Brown wins support from union opponents on farm labor bill
Governor Edmund G Brown Jr won the support of bitter union opponents for his landmark farm labor bill and ordered a special session to enact the plan for autumn harvest. Assembly Speaker Leo T McCarthy said the measure could reach Brown for signature in three weeks after a decade of farm labor strife.
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Brown
Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Washington
House
Pentagon
Senate
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Joe D. Waggonner Jr
D-La
F. Edward Hebert
Dla
Armed Services Committee
Eisaku Sato in Coma After Stroke in Tokyo Restaurant
Former Prime Minister Eisaku Sato lay in a coma in a geisha restaurant in central Tokyo after a stroke during a dinner. Doctors said his condition worsened and he was too ill to move. Prime Minister Miki and other leaders visited, with family at his side.
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Tokyo
UPI
Eisaku Sato
Japan
Sato
Takeo Miki
Hiroko
Shinji
Miki
Kakuei Tanaka
Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal Democratic Party
Okinawa
Asia
Polish trawler Kalmar seizes off Monterey prompts defense bid
Attorney for Kalmar argues the 278-foot trawler was fishing beyond the 12 mile limit when seized and should be released. Ship docked at Pier 9 San Francisco with 70 Polish crew awaiting bond set after Commerce appraisal. U.S. marshal and court hearing planned as dispute over territorial waters and hake catch unfolds.
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San Francisco
UPI
Kalmar
United States
Lester Clark
Pier 9
U.S
Monterey
Bond
U.S. District Court
Robert F. Peckham
Department of Commerce
Department
State of Washington
Clark
James Browning
Pacific Coast
California
U.S. Fisheries Department
Coast Guard
Drakes Bay
Mutiny Aboard Cambodian Patrol Boat After Mayaguez Rescue
The Cambodian patrol boat that seized the Mayaguez mutinied against its Khmer Rouge commander, tossed him overboard, and sailed to Thailand seeking asylum. The crew reportedly remained loyal to the former Cambodian government and the Thai response included repainting hull markings and raising a Thai flag.
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Washington
UPI
Mayaguez
Thailand
Washington Post
Sattahip
Khmer Rouge
Vietnam
U.S
Israel accuses U S of threat to power balance in Middle East
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yigal Allon accuses the United States of risking power balance by selling 200 Hawk missiles and anti aircraft weapons to Jordan while delaying arms to Israel. He says the deal enhances Jordan’s power and could align it with Egypt and Syria, as Kissinger dismisses plans for a new Middle East peace mission.
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United Press International
Israel
Yigal Allon
United States
Middle East
Jordan
Allon
Jerusalem
Allen
Egypt
Syria
Zeid Rifai
Damascus
Hafez Assad
America
Vienna
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Andrei Gromyko
Ford proposes rail rate reforms and direct borrowing
President Ford calls for legislation to ease railroad rate changes and allow up to 2 billion dollars in direct federal loans with requirements for possible consolidation. The plan seeks reduced ICC oversight, while McGovern proposes a merged transportation board and government ownership of track.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
Transportation Department
Airlines
Sen
George S. McGovern
Dl.d
Transportation
McGovern
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Lisbon paper Repub lica suspended as troops ring building
Communist workers force suspension of the Socialist newspaper Repub lica in Lisbon and evacuate editors amid a siege. The Armed Forces Movement forms a revolutionary tribunal to try soldiers and civilians for political crimes, while 2000 Socialist supporters protest outside the building. Editor Raul Rego and two aides were detained after refusing to depart.
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Lisbon
UPI
Republica
Acars
Armed Forces Movement
Raul Rego
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Graham and James
Nans
Teamsters
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers
California Labor Federation
Building and Construction Trades Council
Senate Finance Committee
Agriculture and Resources
Rose Elizabeth Bird
Chavez
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Caspar Weinberger
Weinberger
Lompoc
Dolly Madison
Ricksha
Will Hall
Dolly
Mark Hardin
Santa Barbara
the Post
State Department
Rego
Socialist Party
Mission Federal Savings and Loan Association
North H Street
Horace B. Taylor
E. Ocean Ave
Starbuck
North
Scolari’s
Lompoc Plaza
Harold
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