California leaders slash energy use with car swaps and slow flights
Sacramento political figures push fuel economy amid energy crisis. Controller Flournoy trades a Lincoln for a six cylinder Mustang, Reagan's jet slows to save fuel, Lt. Gov. Reinecke limits CHP chauffeur speed to 50 mph. Secretary Brown buys bikes for officials while keeping a Cadillac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
UPI
California
Houston I. Flournoy
Ronald Reagan
Ed Reinecke
Flournoy
William Painter
Reagan
Cadillac
Lincoln
Chrysler
Clyde Walthall
Reinecke
GOP
California Highway Patrol
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Social Security hike gains near passage in Congress
A two step eleven percent increase in Social Security benefits for 29 million Americans nears approval as the House debates its version and the Senate Finance Committee backs a nearly identical bill. Both measures also raise the tax base to thirteen thousand two hundred dollars, widening taxes on higher income groups above the 1973 base of ten thousand eight hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Congress
House
Senate Finance Committee
Royal wedding joy as Anne wed Capt Mark Phillips
The princess Anne weds Capt Mark Phillips at Westminster Abbey in a fairy tale ceremony that brought rare public emotion from Queen Elizabeth. The couple began a honeymoon, while Britain faced emergency measures, gas rationing and an economic crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Elizabeth
Anne
Mark Phillips
Buckingham Palace
Westminister Abbey
Mark
Hawaii Prisoners End Stand After Bombs and Takeover
Convicts at Hawaii State Prison seized control of a cellblock Tuesday night and bomb threats with matches while flooding the mess hall. Six inmates met with officials 16 hours later and agreed to stop the disturbance as the National Guard stood by. officials planned a search for weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
UPI
Hawaii State Prison
Hawaii National Guard
Ray Belnap
Belnap
California ends fire season north of Tehachapis
Northern California forests have ended their 1973 fire season after heavy rains, with about 203000 acres burned statewide. Southern California remains at risk due to ongoing dryness and no rain since last winter, according to state and federal officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
UPS
California
Tehachapis
State Division of Forestry
Chanute
Kan
Joplin
Lansing
Mich
Dakotas
Upper Michigan
South Dakota
Mobridge
Newport
Ore
Skylab 3 crew prep as Saturn rocket counts down
Crewmen rolled through the countdown at Cape Canaveral for Skylab 3 on a weather ruined Saturn rocket. Gerald Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue were set for a 9 01 a m EDT Friday liftoff with a mission lasting 60 to 85 days aboard the Skylab space station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
UPI
Space Agency
Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Kennedy Space Center
Walter J. Kapryan
Carr
Gibson
Air Force
Pogue
Earth
America
Judge rules on subpoena in Ellsberg burglary case
The Los Angeles judge refused to compel the prosecution to seek presidential tapes by approaching the White House door. He left open the defense option to subpoena the President, with a ruling expected today. The defense contends the defendants acted as federal officers protecting national security under Nixon's orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
Elisberg
White House
Nixon
Ellsberg
UAW drops national GM strike for Apache mini-strikes
The United Auto Workers scrapped a looming national walkout by 420,000 GM workers in favor of short three to four day mini-strikes to pressure a new contract. The plan, revived as Operation Apache, aims to protect the strike fund while avoiding a nationwide halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Woodcock
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. Don MacGillivrary
Lompoc
Bee Asel
Chet Waite
Francis H. Beattie
Festivites
By Barnes
Hawaii
Spaceport
Spac
Launch Complex 39
Ostlund
North H St
Lompoc Plaza
Ra Ces
Piers Solvang
Danish Bakery
Williams Bros
Owl Ben
La-Z-Boy
VAW
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
United Press International
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
Great Basin
Sioux City
Iowa
John Silva
Zaca Lake
Solvang
Sycamore
P.O. Box
Los Olivos
Teep Americ
Larrabee Bros
S. Blosser
Santa Maria
McMahan’‘S
EU Cma
McMahan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!