Senate Votes To Fund Lockheed C5A Interim Financing
The Senate narrowly kept a $200 million interim financing fund for Lockheed Aircraft's C5A cargo plane in the defense bill despite opposition. Lawmakers noted cost overruns totaling about $3 billion and financial strain at Lockheed, while the Air Force and Pentagon argued the money is essential to maintain production and meet military requirements.
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Lockheed
al Taree
Air Air Force
Richard W. Schweiker
R Pa
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Pentagon
Proxmire-Schlyeiker
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
Or & Court
Schweiker
Congress
Alad Cranston
Dcalif
Cranston
Lettuce Strike Strains Farm Workers Amid Prices Rise
The article notes a lettuce strike affecting United Farm Workers Organizing Committee and Teamsters in California valleys, with workers seeking representation for about 10,000 field laborers. It mentions supply impacts, price changes on crates of lettuce, and union-pact disputes, alongside a separate discussion of Lockheed funding and defense contracts.
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United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
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Delano
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UFWOC
Latinas
Santa Maria
Teamsters Union & Tracis
Teamsters
Afwoc
WOC
William Grami
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Ss Inst Chav
Helicopter Crashes Attack Toll In Vietnam War
A South Vietnamese commander reported 42 enemy dead two miles southeast of a combat base near O’Reilly, while three South Vietnamese soldiers were killed and nine wounded. U S Marines described two missions near a mountain base and two raids east of the Laotian border, as Chinook helicopters faced rocket grenade fire.
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Barnett
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196Th Light Infantry
Saigon
U.S
Gan Tho
Mekong
Safe landing after two engines fail on 747
A 74 percent superjet with two aboard landed safely in San Francisco after takeoff when two of its four engines shut down. Trail World Airlines said engine No 2 failed to develop power and engine No 1 was shut off when a warning light flashed, apparently due to a faulty circuit. It marked the first time two engines on a 747 were shut down on a scheduled passenger flight.
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San Francisco
Trail World Airlines
WWA
Action Line helps Long Beach residents with fence weed issue
A Long Beach resident asks Action Line to address overgrown weeds obscuring caution signs on a fence by flood control. Dallas Cooper of the Long Beach Public Service Department electrical division explains the remaining old Edison lamp has burned out and will be reactivated, and weed trimming has been done after notice.
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Action Line
K. M
Long Beach
Dallas Cooper
Ideal home refrigerator temperatures debated
A reader from Laewood asks about safe temperatures for a refrigerator and freezer. The letter cites Consumer Reports suggesting 7 degrees for the fridge and zero degrees for a full sized freezer. Opinions vary on freezer temps with five degrees discussed, but zero degrees provides better protection against defrosting and spoilage while chilling costs rise as temperatures drop.
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Laewood
Consumer Reyorts
Consumer Airrports
Woman seeks 1982 National Jamboree merit patch donation
An Aug paragraph notes a Long Beach resident Mrs. Wii seeking a 1982 National Boy Scout Jamboree patch to complete her son’s collection. The ACTION LINE acknowledges offers to donate patches and thanks contributors including A. B. and Equur.
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Equur
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U.S.-Russ Peace Force Possible Sparks Leader Doubts
Democratic and Republican leaders voiced reservations about a Nixon era plan to deploy U.S. troops as part of a United Nations peacekeeping force. Senate and House leaders Mansfield and Scott stressed they haven't endorsed sending troops abroad. The briefing touched on Vietnam policy, Cambodia, and the Nixon Doctrine as officials underscored cautious, measured approaches.
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Nixon Adinistration
U.S
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
United States
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
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Cam Hadin
Lalks
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Israel and Egypt Trade Ceasefire Accusations
Israel and Egypt accused each other of ceasefire violations as talks under UN mediator Gunnar V. Thirring moved slowly in New York. London sources reported Soviet deliveries of heavy weapons to Egypt, including long range artillery, while acknowledging no breach of the cease-fire terms.
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Egypt
Middle East
London
Soviet Union
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New York
United Nations
Gunnar Y. Drarring
Suez Canal
Racial Brawl at Pendleton Spurs Guarded Patrols
San Diego Marines were injured in a brawl outside the Maine Corps Recruit Depot near midnight. The spokesman said ten whites and one black were treated and released after a clash between black and white recruits tied to earlier rock and bottle throwing. Earlier, guards at Camp Pendleton Correctional Center ended a four hour melee with nine injuries.
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San Diego
Maine Corps
Camp Pendleton
Officials Airlifted by Nixon Aids Antid Inflation Push
Shultz described actions to reduce spending and projected deficits while praising Nixon's anti inflation drive. He warned deficits may exceed the $1.8 billion forecast and advocated broad reviews of outlays to cut waste. Nixon aims to trim defense and domestic programs within security limits.
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Shultz
Nixon
Agnew Sees No Delay in Pullout in Saigon Visit
Vice President Agnew arrives in Saigon after monsoon rain and says U S officials like Senator Walbright are dangerously wrong on Vietnam pullout terms. He explains US will withdraw gradually from Korea and backs free elections for Vietnam. He rejects a coalition government including the Viet Cong.
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U.S
Sen. J. William Walbright
D-Ark
Vietnam
Saust
Saigon
Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
China
South Korea
Park Chung-Hee
Korea
Shi Buim-Shik
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
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