Nader group accuses airlines of in flight movie and liquor discrimination
ACAP, a Ralph Nader backed consumer group, filed a Civil Aeronautics Board complaint alleging 11 airlines set uniform charges for in flight movies and liquor that favor first class. The petition claims charges discriminate against coaches and were never approved by the CAB. Pillai argues seats and meals differ costs yet coaches subsidize first class and should pay proportional amounts.
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Nader Group
Airlines
Washington
UPI
Aviation Consumer Action Project
ACAP
Civil Aeronautics Board
American
United
TWA
Eastern
Delta
Braniff
National
Northwest
Continental
Allegheny
Western
K. G. J. Pillai
Pillai
Paint match ties yacht scrapings to freighter bow
Oregon State Police Crime Detection Laboratory found identical elementary composition in paint scrapings from a demolished yacht and a freighter bow. The report was presented at a Coast Guard hearing re the Morning Star sinking off Northern California coast. Two children remain missing and presumed drowned from the Oct. 3 collision.
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Portland, Ore
UPI
Oregon State Police
Coast Guard
Morning Star
California
Highway program review halts ads on most California road projects
California Public Works Director James A. Moe ordered a halt on bid advertisements for most new major highway projects after Congress failed to extend federal financing. He said the action is extremely serious and that about 110 million of 120 million dollars planned for advertising between now and December 31 must be curtailed.
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Sacramento
UPI
James A. Moe
California
Congress
Moe
Polich Benedict Faces Criticism Over Foothill Bridge Collapse
In Los Angeles a state assemblyman cited records from the Division of Industrial Safety to label Polich Benedict a chronic safety violator after a bridge span collapsed during concrete pouring killing six workers. Union officials ordered about 150 Polich Benedict employees off another Pasadena freeway project.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Jim Keyser
State Division of Industrial Safety
Polich-Benedict
Polich- Benedict
Pasadena
Teens attempt hijack at Morgan Hill private airport
Police say a 13 year old girl and two well dressed youths armed with an unloaded sawed off shotgun tried to hijack a small plane at a private Morgan Hill airport. One youth spent two hours trying to start the plane by crossing wires while the other held an elderly man at gunpoint. The trio have not revealed their intended destination. Ed Pedrizzetti, 45, and his father John, 72, were building a hangar when the youths asked to look around.
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Morgan Hill
Calif
UPI
Santa Clara
Ed Pedrizzetti
John
Unusual East West Weather Stir With Snow and Storms
United Press International reports an Arctic chill from the Great Lakes to New England and Gulf coasts while the West faces a winter storm. In Binghamton New York 2.4 inches fell over two days marking October’s snowiest in town history, with 1.7 inches the prior day. Southwest states see showers thunder and flash flood warnings across Arizona New Mexico Nevada and Utah.
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United Press International
Binghampton
N.Y
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
Tasmanian researchers identify fatty clotting agent in heart attacks
A University of Tasmania team led by Dr. R S Parsons and John B Polya isolated a fatty substance that acts as a clotting agent in heart attacks. They seek methods to control this fat rather than focus on cholesterol and aim to prevent clots that cause heart attacks, noting stress-related fat production and complex cholesterol effects.
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Hobart. Tasmania
UPI
R. S. Parsons
University of Tasmania
John B. Polya
Parsons
Polya
California AFL-CIO drops campaign against Nixon
At a heated San Francisco COPE convention cope delegates voted to back a modified anti Nixon stand while avoiding a direct McGovern endorsement. Meany overrode California leaders warning of trusteeship citing a national neutrality policy and urged reconsideration to defeat Nixon.
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Sacramento
UPN
California
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
State Labor Federation
George McGovern
Federation
Committee On Political Education
COPE
San Francisco
McGovern
Meany
National
Aflcio Executive Council
John Henning
Henning
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Richard Nixon
Civil war threats worsen in Northern Ireland turmoil
Former Northern Ireland minister William Craig warned at a London meeting that civil war looms in Ulster. He pledged he and his Ulster Vanguard followers could mobilize 80 000 men and would fight to restore Protestant home rule amid attacks on British troops and border clashes.
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Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
Belleek
Irish Republic
Ulster
William Craig
London
Conservative Party
Monday Club
Craig
Britain
Ulster Vanguard Movement
Community event notices and fundraisers in Lompoc scene
Local groups announce a string of events including a dime a dip at 6 30 p m for American Legion Auxiliary Post 211 an open house at Democratic Headquarters voter information night at 204 North H St and a open horse show at Punch Bowl Arena with English Western and Combination classes entries close today $1 50 per class post fee $2 per class. October fundraiser for Meals on Wheels features square dancing at Veterans Memorial Building and dances with Nuts and Bolts Cherry and Chuck Ferris. Community calendar lists Halloween dance at Union Hall a family chicken barbecue at Miguelito Canyon with Daniel Boone Parker appearance a McGovern rally at Recreation Dept Building patio San Pedro details and a Monte Carlo Night for United Fund Oct 28 at Veterans Memorial Building. Also announced are an outdoor art auction Oct 28 at 923 South L St to benefit Gary Hart campaign, Halloween pumpkin event at Ryan Park, Lompoc High Homecoming Parade Nov 3, Grand Opening of Gemini Cinema Theater Nov 14 featuring Cabaret, and Women’s Division fundraiser for Community Center with tickets $5.
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Vandenberg Saddle Club
Punch Bowl
Buster Bearden
Western
Veterans Memorial Building
Nuts & Bolts
Cherry
Lions Inn
Chuck Ferris
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Lompoc
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Harry J Crompe
Lawrence C Grossman
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Rennie L Adam
Gaylen Jackson
Great Lakes
New England
Gulf Coast
Grim Watch
New Lodge
American Legion Auxiliary
Democratic
North H St
American Independent Party
la Purisima
Walnut
Union Hall
South I St
Don MacGillivray
Miguelito Canyon
Fess
Daniel Boone
Parker
Phil Moore
Recreation Dept
Ocean Ave
C St
Gary Hart
Tim Lemacchi
Les Cleveland
Charles Ferris
Chamber of Commerce
United Fund
Veteran's Memorial Building
South L St
State Assembly
Ryan Park
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc High
H Street
College Ave
Weston College
Gemini Cinema
Liza Minelli
Chamber
Walt Disney
B.O
Technicolor
Panavision
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Sun
Kansas City
FE Acai
Howard W. Koch
Alan Arkin
Safe & Lock
Hugh Davies
Lompoc Theatre
Sam
Red Lovers
Harry Morris
College Avenue
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Santa Barbara
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Red
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