Extendmeat Strike Expands To Packing Plants
The extended meat strike affects nine Southern California counties from San Luis Obispo to the Mexican border with union members from Butchers Teamsters Operating Engineers and Machinists likely honoring picket lines. Lockout notices went to about 2,000 meatcutters as grocery chains retaliated against the strike, involving roughly 350 of 5,000 stores under Albertson Alpha Beta QFI Ralphs Emby Big G Cala Brentwood PRW and Food Fair. Market actions include drop shipments and back-door deliveries to minimize shortages, though some blank shelves are anticipated.
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Southland
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Council
Hob Voigt
Thriftimart
California adopts 35 mph limit amid fuel crisis
California lawmakers push a temporary 35 mph speed limit until different end dates under bills by Moretti and Walsh. Gov Reagan expected to sign amid emergency session as welfare benefits rise and energy demands loom. Conference committee approves welfare boost with cost pegged at about £122 million yearly. Republican senators hold closed talks on stance.
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Egypt reports Israeli jet shot down near Ismailia
Associated Press reports Egypt claiming an Israeli Phantom was shot down over the Suez Canal city of Ismailia. Israeli officials deny the claim as tensions rise along the Suez front amid recent cease-fire talks and other attacks injuring civilians and killing soldiers.
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Paratroopers Deliver Aid as Italian Snowbound Towns Rally
Helicopters staged food and medicine drops to isolated mountain towns in southern Italy as bad weather halted air delivery. After days of snow, eight people were confirmed dead and 11 missing. rescuers pulled hundreds from stranded motorists, guiding some through tunnels under 18 foot drifts.
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Italy
Picasso Cubist Painting Sells for 816000 Dollars
A Picasso cubist painting titled Femme Assise from 1909 sold for 816000 dollars to Sheldon M. Solow of New York City. The bid was placed by phone, setting a world record auction price for Picasso cited in the report.
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London
New York City
Sheldon M. Solow
New York
Pablo Picasso
Compton school board bargaining amid strike tensions
The Compton school board faced a tense meeting as teachers pressed for improvements. Final minutes showed uproar as Handy refused to approve Thomas Brown, an organizer from the California Teachers Association, but order returned when Boyd outlined a new negotiation team and Brownden was allowed to speak.
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Handy
Thomas Brown
California Teachers Association
Boyd
Brownden
Public hearing planned on TV shock and fire hazards
The Consumer Product Safety Commission plans public hearings next year to assess shock and fire hazards in color television sets. Manufacturers report fixes in 3000 sets and note other models with potential defects. Notified totals include 5000 RCA 17 inch, 4300 Admiral 3 inch, 52000 Montgomery Ward 23 inch, 23000 Zenith 19 inch, and 9000 Philco-Ford 38 inch sets.
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Washington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Commission
Montgomery
Absent Solons Face Possible Ouster Plan
Rep Clarence Miller of Ohio pushes a constitutional amendment to expel members who miss 40 percent or more of votes in a term. A similar 169 measure by Margaret Chase Smith failed in committee, and four related bills remain stalled in committees.
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Miller
Margaret Chase Smith
Energy crisis shapes US oil policy and heating fuel costs
U S officials signal rising heating oil prices with predicted increases this winter while Secretary Kissinger meets Saudi and Algerian ministers to discuss oil supplies. Analyses warn the energy shortage may endure three to five years, with rationing and price controls debated as refiners shift focus from heating oil to gasoline.
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Cost of Living Council
Henry A. Kissinger
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
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Kissinger
Belaid Abdesalam
Industry
Algeria
State Department
Simon
Colorado
John A. Love
Love
Frank N. Ikard
American Petroleum Institute
Ikard
Los Angeles
Kard
Ing
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Kissinger to push Mideast peace on tour
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will visit six Middle East countries December 13 to 17 to press for a Geneva peace conference on December 18. The trip includes Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Israel with a light agenda.
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UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Geneva
State Department
Kissinger
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Jordan
Lebanon
Israel
Picket halt order in Ceer strikers case
A 45 day halt on all picketing was ordered in the Easy Bay cheer truck drivers strike by U S District Court Judge Alfonso J irpoli. The ruling applies to both legal and illegal picketing and pauses ongoing labor action in San Francisco Bay area.
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San Francisco II
U.S
Alfonso J.irpoli
Blockade by truckers spreads across I-70 and toll roads
About 600 truckers blocked Interstate 70 east of Columbus and tied up New Jersey Turnpike traffic as they pressed for a meeting with Ohio Governor Gilligan and fuel price relief. Spokesmen said some would lift the blockade for talks while others planned continued stoppages. A separate Washington report noted President Nixon’s mid December physical at Bethesda and a long term fuel shortage context.
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John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Jack E. Harrison
New Jersey Turnpike
Deepwater
New Jersey
Ohio
Walter Barclay
Omaha
U.S.A
Los Angeles
Overdrive Magazine
Mark Parkhurst
Pennsylvania
Milesburg
Denmark regime toppled after tax revolt lands resignation
Social Democrat Premier Anker Joergensen resigned after a crushing electoral defeat driven by anger over sky high taxes and inflation. He will lead a caretaker government until a new cabinet forms as Mogens Glistrup's Progress Party gains 28 seats in the Folketing amid tax fraud investigations.
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