Gas station denies gas to nonregular customers
A Lincoln City gas station refused to sell fuel to a driver claiming only regular customers could buy gas. Governor Tom McCall was reported waiting 25 minutes at another station, then left without service. Mayor Thomas Maloney of Wilmington personally collected trash during a city slowdown, remarking on the holiday rush and crew cuts. Time magazine named Judge John J. Sirica Man of the Year for pursuing Watergate truth, while Henry Kissinger topped Gallup’s most admired list, with Nixon dropping to third and Billy Graham second.
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Hugh Grondin
Oregon
Tom McCall
Lincoln City
Grondin
Maloney
Wilmington
Schaefer
John J.sirica
U.S. District Court
Time Magazine
Sivica
Eisenhower
District of Columbia
Time
Nixon
White House
John Joseph Sities
Henry A. Kissinger
Gallup
Billy Graham
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Gerald RE. Ford
Alabama
George €. Wallace
Ralph Nader
Stenry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Pope Paul VI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Lady Jane Wellesley and Prince Charles fuel gossip
News from Sandringham reports New Year’s visit by Lady Jane Wellesley with the royal family sparked romance rumors with Prince Charles. Thousands gathered at Sandringham village church to glimpse the heir and the 22 year old daughter of the Duke of Wellington as Charles departs soon for six months naval duty in the Far East.
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Jane Wellesley
Prince Charles
Norfolk
Sandringham
Duke of Wellington
Jang
Charles
Far East
Southern California food strike intensifies with looming open end cost clause
Four major unions across the Los Angeles area resume talks as federal mediator Richard Hughes seeks to restart negotiations. Union leaders promise to urge all locals to back the 22,000 striking workers, while employers cite wage demands by meatcutters as a chief obstacle. The four unions began the walkout December 3, with Teamsters, Meatcutters, Machinists, and Operating Engineers leading the strike.
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California
Los Angeles
Richard Hughes
Sigmund Argwile
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor
Afi-Co
Robert Voigt
Supermarket Owners’ Food Employers Council
Teamsters
Four killed in Harrisburg crash with gasoline trunk fire
A pickup struck a stalled car containing a full gasoline can in its trunk near Harrisburg. Rebecca Busby 20, Kenny Busby 19 months, Tonya 2 months died. Marcel Gladden 25 and her daughter Sharon survived. David Gladden 4 of Ringo Ga died. Kenneth Busby 23 left his car with hood up seeking help.
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Harrisburg
Hl A
Rebecca J. Busby
Kenny D
Tonya
David E. Gladden
Ringo
David’s
Marcel Gladden
Sharon
Kenneth Busby
Carrier Mills
Six Grenade Parcels Found at Geneva Rail Station
Geneva police, alerted by an anonymous warning, found six parcels containing hand grenades explosive material and detonators in luggage lockers at Cernavin railroad station. The discovery prompted警察 precautions and a response by security services.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Cernavin
Hunger strike at San Quentin ends after protest
San Quentin inmates in the maximum security ADM center end an all day hunger strike that began December 16 to protest a general lockdown ordered November 29. At its height about 45 inmates were involved. most ate Sunday and Saturday as officials said the weekend was quiet.
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San Quentin
Timates
San Quentin Prison
Don Goodwin
Goodwin
Bus Driver Dies as Shrine Fans Injured in Crash Near Sacramento
Six Shriner football fans were injured when the driver of a charter bus suffered a fatal heart attack on Interstate 80 near Sacramento. The bus veered off the right shoulder, struck a roadside fence, and halted in a soggy field at low speed. The driver Merlin H. Trezona, 60, died. no passenger injuries were critical.
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UPI
Shriner
Aree
Here
Roseville Shriners
San Francisco
Patral
Merlin H. Trezona
Sacramento Area
Dave Stein
Ellen Mousteris
Soviet executes two fruit plant bosses for larceny
The Baku Worker reports two executives from the Georchayks fruit juice plant in Azerbaijan were executed by firing squad after being found guilty of grand larceny. Teimur Faradyze Akhmedov, the plant director, and bookkeeper Zaman Mirza Khakimov, were named as gang leaders in the enterprise.
