 top Pentagon officials
Washington reports that fifty nine senior Pentagon leaders including retired Joint Chiefs chair Admiral Moorer and former defense intel chief were entertained at Rockwell tied venues from Wye Island Maryland to sites in the Bahamas California and Georgia. Senator Proxmire says gifts hint at future or ongoing contracts.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Intelligence Agency
Maryland
Rockwell International
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Joint Committee On Defense Production
Wye Island Club
Navy
William Middendorf
Middendorf
Wye Island
Rockwell
Proxmire
Adm
Thomas Moorer
Vincent de Pox
Church Declares Candidacy Amid Election Clash
Sen Frank Church of Idaho announced his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination from Idaho City. He vowed to end national weakness and fear, rejecting claims it is too late. Howard Callaway resigns as campaign manager with Rogers Morton named successor. Reagan campaigns in North Carolina facing White House pressure to withdraw. Carter leads early polls with 8 to 1 odds. Jackson, Udall, Wallace remain contenders amid Indiana ballot issues.
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United Press International
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate
Idaho City
Churely
Jimmy Carter
Henry Jackson
Hubert Humphrey
Chicago Sun Times
Ronald Reagan
North Carolina
Ford
White House
Reagan
Rogers Morton
Howard Callaway
Morton
Interior
Nixon
Callaway
Stuart Spencer
Morris Udall
Church
University of Wisconsin
Gerald Ford
Scoop Jackson
Udall
Wisconsin
New York
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Carter
Creorge Wallace
New York City
Angola nationalizes U S Gulf Oil in Cabinda
A Luanda radio broadcast says Cabinda Gulf Oil Company assets were seized as Angola’s Marxist government nationalized the U S operated firm. Gulf denies the report while oil officials in London and Pittsburgh call it rumor amid wartime uncertainty in the Cabinda enclave and its offshore fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angola
U.S. Oil Company
Cabinda
Johannesburg
South Africa
UPL
Cabinda Gulf Oi Co
Luanda
Zaire
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
Jornal de Angola
London
Pittsburgh
Gulf
Cult Oil
Portugal
Popular Movement
Senate votes fund out for low candidates
The Senate denied federal election funds to presidential candidates with less than 10 percent of the popular vote in two consecutive primaries. The chamber also backed increasing the Federal Election Commission to eight members and added nonpartisan appointees, while a Griffin substitute sought to reappoint the commission per a Supreme Court order.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
FEC
Robert Griffin
Rhich
Commission
Supreme Court
Griffin
Robert Taft
Ohio
Charles Mathias
R-Md
Barry Goldwater
Congress
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By Stan Tulledo
Union
San Francisco
Glen Harter
South K St
Orland Calhoun
Tom McCall
AHC
Karl Braun
Lompoc High School
Himself
Jackson
Illinois
Wallace
Greensboro
N.C
National Republican Conference of Mayors
Cleveland
Ralph Perk
GOP
Radio
Miguelito Canyon Road
Mark Mosher
Princeton P
Mosher
Kenneth Simonson
Berkeley
California Highway Patrol
CHP
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