New confrontation looms over channel oil leases
Santa Barbara city and county, environmental groups, and the oil industry brace for a clash as 17 companies nominate 970 blocks totaling over 5 million acres in the Santa Barbara Channel for a spring 1978 Outer Continental Shelf lease sale. The BLM will evaluate nominations after months of study, with local officials seeking withdrawal of Channel sanctuary-adjacent areas.
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Dick Praul
Santa Barbara
Oil Industry and
Interior Department
Santa Barbara Channel
California
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Pt. Concepcion
San Diego
Union
Channel Islands
Santa Barbara Sanctuary
Board of Supervisors
Frank J. Frost
Rincon
Pacific Area
William Grant
Thailand names new government and frees Seni Pramoj
The military led administration headed by Adm. Sangad Chaloryoo released Prime Minister Seni Pramoj from detention and ended the Bangkok curfew. Rector Puey Ungpakorn was freed and flew to London amid reports of possible exile. In clashes at Thammasat University, at least 27 people were killed and hundreds wounded as police and students fought. Tanks appeared in Bangkok and a calm capital followed the coup announced eight hours earlier.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Seni Pramoj
National Evolutionary Administration Council
Adm
Sangad Chaloryoo
Seni
Sangad
Supreme Command Headquarters
Thammasat University
Puey Ungkaporn
London
Puey
Don Muang
Malaysia
Carter Ford clash in scrappy televised debate
In a heated second debate in San Francisco Carter assailed Ford as pursuing immoral foreign policy while Ford accused Carter of dangerous defense plans. Both rejected isolationism and framed America as peace maker in a troubled world.
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San Francisco
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Carter
America
Europe
Soviet Union
Georgetown University
Lev E. Dobriansky
National Captive Nations Committee
Palace of Fine Arts Theater
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
John Kennedy
Middle East
Israel
Wholesale price jump in September signals inflation risk
The Labor Department reports a 0.9 percent rise in wholesale prices in September, the first double digit annual rate in a year. Farm prices gained 1.9 percent, industrial prices led the surge with a 0.9 percent increase, while food and energy sectors showed mixed moves.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Labor Department
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Carter
America
UAW Council Approves Ford Contract After Picketing
The UAW National Ford Council approved a $1 billion plus contract for 170000 Ford workers amid dissident pickets. GM President Estes warned the time off clause could raise car prices as World Bank IMF talks open in Manila shaping aid for Vietnam after reunification calls.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers’ National Ford Council
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
UAW
International Executive Board
Ford Council
Ford
Veterans Memorial
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
E.M
Pete’’ Estes
Estes
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Albert F. Reynolds
Grant
Santa Barbara Islands
Santa Barbara County
Getty
Texaco
Marathon
Standard Oil of California
Shell
Challenger Oil and Gas Co
Oxy Petroleum Inc
Exxon Corp
Diamond Shamrock
Union Oil of California
Atlantic-Richfield Co
Superior Oil Co
PanCanadian Petroleum Co
Ogle Petroleum Inc
Mobil Oil, Amerada-Hess and
Gulf Oil Corp
Los Angeles
State of California
Citizens Planning Assn
Lompoc
Ron Nelson
Glen Otten
Lompocans
Los Berros
City Water Commission
Commission
Jack Myers
City Water Department
al Thompson
Thompson
Santa Ynez River
Social Security Administration
SSA
Social Security
AAUW
Hart
Saucedo Forum
Gary Hart
Ray Saucedo
State Assembly
Lompoc Public Library
Lompoc-Vandenberg
American Association of University Women
Dianne Owens
Phyllis McDonough
Legislative Committee
United States
Free World
UAW Council
Vietnam
Manila
Philippines
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
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