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Moscow
Azerbaijan
Baku
Communist Party
Soviet Republic
Caspian Sea
Teimur Faradyze Akhmedov
Georchayks
Zaman Mirza Khakimov
Mother escapes blaze with child from second floor
Bellflower mother Dean Yates, 29, leaped from a window with her year old daughter to escape a Sunday fire started by her sons ages 9 and 10 playing with matches near the Christmas tree. Yates injured a hip, treated and released from Doctors Hospital. Firemen confined the blaze to the apartment in ten minutes, damage estimated at $20,000.
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Bellflower
Dean Yates
Rose St
Doctors Hospital
Lakewood
George W. Rummage
Rummage
Bombing of Santa Monica Club Sparks Arson Probe
Police probe the dawn fire bombing of The Car House, a Santa Monica bar popular with UCLA students, after a Molotov cocktail damaged the venue causing over 100000 in damage. Three suspects Richard Dahl Milton Bentley and Edna Nelson all 32 to 36 arrested on counts of arson and narcotics possession. vehicle matched witness description.
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Santa Monica
Richard Dahl
Milton Bentley
Edna Nelson
UCLA
Ski avalanche kills Alta ski instructor in Utah
avalanches at Alta and Park City areas during a blizzard bury cars and lodge rooms injure a handyman and kill Rex Porter 30 Salt Lake City. two ski instructors freed. helicopter evacuations to Holy Cross Hospital. Forest Service uses cannons to clear snow as motorists are warned away from slide zones.
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Alta
Utah
Wasatch National Forest
Alta Lodge
Flagstaff
Photohans
Cardiff
Park City West
Rex Porter
Salt Lake City
Forest Service
William Cargill
Bob Hoskings
Cargill
Holy Cross Hospital
Chaucer St. John
Mantises Hatch in Yule Tree in Charleston Home
Mrs Snodgrass said about 1,000 praying mantises hatched Friday in a nest found in their Christmas tree. By Saturday the home was swarming as old trees shed needles and residents sought help to remove the insects without harming them.
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Charleston
W.vaimi
Bobby Snodgrass
Southern Pacific disputes Amtrak wreck theory in derailment
SAN FRANCISCO AP Southern Pacific officials disputed Amtrak's claim that a faulty switch caused the derailment of a passenger train at Anderson injuring 44. SP questioned the Amtrak visit timing and noted no switch marks, with extensive tests planned on cars and track to determine the cause.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Amtrak
Anderson
Andy Anderson
Amtrack
Washington, D.C
Symtras
King
Loren R. Moody
Amstrak
Oakland
Washington
Charles Alward
Southen Pacific
Redding
Sacramento
Marijuana on plane found near Fox air field arrest three Fresno men
In Lancaster on Sunday night deputies stopped a pickup driver as a second man fled from a nearby plane. A search of a small airborne craft uncovered about a half ton of marijuana with a street value around 150000. Officers detained pilot Timothy W. San tagata 26 Loren A. Seady 27 and Raymond W. Rodgers 29. The plane had landed shortly before and its final destination was unknown.
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Lancaster
UPT
Sherif
Fox Airfield
Fresno
Timothy W. Santagata
Loren A. Seadey
Skylab 3 crew plan faster science schedule
Skylab 3 astronauts Gerald P Cary William Pogue and Edward G Gibson reached basic agreement with Mission Central on boosting nightly science output behind schedule. They discussed scheduling experiments in radio talks from Guam with aims to cut prep time for medical tests and earth resources passes. Commanders Carr promised relief in physical training and pre and post sleep areas with concrete proposals within 24 hours.
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Mission Central
Gerald P Cary-William Tt. Pogue
Edward G. Gibson
Carr
Earth Resources
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Cleveland
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Howard M. Metzenbaum
U.S. Senate
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U.S
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Saxbe
Internal Revenue Services
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IRS
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