Chrysler Prices Rise Marks First Time Since 1970
In Washington the Pay Board allowed merit raises within set ranges, freeing increases from 5.5 percent guidelines. The Rent Advisory Board was named with Thomas B. Curtis heading it to regulate rents. In London William Eberle urged across the board elimination of industrial tariffs to rationalize the world market. Price Commission rules allow small shops to post freeze prices for items to raise prices after the freeze ends, with thresholds based on annual sales.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Nixon
Missouri
Thomas B. Curtis
London
William Eberle
Eberle
United States
UPI
Price Commission
The
Freighters Collide in Harbor Fog Near Long Beach
In foggy outer Long Beach Harbor, the freighter Japan Elm scraped the side of the anchored Singapore Pride at 4 30 a m. There were no injuries and no water intake reported. Japan Elm carrying steel products proceeded to Berth 55 Los Angeles Harbor. No damage assessment available. The national Democratic Governors Caucus, set for Dec 34 in Newport, has been postponed to April due to legislative prep.
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Long Beach
Marine Exchange
Tos Angeles
Marina Exchange
Toko Eines
Los Angeles Harbor
Newport
Senate approves defense bill trimming aims at troop drawdown
The Senate passed a defense bill with 80-5 support, restoring most of the $800 million cut by the Appropriations Committee and setting new Pentagon spending at $70.8 billion, $2.7 billion below the White House request. An 82-14 vote added $500 million in credit to Israel for Phantom jets, while a 54-38 vote removed a plan to cap permanent European troop levels at 250,000 and move 60,000 home. Senator Symington urged higher domestic spending amid postwar costs.
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U.S
Europe
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Pentagon
House
Vietnam
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Israel
Mike Mansfiel
Nixon
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Gunwoman and two men rob liquor store owner
A 61 year old liquor store owner Elie Rea was forced to the curb at San Antonio Drive and Orange Avenue at 10 28 am today and robbed of 8335 by a gun carrying woman and two men The victim said the three robbers were black and a van used in the crime was found abandoned minutes later at 45th Street and Golden Avenue by police
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San Antonio Drive
Orange Avenais
Elie Rea
Para
Paramount Bivd
Charles J. Mann Jr
Rea
45Th Street
Golden Avenue
Rhodesia Ends Long Rebellion With Settlement
Diplomats and nonwhite African leaders opposed to the Salisbury agreement clash with British politicians in Parliament as the six year Rhodesian dispute nears closure. Prime Minister Heath’s Conservative government faces a storm over terms seen as delaying immediate majority rule while Britain underwrites costs. Observers credit Lord Goodman with key progress amid talks begun November 15, with a future majority government promised and four broad British terms guiding the settlement.
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Salisbury
Edward Heath
Britain
United Nations
Douglas-Home
Jan Smith
Lord Goodman
Goodman
Douglas- Home
Rhodesia
Action Line looks at Disneyland boom and ski warranty woes
A reader asks how to obtain Hart Javelin ski repairs under a lifetime warranty after delamination and bend issues. ACTION LINE confirms repair limits and promises the lamination fix soon after inquiry while noting delayed responses and a required clarification on extra repairs. A separate query clarifies cul de sac meaning as bottom of the sack with a blind alley definition.
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Hart
St. Paul
Minn
Action Line
M.G
Whittier
Srart
Bill Holmberg
Holmberg
R.C
Paramount
Miner safety gear evolves with battery powered lamps
A working miner avoids four headlamps and dry cell cost by using a hard hat with a front mount for electric or carbide lamps. Storage battery outfits on the belt last a full eight hour shift and recharge at the change house for the next day. Available from Mine Safety Appliance Co. Los Angeles. carbide lamps favored for low cost and air testing.
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Mine Safety Appliance Co
12Th St
Los Angeles
L.W
Long Beach
Declared dead, she is revived in Canton hospital
Mrs Belle Cordray 64 was pronounced dead in Timken Mercy Hospital ER and transferred to Rossie Funeral Home where embalmers detected faint signs of life. She was rushed back to the hospital and is now in the intensive care unit. Ambulance attendant WAALTAM MAULE recalls giving oxygen and first aid. Hospital officials say she arrived with no signs of life despite ER procedures.
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Canton, Ohio
WFL
Belle Cordray
Timken Mercy Hospital
Rossie Funeral Home
Rossi
Mrs. Cordray
Waaltam Maule
Kay Kern
Four arrested in theft of explosives at Fort MacArthur
The incident involved the theft of C-4 explosives being checked for use by South Ordnance Detachment personnel. Undercover officers purchased the material from Plant Gaid. A Fort MacArthur spokesman noted the 58th Ordnance Detachment sometimes supported Southland presidential tours, but Bohmann’s involvement remains unclear.
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Sth Ordnance Detachment
Fort MacArthur
58Th Ordnance
Southland
Bohmann
Transamerica land deal hit by judge
A San Francisco Superior Court ruling finds Transamerica overpaid for city land used for a multimillion dollar project. Judge Jay Pistenhauer values the land at $125 per square foot by appraisal but notes a 50 percent cut to $62.60 per square foot used in prior deals was improper for vacated street property. If upheld, Transamerica must pay roughly $592,000 more or tear down the nearly finished structure.
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San Francisco
Superior
Transamerica
Superior Court
Jay Pistenhauer
Pfortenhauer
Board of Supervisors
Sald
Transa Merica
James Haynes
Harold L. Howard
Senate to Hear Banuelos Nomination for Treasurer Post
Washington Senate Finance Committee will hold a Monday hearing on President Wixon’s nomination of Romana A. Banuelos as Treasurer of the United States. Chairman Russell Long said Banuelos faced scrutiny after disclosure that she employed aliens who had entered the U.S. illegally from Mexico at her Los Angeles food company.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Wixon
Romana A. Banuelos
The
United States
Russell B. Long
Banuelos
Los Angeles
Mexico
Cigarette Ignites Fire in Dawson Avenue Apartment
A 40-year-old Long Besch man, John R. Riggle, was found unconscious at 4:08 am after a cigarette ignited an overstuffed couch fire at his Dawson Avenue apartment. He suffered smoke inhalation and burns to both feet and was in satisfactory condition at Harbor General Hospital. Four fire companies contained the blaze with moderate damage reported.
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Long Besch
Harbor General Hospital
John R. Riggle
Dawson Ave
PlayBoy mail controversy costs Houston educator the job
In Houston a school board ousts Dr George Garver, the leading superintendent candidate, after his home received Playboy magazines. A mailman Leslie MacLean faces suspension by the postal service for revealing deliveries, while his wife Margaret MacLean criticized the publication as immoral. Garver had been fired in August amid a board dispute and voters recently shifted conservatives to reinstate him. Postmaster George Portevent notes an investigation into the delivery disclosure.
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Houston
UPI
Achols
Playboy Magazine
George. Garver
Leslie MacLean
Postal Service Regulations
Margaret MacLean
Dr. Garver
Playboy
Garver
George Portevent
MacLean
Jess
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