California to form energy commission to ration power
Sacramento reports Assembly Speaker Moretti and Assemblyman Warren unveiled a plan to create a five member State Energy Resources Conservation Commission with authority to ration electricity in emergencies, certify power plant sites, regulate efficiency, conduct research, tax energy use, and expand geothermal and solar energy. The bill warns brownouts could begin within four to six years if not acted.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Assembly
Bob Moretti
van Nuys
Charles Warren
Los Angeles
Warren
Moretti
Energy Resources Conservation Commission
Energy Commission
Ledford to Receive Gold Knight of Management Award
Otto C. Ledford, VP and director at WTA Division, Federal Electric Corp, earns the Gold Knight of Management award from the California Central Coast Area Council. The ceremony Friday May 25 at the Elks Club in Santa Maria features Dana D. Denison as presenter and Charles W. Sauter as special guest with social hour at 6 15 p.m. and dinner at 7 30 p.m. The Casuals will provide dancing music.
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Otto C. Ledford
WTA
Federal Electric Corporation
California Central Coast
City Beautification Fund Itemization Reveals Spending
Since July 1972 the City Beautification Commission has used donated funds totaling 2024.69 for several projects. The breakdown includes 145.45 for sprinkler equipment at the Wye project, 550.58 for materials and supplies for the Wye, 620.81 for trees at Bishop Pines and 12 Live Oaks, 29.40 for nitro humus, 324.65 for tree well covers at city hall, 324.92 for 12 Eucalyptus Sideroxylon Rosea trees along city streets, plus 26.24 for postage and 4.64 for printing.
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City
Wye
City Hall
Walnut Avenue
Court to hear Calley appeal on select points
The Supreme Court of military law will hear 1st Lt. William L. Calley Jr. on three of 30 defense points. The court allows a publicity issue but bars consideration of alleged command influence by Nixon and Westmoreland. Calley, 29, was convicted for My Lai killings and is under house arrest at Fort Benning.
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Washington
UPI
Court of Military Law
William L. Calley Jr
Court of Military Appeals
Nixon
Army
William C. Westmoreland
Calley
My Lai
Ft. Benning
Delay in 10 Million Cotton Promotion Grant Approval
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz delayed a $10 million federal grant to Cotton Inc of New York after a review found insufficient detail on spending including salaries. The group reportedly pays its president $100,000 annually and about six other staff $35,000 to $44,000. Rep. H R Gross criticized the subsidy as unjustified given the group’s private wealth.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Cotton, Inc
New York
Agriculture Department
J. Dukes Wooters
H. R. Gross
Bigfoot Photo Sparks Mystery From San Francisco
UPI reports BF Enterprises in Santa Clara captured a photo claimed as Bigfoot. The group argues the image shows Son of Bigfoot, a hairy teen with silver gray fur and a mane, though skeptics question if it is a man in a gorilla suit.
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San Francisco
UPI
Bigfoot
Pacific Northwest
BF Enterprises
Santa Clara, Calif
Heath to address Parliament amid British sex drugs scare
Prime Minister Edward Heath plans a quick Parliament address to repudiate any Watergate style coverup amid a major scandal involving sex drugs and security. Lord Lambton former minister confessed to casual dealings with a call girl and faces cannabis and amphetamines charges after police searched his home and found small quantities of drugs and prescribed barbiturates.
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London
UPI
Edward Heath
Britain
Heath
Lord Lambton
Lambton
Air Force
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Me Donald
McDonald's
Lompoc
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Vega
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Central Coast
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Santa Maria
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