Libel suit targets UFW over onion labor poster
William O Garin of Salinas files a 1.5 million libel action in Superior Court claiming the United Farm Workers Union defamed him in its newspaper El Malcriado and posters showing a child using an empty pesticide can to pick onions. Garin denies child labor on his Mettler and Salinas farms. Cesar Chavez and photographer Cathy Murphy are named as defendants.
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San Francisco
UPI
United Farm Workers Union
Salinas
Superior Court
William O. Garin
Mettler
Kern County
Richard J. Wall
Garin
Wall
Teamsters Union
Cesar Chavez
UFW
Cathy Murphy
Harrises refuse pleas in Hearst kidnapping case
William and Emily Harris refused to plead to kidnapping charges in the Patricia Hearst case and asked for their preferred attorneys. Judge Lindsay set October 28 for arraignment and a hearing on attorney selection. Hearst testified she was struck during the Feb 4 1974 kidnapping from Berkeley. A life sentence could follow if convicted with bodily injury. Hearst was later sentenced to seven years for a separate SLA bank robbery and faces parole after 15 1/2 months.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
William
Emily Harris
Patricia Hearst
Alameda County Superior Court
Alan A. Lindsay
Harrises
Miss Hearst
Berkeley
Symbionese Liberation Army
Harris
Leonard Weinglass
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Susan Jordan
Weinglass
Michael Ballachey
Lincoln Mintz
SLA
Lindsey
Oakland City
Mintz
Growers sue over California wage and hours rules
A Bakersfield report says the Western Growers Association filed suit in Superior Court to block enforcement of new California Industrial Welfare Commission orders on overtime and consecutive work days. The group seeks to strike down provisions limiting consecutive days and establishing a 2.50 per hour minimum wage, while noting most members pay above that amount.
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Bakersfield
UPI
Western Growers Association
Superior Court
California Industrial Welfare Commission
Growers
IWC
Association
Marin approves cloud seeding to boost rainfall
Marin Municipal Water District directors vote unanimously to spend 16000 dollars on a cloud seeding plan aiming to add about three inches to annual rainfall. Three generators on Bolinas Ridge will release silver iodide starting Dec 15, with concerns that other counties may receive less rain, though officials say the impact will be minimal.
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San Rafael
UPI
Marin County
Marin Municipal Water District
Marin
Richard Boyland
Bolinas Ridge
Sacramento
Stockton
Bernie Heare
Wage freeze cuts pay of 275 top federal officials
The Civil Service Commission confirms 275 executives now earn less than many of their subordinates due to Congress election year pay freezes. The move has driven talent to private sector and prompted early retirements for pension advantages. officials cite smart economics as a poor policy.
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Washington
UPI
Civil Service Commission
Francis Mulhern
Agriculture Department
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Agency
Mulhern
United Nations
Rome
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Social Security
James B. Cardwell
SSA
Cardwell
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