Comprehensive plan to clean Pacific waters approved by EPA
The EPA has approved a comprehensive plan to clean California ocean waters and prevent pollution by sewage mercury and DDT. The standards aim to make coastal waters seaworthy for swimming up to 1000 feet offshore and 30 feet underwater, under the state Water Resources Control Board.
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Sacramento
UPI
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
California
State Water Resources Control Board
Paul DeFalco Jr
Ronald Reagan
DeFalco
State Water Board
Geothermal drilling permits approved in Imperial Valley wildlife area
The California Lands Commission approved a three year exploratory geothermal drilling permit for Atlantic Oil Co in the Imperial Wildlife Management Area north of Niland. The environmental staff found little harm to wildlife while Sierra Club warned of possible subsidence and habitat damage.
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APS
California
Imperial Valley
State Lands Commission
Atlantic Oil Co
Imperial County
Imperial Wildlife Management Area
Sierra Club
Commission
Niland
Wister
Wildlife Area
Harriet Allen
Spring Valley
Club
Southern California
Catalina Island Invaders Become Tourist Attraction
A Brown Berets contingent claiming Mexican territory camps on Catalina Island near Avalon. The 24 men and one woman wear military attire but hold no weapons, drill to Spanish counts, and draw curious tourists who donate food. Mayor Raymond Rydell advocates a lenient, peaceful stance amid local humor and doubt about any revolt.
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Brown Berets
Holiday Island
California
Avalon
David Sanchez
Channel Islands
United States
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
Island
Raymond Rydell
Rydell
California State College System
Catalina
Machado
Johnny
Republicans pledge to stay out of CA race until after vote
Republican figures including Robert H. Finch agreed to delay campaign clashes until after the November election to protect Nixon’s California chances. Finch, a 46 year old potential gubernatorial or Senate candidate, said a decision by next June is likely. The pact, dubbed The Mitchell Edict, originated with former Nixon aides.
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UPI
California
Senate
Nixon
George McGovern
Robert H. Finch
Finch
Mitchell
John N Mitchell
Houston Flournoy
Ed Reinecke
Evelle J. Younger
Ronald Reagan
Sacramento Rotary Coub
Flournoy
Autumn-like weather spans the Plains to Texas amid cool air
United Press International reports a cool dry Canadian air mass moves across the Midwest and southern Plains lowering May temperatures to the 40s and 50s from the Rockies to Minnesota while the Southeast ends heat. Tornado watch issued as a funnel cloud was sighted near Amarillo and rain soaks Clovis Cedar Rapids and Colorado Springs with over an inch in six hours.
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United Press International
Plains
Texas
Midwest
Rockies
Minnesota
Colorado
Amarillo
Tex
New Mexico
Kansas
Clovis
N.M
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Colorado Springs
Colo
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Gulf Coast
Intermountain
Needles
Calif
Cut Bank
Mont
Brown opposes marijuana ballot measure in California
Secretary of State Edmund G. Brown said he opposes Proposition 19 arguing it would normalize drug use and that penalties are inappropriate. He spoke to the San Francisco Barristers' Club while weighing a 1974 gubernatorial bid. Brown also criticized Reagan’s budget, calling California’s government inefficient and costly. In England, Keith Roan reported pumpkin theft with a large footprint indicating nonchild blame.
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San Francisco
UPI
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
California
Barristers’ Club
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Long Baton
England
Keith Roan
Roan
Nixon
Vietnam
George McGovern
McGovern
Reno skyjacker to plead innocent
Frank M. Sibley 43 Stateline Nev says he will plead innocent to hijacking a Reno jet on August 18 for a $2 million ransom and gold. FBI identified him as the bicycle rider who seized a United Air Lines plane and demanded Vancouver BC, with agents wounding him during the rescue.
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UPI
Frank M. Sibley
Reno
Sibley
Stateline
Nev
FBI
John Detler
Vancouver
B.C
United Air Lines
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Ray McCuen
Betty Laurent
Scott Ostler
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Vaughn Proctor
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Stan Tulledo
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