Strike halts cross country shipments and city transit
Striking Teamsters halted cross country shipments of raw materials and goods, disrupting transportation nationwide and affecting beer and TV service as strikes spread from San Francisco to other regions. Negotiations in Illinois aimed to end the stoppage with wage and benefit talks, while public transit and city services faced shutdowns and turmoil.
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San Francisco
General Motors Corp
Fontiac
Mich
U.S. Department of Transportation
Teamsters
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Patrick Mahler
George Frankovitch
Laborers Union
Area truck firms sign pacts amid harbor strike
Nearly 40 Southland trucking firms were cleared to operate after signing me too pacts with Teamsters during the Los Angeles Long Beach harbor walkout. Local 6 2 and Local 208 reported firms agreed to follow settlement conditions, allowing movement as longshoremen and pickets held lines. Police reported no major incidents, though scattered arrests and a pellet rifle incident were noted near Terminal Island.
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Southland
Teamsters
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Long Beach Teamsters
Los Angeles Teamsters
Archie Murieta
National Freight Conference
John MacEvoy
Southern California
Shipping Lines
Pacific Maritime Association
Los Angeles
Harbor Division
Matson
Terminal Island
Whittier
Milne
Ford accuses Reagan of harming GOP unity in Wisconsin
President Ford, while campaigning in Milwaukee for Tuesday’s primary, charged Ron Reagan with basing attacks on misleading statements and said debating him on military policy would not be helpful. He denied Reagan quotations attributed to Kissinger and warned against divisive campaigning.
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Saluda
Ford
Anv
Teamsters
Union
Milwaukee
Wis
Ford Today
Ronald Reagan
Republican Party
Reagan
U.S
Soviet Union
Wisconsin
Henry A. Kissinger
California
Weather Tonight and Saturday Forecast by Region
AREA Morning low clouds otherwise fair with a low of 52 and high of 70. MOUNTAINS fair with low 25 and high 55. DESERTS fair with a low 38 and high 85.
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Deserts
Deukmejian panel pushes hard line drug bills in Senate
A California Senate subcommittee chaired by George Deukmejian proposes 17 narcotics bills described as hard hitting and wide ranging. The package includes wiretapping authority, longer prison terms for traffickers, asset seizure, multicounty trials, license suspensions, higher fines, and swift action against new synthetic drugs.
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Sen
George Deukmejian
Long Beach
Bank Py
Unemployment rate falls to 7.5 percent in March
The jobless rate dropped to 7.5 percent in March, the fifth straight monthly decline and the longest streak in four years. Unemployment eased slightly from 7.8 percent in February as labor noted continued economic recovery with 375,000 more jobs and blacks and women showing the largest gains.
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Washington
Labor Department
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Where to Find It Where to Find It
Fragmented clippings note industry giants face regulatory efforts and ongoing consolidation. Mentions woodpecker head injury study, aircraft engine risk from birds, Governor Brown and presidential brains comment, a marine recruit incident, Sylvia Porter column, a downtown sidewalk sale, Mike Cullen bills, and a musicians union ban affecting a high school band at an AAU meet.
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Long Beach
Belmont Plaza
Coffee Price Rise Fails to Deter Long Beach Shoppers
Shoppers in six Long Beach markets show resolve as a 15 cent rise in General Foods coffee prices looms. Though markets report no change yet, buyers vow to pay more, calling coffee essential and vowing to continue daily routines despite higher costs. Local retailers note no current orders to raise prices.
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Long Beach
Nye
General Foods Corp
Merv White
Pacific Ave
Long Beach Blvd
Ray Coffman
Ray
Signal Hill trench collapse kills geologist in study site
A geologist from a Long Beach firm collecting Special Seismic Study Zone soil samples was buried by about five tons of dirt when a 12 foot trench wall gave way in Signal Hill on Thursday. Police identified the victim as a field worker from the engineering company.
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Long Beach
Signal Hill
Nor
Man Weiner
Courtney Lane
Huntington Beach
Community Hospital
O' Meara
Rogers Construction Co
Melvin Taylor
Lakewood
Signal Hill Building
Bil Westby
Ohio Avenue
Pancraton Drive
Lillian H
Max Baehr
Belmont Ave
Westhy
Weiner
Associated Soils Engineering, Inc
Airport Way
Fuel leak cited in plane crash near Camp Pendleton
FAA notes signs of a fuel leak aboard a Cessna 172 Skyhawk that exploded and crashed near Camp Pendleton early Wednesday killing two Orange County men. Victims identified as Anthony B. Catandra and Stephen W. Rizuto. Weiner, 43, died arriving at Community Hospital. Fire crews delayed access until a construction scoop arrived.
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San Clemente
Federal Aviation Administration
Camp Pendleton Marine Base
Orange County
FAA
Frank Leano
Anthony B. Catandra
Laguna Niguel
Star Crest of California
Costa Mesa
Stephen W. Rizuto
Placentia
Flywheel Car Aims To Move On Electric Stored Momentum
Lear Motors Corp and U S Flywheels Inc announce a 4.5 million government contract to study a gasless car using two vacuum sealed flywheels powered by electricity. The project seeks a working prototype within two years with top speeds near 100 mph and 50 miles range at 60 mph.
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Southern California
Thurs- Jay
Lear Motors Corp
U.S. Flywheels Inc
Los Angeles
Jay D. Wetha
U.S
Los Angeles Basin
Federal
Ere Y ‘Research and Development Instration
Lear Motors
Reno
Iitam P. Lear
Wethe
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Ill
W. J. Usery Jr
Ford Administration
Anheuser Busch Inc
Beetween National Broadcasting Co
NBC
Deukmejian
State Senate
Julius Shiskin
Labor Statistics
Shiskin
Sidney L. Jones
Treasury
OTL
Hill
Gov. Brown
Sylvia Porter
Mike Cullen
Brown
Action Line
C4co
Weather Beneerener Cs
Denise Kusel Stall
Norman Weiner
Tom Shaw
Signal Hill Trench
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