California Farmers Lose Over 1 Billion Amid Drought and Strikes
California Farm Bureau reports losses totaling more than 1 billion dollars this year due to winter drought, two harvest strikes, a damaging freeze, and unseasonal rains. Cattle and dairy sectors face severe stress with potential bankruptcies, while dryland grains, raisins, and tomatoes also suffer major declines.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
California Farm Bureau
Iwill
Bureau
Fred Heringer
Low nicotine cigarettes may emit more poisonous gases study finds
Reader's Digest funded tests of 28 cigarette brands show low tar filter varieties sometimes produce higher levels of hydrogen cyanide, nitrogen oxide, and carbon monoxide than some high tar non filter brands. Carlton 70 and New King ranked lowest for gas content. Kool and Winston filter brands were among the highest.
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Washington
UPI
Reader's Digest
Merit King
Fact
King
Camel
Winston
Lucky Strike
New King
Carlton 70
The
Digest
Mall King
Marlboro
Salem
L and M
Carlton Filter
New
Kent Golden Lights
Merit
Foster D. Snell, Inc
Marines probe alleged KKK meeting clash at Camp Pendleton
At Camp Pendleton California Marines investigate claims that 13 black Marines attacked six white Marines with clubs and screwdrivers while breaking up a Klan meeting. Two victims hospitalized and Pendleton officials say assault, not Klan membership, is the issue.
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Camp Pendleton, Calif
Clarence Pendleton, Jr
FBI probes $55,000 loss from sealed canvas bag
The FBI investigates the disappearance of $55,000 from a sealed canvas sack delivered to a Chicago South Side bank over the weekend. The cash was ordered from LaSalle National Bank by Beverly Bank and sealed, later found altered with newspapers cut to dollar size. Purolator officials name possible points of loss and plan lie detector tests for staff.
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FBI
Chicago
UPI
South Side
LaSalle National Bank
Beverly Bank
Purola
Ford orders meetings with top aides after Thanksgiving
President Ford, returning from a privacy steeped weekend at Camp David, summoned aides for a series of meetings before hosting a White House reception for GOP governors. He has avoided press contact since his election defeat 26 days ago, spending 14 days away from Washington in guarded locations. A spokesman gave no details on the talks or the governors reception. Separately, Commerce Secretary Elliot Richardson was sent to Turkey to assess earthquake damage and offer aid after the disaster that killed over 3,000.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Camp David
White House
Palm Springs
Calif
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
Commerce
Elliot Richardson
Turkey
Three Die In San Francisco Hotel Fire
A weekend fire at the Sincere Hotel in San Francisco killed three residents and injured three others. Fire officials and investigators found a partially filled gasoline can near the scene as they review arson as a possible cause. Victims include George Amison 33 who reportedly jumped to his death Justine Shinn 53 located in a top floor apartment and a third unidentified victim. Three residents were hospitalized with one treated and released another in stable condition and Jermain Decoutau listed in critical burn unit.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Joseph Rizzo
Johnson Boarding Home
Rizzo
Fred Bethel
Bethel
Edward Fahey
Max Benowitz
Elmer Flanagan
James Forney
Joshua Williams
Roosevelt Gordon
San Francisco
UPS
George Amison
Justine Shinn
San Francisco General Hospital
Jermain DeCoutau
British plan to secure IMF loan and save the pound
London officials briefed William Simon on Britain's economic package to obtain an IMF loan of 3.9 billion dollars and support for pound stabilization. Denis Healey outlined plans to U.S. officials and sought backing from Washington and allies for additional loans or guarantees amid the pound’s slump.
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UPI
Treasury
William Simon
International Monetary Fund
Simon
Denis Healey
U.S
Healey
Moscow
Britain
IMF
Washington
Times
Healey- Simon
United States
West Germany
Japan
Gilmore faces pardons board as hunger strike persists
Convicted killer Gary Gilmore enters a Tuesday hearing with Utah Board of Pardons to seek immediate execution. He remains on a 11 day hunger strike and protests denied contact with his girlfriend Nicole Barrett. If denied, execution could come by December 6, making him the first U.S. inmate executed since 1967.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Utah Board of Pardons
Gilmore
Nicole Barrett
Vera Damico
Oregon
Board of Pardons
Windstorm Delivers Heavy Damage Across Northern California
Northern California storms left 70,000 PG&E customers without power at peak. In Sonoma Valley 11,200 residential and 500 commercial customers lost service as winds up to 70 mph toppled trees and snapped poles. One death was reported when a pine fell on a car at Echo Summit.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Sonoma Valley
Pg&e
North State
Echo Summit
Sierra
Richard R. Schmeichel
Lodi
California Highway Patrol
Schmeichel
CHP
trans-Sierra Nevada
Sacramento Valley
National Weather Service
Weather halts travel as ice and snow lash many states
Freezing rain sleet and snow spread ice on roads from Texas to Tennessee and across New England causing dangerous travel for Thanksgiving. Four people died in a Lexington plane crash and two in auto accidents as the season's worst storm hit Kentucky. Ohio saw four Lorain residents drown after skidding into the Huron River.
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United Press International
Texas
Tennessee
New England
Lexington
Bluegrass Field
Kentucky
Ohio
Lorain
Huron River
Dowtown Huron
Great Lakes
Gulf
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Coast
Citrus
National Weather Service
Brownsville
Miami
Rio Grande Valley
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Nashville
Tenn
Memphis
Johnnie Watson
California Coast Grapples With Record Santa Anas
Shivering temperatures gave way to near seventy degree highs as northeast winds eased. Santa Anas earlier in the week drove fires out of control, damaging more than 40 boats and prompting coast guard rescues of 99 mariners. No major injuries or structures losses were reported.
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United Press International
Mount Hawkins
San Dimas
Angeles National Forest
Coast Guard
Santa Cruz
Anacapa Islands
Santa Catalina Island
Zuma Beach
Shop Lompoc First Weekly Turkey Draw and Gifts
Local shoppers at Lompoc Plaza in the 600-700 Block North H Street can win a turkey each week through Christmas with two prizes weekly. First winners were Charlie Vandborg and David Strohm. The column highlights gifts from Photo Cell, MacFarlane's Candies, Baldwin Music, and Michelle Hallmark Exotic Wood.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Plaza
H Street
Charlie Vandborg
David Strohm
Howard
Macfarlane’s
JoAnne
MacFarlane
Baldwin Music
Sweet Music
Magnavox
Pat
Baldwin
Michelle Hallmark
North
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