Coastal Commission Reinstates Regional Coastal Bodies
The California Coastal Commission voted to reactivate six regional coastal commissions after their interim period ended December 31. The move aims to streamline permit decisions amid a noted backlog, amid opposition from two state lawmakers. A business-labor group framed the issue as jobs versus environment.
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San Francisco
California Coastal Commission
Permanent Commission
Los Angeles
Coedi A
Sen
Ruben Ayala
D-San Bernardino
Mike Culleo
D-Long Beach
State Commission
James J. Carroll
California Council For Environmental and Economic Balance
Regional Commission
Crisis relocation plan aims to save millions in nuclear attack
Federal Civil Defense officials outline a program called crisis relocation to evacuate 400 high risk areas. About 70 million Americans could be saved by moving residents to safer, lightly populated areas before any threatened nuclear attack. Planning will start in all 50 states after pilot projects in eight areas, with a five year timeline for a standby blueprint.
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Washington
Pentagon
Civil Preparedness Agency
Evacuation plan eyed to save millions in U S civil defense
Officials say mass evacuation could shelter up to 70 million people in 400 high risk urban and military zones with pilot sites in Utica Rome Dover Macon Duluth Oklahoma City Colorado Springs Tucson and Great Falls. Cost estimated at 45 to 50 million with states sharing funds.
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Utica-Rome
N.Y
Dover
Del
Macon
Duluth
France protests U S criticism over Abu Daoud release
Paris protested U S criticism of France for freeing Abu Daoud the Palestinian leader linked to the Munich 1972 attack. Israeli officials called the move a crisis in French Israeli ties while Bonn said France violated a German French extradition treaty by freeing Daoud.
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Paris
U.S
Abu Daoud
Foreign Ministry
d’Affaires
Samuel Gammon
State Department
Tel Aviv
Yigal Allon
Daoud
Israel
France
Allen
Munich
Allon
Egypt
Bonn
Justice Ministry
Dummar admits Hughes will rule in will dispute
Melvin Dummar told Harold Rhoden in Los Angeles that he delivered the document to the Salt Lake City Mormon church headquarters and addressed the envelope. Rhoden said Dummar admitted involvement in delivering the will but denied writing it or knowing who did.
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Melvin Bummar
Howard Hughes
Salt Lake City
Mormon Church
Noah Dietrich
Los Angeles
Harold Rhoden
Dietrich
Hughes
Dummar
Ogden
Utah
Rhoden
LA School Board weighs 62000 pupils bus plan at 40 million cost
Richard Ferraro warns that busing 62,000 elementary students to balance racial populations would cost 40 million yearly and strain a 1.3 billion budget. NAACP officials say plan lags on balance and court action looms. A scuffle outside the board room led to seven arrests as trustees prepare staff instructions.
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Los Angeles
Richard Ferraro
NAACP
Ferraro
Shel Erlich
Citizens Committee
Ford bids emotional farewell in State of the Union
President Ford delivered a farewell State of the Union address praising his 30 months in office. Congress and lawmakers reacted with warmth as Carter prepared to be sworn in a week later and hold meetings with defense officials.
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State of Union
Ford
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Delegatos
Carter
Capitol
Defense Department
Postholiday sweepstakes sweep across the nation
After Christmas the nation sees a flood of mail in sweepstakes with prizes up to 125000 dollars. Major firms like Reader's Digest Publishers Clearing House and Exxon Travel Club run large campaigns, promising hundreds of thousands in prizes to tens of thousands of winners, with January response peaking.
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Maren DeGraff
Downes Publishing Co
Ladies Home Journal
American Home
Jim Lyles
Exxon Travel Club
Houston
Reader's Digest
Publishers Clearing House
Port Washington
N.Y
Ice blocks Ohio River as first winter freeze looms
Ice has formed widely on the Ohio River with a towboat moving one mile in an hour as the river faces potential closure. The Army Corps reports risk of a near 30 year freeze with ice reaching across the waterway. Mississippi traffic may also close seventeen to eighty miles between St. Louis and Cairo due to heavy ice and low water.
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Louisville
Ohio River
Ohio
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Corps
Coast Guard
St. Louis
Cairo
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lands Commission Threatens Oil Firms Over Harbor Explosions
California officials led by Chairman Ken Cory warn oil firms to adopt safer harbor operations to prevent tanker explosions. The stance aims to curb risks and influence site use amid ongoing deliberations across state agencies.
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Press-Telegram
Lands Commission
Ken Cory
Winter Storm Strikes Midwest With Sleet Snow and Ice
A new winter storm develops in the Midwest bringing sleet freezing rain and snow across the middle Mississippi Valley and central Plains. Heavy snow warning issued for southern Missouri while travel advisories cover Arkansas Minnesota Oklahoma eastern Nebraska and southeastern Arkansas. Rain falls in the Pacific Northwest with higher elevation snow or freezing rain and a northern Oregon advisory for freezing rain.
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Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Central Plains
Missouri
Arkansas
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Weather Tonight and Friday LB Area
Tonight and Friday forecast shows fair conditions across LB area with lows near 45 and 15, highs around 70 and 55. Mountains expect windy but fair weather with a low of 15 and high of 55. Deserts remain fair with a low of 25 and high of 65.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Milwaukee
Michigan
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Rose Wuich
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