Toughest tests ahead for most costly weapon
The Bi bomber, the costliest weapons system, faces major tests in the sky and in Congress. A Rockwell test flight will push four jet engines at first, then a public debate on funding the 1980s manned bomber. Defense Secretary Schlesinger defends the program as vital to strategic balance amid protests and budget boosts from inflation.
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Palmdale
UPI
Congress
Rockwell International
United States
Air Force
Pentagon
James R. Schlesinger
Schlesinger
John P. Brown
Northern California Ecumenical Council
John L. McLucas
Proposition 17 spending to stop Melones Dam detailed
State records show backers of Prop 17 have spent over 150000 dollars to block the New Melones Dam on the Stanislaus River. Friends of the River and a Sacramento group report 190179 raised, 153686 spent, with other filings noting 116263 spent by opponents. Local donors include William Matson Roth and John Hertle contributing to the campaign.
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Melones Dam
Sacramento
UPI
Wild Rivers Initiative
Stanislaus River
Friends of the River
Melones
Modesto
Secretary of State
William Matson Roth
Mississippi River
Stockton
Manteca
John Hertle
Willie Brown
San Francisco
Committee For Fair Play
Public, old inmates tour Alcatraz Island
Nearly 30 000 visitors have toured Alcatraz Island since it opened to the public. Park Ranger Laurie Oshrin notes former inmates like Floyd Hamilton visited, while discussions consider the island's future and a possible exhibit hall.
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San Francisco
UPI
Alcatraz Island
America
Floyd Hamilton
Laurie Oshrin
Bonnie and Clyde
Oshrin
San Francisco Bay
National Park Service
al Capone
Kelly
Robert Stroud
Alcatraz
Steve Rand
Rand
Park Service
Secret Service seizes record counterfeit money haul in California
UPI reports Secret Service agents halted the largest US counterfeit operation, arresting four men. About 8 million dollars in $5, $10 and $20 notes were found, with $7.5 million in a van and another $750,000 at Gas Printing Co. in Hawaiian Gardens. Printing work occurred at a Cerritos residence.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Secret Service
U S
Gas Printing Co
Hawaiian Gardens
Wall
Powis
Cerritos
Flournoy and Brown clash at editors meeting in Santa Barbara
Edmund Brown Jr. and Houston Flournoy pressed their gubernatorial bids eight days before the election at the Southern California United Press International Editors conference. Brown accused Flournoy of half truths and lies while Flournoy attacked Brown’s 14 year record.
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Santa Barbara
UPI
Edmund Brown Jr
Houston Flournoy
Republican Flournoy
Brown
Flournoy
Southern California
United Press International Editors
Richard Nixon
Robert Novak
Nixon
Moneas
CSEA Approves Record Budgets Amid Bargaining Hopes
The California State Employees Association approved a $6.8 million budget for 1975 and $7.5 million for 1976, up from $4.8 million in 1974, as leaders anticipate a state worker collective bargaining bill to be signed into law in 1975. President John Atheny predicted the measure's passage.
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San Diego
UPI
California State Employes Association
Pye Ey
CSEA
John Atheny
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Surgeon
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Ford
Richardson
Rockefeller
Cranston
Senate
MacFarlane
Lompoc Plaza
Charleston
Coolidge
Gatsby
Mission Federal Savings and Loan Association
North H Street
Lompoc
Y Mission Federal Savings & Loan Association
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